http://www.deannascorner.com/2006/02/17/ramblings-before-the-weekend/ On time-out since 2005 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 19:31:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.deannascorner.com/2006/02/17/ramblings-before-the-weekend/comment-page-1/#comment-2167 Deanna’s Corner » Blog Archive » Annoyances Fri, 16 Mar 2007 18:08:38 +0000 http://www.deannascorner.com/?p=348#comment-2167 [...] 1) After witnessing a particularly traumatic pedestrian/car collision in a crosswalk (that was a year ago???) where the pedestrian - an elderly man in a motorized wheelchair/scooter - later died, I have been even more aware of the pedestrians around me when I’m driving, especially the young and the elderly. However, I was on my way to Obachan’s yesterday and waiting at an intersection (Bothell Main Street, for those of you in the know), when an older gentleman looked at the red lights, his own “don’t walk” light, and proceeded to cross the intersection right in front of me anyway. By the time he was halfway across, I had a green light! I’m not angry that I couldn’t move right away to let him pass - I’m angry that he did something that he would never let his grandchildren do. And what if it hadn’t been me sitting there at that intersection, watching him?? [...] [...] 1) After witnessing a particularly traumatic pedestrian/car collision in a crosswalk (that was a year ago???) where the pedestrian – an elderly man in a motorized wheelchair/scooter – later died, I have been even more aware of the pedestrians around me when I’m driving, especially the young and the elderly. However, I was on my way to Obachan’s yesterday and waiting at an intersection (Bothell Main Street, for those of you in the know), when an older gentleman looked at the red lights, his own “don’t walk” light, and proceeded to cross the intersection right in front of me anyway. By the time he was halfway across, I had a green light! I’m not angry that I couldn’t move right away to let him pass – I’m angry that he did something that he would never let his grandchildren do. And what if it hadn’t been me sitting there at that intersection, watching him?? [...]

]]> http://www.deannascorner.com/2006/02/17/ramblings-before-the-weekend/comment-page-1/#comment-18 Deanna’s Corner » Blog Archive » Some sad news Fri, 03 Mar 2006 23:19:15 +0000 http://www.deannascorner.com/?p=348#comment-18 [...] I mentioned about a week and a half ago that my mother and I witnessed an accident where an elderly man on a scooter was hit by a cabulance. Well, we now know the sad conclusion to the story. My mother got a phone call from the Bothell police department yesterday, because they had her name and phone number as a witness. The elderly man, who did have a broken hip as a result of the accident, died on Monday night. So Mom is going into the police station today to fill out paperwork on what she saw, since this is now a fatality accident. [...] [...] I mentioned about a week and a half ago that my mother and I witnessed an accident where an elderly man on a scooter was hit by a cabulance. Well, we now know the sad conclusion to the story. My mother got a phone call from the Bothell police department yesterday, because they had her name and phone number as a witness. The elderly man, who did have a broken hip as a result of the accident, died on Monday night. So Mom is going into the police station today to fill out paperwork on what she saw, since this is now a fatality accident. [...]

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