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Re: surprisingly, i'm not dead
Posted: Mon Dec 02, 2019 8:17 pm
by Gone Fission
Glad you’re still on this side, dude.
Re: surprisingly, i'm not dead
Posted: Mon Dec 02, 2019 11:03 pm
by JonnyAngle
It’s a good thing you’re so headstrong and never lose your head in a tough situation.
Accidents are definitely scary and it does rattle your nerves. However, you won’t be crippled with fear the rest of your life, it’s definitely something that can be overcome!
Re: surprisingly, i'm not dead
Posted: Mon Dec 02, 2019 11:18 pm
by aedes
Holy shit! That's scary--glad you're ok.
Re: surprisingly, i'm not dead
Posted: Tue Dec 03, 2019 1:28 am
by dubkitty
the only physical effect was a bump on my right hand where i assume the cross-bar on the steering wheel whacked it when i hit. i didn't even get cut by the jagged shards of twisted metal when i climbed out the hole where the door had been. i just can't figure it out. it's a testimony to how much safer cars are now...if i'd been driving a 65 Chevy i'd have hit the steel dashboard and turned to tomato paste. and there were more miraculous stories than mine. everyone was stuck up there for 4 or 5 hours cos the road was totally blocked and so i wound up sheltering in someone's Jeep Cherokee (it was about 27 degrees F.) with three other folks who had crashed before me. the first car involved (there were also two semis--one of which flipped--and a tour bus full of elderly gamblers which went THROUGH the overturned trailer) hit the butt end of a guardrail at 80 MPH with no seatbelt. the driver walked away. the other two people were women driving those little boxy proto-SUVs, both of whom went into the center median and flipped; one did two barrel rolls. by all rights all four of us should have been dead. airbags and three-point harnesses FTW. did i mention crumple zones? those are good, too.
i already felt that i was coming to the end of a long cycle of rebirth before the crash, but that drew a bold line under the last ten years of my life. i figure i'm now on life #8. i wonder what's next?
Re: surprisingly, i'm not dead
Posted: Tue Dec 03, 2019 6:49 am
by Dowi
dubkitty wrote:
i already felt that i was coming to the end of a long cycle of rebirth before the crash, but that drew a bold line under the last ten years of my life. i figure i'm now on life #8. i wonder what's next?
Luckily cats have 9 lives, be safe on those!

Jokes aside,the only good thing about near-death experiences is that they make you look at life from a different point of view, hopefully a better one.
Re: surprisingly, i'm not dead
Posted: Tue Dec 03, 2019 8:09 am
by Eivind August
Glad you made it through, man!

Re: surprisingly, i'm not dead
Posted: Tue Dec 03, 2019 1:14 pm
by Ghost Hip
Fuck, glad to hear you're alright. Those sorts of accidents are always in the back of my mind once winter hits. Hope you had/have time to rest!
Re: surprisingly, i'm not dead
Posted: Tue Dec 03, 2019 1:54 pm
by fldrvr
Re: surprisingly, i'm not dead
Posted: Tue Dec 03, 2019 4:41 pm
by coldbrightsunlight
Wow that must have been a really shocking experience. Very glad you came through ok

Re: surprisingly, i'm not dead
Posted: Wed Dec 04, 2019 10:42 pm
by 01010111
Glad you’re still around!!!

Re: surprisingly, i'm not dead
Posted: Thu Dec 05, 2019 6:30 pm
by D.o.S.
Yeah holy shit dude. Glad you're still here.
Re: surprisingly, i'm not dead
Posted: Fri Dec 06, 2019 10:16 pm
by codetocontra
That's crazy. Glad you didn't become a death statistic.
Re: surprisingly, i'm not dead
Posted: Mon Dec 09, 2019 12:52 pm
by dubkitty
thanks for the good wishes,y'all...it means a lot.
Re: surprisingly, i'm not dead
Posted: Wed Dec 11, 2019 11:22 am
by Circuithead
God damn the A pillar ripped clean off the windshield.
Glad you're okay man, these things are no fun during, and especially after.
Re: surprisingly, i'm not dead
Posted: Wed Dec 11, 2019 12:12 pm
by friendship
Christ in heaven dude.