"Opening up a Little" or, show a little

[tomdietrying]

I have a relative that was in the Alamo. He would be my great, great, great grandfather on my father's side. He was a small boy when all the fighting took place.
Peace.
Tom

[Joe_Black]

Zeus, you're thinkin' my waves! RE: vxDakineChicvx that my wife would be relieved as I visit 40 this year, so am out of the running there. Plus I'm still working on the "Grizzled old Sea Dog" look. LOL!

I too was hit in by a car doing high speed after school, but in my case it was on my bike riding home and swerved into street to avoid obstacle. BAM! (Followed shortly thereafter by "Thud!") Cops responded and didn't call ambulance as I was lucid enough to worry about getting home in time to catch Star Trek. Don't remember much after that except waking up in hospital a day or so later. I eventually got my revenge by t-boning a Fiero (totalling it) with a GPz550 and arcing high enough over that I didn't slide upon reconnecting with the planet 60 feet on the other side of the car. I'd give good money for a video of that!

[ZEUS]

Zeus, you're thinkin' my waves! RE: vxDakineChicvx that my wife would be relieved as I visit 40 this year, so am out of the running there. Plus I'm still working on the "Grizzled old Sea Dog" look. LOL!

I too was hit in by a car doing high speed after school, but in my case it was on my bike riding home and swerved into street to avoid obstacle. BAM! (Followed shortly thereafter by "Thud!") Cops responded and didn't call ambulance as I was lucid enough to worry about getting home in time to catch Star Trek. Don't remember much after that except waking up in hospital a day or so later. I eventually got my revenge by t-boning a Fiero (totalling it) with a GPz550 and arcing high enough over that I didn't slide upon reconnecting with the planet 60 feet on the other side of the car. I'd give good money for a video of that!

So I think you explained 2 of your concussions then! Did you pose yourself like Superman when you were flying? I would love to see that! Out of curiousity, do you recall what episode of Star Trek was worth that incident? Tell me it was the Tribbles... Gotta love the Tribbles!

[Joe_Black]

So I think you explained 2 of your concussions then! Did you pose yourself like Superman when you were flying? I would love to see that! Out of curiousity, do you recall what episode of Star Trek was worth that incident? Tell me it was the Tribbles... Gotta love the Tribbles!

LOL, definitely not Superman! As I went over the Fiero my knees hit with such force it knocked my Gaerne boots clean off and set me spinning, but I did land flat on my back. Next thing I remember some guy was opening my helmet visor and asking if I was okay. My bike was stuck in the side of the Fiero, still running as I hit neutral down-shifting as I hit the car.

The bicycle/car/Star Trek scene: Don't know which episode, never got to see it! Tribbles woulda been okay, but I'm more of a "Balance of Terror" fan. Especially if "The Enemy Below" is on the same day!

[WormGod]

Hmmm, where to start....

At 17, I was arrested under suspicion of "kidnapping". I apparently went to a party and left with some girl that I have never met. She disappeared for a few weeks and I was questioned multiple times afterwards. Someone at the party said I was there and left with her, even though I was actually at home with my parents that night (parents make poor witnesses when you are in trouble, even if you actually were home with them). I was finally arrested since apparently the only proof you need is some other 17 year old girl saying she saw you do something that you didnt. 2 days later, the girl turned up (she had lied to her parents and went to Florida with friends). After I was released, the runaway and the lying witness (some girl whom I apparently went to school with but never actually knew) were both brought to my home by police to apologise.

At 19, I was sued by an elderly man for giving him CPR (I was trained, but not certified) and "saving his life". One day on a lunch break when I was a fire sprinkler tech, I saw an old guy collapse on a tennis court so I ran over to help. This cat was DEAD. Within a minute, I brought him back. I managed to crack one of his ribs in the process, but a small price to pay for staying alive. I ended up paying his medical (dont you love this system?!). The EMTs that arrived on the scene that day said I did everything right and were witnesses for me in litigation. They stated "old people are frail and tend to "snap", haha.

At 22, and friend and I were arrested on charges of "attempted murder". We were jumped at a party and defended ourselves.... quite well I must say (we were both boxers for many years.... these poor rich suburban punks had no idea). My friend managed to break a bottle over someone's head during the brawl and it cut the guy pretty good on the side of his neck. We were arrested later that night because apparentl someone told the police that we had gone to that party with the intent on killing that guy (we actually know 3 people at that party and only went because one of them was a girl that invited me). After dragging this out for months and months of no witness reports matching, the apparent murder target being in and out of jail with a rap sheet 18 miles long and a track record of lying and violence, and simply no damned proof of anything, charges slowly went from attempted murder down to assault with intent to maim, down to reckless endangerment. Settled with 6 months PBJ and 80 hours community service. When it all went to court, the "victim" could not appear because he was currently in jail for assaulting someone in a Chilis restaraunt, heh.

Damn, I could go on and on....

[nfpgasmask]

And once again, you have proven that you have a perpetual dark rain cloud above your head, and I thought it was just bad luck with cars!!! Man, you must have wronged whatever god you believe in something fierce in a past life or something, jeez!

Bart

Hmmm, where to start....

At 17, I was arrested under suspicion of "kidnapping". I apparently went to a party and left with some girl that I have never met. She disappeared for a few weeks and I was questioned multiple times afterwards. Someone at the party said I was there and left with her, even though I was actually at home with my parents that night (parents make poor witnesses when you are in trouble, even if you actually were home with them). I was finally arrested since apparently the only proof you need is some other 17 year old girl saying she saw you do something that you didnt. 2 days later, the girl turned up (she had lied to her parents and went to Florida with friends). After I was released, the runaway and the lying witness (some girl whom I apparently went to school with but never actually knew) were both brought to my home by police to apologise.

At 19, I was sued by an elderly man for giving him CPR (I was trained, but not certified) and "saving his life". One day on a lunch break when I was a fire sprinkler tech, I saw an old guy collapse on a tennis court so I ran over to help. This cat was DEAD. Within a minute, I brought him back. I managed to crack one of his ribs in the process, but a small price to pay for staying alive. I ended up paying his medical (dont you love this system?!). The EMTs that arrived on the scene that day said I did everything right and were witnesses for me in litigation. They stated "old people are frail and tend to "snap", haha.

At 22, and friend and I were arrested on charges of "attempted murder". We were jumped at a party and defended ourselves.... quite well I must say (we were both boxers for many years.... these poor rich suburban punks had no idea). My friend managed to break a bottle over someone's head during the brawl and it cut the guy pretty good on the side of his neck. We were arrested later that night because apparentl someone told the police that we had gone to that party with the intent on killing that guy (we actually know 3 people at that party and only went because one of them was a girl that invited me). After dragging this out for months and months of no witness reports matching, the apparent murder target being in and out of jail with a rap sheet 18 miles long and a track record of lying and violence, and simply no damned proof of anything, charges slowly went from attempted murder down to assault with intent to maim, down to reckless endangerment. Settled with 6 months PBJ and 80 hours community service. When it all went to court, the "victim" could not appear because he was currently in jail for assaulting someone in a Chilis restaraunt, heh.

Damn, I could go on and on....

[etlsport]

dang wormgod..i got picked up for assault late last year when i got jumped and defended myself a little too well and was released/had the charges dropped within hours and i thought that was bad!

[etlsport]

some of you already know this, i got my licence in 2002.. and have been in 4 accidents that resulted in my car (or the car i was in..) being totaled..

during my DRIVERS ED course i pulled off the road to let my instuctor write some things down and make a phone call, as i was parked on the side of the road a drunk driver in an explorer hit the back of my car at approx 40 and drove ontop of it, coming to rest with his front tires in my trunk and front grille pushed up against the backs of the front seats.. got out no problem didnt even draw blood

girl i was dating (and oddly enough, am now dating again..) rear ended a saturn with her 84 honda pos with enough force to knock the hood clean off her car (hood opened from windshield) walked away without a scratch

woman in a ford explorer identical to the one that hit my drivers ed car ran a redlight and T boned my subaru outback directly on the drivers door.. which then knocked me off the road into the light post.. (at 35-40mph)

greyhound bus changed lanes without looking on the I95 south and clipped the front end of my civic at 80mph which caused me to get sideways and then flip, i blacked out in mid air but my gf who was with me said the car landed upside down on the guard rail, bounced off, rolled again and skidded to a stop on the hood in the northbound lanes.. where apparently got out of the car under my own power, walked into the median and layed down... i woke up in the medivac a lil bit later with my head split from my hairline all the way back and a host of other things.. 5 days later i was able to stand for about 10 minutes on my own so they let me out of the hospital and a week after that i was back to work

oh yea, my gf with me in the civic.. not a scratch on her