Subj : Re: My Sad Story
To   : Mike Dippel
From : Gamgee
Date : Sat Feb 15 2025 07:31:07

-=> Mike Dippel wrote to All <=-

 MD> My wife, my son and I were on our way to a restaurant to celebrate a
 MD> combination Valentine's Day /  51st wedding anniversary when we got
 MD> rear-ended in traffic.  Both his vehicle and ours had to be towed, but
 MD> no one was injured.

 MD> I mention this because I just got the car back from a Ford dealer
 MD> earlier today for a transmission repair.  Our plan was to drive the
 MD> motorhome with the vehicle in tow to Fort Lauderdale for an annual
 MD> Police and Fire meeting on Sunday and a Police Retiree luncheon on
 MD> Monday.

 MD> Those plans are obviously cancelled.  Now starts the process of getting
 MD> a rental car and doing everything necessary to get the car repaired.

 MD> We went from glad to sad in a heartbeat.  I wish I could have captured
 MD> a picture of my face when I looked into my rear view mirror and saw a
 MD> pickup truck speeding towards me, too fast to stop in time.

Well, that sucks.  Glad nobody was hurt, at least.

I'd wager good money that the pickup driver was texting and/or looking 
at his phone at the time.  Hopefully he got a ticket.

Maybe you could still take the motorhome with a rental car in tow...




.... If it has tits or tires sooner or later it's going to give you trouble!
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