Hum, I've yet to read most of the replies, but it sounds like you win so far.Originally posted by: purbeast0
on my 4th birthday I was hit by a car crossing the street. i was dragged 90 feet under the front of the car by my head. i was in very severe condition and flown to childrens hospital in DC from a helicopter.
i ended up having a bunch of scars and a broken femur in my right leg, and I was in the hospital for 4 weeks then in a full leg cast for 6 more weeks and had to pretty much be wheel chaired around because I was too little to use crutches.
i'm pretty lucky to still be alive after that and i have a bunch of scars on my forehead still, as well as all over my body from the accident.
Originally posted by: thirtythree
Hum, I've yet to read most of the replies, but it sounds like you win so far.Originally posted by: purbeast0
on my 4th birthday I was hit by a car crossing the street. i was dragged 90 feet under the front of the car by my head. i was in very severe condition and flown to childrens hospital in DC from a helicopter.
i ended up having a bunch of scars and a broken femur in my right leg, and I was in the hospital for 4 weeks then in a full leg cast for 6 more weeks and had to pretty much be wheel chaired around because I was too little to use crutches.
i'm pretty lucky to still be alive after that and i have a bunch of scars on my forehead still, as well as all over my body from the accident.
I came close to changing my avatar once.Originally posted by: pontifex
i don't know about death, but i've come close to several car accidents.
Originally posted by: meltdown75
I came close to changing my avatar once.Originally posted by: pontifex
i don't know about death, but i've come close to several car accidents.
It seems very possible that things would've happened differently had you been behind the bus. (i.e., you wouldn't have been hit the same way the bus was, if at all)Originally posted by: MikeyIs4Dcats
I left High School one day and was following a school bus. On just about any other day I would have followed that bus on my way home, but I had a dental appointment, so I went straight instead of turning a couple of miles down the road. Had I turned, I would have been sitting stopped behind that bus just over a hill at it's first stop. A car filled with teens from the high school ended up plowing into the back of the bus doing over 60mph, killing 2 of them. As I said, had it been any other day, I'd have been sitting right behind that bus waiting.
Another time I was working construction and was securing a parrallam beam in a credit union basement. The framing nailer I was using malfunctioned and double-shot, and at least one 3" framing nail passed close enough to my cheek I felt the breeze.
Originally posted by: thirtythree
It seems very possible that things would've happened differently had you been behind the bus. (i.e., you wouldn't have been hit the same way the bus was, if at all)Originally posted by: MikeyIs4Dcats
I left High School one day and was following a school bus. On just about any other day I would have followed that bus on my way home, but I had a dental appointment, so I went straight instead of turning a couple of miles down the road. Had I turned, I would have been sitting stopped behind that bus just over a hill at it's first stop. A car filled with teens from the high school ended up plowing into the back of the bus doing over 60mph, killing 2 of them. As I said, had it been any other day, I'd have been sitting right behind that bus waiting.
Another time I was working construction and was securing a parrallam beam in a credit union basement. The framing nailer I was using malfunctioned and double-shot, and at least one 3" framing nail passed close enough to my cheek I felt the breeze.
EDIT: Oh, and I forgot when I almost drowned at 3. I don't remember it though and haven't really bothered to ask the details. *shrug*
Originally posted by: Unheard
I was working @ Food Lion during high school and had bathroom duty. Apparently someone had decided to dump bleach into the urinals a few minutes before I came in with my ammonia based cleaner. I sprayed them down, and then heard a hissing noise, then my eyes began burning. My next breath was useless, and I was all but passed out when I made it to the door. If I would have passed out, it would have been just me and chlorine gas until someone else decided to come into the restroom (to top this off, it was after closing, so it would have had to be an employee using the customer bathrooms).
Originally posted by: jdoggg12
I died once - crashed my bike into a guard rail on the highway. Lost 16bags (2 full refills) of blood in 8 hrs. I died and they had to revive me.
Originally posted by: CraKaJaX
Damn Luthien... sounds like you need to stop riding your bike.![]()
Originally posted by: Luthien
Originally posted by: CraKaJaX
Damn Luthien... sounds like you need to stop riding your bike.![]()
Yeah, I have not ridden in about a decade now. I don't miss it too much and I know that if I ride again I would be a lot more careful but motorcycles are still very dangerous although fun.
Yes, people on motorcycles often cause their own accidents but very often people in cars do not notice them and pull out in front of them unable to either see them or unable to correctly judge their speed. IMO once you ride a motorcycle you have a lot more respect for riders and you try to watch out for them on the road.
Originally posted by: MikeyIs4Dcats
Originally posted by: Luthien
Originally posted by: CraKaJaX
Damn Luthien... sounds like you need to stop riding your bike.![]()
Yeah, I have not ridden in about a decade now. I don't miss it too much and I know that if I ride again I would be a lot more careful but motorcycles are still very dangerous although fun.
Yes, people on motorcycles often cause their own accidents but very often people in cars do not notice them and pull out in front of them unable to either see them or unable to correctly judge their speed. IMO once you ride a motorcycle you have a lot more respect for riders and you try to watch out for them on the road.
maybe that's because they assumed you were going somewhere near the speed limit, not 2 or 3 times the limit.
