{"id":296,"date":"2004-11-25T16:27:27","date_gmt":"2004-11-25T20:27:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/?p=296"},"modified":"2009-04-12T18:54:33","modified_gmt":"2009-04-12T22:54:33","slug":"what-the","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/2004\/11\/25\/what-the\/","title":{"rendered":"What the…?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Current mood: <\/strong>Shocked
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Currently listening to: <\/strong> the sound of chain saws outside my window<\/p>\n

So, it’s about 2:30 or 3:00 this afternoon, and Amanda and I are sitting down to dinner (which came out good, BTW).<\/p>\n

Suddenly, BANG!<\/span> The whole house shakes (and I mean SHAKES<\/span>). We hear the sound of a car engine revving – my first thought was “oh my god some kid has rammed his car into the house!”<\/p>\n

It turned out to be an elderly hispanic woman with her two kids (grandkids?) in the car. A white Lincoln continental (or something like it) had rammed my side porch where I park, and driven off the ledge in the back of the house into the trees that separate this lot from the one behind us. <\/p>\n

Fun fact #1: the woman who was driving didn’t have her license on her. <\/p>\n

Fun fact #2: she says she hit the brakes – it’s clear from the sounds and the burnout marks in the ground that she hit the accelerator instead.<\/p>\n

Fun fact #3: That side of my house is no longer “true,” it’s been knocked sideways somewhat – due to the fact that as the car went over the ledge, it pulled the granite blocks out, on which that corner of the house rests – and the foundation of this house was built without mortar.<\/p>\n

I’ve got lots of pictures to post later. I’m still in a state of shock. No one was hurt, but… well, it’s just crazy.<\/p>\n

More reactions & pictures later, when I’ve calmed down a bit. I’m going to go eat the rest of my dinner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

My first Thanksgiving on my own is interrupted by… someone driving their car into my house?!?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"webmentions_disabled_pings":false,"webmentions_disabled":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"activitypub_content_warning":"","activitypub_content_visibility":"","activitypub_max_image_attachments":3,"activitypub_interaction_policy_quote":"anyone","activitypub_status":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-296","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-personal","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pimUj-4M","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4814,"url":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/2016\/03\/07\/behind-the-wheel-2016-toyota-rav4-xle-awd\/","url_meta":{"origin":296,"position":0},"title":"Behind the Wheel: 2016 Toyota RAV4 XLE AWD","author":"Keith Survell","date":"March 7, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Behind the Wheel of Toyota's latest RAV4 - the most \"meh\" of SUVs I've ever driven.","rel":"","context":"In "Cars and Trucks"","block_context":{"text":"Cars and Trucks","link":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/category\/cars-and-trucks\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"2016 Toyota RAV4 XLE AWD","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2016\/03\/2016-Toyota-RAV-4-XLE-AWD-225x300.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":3443,"url":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/2011\/07\/01\/a-new-keithmobile\/","url_meta":{"origin":296,"position":1},"title":"A New Keithmobile?","author":"Keith Survell","date":"July 1, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"A new Keithmobile? 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