VX Accident in Tampa

[Scott Harness]

Would love to get into this really deep, but you know my name and where I live. HA! Humans aren't so special. Would the outcry be so harsh if it had been an animal.The voice box is the basic reason we are at the top of the food chain! Communication not divinity or intelligence. I might be wrong but I think humans are the only species that defecates in it's own food and water supply. ps. I'm a people person...really. pps. fish don't count HA!

[Ldub]

Hey Scott,
The "outcry scale" for animals is sliding & based on the "cute factor", with puppies & kittens closer to the top & baboons,snakes,vultures & spiders,etc. closer to the bottom. All this is confused by one's own view of what's ugly...go figger.
Ldub

[Scott Harness]

Sadly ,you are correct sir!

[WyrreJ]

When he said, "I feel sick" that sounded to me like he was talking about how the experience of hitting a person made him feel. I could be wrong, but it seemed pretty clear to me. That's exactly how I would feel. Which is why I advised him to look out for himself, when you feel like that you might not be so quick to take care of yourself because of the emotional shock.

[Scott Harness]

Ldub I just realized you misunderstood me. I didn't mean fish don't count. I was referring to the defecating in ones own water supply,sorry my fault.

[mbeach]

1. Transio, as usual sir, well said.

2. Scott, my dog eats its own poop.

3. Both myself and my wife have been victims (nearly) of similar scams. She had a "swoop and squat" accident with a carload of people, and I had a bum throw himself in front of my M3. Sometimes people just assume that by driving a nice car, you are capable of sharing the wealth (not like I really had any, the M3 was the only thing that I owned at the time).

In my wife's case, AllState's insurance fraud division sniffed out the truth pretty quickly. In my case, I smelled a scam the very second "lawsuit" came out of this derelict's mouth. I'll leave the details out, but I will say any accident of this nature should be taken as someone's attempt to get a payday.
It may not always be the case, but it's better to be a jerk than a victim.

[Jonnie]

OK, this is the last on it for me, I'm not looking for a fight or name calling or whatever.

There are a few things that led to the way I posted: I tend to be terse when I write, I am not a great wordsmith, this is a VX site and people post mainly about their VXs, accidents, marriages, pets, polictical opinions, cats,etc. Its a public forum and I felt the bare facts would be best, especially I was still shaking from it just happening.

I am very upset for everyone about what happened (him,his family, me and the VX). I was the guy who keep asking how to find out things and what to do. Deputies responded: calm down, relax, you'll be home shortly, we'll give you the quick form (accident report), you have nothing to worry about, this road is dangerous, there needs to be lighting here, its happened 3 times, theres lots of tranients here. I kept asking what to do, who to call, who would call and I got the same response: relax, everything is OK, go home.

I kept asking about his condition and they only said, he'll be ok.

So in the end paint me what ever way makes you feel most comfortable.

I remain sick about it.

I tried calling friends and could not get a hold of anyone. Siting here I posted to the forum not knowing what else to do.

Maybe this needs a thread lock.

Jonnie

PS Thanks Joe, that helped a lot.

[tomdietrying]

Johnnie,

You made things very clear this time. My apologizes to you.

Peace.
Tom

p.s.
I hope things work out well for everyone involved.

[Raque Thomas]

Is it just my imagination, or did a few of the "hate posts" here get toned down? Reading back over this post, some of the nasty things said seem to have been removed now that more of the facts are known.....hmmmm, maybe we shouldn't post those rant comments in the future till we know all the facts???

[dkmiller68]

Thanks for the update Jonnie...our understanding of the situation is more complete. I hope you will follow up post as to his condition and if it is determined to be a scam.

There is a piece of woods on my daily commute that sometimes had homeless people stand about asking for assistence. I worked up my nerve one day and went into the woods to explore (and see if I could help). There was no one there (and since has had very little activity) but plenty of remnants of homeless living in the woods. It was intensly sad. Some old signs written on cardboard about their plight. Peace. dkm

[crager34]

When people talk, it makes sense to me that they wish to be understood, so I try to hear/read what they say and draw from that (not what remains inside their head). Considering what was originally said and how it was presented, the subsequent comments were not surprising.

Jonnie - Thanks for taking the time to clarify and help us understand the situation better. I hope all parties (and VX's) involved are doing well.