January 18, 2006
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So this afternoon about 4:40 the phone rings, and it’s someone from the
body shop at Lynn Smith Chevrolet, wanting Don so as to ask him a question
regarding the damage to the left front fender of the Camaro.Puzzled because there’s nothing wrong with the Camaro, I suggested
perhaps there’s been a mistake? Charles had that
contratemps last summer, and the front left bit of his Buick Skylark
was damaged, but it’s been mended long since. No, I was assured,
the date on the claim form is today. Apparently a claim on the
Camaro was filed today with State Farm.Oh. If Don’s been in an accident this was the first I’d heard of
it, anyway, so I gave her his cell phone number, with a request she
give him a message from his wife: “HUH? What accident?”He called me about 5:20. Yup, he’d been in an accident when
trying to go to lunch, but since his car – unlike the other guy’s – is
driveable, he was waiting until he arrived home to mention it.Didn’t factor in the up-to-the-minute service provided by both State Farm and the Lynn Smith body shop.
