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Thomas Dressler

New member
Hi--just wanted to say to you all that there are some interesting threads going at the moment--exactly the type I like to write about. However, for a couple days I was swamped with finishing some arranging and writing some short pieces, so I just followed your conversations. Today I was in a very scary car accident, thankfully not hurt (and not at fault) so I'm quite shaken at the moment and while I have the time right now, it's hard to sit and concentrate. Once I'm back to being myself, I think I'll have some things to add to these interesting conversations!

Tom
 

Gareth

Commodore of Water Music
And accident, thats not good, so you are alright then???
Sorry to hear that. An accident meaning a car accident?
 

Thomas Dressler

New member
Yes, it was a car accident. Not hurt physically, just shocked from the experience, but I think I'm getting back to normal now.
 

giovannimusica

Commodore de Cavaille-Coll
Tom,

Glad to hear you're alright - an accident does leave one quite shook-up. I remember traveling to a concert - a sheet of ice on the road then sent my friends and I into an ditch. I was eighteen at the time but was not driving - scary experience - no one was hurt though.

Giovanni
 

Thomas Dressler

New member
Giovanni,

Thanks for your concern. . .yes it was scary and maybe at 43 you feel your mortality more strongly. It is a miracle that I wasn't hurt (or worse) and also that I can drive the car! I'm trying not to dwell on what could have happened.

Tom
 

giovannimusica

Commodore de Cavaille-Coll
Do you live in the Poconos? Just curious...Having stayed many a time at Buck Hill Falls Resort and driven on some of the treacherous smaller roads in the Poconos I can envision a place where there is a precipitous drop.......
 

Thomas Dressler

New member
I do live in the Poconos, but I was driving over in New Jersey. This happened on a major highway with three lanes in each direction, and a LOT of traffic driving fast in the rain. I was hit from the side and sent spinning across the lanes into the guard rail.
 
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