Strange as it seems

[Guest]

While I share most everything, (some may think too much ) I find it difficult to post my truely important life altering experiences. It's not that I don't want anyone to know, rather, I just seems too difficult to put it into black and white. I have no idea why, seems I feel I can't do it justice or don't want to deal with the reality of things.

I was literally almost killed today; it seems sureal.

This is NDE #4...and counting.

An 18 wheel almost literally ran over the Midget from behind. I was at a dead stop and the truck was doing 60 MPH and couldn't stop.

Maybe I'll be able to go into more detail tomorrow.

 

[DrEntropy]

Be thankful you weren't in a less nimble car, bub. And that you have presence of mind to watch your mirrors. :wink:

 

[Rhodyspit75]

Glad you are OK. I hope you were wearing brown pants.

 

[billspit]

I had a similar experience with two logging trucks many years ago. If I had let my foot off the brake and taken the left turn arrow like I should have, I would be dead. No idea what told me to not let off the brake, but a split second later, the two trucks passed in front of me, racing through downtown Florence, SC.

 

[drooartz]

Yikes. Glad you're still here to tell the tale.

 

[PAUL161]

Bill, I moved here from SC and totally agree that most of those log truck drivers in SC have never achieved anything above a 4th grade education. PJ

 

[sd80mac7204]

Wow!! Glad you are ok! Had a tri-axle almost nail me from behind while I was in the Spitfire. said he never saw me. I now have an LED light bar across the underside if the trunk lip that is tied into the brake, turn, and running lights.

 

[aeronca65t]

.....I now have an LED light bar across the underside if the trunk lip that is tied into the brake, turn, and running lights.

Probably a very good idea for many of us in smaller cars.

Kellysguy: glad you are OK!

 

[Bayless]

Glad to hear you are OK.

 

[Guest]

And that you have presence of mind to watch your mirrors. :wink:

That's just it I didn't. I heard him brake and I knew he was close from the sound. I know what rapid air brake deployment sounds like and the sound of a bid rig dragging tires. ( They don't squeal, rather "shhhhhssss".)

I'd figure I'd be nice and move over so he wouldn;t have to stop completely.

As soon as I got pulled just off the road, the truck passed me at 60MPH engulfed in a cloud of tire smoke.

I knew he was back there, I passed him about a mile or so back.

The strangle thing is, when I was slowing to make a left turn off the two lane HWY I was on I had the weirdest feeling. While I was judging the closing speed of the two cars approaching me I felt something bad. I really can't explain it other than I felt death. It didn't make sense as I knew I wasn't going to turn in front of those two cars. I knew I wouldn't have made it.

When I heard the brakes I thought, "Why make this poor guy wait or flatspot his tires. So...I just turned to the right and pulled off.

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<span style="font-size: 23pt"><span style="font-style: italic"><span style="font-weight: bold">WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOSH !!!!!!</span></span></span>


I don't have a center rear view...but will be ordering one soon.

I'm tellin' ya, he would have run clean over me !!!

Dragging a Midget smashed to the ground with a full tank of gas is't a good idea. Especially when said flaming Midget is under the fuel tanks......of a rig carrying a tanker full of flamible liquid! :eeek:

As horrible as it woud have been, it could possibly been a death I would have approved of.

If that truck would have lit off, it would have been ~spectacular~!

Kinda like the gas pump scene from Bullit those two stuntmen died in.

 

[Guest]

There wouldn't have been time to look in the mirrors anyway.

 

[Silverghost]

And that you have presence of mind to watch your mirrors. :wink:

The strangle thing is, when I was slowing to make a left turn off the two lane HWY I was on I had the weirdest feeling. While I was judging the closing speed of the two cars approaching me I felt something bad. I really can't explain it other than I felt death.

I think perhaps it was not death you felt but your guardian angel/spirit/higher power deciding it would be a very good thing to assist you at that particular moment. Someone truly was your co-pilot.

 

[JPSmit]

And that you have presence of mind to watch your mirrors. :wink:

The strangle thing is, when I was slowing to make a left turn off the two lane HWY I was on I had the weirdest feeling. While I was judging the closing speed of the two cars approaching me I felt something bad. I really can't explain it other than I felt death.

I think perhaps it was not death you felt but your guardian angel/spirit/higher power deciding it would be a very good thing to assist you at that particular moment. Someone truly was your co-pilot.

There is also a fascinating book Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking (Malcom Gladwell) that speaks to our 6th sense about stuff like this.

Either way, glad you're safe.

 

[Guest]

And that you have presence of mind to watch your mirrors. :wink:

The strangle thing is, when I was slowing to make a left turn off the two lane HWY I was on I had the weirdest feeling. While I was judging the closing speed of the two cars approaching me I felt something bad. I really can't explain it other than I felt death.

I think perhaps it was not death you felt but your guardian angel/spirit/higher power deciding it would be a very good thing to assist you at that particular moment. Someone truly was your co-pilot.

Undoubtedly, however; I have felt death before( or the felling I was gonna die) and it was pretty close to that but without the fear.

I knew if I had stayed there I would die but it just didn't make sense at the moment. The thought of ol' boy not seeing me or being able to stop neevr crossed my mind until he passed me.

 

[Guest]

Not sure where'd I'da been sent either.

One can only hope for the best... but thinGs could turn out bad.

Heaven would be great but, there is a chance I would have been sent to the place of great weeping and nashing of teeth...
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Canada!


(IMO Canada is one of the most beautifl palces I've ever seen. I just don't want to be there in winter. :wink: )

 

[JPSmit]

Not sure where'd I'da been sent either.

One can only hope for the best... but thinGs could turn out bad.

Heaven would be great but, there is a chance I would have been sent to the place of great weeping and nashing of teeth...

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Canada! :

Two guys from Toronto die and wake up in heck.

The next day the devil stops in to check on them and sees them dressed in parkas, mittens and toques warming themselves around the fire. The devil asks them, "What are you doing? Isn't it hot enough for you?"

The two guys reply, "Well, you know, we're from Canada, the land of snow and ice and cold. We're just happy for a chance to warm up a little bit, eh."

The devil decides that these two aren't miserable enough and turns up the heat.

The next morning he stops in again and there they are, still dressed in parkas, toques and mittens. The devil asks them again, "It's awfully hot down here, can't you guys feel it?"

Again the two guys reply, "Well, like we told ya yesterday, we're from Canada, the land of snow and ice and cold. We're just happy for a chance to warm up a little bit, eh."

This gets the devil a little steamed up and he decides to fix these two guys. He cranks the heat up as high as it will go. The people are wailing and screaming everywhere. He stops by the room with the two guys from Canada and finds them in light jackets and bucket hats, grilling sausage and drinking beer.

The devil is astonished, "Everyone down here is in abject misery, and you two seem to be enjoying yourselves."

The two Canadians reply, "Well, ya know, we don't get too much warm weather up there in Toronto so we've just got to have a cook-out when the weather's THIS nice."

The devil is absolutely furious, he can hardly see straight. Finally he comes up with the answer. The two guys love the heat because they have been cold all their lives. The devil decides to turn all the heat off in heck.

The next morning, the temperature is below zero, icicles are hanging everywhere; people are shivering so bad that they are unable to do anything but wail, moan and gnash their teeth.

The devil smiles and heads for the room with the two Canadians.

He gets there and finds them back in their parkas, toques, and mittens. NOW they are jumping up and down, cheering, yelling and screaming like mad men!!!

The devil is dumbfounded, "I don't understand, when I turn up the heat you're happy. Now it's freezing cold and you're still happy. What is wrong with you two???"

The Torontonians look at the devil in surprise, "Well, don't you know? If heck freezes over, it must mean the Leafs have won the Stanley Cup."

 

[rkep01]

Ohh Man! Don't quit your day job, JP.

 

[NutmegCT]

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The Torontonians look at the devil in surprise, "Well, don't you know? If heck freezes over, it must mean the Leafs have won the Stanley Cup."

(wiping up coffee spewed all over my breakfast table ...)
T.

 

[Guest]

Ohh Man! Don't quit your day job, JP.

He only works one day a week now. :laugh:

 

[JPSmit]

Ohh Man! Don't quit your day job, JP.

He only works one day a week now. :laugh:

Actually one morning