Subj : My Sad Story
To   : Mike Dippel
From : Bill D
Date : Sun Jan 18 2026 14:55:55

  Re: My Sad Story
  By: Mike Dippel to All on Fri Feb 14 2025 11:42 pm

 > My wife, my son and I were on our way to a restaurant to celebrate a
 > combination
 > Valentine's Day /  51st wedding anniversary when we got rear-ended in traffi
 > Both his
 > vehicle and ours had to be towed, but no one was injured.
 > 
 > I mention this because I just got the car back from a Ford dealer earlier to
 > for a
 > transmission repair.  Our plan was to drive the motorhome with the vehicle i
 > tow to Fort
 > Lauderdale for an annual Police and Fire meeting on Sunday and a Police Reti
 > luncheon on Monday.
 > 
 > Those plans are obviously cancelled.  Now starts the process of getting a
 > rental car and
 > doing everything necessary to get the car repaired.
 > 
 > We went from glad to sad in a heartbeat.  I wish I could have captured a
 > picture of my
 > face when I looked into my rear view mirror and saw a pickup truck speeding
 > towards
 > me, too fast to stop in time.
 > 
 > Mike Dippel
I hope everyone was ok! 

Bill Dean
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