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Driver crashes into liquor store, then buys six-pack of Bud
Lynne Rice, 74, crashed her 1988 Cadillac into the front window of Joe's Food Mart, causing about $8,000 in damages. After plowing half-way through the store, Rice got out of the car, walked over to the cooler and pulled out a six pack of Budweiser. (Long Beach Press-Telegram)
July 1, 2008 | Permalink
Comments
what a gangster! clearly a woman who knew what she was there for.
Posted by: sometimesilie | Jul 1, 2008 11:27:55 AM
AWESOME Ad campaign! Bud can make that into a commercial.
Accident Damage: $8,000
6 pk of Beer: $5.00
Old Lady creating a drive thru at Joe's Food Mart to get her Bud....Priceless!
Posted by: cherie | Jul 1, 2008 11:28:24 AM
I'd say it's time to start thinking about guard rails for these storefronts. This sort of thing seems to happen all the time!
Posted by: Reno | Jul 1, 2008 11:30:36 AM
they really ought to make anyone 70+ take driving tests... I swear you hear about more accidents with seniors than teenagers by a long shot
Posted by: ummm | Jul 1, 2008 11:34:34 AM
LMAO! Fiesty old geezer isn't she!
Posted by: lawdog | Jul 1, 2008 11:40:07 AM
Well he was already there. Why waste the trip.
Posted by: Dick C. Normas | Jul 1, 2008 11:46:23 AM
sorry /SHE
Posted by: Dick C. Normas | Jul 1, 2008 11:47:37 AM
It's the high gas prices!
Posted by: Torgo | Jul 1, 2008 11:52:31 AM
Maybe she has trouble getting around and needed to pull her car right up to the cooler to pick up her beer.
Posted by: Caffeinated Katie | Jul 1, 2008 11:58:10 AM
"back in my day they brought the beer to your car. nowadays you gotta get outta the car and walk. Hell with that. just drive up and get it."
Posted by: jupiterjim | Jul 1, 2008 12:04:01 PM
ALWAYS GET 6 TO GO
Posted by: | Jul 1, 2008 12:06:09 PM
a twofer!
she's 74 and drove through a building
she's a drunk, driving drunk to pick up more alcohol
shame it's too late for farmer bob
Posted by: Lambiepie | Jul 1, 2008 12:11:47 PM
The Peter G. Peterson foundation is behind this somehow....
Posted by: saywhut | Jul 1, 2008 12:24:56 PM
The NERVE of that store owner, refusing to let her by the beer. After all, like Dick C. said, she WAS already there!
Posted by: troschne | Jul 1, 2008 12:55:45 PM
that guy is my HERO!!!
Posted by: AngrySockMonkey | Jul 1, 2008 1:07:36 PM
I think she already had enough.
Posted by: Charles Brobst | Jul 1, 2008 2:58:03 PM
Sterilize her.
Posted by: Farmer Bob and the City | Jul 1, 2008 3:55:45 PM
So she had an accident. Why not have a beer afterward? Glad nobody was hurt.
Posted by: timmons | Jul 1, 2008 4:58:16 PM
Seriously, that sounds exactly what an old neighbor of my would do after one of his fights with his wife.
I'm SO glad to be out of that neighborhood, even though it meant downsizing (a lot).
Posted by: twerp | Jul 1, 2008 7:49:14 PM
They have simulators for pilots. We have Gran Turismo for the game station. Why don't we have simulators for new drivers (teens) and the elderly (over 70) before they can get or renew their licenses? Xboxes aren't that expensive. Surely there is some wonderful computer nerd at the DMV that could write a software program. Patent it and charge the government 150 mil for the rights to it. If the price is high enough the government just might buy it!
Posted by: K | Jul 1, 2008 8:07:21 PM
K, if that's your solution, my I suggest that it would be easier to just make people over the age of 65 retake their drivers test every time they renew (like every 4 years).
God, I don't want to think about that. My parents are getting to that age. Help me!
Posted by: twerp | Jul 1, 2008 8:15:39 PM
twerp, I feel your pain. I have a 15 year old soon to be driver and two parents who are in their 60's. But my ex-mother-in-law is the one who scares me. She's in her 80's, drives a big old station wagon, cruises at a comfortable 40 mph on the interstate and has to look through the steering wheel because she is so bent over with osteoporosis that she can't see over it. But the dmv keeps renewing hers. Yes. I think they should have to take the test when they renew every four years.
Posted by: k | Jul 1, 2008 8:20:18 PM
imagine what he does for grocery shopping... <img src="http://reviewsblog.pcriot.com/img/spacer.jpg">
Posted by: Phil | Jul 1, 2008 9:29:05 PM
The link goes to a nonexistent story.
Pics, or it didn't happen
Posted by: Zippo | Jul 1, 2008 11:06:56 PM
Zippo, if you click on the link, it will take you to the comments section. Click on "View All Comments", and there is a link there that will take you to the story.
Posted by: troschne | Jul 2, 2008 4:56:01 AM
