The rock that I hate
As a geologist, I love most rocks I encounter. But yesterday morning, I went out to my car and saw this:
Can you tell what's missing? Hint: here it is, all over the front seats:
My car had been broken into over night. Bummer. I live in the city, so this happens sometimes in the city, but I've learned never to leave anything of value in the car, and certainly never to leave anything of value in plain view. The people who broke into my car last night must therefore be classed as vandals, not thieves, since they didn't steal anything. Grrr...
Then, in the course of calling the insurance company, I opened up the driver's side door, and saw this:
See the rock there, between the driver's seat and the driver's door? That rock came through the passenger window, from the other side of the car, with enough force to slam into the other side of the vehicle. And it left its mark on the panel on the interior of the driver's door:
So, the poor little Prius is now in the shop, getting a new door panel and a new window. Major bummer. And now I know that there is at least one rock in this world that I do not like.
Can you tell what's missing? Hint: here it is, all over the front seats:
My car had been broken into over night. Bummer. I live in the city, so this happens sometimes in the city, but I've learned never to leave anything of value in the car, and certainly never to leave anything of value in plain view. The people who broke into my car last night must therefore be classed as vandals, not thieves, since they didn't steal anything. Grrr...
Then, in the course of calling the insurance company, I opened up the driver's side door, and saw this:
See the rock there, between the driver's seat and the driver's door? That rock came through the passenger window, from the other side of the car, with enough force to slam into the other side of the vehicle. And it left its mark on the panel on the interior of the driver's door:
So, the poor little Prius is now in the shop, getting a new door panel and a new window. Major bummer. And now I know that there is at least one rock in this world that I do not like.
12 Comments:
Bummer. Sorry to hear the news.
If only it had been a stony meteorite - at least you would've had some consolation.
That sucks. Sorry to hear about it.
And they didn't even use an interesting rock, either. I'd say you could set fire to it to express your feelings of dislike, but that's kind of ineffective with a rock.
Thanks, guys. The rock is a cobble from the Potomac Formation, a Cretaceous-aged (~100 Ma) river gravel deposit that weathers out on the hilltops in my neighborhood. Here's a question: what's the place to live where you would be least likely to have your car window smashed in with a rock?
Sorry to hear about the car.
"what's the place to live where you would be least likely to have your car window smashed in with a rock?" - a pumice region?
Several years back one of our students decided to throw a rock through another student's window. The thing was that ..
a) it was from his own rock collection.
b) we get all our students to label their samples with an identifier, starting with their initials.
Doh!
oh man ... that sucks!
thanks for sharing
Possibly you might avoid rocks if you parked in the middle of White Sands National Monument, but you might also have to worry about stray missiles, too. Bit of a tradeoff there.
That bites! But it's hysterical that you ID'd the "weapon".
:)
A lot of the Amazon rain forest is mostly laterite and sand...
Sorry about your Prius, and it's unfortunate to actually have a hatred for a particular rock - though I can't say I blame you.
Our Prius recently had an encounter with a coyote, if you can believe that one (you hardly ever see them up close). Have to get a new bumper, but felt real bad for the coyote.
[maybe it was a Hummer owner?]
Sorry 'bout that. Someone did the same thing to my wife's windshield about 20 years ago when we lived in El Paso.
Perhaps the middle of the Mississippi Delta would be a place to avoid any rocks or somewhere else where there is a wide coastal plain.
Oh crap, I'm so sorry!
(I'd bet Silver Fox is right about the Hummer owner. Ew.)
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