Greg and I had our first car accident yesterday in Managua. We had taken a taxi to the airport to meet a friend who was coming in. We were to follow her and our other friends to a nice restaurant for lunch. Our taxi driver wasn't paying attention, trying to change lanes, when our friends in front of us had to stop. SLAM! We hit the back of his pickup truck and did quite a bit of damage to his car body. The police were right there when it happened, but the drivers decided to work it out between the two of them. It took about an hour or so for them to negotiate. Our friends were very generous to help him out! The funniest thing to us was the onlookers who knew so much and had opinions about the whole incident.
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Sorry, that's so upsetting, especially there, police, all the 'working it out' which is sometimes not even legal, but then again what is legal? People helping out, yeah, sarcastic, that's what that can be. I remember backing up a van into a tree near the 'mercado Oriental'...i think i heard, 'caballo', 'idiota' and many other helpful words. Oh my people, my people. Preach more on Col. 3, "above all things put off falsehood..." Be strong.
Posted by: davidt | 2004.11.23 at 10:20 AM
Concerning the onlookers...it hit me that they serve the role as a kind of "chorus" when such dramas play out. Perhaps that's where the ancient Greek playwrights got the idea of the chorus from anyway, who knows? The best (or worst, I guess I should say) chorus was the one in Granada when a lady on a bicycle intentionally hit my car and tried to make it look like an accident. When these things happen I often feel as if I'm a character in a Greek tragedy or comedy.
Mi gente, mi gente...pues, hermano, su gente son mi gente ahorita y por la gracia de Dios, allí va yo.
Posted by: Goyo | 2004.11.23 at 12:07 PM
Good comparison, very funny. Glad you're well.
Posted by: davidt | 2004.11.25 at 09:06 PM
hola DIOSITO los bendiga los admiro mucho bueno solo les quiero decir que dios tiene grandes planes para ustedes y el sabe lo que necesitan sigan adelante sindesmayar
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