My accident update

[steve s]

all the best mate now you can get on with life .hope to see you both in the not too distant future ,another rtts perhaps .

[greecysurf]

Hi Richard, fantastic news mate, really pleased for you.

[galooph]

Excellent news Rich! Glad you've got it sorted.

Dan

[Calos]

Fantastic news mate! £75k plus all the ex's over the years, that's a decent sum.

But as has been said, finaly some closure.
Now you can get on with the rest of your life.

peace
cal

[stormforce]

Just one thing to say for anyone injured at work and thats don't give up fighting.Make sure your a union member and you will get alll the help free if the union supply a solicitor like mine did.Although i had to back down and swallow my pride 2 months before it went to courtbecause we were desperate for the money and we held out for as long as possible.
Just keep pushing all the way and try not to let things get you down as thats what they want to happen.
As long as you stay strong and keep fighting then you will get what ever compensation you deserve.
If your not happy with a diagnosis then push your doctor to send you to a specialist as i did and i finally got the answers i wanted.
BE STRONG,KEEP PUSHING AND THE MOST IMPORTANT THING MAKE SURE YOU HAVE A BL00DY GOOD SOLICITOR

[Mrs B]

After having an accident ( all be it a road accident through no fault of my own) the relief to all the family wen it was all done and dusted was emense.The money never makes up for personal hurt but does allow closure.
Glad things are sorted, time to take a deep breath and get on with life....
All the best, and heres to a new chapter..x

[stormforce]

Did you manage to get your truck sorted Mrs B

[Bogus]

Richard, congratulations on the payout, Im sure you deserve every penny and Im sure you are relieved that the whole thing is all over. BUT

Words of caution, and Im sure youve already given it much thought.

70K is not a life changing sum these days. To the majority thats 2-3 years wages. If things were bad for you before you got the payment, then unless used wisely and supplemented by a decent income from elsewhere, they will be as bad again in a couple of years. As Phantom said, some financial advice might be worthwhile. Dont give in to the temptations to treat yourselves to all the things youve ever wanted. Certainly, celebrate and treat yourselves a bit, but take care.

Bogus

[JUDWAK]

nice one dude
onward and upward now matey

[stormforce]

Richard, congratulations on the payout, Im sure you deserve every penny and Im sure you are relieved that the whole thing is all over. BUT

Words of caution, and Im sure youve already given it much thought.

70K is not a life changing sum these days. To the majority thats 2-3 years wages. If things were bad for you before you got the payment, then unless used wisely and supplemented by a decent income from elsewhere, they will be as bad again in a couple of years. As Phantom said, some financial advice might be worthwhile. Dont give in to the temptations to treat yourselves to all the things youve ever wanted. Certainly, celebrate and treat yourselves a bit, but take care.

Bogus

Yea i see what your saying.We are looking into paying half the mortgage off to start with and once i have passed my lgv2 then i will be looking for work again as i am in the proccess of trainning for it now.Mandy is still working so thats not so bad and the extra money will help us stay out the shite till i get work again.We are both going to have some money for ourselves and then everything else is in the bank to live off.
The main reason for us being desperate is that the surf parts has gone so quiet at the moment whereas before i was earning enough to keep us above water but the last couple of months has been very hard.
Since i got laid off last year we have been very lucky to of carried on this long before getting in the shite so now we can get back to normal now and have no worries about where the money is coming from for the bills even if it is for a couple of years

[Mrs B]

was a coolent pipe with a small split going to the turbo...end result a blown turbo.
But once again Brad has come to my rescue with a spare turbo and pipe work.
do you know of a good recon place for the old Turbo?
My husband and son are now fitting replacement and the air is blue so im keeping my head down..x

[Diezel Weazel]

Glad to hear the saga's over for ya Rich ..
Hope you n Mandy can now settle down to some sort of normal life again now...
Good Luck to ya both

Jess
"Cos short cuts can cost more in the long run"

[kamaangir]

Glad to hear its all sorted, All the best!

[Albannach]

Glad this is finally finished Rich, well done for not giving up.

[tristanjay]

So glad youve got it sorted Rich, and can put it behind you now, looking forward to seeing some pics of the extras I know youll be getting for your baby (surf that is). All the best matey.