[DW SD]

I have a friend who lives on a very steep hill in Los Altos, CA. It is pretty rural for Silicon Valley. Jeff was 20 and living with his parents.

He was on his way to grab a bite to eat. At the bottom of his hill (about 1/4 mile and very steep) he realized he forgot his wallet. It was in the room attached to the garage on the lower level. Jeff drives into his driveway, walks into the garage and into the room to grab his wallet. He gets it, comes out and sees his car BACKING DOWN the driveway!!!

The car was picking up speed!! Due to gravity (it was a '68 stang with a BIG V-8 in the nose) the car flipped around and headed nose first down the hill.

Jeff ran after it, but couldn't catch up.

The car took off to the right plowing through driveways, fence posts and mailboxes. At the bottom of the hill it is so steep a retaining wall separates the driveways. (If I coast down the hill I hit about 50mph at the bottom - it is steep!)

Well Jeff's car makes it to the bottom and jumps off of the retaining wall onto the last neighbor's driveway and hits......a Porsche. Flattens the damned thing!!

So the police come, ask him for license......his wallet.... OH yeah, he dropped it up the hill when he took off to run after the car. So Jeff hikes up the hill spots his wallet and bends down to grab it.........A FREAKIN' SKUNK jumps out of the adjacent bush and sprays him!!! NO $HIT it was UNREAL! WHAT a day for Jeff!

Hope you feel better. True story. Took Jeff a while to pay for and install all of the mailboxes, fence posts, etc. His parents made him pay for everything. The Porsche was paid for by insurance.