Today has been one of those days where I wished I didn't had to get out of bed. Hopefully my evening at bowling will be alot better.
While driving to the cinema, I had a close call of hitting a child on her bicycle at a quiet street near my home address. Really it would of been her own fault because she didn't have any road sense to look before she crossed the road on her bicycle.
Secondly I had a mild car accident at the shopping centre. The first time in all the years I have a driver's license I had my first accident caused by me. It was just that split of a second where I misjudged my car spot. The carpark was dark inside coming from brightest natural light outside to a dark undercover didn't helped the cause either. I accidently hit the side of a small 4WD where driving into my vacant spot slowly. It was my car that copped most of the damage with a huge dent and holes on the left front corner of my car's bumper. My left indicator had a broken plastic cover as well. My spouse has fixed the bumper as the best he could and went to the wreckers for a new part for the light. He was lucky to find one to fit my car otherwise it would of cost me $150 to buy brand new.
Only about an hour or so ago, I read online that Ian Turpie has passed away today. I never knew he was ill with cancer and it is frightening to hear because my parents are very similar to age as him. It was a huge shock to me as I can remember when he hosted a game show in the 80's. It was called THE PRICE IS RIGHT where you have contestants guessing how much an item is worth to win that prize. At conclusion of the show, there was a major prize where the winning contestant has to place in order (from lowest to highest value of 7 prizes). Prizes were based with home items, holidays, boat, caravan and even a car included.
Hoping your car is okay... it's good it's still driveable. I've had a few bumps and scrapes while driving... but that's just the experience of having a car.
ReplyDeleteYes, it's awful to know Ian Turpie isn't around anymore. I didn't know he was sick either... but I guess that's how some famous people react in the face of illness, they can choose to hide it if they wish.
I do remember we had a kid a school called Ian Briggs who looked like Ian Turpie when he decided to grow a mustache... and we began calling him Ian Turpie. He didn't like the name, but then, all he had to do was shave the stache off, and we would have stopped pointing it out. :P