How many times have you dueled the grim reaper?

[PlasmaBomb]

Originally posted by: Sea Moose
my gf got hit by a parked car....

OK there is a story there... what happened??

 

[lxskllr]

Originally posted by: manowar821
I bet I have some fun stuff to share...

-Rolled a rally car and impaled it with a huge ass branch through the windshield, went in between myself and the co-driver. Car was easily fixed and perfectly drivable! Haha!
-Motorcycle accident when I was 15, friend wasn't as good at riding a crotch-rocket as he led on and got cocky with me on the back. Laid it down at 70 mph on an on-ramp, but I tucked properly. He broke ribs.
-Shot at, twice. Once being a dude bump-firing an SKS.
-A number of fights with people who pretty much wanted me to end up breathing through a straw.
-Chased by riot cops, some on horses getting fucking stupid-close.
-Chased by neo-nazis who had bats and 2x4's.
-Almost fell out of a tree from 47 feet up when I was 9. I was and still am a damn monkey.
-Stabbed and then almost successfully mugged. I wasn't having any of it, though.
-Someone spiked my drink (he thought it was my lady friend's drink) with something at a rave once, luckily I go in groups and a buddy of mine saw it. After shit went down, the plastic bottle was melting. Holy crap moment.
-Almost drowned in Jr High when some jock pushed me underwater and wouldn't let me back up. This turned into a bitter rivalry that ended with one of the aforementioned fights.

You've had an adventurous life :^D

 

[manowar821]

Originally posted by: lxskllr

Originally posted by: manowar821
I bet I have some fun stuff to share...

-Rolled a rally car and impaled it with a huge ass branch through the windshield, went in between myself and the co-driver. Car was easily fixed and perfectly drivable! Haha!
-Motorcycle accident when I was 15, friend wasn't as good at riding a crotch-rocket as he led on and got cocky with me on the back. Laid it down at 70 mph on an on-ramp, but I tucked properly. He broke ribs.
-Shot at, twice. Once being a dude bump-firing an SKS.
-A number of fights with people who pretty much wanted me to end up breathing through a straw.
-Chased by riot cops, some on horses getting fucking stupid-close.
-Chased by neo-nazis who had bats and 2x4's.
-Almost fell out of a tree from 47 feet up when I was 9. I was and still am a damn monkey.
-Stabbed and then almost successfully mugged. I wasn't having any of it, though.
-Someone spiked my drink (he thought it was my lady friend's drink) with something at a rave once, luckily I go in groups and a buddy of mine saw it. After shit went down, the plastic bottle was melting. Holy crap moment.
-Almost drowned in Jr High when some jock pushed me underwater and wouldn't let me back up. This turned into a bitter rivalry that ended with one of the aforementioned fights.

You've had an adventurous life :^D

And at 24, it's only just begun!

Can you believe I've never broken a bone?

 

[Poulsonator]

So many things, but these are the best:

- 7 heart surgeries since 1993 (I'm 34 now), the 2nd one giving me a pacemaker in 1993 (when I was 19)
- Viral meningitis in 1997, which included an 11 day stay in the hospital, a loss of 50 lbs. in 2 weeks, and when I recovered (amazingly), I had to learn how to walk again
- Driving home from a baseball game in Kansas City in 1993, around 2 am, was hit by a car which in turn made my car head straight for a gas station. All I could think about was massive explosions, but we turned, hit a curb, flew through the air about 20 feet, and landed 10 feet from the pumps

 

[lxskllr]

Originally posted by: manowar821

And at 24, it's only just begun!

Can you believe I've never broken a bone?

That is unbelievable :^D

I've been lucky in that regard also. Nothing like you've done, but all the normal kid crap where I should have broken something. Trees, bikes, cars, so on....

 

[lxskllr]

Originally posted by: Poulsonator
So many things, but these are the best:

- 7 heart surgeries since 1993 (I'm 34 now), the 2nd one giving me a pacemaker in 1993 (when I was 19)
- Viral meningitis in 1997, which included an 11 day stay in the hospital, a loss of 50 lbs. in 2 weeks, and when I recovered (amazingly), I had to learn how to walk again
- Driving home from a baseball game in Kansas City in 1993, around 2 am, was hit by a car which in turn made my car head straight for a gas station. All I could think about was massive explosions, but we turned, hit a curb, flew through the air about 20 feet, and landed 10 feet from the pumps

Damn, that's a hard way to spend early adulthood. Are you ok now?

 

[AlienCraft]

Escaped being drowned under a fallen log in the Sierras.
Avoided being crushed in auto / truck mishaps.
Dodged a shackle and steel cable being dropped from an errant stage rigger.
Avoided electrocution from miswired stage mains power sa couple of times.

 

[AlienCraft]

Escaped the terrors of double posts

 

[Poulsonator]

Originally posted by: lxskllr

Originally posted by: Poulsonator
So many things, but these are the best:

- 7 heart surgeries since 1993 (I'm 34 now), the 2nd one giving me a pacemaker in 1993 (when I was 19)
- Viral meningitis in 1997, which included an 11 day stay in the hospital, a loss of 50 lbs. in 2 weeks, and when I recovered (amazingly), I had to learn how to walk again
- Driving home from a baseball game in Kansas City in 1993, around 2 am, was hit by a car which in turn made my car head straight for a gas station. All I could think about was massive explosions, but we turned, hit a curb, flew through the air about 20 feet, and landed 10 feet from the pumps

Damn, that's a hard way to spend early adulthood. Are you ok now?

My heart doctors have all said I'm good to go, so I suppose so. I'm lucky as the only thing I'm unable to do is contact sports and I need to avoid strong magnetic fields (research labs, MRI's, airport security, etc.). I play softball, tennis, lift weights, run...just about anything really.

The time I've spent in hospitals and pre/post surgery have all pretty much sucked, but all of it has made me a pretty laid-back person. I feel like I'm living on borrowed time (even if I'm not, it sure seems that way), so I don't sweat much and try to have as good of a time as I can. Life is indeed fragile, but modern medicine is one hell of a thing.

 

[Auggie]

Originally posted by: Poulsonator
I feel like I'm living on borrowed time (even if I'm not, it sure seems that way), so I don't sweat much and try to have as good of a time as I can. Life is indeed fragile, but modern medicine is one hell of a thing.

That's a really great attitude!

 

[lxskllr]

Originally posted by: Auggie

Originally posted by: Poulsonator
I feel like I'm living on borrowed time (even if I'm not, it sure seems that way), so I don't sweat much and try to have as good of a time as I can. Life is indeed fragile, but modern medicine is one hell of a thing.

That's a really great attitude!

Indeed :^)

 

[dabuddha]

I almost became creamed dabuddha in that DC metro crash few weeks ago. Leave work 2 minutes later and I would have been

 

[Jeff7]

Originally posted by: manowar821
And at 24, it's only just begun!

Can you believe I've never broken a bone?

27 here, still no broken bones. At least that I know of.

I don't come close to matching the rest of your record though.


The worst that comes to mind was when I was young, less than 5yrs old, I had some intestinal infection that made me throw up everything, even water. Thanks to a hospital stay and an IV, I (obviously) survived.
There've been no severe car accidents for me; I only remember two of note:
- A driver abruptly stopped at a green traffic light, causing the drivers behind to impact. I think 3 or 4 cars were involved. It was at low speed though, <10mph. It was still enough to total my dad's car.
- Deer impact at 45mph; that was in my mom's car. It was borderline-totaled, but she liked the car, and had it repaired.

For me though, I've been driving since 2000 with no accidents, and not even so much as a parking ticket.


Other than that, I don't really do anything dangerous, and can't think of any other close calls.

 

[Possessed Freak]

Reattached a dryer line and accidentally closed the circuit with my hand mmm 220V.
The typical oh shi* moments in a car.
Broke my back and legs (can't run/jump now, but I never could run/jump!).
My friends and I participated in a nail gun fight when I was younger.
Jumped a fence and implanted a stake into my knee which could have easily been my heart/gut/whatever.
When I was a baby, my dad left the basement door open, I fell down it and landed on concrete.
Fell out of countless trees.
Was climbing a really tall tire swing rope when it came undone (I was only 6-10 ft up it at the time).
Was nearly pulled out to sea... I just now remember how scared I was at that time, probably the scariest moment in my life.
Saved a drowning victim who kept pushing me under the water to keep his head above it.

 

[BabaBooey]

4 times so far....hit by car....thrown from rolling car and then car rolled over me and shot twice...I AM INVINCABLE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Except for that time I stubbed my toe....man the pain...and all the crying....

 

[mikej007]

Originally posted by: manowar821

-Chased by neo-nazis who had bats and 2x4's.

Sorry, but I LOL'ed at this one... backstory?

 

[Crono]

We got into a fight last Tuesday. You should have seen it - it was crazy. Energy blasting across the field, lightning strikes here and there, sparks flying from the blur of my blade crashing against his reaper scythe. Dude, was tough, I'll give him that, but I kicked his ass in the end.

 

[TallBill]

Originally posted by: Crono
We got into a fight last Tuesday. You should have seen it - it was crazy. Energy blasting across the field, lightning strikes here and there, sparks flying from the blur of my blade crashing against his reaper scythe. Dude, was tough, I'll give him that, but I kicked his ass in the end.

Don't worry, he'll keep fighting you till he wins.

 

[imported_Imp]

Hit by car once, got lifted onto the hood, but fell back down onto my wrist. Didn't break, but hurt like hell for days.

Almost drowned in pool once in the deep end, in full view and underwatch by the lifeguard (ya, no real danger).

Ya, that's about it...

 

[tfinch2]

Originally posted by: Baked
I think I got you beat. I headbutt a car and woke up a week later. I should be dead.

That explains a lot.

 

[rasczak]

Originally posted by: KLin

Originally posted by: Baked
I think I got you beat. I headbutt a car and woke up a week later. I should be dead.

Is this you?!?!

wow i wish i didn't see that.

 

[NesuD]

Tboned My car into a concrete bridge rail on the drivers door at about 45 mph. Broke my neck at C7. Spent a couple weeks in the hospital and several months in physical therapy learning how to use my arms again. Reapers Ninja skills need some work. He couldn't even snap my neck properly.

 

[Platypus]

1) Also born with umbilical cord around neck
2) Head first over handlebars on bike at Mackinac Island down a massive hill. Doctor saw my helmet and couldn't believe I survived
3) Burned alive in cabin fire, escaped with 3rd degree burns on 80% of feet
4) Decided not to go out with a friend one night in high school, he was t-boned and the passenger side of his car was completely crumpled in to the center
5) Fell on wrought iron fence and barely missed going into my eye/brain

I'm sure I'm forgetting others, those are the noteworthy ones in my head

 

[LS21]

1. spun car @ 65mph, hit center divider so hard the car bounced across 3 lanes and dented right guard rail. no airbags. walked out without even an itch

2. field camp, hopped down a small rock ledge, tripped over barbed wire and fell face first down a steep cliff.... leg luckily caught by same barbed wire

 

[hanoverphist]

Originally posted by: gorcorps

Originally posted by: Stumps
A couple of times I'd come close when I was younger...in the end, death would have been preferable to the repair bills for my cars that I've trashed.

=P use shittier cars until you learn to drive then it won't cost so much to fix/replace

thats easy to say unless youre hit by a turd in a beamer.

ive stared down the barrel of a 357, glad to have made it out of that one. ive been almost wiped out on my motorcycle, in car accidents, got lost in an abandoned mine, all kinds of stupid shit i probably shouldnt have made it out of.