Time Nick Message 00:54 pdurbin miah: i'm enjoying your comments at https://plus.google.com/107770072576338242009/posts/ETqpKHLUEKr 00:59 miah thanks 01:13 semiosis interesting conversation 01:39 JoeJulian I saw that when rackerhacker tweeted it. 13:34 pdurbin got rear ended on my bike by a car this morning: https://plus.google.com/107770072576338242009/posts/99xPso8Tkka ... i think i'm fine but i'm going to the doctor just in case 13:56 larsks That sucks! Hope you're okay. 14:01 pdurbin thanks. i think so 14:12 ben_e pdurbin: yuck :-( 14:12 ben_e did you go down? did he push you into the car in front of you? 14:12 pdurbin no, i caught myself. and i wasn't pushed very far. a bit of a jolt. bent my back wheel 14:18 ben_e sounds like it was a "good" accident then :-/ 14:19 ben_e are you going to file a police report? 14:19 pdurbin yeah, could have been much worse. not that i'm exactly happy 14:19 pdurbin you know, the form is pretty long. seems like a pain 14:20 pdurbin here's the form: http://www.mass.gov/rmv/forms/21278.pdf via http://massbike.org/resourcesnew/what-to-do-if-you-crash/ 14:22 pdurbin looks like section E has "2 Cyclist" as "non-motorist" 14:23 pdurbin funny that there's no code for the non-motorist to indicate he was waiting at a red light. i guess "97 Other" 14:23 pdurbin maybe "1 entering or crossing location" 14:24 ben_e F3 maybe? 14:24 ben_e F Traffic Control Device 3 rather 14:25 pdurbin hmm, yeah 14:25 pdurbin it seems like the motorist should fill this out 14:31 ben_e i would not let him file a report without also filing out a report myself 14:31 ben_e if you put conflicting information down, what happens? 14:32 pdurbin i have no idea 14:32 ben_e me neither 14:32 ben_e i had a friend get screwed over by not filing a report once 14:32 pdurbin the last time i got in an accident it was another bike. he hit me so hard my handlebars were twisted out of place. he didn't stop 14:33 ben_e a person backed into their car in a parking lot, was very apologetic, they exchanged info, he took a few weeks to get a quote on the bodywork which came in at $2k+ iirc 14:33 ben_e and when he called the person, they claimed they had no idea who he was, had never been in an accident, etc 14:34 pdurbin that sucks 14:34 ben_e yeah 14:34 ben_e i think i decided after that to just let the system do its thing 14:34 pdurbin in this case, the driver seemed like an honest guy 14:34 ben_e no hard feelings, but i'm going to file the paperwork 14:35 ben_e yeah, but maybe he crashes into cyclists 3x per year? 14:35 ben_e honest, but a bad driver... 14:35 pdurbin i agree for a car... not sure about this bike thing... i'll see what the doctor says and total up expenses. co-pay and a new wheel. shouldn't be too much 14:37 pdurbin way less than in your friend's case 14:37 ben_e nods 14:37 ben_e i think $50 for a wheel is on the low side though 14:37 pdurbin i'm just glad i didn't get hurt 14:37 ben_e yeah 14:38 pdurbin in high school a kid was driving me home from school. wet conditions. couldn't stop. rear ended a car at a red light. totaled his car. i cut my lip against his back seat. scary 14:38 pdurbin this was way less scary :) 14:39 ben_e i have managed to avoid car accidents so far 14:39 * ben_e knocks wood 14:39 ben_e http://or8.net/~bene/stuff/silver.png <- hoopty 14:40 pdurbin be careful out there 14:40 ben_e you too :-) 14:40 ben_e i'm home today though 14:43 pdurbin we should do lunch again sometime. and i'm planning on going to the queenshead after work. and hopefully cambridge common after that. open invite to all, of course 14:43 ben_e abcd main meeting it today 14:43 ben_e s/it/is 14:43 ben_e free lunch if you can sit through the talks :-) 14:44 pdurbin SPECIAL PRESENTATION: CS50 Team 14:44 pdurbin i took cs75. good class 14:44 pdurbin maybe i'll join you 14:44 ben_e do you go to the cs50 fairs? 14:45 ben_e i was on campus for one and dropped by 14:45 pdurbin we had a bit of a fair at the end of cs75 14:45 ben_e the fact that there are students on the cambridge campus is so far removed from my harvard experience 14:45 pdurbin heh 14:49 shuff pdurbin: i am glad to see no photo of the inside of an ambulance today 14:51 pdurbin *sigh* 14:52 pdurbin yeah, i live tweeted that trip to the ER 14:52 ben_e nice instagram shot from the stretcher... 14:53 pdurbin about to get stapled. GRAPHIC! on Twitpic - http://twitpic.com/bl8if 14:53 ben_e when was that? 14:54 ben_e 3.5 years ago 14:54 ben_e i didn't realize you were being serious 14:54 ben_e doh 14:55 pdurbin my first and hopefully last trip to the ER 15:04 pdurbin my daughter was 5 days old. not the best timing 15:29 pdurbin off to the doctor. you guys should check out http://console.neo4j.org/?id=if7gn8 via http://irclog.greptilian.com/sourcefu/2013-02-01#i_2562 16:19 pdurbin doctor seems to think i'm well enough. i did mention a twinge kind of deep in my back but i may have had that when i woke up. he said to let him know if anything develops. i'm glad i went in 18:38 miah i have to go to the Dr. every 6 months. its bullshit :/ 18:45 shuff pdurbin: i'm glad you did too 18:54 pdurbin shuff: where's an EMT when i need one ;) miah: sorry to hear that