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i need to unload my mind !!!

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irish_linda
irish_linda

hi all this has nothing to do with tkr but i just need to unload my mind .my son aged 33 yrs last night in our  city was hit by a taxi  it was a hit and run !!!  he was out in the city centre with friends at 10pm a taxi driver got mad with the group he was with when they didnt get out of his way quickk enough (it was a narrow side street ) he reveved the engine and picked up speed and blew my son up the bonnet of the car he landed on the footpath ,driver sped off .luckily my son is not badly hurt he spent 10  hours in A&E he has concussion ,whiplash and cuts to his head and arm .very shaken .im totaly shocked ,his friend got it on his phone and ctv in shop got some of it taxi number is hazy so hopefully police will be able to clean it up . what kind of person would do such a thing !!! im so lucky he is alive

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  • david14972
    david14972 irish_linda

    Posted

    Sorry to hear about your problems. Please feel free to unload any time.
    • david14972
      david14972

      Posted

      I'm sure I speak for everyone when I say we wish you son a speedy recovery.
  • Annibgood
    Annibgood irish_linda

    Posted

    Oh Linda!

    I wasnt online yesterday at all and only seeing your post now!!!

    I have lived through something similar with my sister and the shock you are going through and the impotence that you are feeling will set you mad.  I know you are running it through your head over and over again and dwelling on the worst case scenario that could have happened.

    Try and look on the positive side of it.  He does not appear to be too badly hurt, but needs to be kept a close eye on for the time being, especially the concussion.

    They will get the madman who did this, apart from the camera phone videos there will surely be CCTV of the area. He will not be driving for too much longer.

    My heart goes out to you and your son.

    Best wishes

    Ann

    The Irish One

     

  • Damy
    Damy irish_linda

    Posted

    Oh, Soooo sorry to hear of ur sons accident!!! So glad he doesn't seem to be gravely hurt.thats all u needed while ur recovering!! What a shock to the system. Wishing you all well!! Keep us posted.
  • irish_linda
    irish_linda

    Posted

    hi all im over whelmed with all your support on this forum .im in tears here with gratitude for all your responses .thank you all                  update he is ok very sore and he is shaken up abit ,but as you know guys try to hide that bit  thanks again all here i just needed to vent some anger xxxx
    • Oldfatguy1
      Oldfatguy1 irish_linda

      Posted

      Best thing ....find the cabbie and whack him with one of those good solid Irish walking sticks.
    • irish_linda
      irish_linda Oldfatguy1

      Posted

      haha!!! i will have to look for the biggest one !!! my husband is gone out to the shed as i speak frown he has made a few for people he knows so i have a stock of them!!!
  • Annibgood
    Annibgood irish_linda

    Posted

    You've been watching the Quiet Man again have'nt you Big Fat Guy????

    redface

    • Oldfatguy1
      Oldfatguy1 Annibgood

      Posted

      Not familiar with that program. Maybe we don't get it ion cable in the US but he happens to be a guy for justice and maybe a little revenge, I probably would enjoy.
    • irish_linda
      irish_linda Oldfatguy1

      Posted

      its a 1952 film staring maureen o hara and john wayne  set in ireland its about a struggle to keep a field .land was a big thing back in the day .    wait a minuite nothings changed!!!!!!
    • Oldfatguy1
      Oldfatguy1 irish_linda

      Posted

      Sort of remember that now. Strange how huge the world was then and a story like that was so remote when you were young. I never even got a grasp on Ireland's internal problems till TV started making them more real and understandable for a Midwesterner in the US.
    • irish_linda
      irish_linda Oldfatguy1

      Posted

      its not about irelands internal problems it was about a field and two men who wanted to own it     the internal problems within ireland were about catholics and protestant , thank god that is not what it used to be and for the most ireland is in a better place on that front
    • Oldfatguy1
      Oldfatguy1 irish_linda

      Posted

      Yes to the being a better place...as far as the movie.....I assumed they enjoyed bending the elbow a bit.

      I used to play golf with 2 Irish priests....brothers by blood as well as the cloth. When Fr. Mike brought the bottle it was bourbon.......and on Fr. Jim's day it was Scotch......and they would nip a bit all the way around on a chilly day. Fr Jim would uncap the bottle and loudly proclaim.....only thing the damn Scots were ever good for. Then Fr. Mike would would proceed to tell golf stories from his youth in Ireland the rest of the day. Great memories...........they never did understand the way American celebrated St. Patrick's Day

    • irish_linda
      irish_linda Oldfatguy1

      Posted

      ha ha!! that sounds like a great round of golf !!!   the americans celebrate patricks day in a bigger way than here i suppose its because the irish americans like to say they have irish in them . and the irish themselves miss the homeland !!!

      slante(irish for goodbye ) just to clear up the one thing irish hate is the way the americans think we irish say "top of the day to you " we never say it but we love the "craic " (a laugh )

  • patsyrose
    patsyrose irish_linda

    Posted

    Oh Linda...how horrible for all of you, and how stupid of the taxi driver!  I hope he gets what he deserves.

    I'm glad that your son wasn't more badly hurt.

    You take care.

    Patsy

    • irish_linda
      irish_linda patsyrose

      Posted

      thanks patsyrose  no news yet on that taxi driver but my son is abit better but sore neck and his head still aches it will take time .but could have been much worse
    • patsyrose
      patsyrose irish_linda

      Posted

      Glad to hear that he is feeling a bit better...but watch for signs of shock coming out.  You take care of yourself too.
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