================================================ Subject: RE: [ Creed Discuss ] Not the best way to start off the holiday season. . . From: To: "The New Improved Less Lame List" Date: Mon 02 Dec 2002 13:41:30 -0500 ================================================ Glad to see you are okay Dave!! ~Michele "David Brush" wrote: >Hey, > >I'm back from Thanksgiving break. . . and what a "break" it was.  I mean, I was working throughout the holiday, but I still managed to break. . . my car.  Totaled it actually.  About a half hour away from home.  Hit a patch of ice, over corrected, spun a bit, and slammed into an embankment, driver's side first. > >I got lucky, a bump on the head and whiplash (which is only now going away).  The car on the other hand. . . scrap metal and spare parts:-/ > >Anyhow, like I said, I'm back at school now, got a ride with a friend of mine.  Visiting Susan may become a BIT of a problem in the near future, but otherwise I'll manage. > >I guess I can chalk it up to being a learning experience, but an experience I had hoped to avoid, and a very costly one indeed.  What did I learn?  Well, lemme see. . . > > * It doesn't matter WHAT the roads look like, they can still be treacherous.  There was no snow on the ground at the time. . . but there WAS black ice (guess who found it). > * The speed limit is a MAXIMUM.  I already knew this, but it was a good reminder. > * Cruise control is for use in good road conditions ONLY.  The fact that I had it engaged at the time only made things worse.  Ironically, I had been forwarded an e-mail about this only a couple hours before. > * There really are still some decent people left in the world.  I was amazed there were so many people that came out to help, especially given how sparsely populated the area was and that it was 10:00 PM. > > > >Anywho, I hope the rest of you had a good thanksgiving. > >Dave > > >To unsubscribe or change your preferences for the Creed-Discuss list, visit: >http://www.debbir.com/lists/Creed-discuss.htm >To submit your profile, visit: >http://www.creedlisters.com/profile/submit.asp >To view List member Profiles, visit: >http://www.creedlisters.com > To unsubscribe or change your preferences for the Creed-Discuss list, visit: http://www.debbir.com/lists/Creed-discuss.htm To submit your profile, visit: http://www.creedlisters.com/profile/submit.asp To view List member Profiles, visit: http://www.creedlisters.com