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Diary of a Flyer by (welcome back) B Leonard Wise

This part of the Diary of B Leonard Wise has come into our hands. He is a model Flyer but a rather misunderstood person.

I must write this all down whilst it is fresh in my mind. It could be used for evidence with the Insurance Company and a claim against my next door neighbour .It may well form part of a negligence claim against the National Health Service. How can all this mayhem be cause by one attempt to fly a Quadcopter .

It started on a wet November evening. Clarrissa my Wife and myself were coming

home from an outing to the Cinema. I had turned into our close which is in one of the more select parts of town and is quite long for a Close. In the dark and rain it is not always easy to drive into ones own driveway they all look the same at night. Anyway I was getting Dear to our drive when that lunatic from No 13 came roaring down the road with his lights full on. He drives (1 use the word lightly) an old M.G which I am sure has no dip on the lights. Partly to avoid him and being partly blinded I turned into my neighbours drive by mistake.

Now all our houses have Garages and I for one always put my car away. However he

often leaves his out all night and this \Xa8 one of those times. I ran into the back of him with a loud crashing noise. This noise brought the neighbour and his wife bursting from their front door to see what had happened. I expected that they would ask if we were hurt and then apologise for leaving their car out in their drive. Instead, I cannot say how rude he was. As befits our status we have two cars. A new small one for Clarrissa , and the old one for me. It is a tough old piece of equipment and the front of my Car was a bit dented but the back of theirs was really smashed in.

The neighbour kept saying, You have smashed my Car. In an attempt to bring a little humour into the situation, which I thought would cheer him up. I told him my Car is old, yours mltSt be one of the newer ones which are made of paint and have the metal sprayed on the inside. He turned a dark shade of purple and his wife started to lead him inside. He shouted over his shoulder you will hear from my Solicitor : tomorrow I hope you are well insured.

I was surprised. I replied it is your insurance which will pay. If you had put your car away like you should have done then it would not have been hit. He was about to reply when his wife tugged him inside and slammed the door. He never asked if we were hurt.

Next morning I rang my Insurance Company to tell them what had happened. I also

made my point that it was his fault and his Insurance Company would have to pay.

The person at the other end said firmly. You ran into his car which was standing

stationary in his drive. You do not have a leg to stand on. We will pay and your no claim bonus has gone up in smoke.

1 am not satisfied' I retorted. I will speak to my solicitor and probably take you to court. 'Please do' he said. I would love to be at that case if it ever got to court'.

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