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Subject: 
Re: I'm lucky to be alive
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lugnet.people, lugnet.loc.us
Date: 
Fri, 18 Aug 2000 16:10:29 GMT
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Wow, "geçmis olsun" Frank.

I was back crashed last year, and still have some waist pains from the
accident. I hope you don't have any permanent defects.

It's not good to hear that you had an accident, but it certainly good
that you are well after it..:-)

regards,

Selçuk, from a country in which daily amount of traffic accidents is
over a thousand..:-(
(I had been part of five in last two years)

Frank Filz wrote:
> 
> 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. The
> rear of my car is compacted to almost nothing. I'm basically uninjured. A couple people came up to me after the accident and
> mentioned that they were a little apprehensive about approaching for fear of what they would see in the car. Had anyone been in the
> rear seats, they would have been being scraped up with a spatula. Fortunately there was no LEGO in the car, and I was in need of a
> new car anywise. What's unfortunate is that no one at the scene had a camera. I'm going to go over to the junk yard tomorrow to
> scavenge more stuff from the car, and I'll bring my camera and post some pictures. I may need to bring along a crowbar to get at
> some of the stuff. The only thing I don't understand is how the SUV got enough speed in stop and go traffic to cause the damage that
> was caused. My car and his truck were spun around and I came to rest against the guardrail looking back the way I had come. What's
> kind of extra fortunate is that a cop was right there. A friend also happened to be there (though he didn't know that it was me
> until he walked up to the car). He saw the cloud of debris go flying and saw the cop put on his lights almost before everything came
> to rest.
> 
> Frank



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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. The rear of my car is compacted to almost nothing. I'm basically uninjured. A couple people came up to me after the accident (...) (26 years ago, 17-Aug-00, to lugnet.people, lugnet.loc.us)

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