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07-AUG-2008

7 August - TITC: In and Out

Hmmm... this is more of an "in and out" story than a shot...

On our way to Basingstoke last Friday we queued up to a roundabout
where a rather flustered looking man was rushing round picking up
his tools off the road, onto which they'd obviously fallen when the
back door of his van had flown open. Eventually the traffic got going
& on we went. I stopped at a garage to get some petrol and when walking
back to the car I noticed that I'd obviously driven through something
white as it had been splashed all the way down the side of the car.

"Oh yes!" said my son "Didn't you see the tin of white paint on the
road at that roundabout?!" AAAAAARGH!!! So my NEW BLACK (rather sporty!!)
car has been IN AND OUT of the garage whilst they have been trying to scrape,
steam & clean the white paint off the BLACK paintwork!!!

And the kids have been in & out of the car & their car seats all
morning!

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Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ3
1/640s f/3.3 at 4.6mm iso100 hide exif
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virginiacoastline11-Aug-2008 23:45
OMG!!! How awful to have paint all over your nice car!
Hope they got it all off . . .too bad you can't make the other poor bloke pay for it =(
Guest 11-Aug-2008 14:06
hope they managed to clean the paint off your car. Lovely image of the little girl and nice use of b/w
Cindi Smith10-Aug-2008 22:44
Hope that they can get the car fixed quickly.....bad story but cool shot!
Guest 09-Aug-2008 16:58
Lovely photo ... but I don't think that's what was intended by the 'customer parking' sign!
Laura Sebastianelli09-Aug-2008 14:08
but look at the story and shot you got out of the expereience!! (-:
Heidi Jonker08-Aug-2008 06:48
Great image, but a terrible story behind it. I hope your car is spotless again.
Russ Rose08-Aug-2008 04:05
sorry about the paint. But nice image.
Nancy Lobaugh08-Aug-2008 03:04
in the seat out of the car... it works.. hope the paint recovers...
Jason Anderson08-Aug-2008 02:13
Great story (sorry)...did you at least get a shot of your black & white car? ;o)
At least the kids had comfy seats. None of it really worked out well for you, did it...
Dawn McKenzie-Wykes08-Aug-2008 00:32
Oh no..what an awful story.. with your paint work on the car.. hope it all comes up gleaming again.. great capture, with the wall sign... and waiting patiently, so why not eat! lol..good one.
Inga Morozoff08-Aug-2008 00:30
Nice candid! And good story too.
Máire Uí Mhaicín08-Aug-2008 00:26
Great story, very well told in words and image. Your little girl's patience is being well tested!
carolynne_w07-Aug-2008 23:33
Isn't it interesting that they preface stories with "Didn't you see ....."
sue anne07-Aug-2008 23:23
Good one, for a minute I thought it was a homeless person...... :)
Gail Davison07-Aug-2008 22:34
OH NO!
Laryl07-Aug-2008 21:50
sorry to hear about your car :( that's awful. great photo tho!
Mairéad07-Aug-2008 21:16
Lovely capture, shame about your car.
Antonio Ruggiero07-Aug-2008 20:54
Ottima foto...Bravo
Chris07-Aug-2008 20:41
Nothing's ever black or white, is it? What a b*gg*r! Chris
Al Chesworth07-Aug-2008 20:16
So you have a zebra car, how wonderful.
Ric Yates07-Aug-2008 19:58
What a nightmare - hope all cleaned off now!
Zak07-Aug-2008 19:24
didn't you feel the performance of your car get higher when the go-faster stripe appeared? ;-D
J. Scott Coile07-Aug-2008 19:14
Nice edgy and gritty B&W processing. Did you use a high pass filter?
laine8207-Aug-2008 18:56
ahhhhh, messy :>( I hope your standing guard so someone doesn't back over her !!!!
Jola Dziubinska07-Aug-2008 18:46
Nice capture, but not nice story at all :(
Wolfgang Bluhm07-Aug-2008 18:43
Nice picture. Very sorry about the paint accident.
beverley harrison07-Aug-2008 18:34
not a write off then? ;) poor lottie looks so hot n bothered!!
Lee Rudd07-Aug-2008 17:59
but but a piebald car would be unique!

and not another new car?!
wernere0107-Aug-2008 17:37
Great shot, and the first parking place for kids I´ve seen.
Phillip Normanton07-Aug-2008 17:32
Erm, couldn't you just paint the white bits black... a bit of emulsion would've sorted it... ;-)
Argh - nightmareish stuff :((
McGarva07-Aug-2008 17:13
You should have posted a picture of your black and white car!
CreativeWiseGal07-Aug-2008 17:02
Nice black and white image to go with the black car and white paint story. Hope the paint comes OUT!
Guest 07-Aug-2008 16:42
Not a good day!
royalld07-Aug-2008 16:32
She has the gangster lean going on that arm-rest...
Sorry to hear about your ride.
You might say the paint will give the car some character; in my neighborhood we call it soul.
Dan Chusid07-Aug-2008 16:29
You really wanted a white (rather sporty) car anyway,
didn't you?
Rose Atkinson07-Aug-2008 16:19
Arrggh ! I'll bet the air was blue....
Nice shot of Lottie... she looks quite the tennis pro !
Dave Hein07-Aug-2008 16:11
Where were those sporty car seats when *I* was a kid!
Sporting cars sometimes look good with racing stripes. Not yours, probably. :)
Walter Otto Koenig07-Aug-2008 16:04
Nightmare city. Hope all is well son. Great shot!
Maaike Huizer07-Aug-2008 15:51
Hope your car will look nice and shiny again. Good shot.
Ann...07-Aug-2008 15:27
Arrgghh!! what a thing to happen - hope your car will soon be back to shiny black.
Faye White07-Aug-2008 15:25
ack! hope you get your shiny car back
Johnny JAG07-Aug-2008 15:24
Oops! I think that's the expression you're looking for.
It should save customers child parking!
Sheila07-Aug-2008 15:24
OMG what a nightmare! Hope it all came off.
Poor kids, bored out of their minds.
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