Looks like you got lucky there Patrick. That stick could have done a lot of damage if it was just a bit longer.
Hot, hot, hot today. Morning started following the boss to a job. He stopped to get a sandwich, and as I was pulling out, the brake pedal went to the floor. I kept going, and called him; told him I didn't have brakes. I then modified it with "Maybe I have brakes", but after another traffic light, I had to call again and confirm brakes were gone. He suggested pulling over, I said just go to the shop we use, ~5mi away. He didn't like that much, but I said I had it, just go... Got down there, and pretty much had zero brakes on arrival. After finding a place to squeeze in to park, I put it in 4x4lo so I could move slowly to get it in the spot. Tires grabbing and chirping on the macadam. Smoke pouring out of the hood everytime I tried the brakes. I didn't even look, but I'm guessing a line at the master cylinder, or the mc itself blew, and was spraying brake fluid in the engine compartment. I'm driving boss' Yukon til it gets fixed. I don't like not having all my usual stuff available :^/
