well...

[slipknotpsycho]

just got a call from my lawyer... the insurance company has made me an offer of 10,000 (was only 4,000) after atorney fee's i'll have something like 6,600 in my pocket.

[benagain]

F*ing A man!
congrats! :D :D :D :D :D :D

I know you were talking about getting a PS3 with it if all went well. You got any other plans for the moola?

I'm green with envy ;)

[Ganj]

just got a call from my lawyer... the insurance company has made me an offer of 10,000 (was only 4,000) after atorney fee's i'll have something like 6,600 in my pocket.


There is still plenty of work that needs to be done in Louisiana. Perhaps you could be a bit more charitable since your misfortune? It's something to think about?

[JaggedEdge]

I live in Louisiana, do not donate your money to this shit hole. It would only be wasted. The only people who are really still bitching are the assholes on welfare who don't want to work. If you want to donate some, donate to a charity for cancer or something. I'm sorry, but I'm tired of the fucking people down here. I would say half of them were worthless.

Honestly, this area needs another Katrina to come through. There are almost as many murders in New Orleans right now as there have been days in the year.

[slipknotpsycho]

F*ing A man!
congrats! :D :D :D :D :D :D

I know you were talking about getting a PS3 with it if all went well. You got any other plans for the moola?

I'm green with envy ;)

yeah i got plenty of plans for the money... all my life anytime i was about to be getting mor than oh... 50 dollars, i have the shit spent before it's even in my hands...

i'm gonna be getting a psp too, but only for when we have to go to the laundromat or something (dunno what it is but somethings wrong with our drainage thing.... and i don't wanna go spending half the money i'm getting just to be able to put a washer back in here...)

ima be taking my family out to red lobster...

i dunno what all i'ma spend it on (i don't save money... if i have money i HAVE to spend it.. i go insane having money in my wallet lol...) but i have nearly 4,000 extra now that i hadn't accounted for (at most i was figuring 4,500.. then they go and more than double it)

i think i need to get me and the wife a new bed, cuz this one is shot... o.0 how much are those craftmatic or sleep number beds? lol.. anyone know?



and i doubt i'll donate money... i've lived the majority of my life poor.. i'm gonna be living it up for once... 6k to me.. is probably about like 100k to the average working man.


damn, now i ca'nt ask for the bank for all my money in 20's.... cuz that teller would shoot me and i'd never get to spend any of it :D

[JaggedEdge]

I would get a nice HDTV... But than again, I don't know if I would want to spend nearly half of the money on a t.v.

I would blow through it if I had it too. Have fun man.

[MaryjaneAndHashley]

man, id buy a car, lol

[ATrain]

I fully support your family trip to the great Red Lobster!!! Enjoy the money. Shit like this doesn't come around often. :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

Congratulations.

[slipknotpsycho]

man, id buy a car, lol

i would too but neither me or my wife have a liscense.. it doesn't look like she's going to be trying ot get hers any time soon, and i have a buncha shit i have to do first before i can even get mine...

i got caught with weed 3 years ago, sent to jail for a night... part of my judgement was a 6 month suspension on my liscense... which i have to pay money to the DPS to get my liscense reinstated... i have to go to some drug classes, then i have to pay high risk insurance on my already high insurance rates...

ima take care of alot of it with this money and get it outta the way... but i dunno if i'll ever get a car (or atleast get me a car to drive) until i'm 25+ so then my insurance rates drop some... paying that ridiculous insurance price ontop of high risk insurance, would pretty much mean we were broke every month ...

[Nochowderforyou]

If you have kids, I would suggest saving that money for when college time comes. :) College is crazy expensive stuff.

I wouldn't blow it though on a PS3 and a PSP. I'd get one or the other, but not both.

I don't know what I would buy.

[benagain]

I'd get the psp, but grab one off of craigslist. Try to get fw 3.02 or lower. I'm not sure what the new ones are comming out as now, but I've seen psps for like $100 on CL that could be downgraded in a snap.

[slipknotpsycho]

i know for sure i'm getting the ps3... i don't really need or want a psp so much.. but it'd be nice to have something to do besides twiddle my thumbs when at the laundromat or doctor's waiting rooms and what not..

[NextLineIsMine]

Id go wild and buy 2 foot longs at Subway... then id immediately invest the rest in safe mutual funds

[suhl]

well if you are blowing all the money you are getting right away it isnt a shock to me that youre poor. at least itll make the time pass quicker at the laundromat. a smart thing to do would be buy a washer and dryer, itll save you money in the long run and you wont need to get a psp. well i could go on but i think you are fully aware you have trouble holding on to money so im not going to rub it in any further.

[slipknotpsycho]

well if you are blowing all the money you are getting right away it isnt a shock to me that youre poor. at least itll make the time pass quicker at the laundromat. a smart thing to do would be buy a washer and dryer, itll save you money in the long run and you wont need to get a psp. well i could go on but i think you are fully aware you have trouble holding on to money so im not going to rub it in any further.

if you read up a bit.. it would cost thousands to get a washer here (we have a dryer) there's soemthing all fucked up with the drainage system... and i don't just mean some little clog that a snake could take care of... it would consist of having to have someone come in and replace all the piping for that particular portion... then i'd have to buy a washer..

oh and i'm not poor cuz i can't hold onto money... the problem is i never get money, not that i cna't hold on to it... if i had a steady stream of money.. i'd probably have no problem saving it, cuz it wouldn't be something new to me anymore..

oh and why is everyone saying something like i'm going to blow all my money ona ps3 and psp? lol... the two of them together is less than 1k.. i'm goign to have 6k...

[nikweiser]

right on man good to hear that

[Its a Plant]

He was just pointing out that you'd be buying $1,000 worth of useless electronics rather than putting it to good use.

It's you're money though, so do what you will.

And you say you never have money...well, now you do. I'd use this as a chance to make your life better. That could mean getting a ps3 and psp to keep you occupied at home, I dunno...

Anyways, congrats on the money, and DON'T spend it all at once. LOL though I think it'll be gone in two weeks tops. :p

[slipknotpsycho]

i doubt it'll be gone in 2 weeks.. as i was sitting here thinking... other than the ps3 and the rest of things i was going to get when i knew i was getting 2,800... was pretty much all i wanted to begin with...

so there's still another 3k... and no desire to really get anything particular... i'll probably end up sticking it in the bank and just draw it out when/if we need to...

[ericwt]

Congratulations.

Buy a 400 Watt light and some nice pot seeds and grow your own.

Just a thought.

[JaggedEdge]

I would suggest, buying into a risker stock you feel may make you some money.

2,000 bucks sounds like a good amount to invest in something you believe may make you a profit. Start reading up on that kind of stuff if you are interessted. I have always wanted to invest some money into a slightly risky stock, but have never had enough money to do it.

You could lose the 2,000, but than again you could come out with 10,000. I haven't been paying attention to any of it lately, so I would not even be able to suggest one, but their are a lot of good sites to point you in the right direction.

[Skink]

Tell him you want 20 AND IT'S A DEAL...

[benagain]

Man, I wish I hadn't even mentioned the Ps3 thing. I should have known people would give you hell about it :wtf:

I say go do whatever you want with it. You can't take money to the grave with ya. Setting some aside isn't a bad idea, but sitting on all of it would suck balls.

[slipknotpsycho]

nah they can't get anymore outta them... this last demand was something diffrent than just asking for the money... i forgot what they call it and all.. but basicly it was the insurance companies last chance to offer something the lawyers feel is fair...

eric i plan on getting me a little set up... (and knowing my luck i bet as soon as i get close to harvesting time, FINALLY a damn connection will fall right in my lap lol)

[slipknotpsycho]

psychological damage... my wife got hit by a car.

[slipknotpsycho]

well she's not dead.... and pretty much back to normal now...

and i'm suprised i'm getting thta much our medical bills are near 100,000... and for her the most she'll get is 20,000...and she won't even be seeing a penny of it cuz the hosptial put a lein on it.

[slipknotpsycho]

we don't hav einsuarnce, and we don't plan to pay the bills anyways...

our lawyers are trying to get the hosptial to accept the 20k and just call it even (i still owe alot in medical bills tho, from somthing unrelated) cuz the person had like liability or split limit coverage or some crap.. so even if my was killed, we'd still not see a penny over 20k on either claim... 20k is the absolute highest they go.

we don't get anythign on credit anyways.... if we don't have the cash to pay something, we don't get that thing... so we're not too concerned with the credit rating from not paying the bill... (it's fucked up that healthcare isn't free in the first place...)

[NextLineIsMine]

I remember you telling us about that ages ago, damn it certainly takes a long time to get through courts.

Isn't it kind of up to your wife how to spend it?

[slipknotpsycho]

no... she's the one that suffered of course... but this is my claim... besides she's going to be very well compensated outta the money anyways.. it's not like i'm saying "hahah this money is mine you don't get anything"

btw the psychological damage i speak of is real... even tho i would still see this as a way at free money... i really did suffer... i went back to smoking after being quit for 3 months... lost alot of my hair (it started falling out in clumps) i couldn't sleep even more, i was scared of being anywhere near a moving car... it really fucked with my head.

[Nochowderforyou]

I tried making a case out of suffering mental damage when I got jumped some 9 years ago, but there was nothing I could as the people who did it were never caught. My depression went through the roof, and I developed a bad anxiety disorder after it happened. It got so bad that I had nervous breakdowns walking alone at night. I also suffered permanant nerve damage the right side of my nose and right side of my lip. I couldn't work for years either.

But, if there is no one to sue, you can't go too far. :p

[slipknotpsycho]

yeah that sucks chowder, i've read your story before.. i feel bad for you... i know you aren't looking for pity or something, but i just can't help but feel sorry... that would be a horrible ass thing to have to go through...

not to mention my whole feeling on jumping to begin with... jumping is a pussy ass way to deal with things... people who participate in it are obviously scared little school girls :p

i mean if you can't take the dude you have a problem with, that don't mean round up 4 or 5 of your friends and beat the living hell out of him....

awhile back around here we a had a rash of a bunch of little punks going around and beating homeless people for no reason at all.... one even died from it... luckily, it was caught on tape and they were all tracked down and convicted... not sure of the exact charges they got, but now all of them have soem type of murder on their record... probably still sittin in prison too..

[slipknotpsycho]

well i mean not free... but like some mass program that gives people health care.... like what canada has... any type of help you can get in the states has multiple stipulations to even qualify... and months and months worth the red tape.. and then you can only go to certain hosptials and doctors and shit... and even then your options for treatment are really limited..

[birdgirl73]

Slip, that's not the payoff for Terri's leg, is it? That's not enough. Or was it your own stuff from that night?

Did your attorney give you any hope that if y'all held out longer there'd be a higher offer? There likely will, you know. They always lowball at first. Just wondering whether the atty recommended you take that and run or keep it in play a little longer. Insurance companies have very deep pockets. And frankly they can do a lot better for you two than that.

[Podge_Boro]

congrats mate
dunno what you got it for
but hope you enjoy your money and use it well

[Nochowderforyou]

Healthcare shouldn't be free. Nothing is free in life, but they should change their plans up a bit.

Around here, you pay $40 a month for healthcare. Whether you use it or not, you pay for it, but when something does happen, you aren't paying $2000 a night for the hospital. People here complain about our plan saying, "well why should I have to keep paying it if I don't even use it?" but if something did happen to them, then they had to pay out of their own pocket, or if they get injured and died, then they'd be complaining about that.

To me, it's $40 a month. Big whoopie. Even if you go to the hospital once every few years, IF you did have to go, you'd be good.

When I went in after my injuries I got x-rays done on my face, medicine, and an overnight visit in my own room, and when I left, I didn't pay one cent.

Changes in the States need to be done, but I don't think it should be free. If someone came in with a head wound or something, then yes, you would help them, but people who visit the hospital on a regular basis for whatever reason, should have to pay something.

$100,000 or whatever you said before Slipknot is outrageous. How do they expect anyone to pay that back in this day and age. I don't get it. The US people are getting raped daily, and I feel for the people.

And yes Slipknot, jumping people is the pussiest way of dealing with things. I didn't even know them though, so there was nothing to deal with. Probably too much too drink, one too many lines, and the feeling of having tp prove something. If you want to prove something, lets do it one on one, but I had 3 guys kicking and stomping at me. Not cool.

They didn't knock me out, but if they did, I had a feeling I would have died that night as they weren't slowing down. I just managed to run away, so I consider myself lucky. It wasn't my time to go yet. :)

[BabySnookums]

Slip, that's not the payoff for Terri's leg, is it? That's not enough. Or was it your own stuff from that night?

Did your attorney give you any hope that if y'all held out longer there'd be a higher offer? There likely will, you know. They always lowball at first. Just wondering whether the atty recommended you take that and run or keep it in play a little longer. Insurance companies have very deep pockets. And frankly they can do a lot better for you two than that.

nope thats not for my leg...thats for him having to see me get pinned. (i just realized that sounds perverted LOL)
i'm not actually getting anything for my leg. the hospital has dibs on it, and i'll not see a penny.
they were only gonna get a lil bit, then they said they could maybe make them go up another 500, then today we got the call saying 10 thousand. this makes us happy as hell though...cuz this is money the hospital cant probably touch (they may try but eff em!)...and slips gonna use it so i can get some important dental work done.

one of my front teeth got chipped and is kinda triangular shaped (happened when i was about 10 or so), and it has started to get a bad cavity recently. i have to get a root canal and all kindsa other shit done to it...and he's gonna use the money to get that taken care of...and lemme run wild in the mall with a decent amount....AND i'll be able to get the camcorder i've wanted for over a year.

my mom lives out of state and just the other day was able to get herself a VCR. she's only seen our son (her only grandkid) once and it was over a year ago...so i plan on makin her extremely happy by sending her tapes of our son all the time.

this money's gonna help us out a ton...i know at first glance to alot of you it seems like its gonna get wasted...but dont worry...we're taking care of important issues first...

:thumbsup:

[geonagual]

Remember you can counter offer on anything. Give it a try, they gotta give you at least the 10,000. They already said it.

So, you will have 6,600
Pay all your bills (except the hospital) and anyone that you owe. Do a few things with the money that is forward thinking. Spend some on improving family life (bed). Then go crazy and have some fun. Take it easy...try to save some

[birdgirl73]

OK, just so that wasn't a figure on the leg. They have caps you can usually expect for various body parts, and I knew that was too low for a leg, even if it had repairable damage (a severed leg has a higher value than a repairable leg, just one of the bottom-line realities of personal injury insurance and law). If that's for the trauma of his seeing that, then, I'm glad the attorney said it probably wouldn't get much higher and glad y'all are taking that amount and moving forward. I know you can use the money now and willl use it for necessities like the dental work. I know it'll come in very handy, sweetie. Glad you're getting a cam, too! L and K from me, your other mom/sistah!

[BabySnookums]

that sounds great snookums,, so i guess you are feeling back to normal since the accident?

pretty much. every now and then i do somethin weird, i guess i'm overextending my leg? where my knee goes in too far when my leg is locked...and it hurts, or if i sit on the edge of something, it puts pressure on the spot where the break was....it was a little above mid-thigh on my right leg...bone clean in half. and i run like a 'tard now lol...had to compensate so i can still do certain things though.

i keep trying to take pix of my scars but they dont turn out good. to bright. i'll keep at it. i just wish we'd had a camera when it first happened...if for no other reason than legal issues. my leg was purple and red and prolly black (dont member if it was for sure or not) and swollen all big and had stitches and over 5 staples (most of which were in the kneecap)

but yeah..i can walk and do normal stuff i just can't over-do it...i'm glad it was me and not someones kid that got hit...and i'm really glad it wasn't slip that got mashed...i couldn't have handled seeing that...and i'm glad it wasn't a truck or i'd prolly not be around anymore...

[BabySnookums]

OK, just so that wasn't a figure on the leg. They have caps you can usually expect for various body parts, and I knew that was too low for a leg, even if it had repairable damage (a severed leg has a higher value than a repairable leg, just one of the bottom-line realities of personal injury insurance and law). If that's for the trauma of his seeing that, then, I'm glad the attorney said it probably wouldn't get much higher and glad y'all are taking that amount and moving forward. I know you can use the money now and willl use it for necessities like the dental work. I know it'll come in very handy, sweetie. Glad you're getting a cam, too! L and K from me, your other mom/sistah!

L and K back atcha birdie :giveflower:

[slipknotpsycho]

Slip, that's not the payoff for Terri's leg, is it? That's not enough. Or was it your own stuff from that night?

Did your attorney give you any hope that if y'all held out longer there'd be a higher offer? There likely will, you know. They always lowball at first. Just wondering whether the atty recommended you take that and run or keep it in play a little longer. Insurance companies have very deep pockets. And frankly they can do a lot better for you two than that.

nah, that's just myc laim, she has one then i have one too.. but unfortunately... she'll never see money in hand.. even more so.. her claim isn't even going to cover her medical bills

there won't be any higher offer either... the lawyers have been holding out forever now to get more money outta the company, and they made some special demand, and the insurance people finally caved in and gave me something the lawyers feel is fair (how much is psychological damage worth anywyas? and even more so.. as i said before, they have a 20k max payout limit because of the type of insurance that bitch had... so i'm getting half of their absolute max pay out.)