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Re: I'm lucky to be alive
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lugnet.people, lugnet.loc.us
Date: 
Fri, 18 Aug 2000 01:18:24 GMT
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In lugnet.people, Bruce Schlickbernd writes:
In lugnet.people, Frank Filz writes:
Well, I'm feeling extremely fortunate to still be alive today. This morning • on
the way into work I got rear-ended by an SUV.

<ka-snip!>

Nothing like a Matrix-bullet-dodging sequence to wake you up.  Was the SUV at
least flying a skull-and-crossbones?

No, just being piloted by a doctor...

What's unfortunate is that no one at the scene had a camera.

<snippage!>

Everyone concerned by this: go out and buy a disposable camera and put it in
your car (preferably a darker and cooler spot).

I'm not sure that would be worthwhile down here. After a couple months in the
car, I doubt the pictures would come out terribly good.

Glad you came out okay!

Time for some car shopping.  I can see you in a huge SUV with no handling,
little stopping power, and poor rollover incidence *but* high pirate ship
hauling ability by the way...

Nah, I don't do SUVs. Full sized vans maybe. I am giving serious consideration
to a station wagon though (I had just about settled on a Saturn wagon [the
small one, not the new large one, that one's a bit more than I want to spend,
though it looks like it has good potential] until I read today's consumer
reports which almost totally panned the Saturn [though they were looking at
sedans not wagons]).

Frank



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  Re: I'm lucky to be alive
 
(...) My sister can't praise her Saturn station wagon enough, although it's not a new one (5-6 years old now?). Myself, I'm a big fan of Chevy Astrovans; big & safe, and they haul a HUGE amount of cargo. (of course, I'm biased - my father-in-law is (...) (24 years ago, 18-Aug-00, to lugnet.people)
  Re: I'm lucky to be alive
 
(...) Ditto! (...) Well, since you mentioned station wagons, I have to put my two cents in! I drive a Volvo 240 DL wagon and I love it! It holds tons of LEGO (you should have seen what I packed into it during Target's January clearance!), still gets (...) (24 years ago, 18-Aug-00, to lugnet.people, lugnet.loc.us)
  Re: I'm lucky to be alive
 
Get a PT Cruiser! ;-) (...) -- Tom Stangl ***(URL) Visual FAQ home ***(URL) Bay Area DSMs (24 years ago, 19-Aug-00, to lugnet.people, lugnet.loc.us)

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  Re: I'm lucky to be alive
 
(...) <ka-snip!> Nothing like a Matrix-bullet-dodging sequence to wake you up. Was the SUV at least flying a skull-and-crossbones? (...) <snippage!> Everyone concerned by this: go out and buy a disposable camera and put it in your car (preferably a (...) (24 years ago, 17-Aug-00, to lugnet.people, lugnet.loc.us)

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