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Margaret
01-01-2006, 05:49 PM
Yes that's right. Earlier today I have gotten in touch happily with some friends to wish each other all the best for 2006 when I was still at Pem's house. But when I got back in my hometown Nijkerk, I found that my car was STOLEN!!!
As you can imagine, I walked home, making phonecalls over and over again to my parents, but nobody was there. Turns out they were at the neighbor's for a new year's drink. As soon as I entered the house, I totally went insane, I really freaked out!! I was yelling, crying and screaming because I totally depend on that car!! Now I am able to use my fathers car, but I feel reluctant because even at work they seem to damage cars at the parking lot.. So now we've got the deal that my dad is bringing me to work and comes pick me up at the end of the day.. Geez I feel like trash now.. A day that started so well has ended in some kind of hell. I know it's just material, but when you're depending on it to go to work and you don't have money for a new car, then it seems like the end of the world for a moment... You know, I seem to have a sixth sense for these kind of things. When I parked the car, I already felt that something was gonna happen, but yet I didn't give in to that feeling. This goes to show me the biggest lesson ever of 2006: I should ALWAYS pay attention to my feelings and intuition when it's ringing its bells.. This is just one example of the MANY instinctive feelings and thoughts I had that have come true in the end. One other example is when I am thinking about someone real strongly, that one person is calling me a few minutes later in 99% of the cases.. It may sound scary, but this is true and I guess I'm not alone in this. I know more people who have this 'gift'. Most of the time my intuition doesn't lie.. as you can tell now. Sometimes it's a handy thing, but when you feel something bad is gonna happen, then it's no fun at all to feel it coming beforehand.

Really.. some miracles must be happening for me this year in order to make it feel better for me. Well.. 2004 was a VERY bad year for me, but not a single year has ever had such a bad start. Not even 2004... this really doesn't feel good at the moment.

Anyway, I hope you've all had a better start.

Margaret.

Nick
01-01-2006, 06:41 PM
sorry to hear that.

hope you get your car back soon in the same condition as you left it. and also catch the people who did this.

hope things get better for you real quickly!

Nolan
01-01-2006, 07:50 PM
Yes, that sucks.......

I'm just watching the news about the hundreds of cars that went up in flames in Paris.

When do people realise they have to kep their %$%$# hands of someones elses belongings.

I hop eyou rinsurance covers the 'material' side of the loss.
Try to be (a bit) positive: the rest of the year can only get better :frown:


Coen

Premetheus37
01-01-2006, 10:03 PM
You know, I seem to have a sixth sense for these kind of things. When I parked the car, I already felt that something was gonna happen, but yet I didn't give in to that feeling. This goes to show me the biggest lesson ever of 2006: I should ALWAYS pay attention to my feelings and intuition when it's ringing its bells.. This is just one example of the MANY instinctive feelings and thoughts I had that have come true in the end.

Hehe, I must say the same holds true for myself. I had been having doubts about the feelings of someone I was in a relationship with towards me. Doubts which turned out to be 100% correct. I was dumped on New Years Eve, over an online private message board. The worst part about the situation was actually not that I had thought something like this was going to happen. Actually, the worst part was, I had just purchased Once in a Livetime that afternoon (to complete my DT collection) and so as I was reading my "Dear John" letter I was listening to, for the first time, disc 2 of OIALT. I must say that Trial of Tears followed by Hollow Years followed by Take Away my Pain was not helping my mood. ;-) But life goes on and on and on, and so shall I and the music I create.

I hope your situation (and new year) turns out for the better, Margaret.

~Premetheus

Georges
01-02-2006, 12:25 AM
I have had the best start for ages, and still in the morning I had to face reality and say goodbye to a very dear lovely friend who flew back to Florida, just so completely heartbreaking for a start into a new year ...

Margaret, it may not be a good start, but then again it can only get better. Never lose hope, for no one can foresee the future, so there is always hope !!!

All the best, with greetings from Luxembourg !

Andrea
01-02-2006, 05:38 AM
Yes that's right. Earlier today I have gotten in touch happily with some friends to wish each other all the best for 2006 when I was still at Pem's house. But when I got back in my hometown Nijkerk, I found that my car was STOLEN!!!
...
Really.. some miracles must be happening for me this year in order to make it feel better for me. Well.. 2004 was a VERY bad year for me, but not a single year has ever had such a bad start. Not even 2004... this really doesn't feel good at the moment.

Anyway, I hope you've all had a better start.

Margaret.

Hi Marg,
It is indeed a very bad news! :eek: Is it the fiat uno?
Was your car parked at the railway station parking place?
I hope the police will find it soon...

All the best & good luck :wink:

RayMan
01-02-2006, 06:25 AM
I'm so sorry to hear that. I hope things will work out for you, and that the police
will find your car. Things can only get better now!:smile:
All the best,
Raymond

thais_petrucci
01-02-2006, 08:54 AM
I'm so sorry my dear! I've jut arrived home and read your post! Let's talk as soon as we can,ok? Things will get better for you,ok?
Cheers,
Thaís

Margaret
01-04-2006, 02:41 PM
Thank you all so much people! Here I am, smiling and all because a miracle has happened for some reason. Ok, here goes the story:

Sunday evening we called the police callcenter to have the car registered nationally. Mondaymorning we went to report the theft. We get our papers, head to the bank to stop the insurance etc.. Then on tuesday around noon my father receives a phonecall from our policeofficer. What happened? One other police officer had seen my car on fire at the railwaystation. He called the fireguards and they had my car removed to a town nearby. So after we came to report the theft the police started doing research and it was clear that my report and the burning car at the station had to be mine! They phoned my father and my father phoned my insurance company. We got a new report since this wasn't theft anymore.. Someone had set my car on fire with a simple tealight, can you imagine?! The insurance person came to see my car today and he declared it being total loss.. To my big surprise we are getting the total amount that I paid for the car back from the insurance!!
Ok, I don't have my car back, but this is even better than I thought it would be and I even have an option on another car. It's a red Fiat Seicento of 10 years old, but it has only run 25.000 km's in all those years, so basically it's pretty new enginewise!! Of course I need to pay more for it than I had to for my old car, but this is just so worth it. It seems weird, but my smile has fully returned, people!

Another thing that really helped is that my neighbor came walking to me, grabbed my face last sunday and said: 'There are worse things in life, this car is replacable'. She told me this because her husband has passed away 3 years ago... I am so thankful for these words. She opened my eyes and made me realise that she's totally right! And so is my friend Caroline.. Thank you too, babe

Now, I'm off to put my 'thank you' postcard in the neighbor's mailbox!

Cheers,
Margaret.

P.S. No it wasn't the Fiat Uno.. it was my very own Fiat Panda ;)

Premetheus37
01-04-2006, 03:46 PM
Bad that it was set on fire, great that it's getting replaced (at full value!)

Maybe it was just time for a change...

~Premetheus

P.S. Maybe you can set aside $80 for the DT show in NYC ;-)

Margaret
01-05-2006, 04:43 PM
Oh yes, paying the show wouldn't be a problem, it's just making the trip and staying overnight that is too expensive for me now. I'd love to see the gig though. Is anyone going to pay my flight and hotel? ;)

keys76
01-05-2006, 04:48 PM
Well, I'm having 2 gigs that weekend...so unfortunately I cannot come to NY.

I'm hoping for next time tough...

Jeroen