McDuck 0 #26 October 9, 2003 I almost ran my motorcycle off a cliff to save my buddy from having to swerve into oncoming traffic on a hairpin turn that the DOT hadn't cleaned the sand off of. Instead, I just let the skin of my left hand get peeled away. anything for my friends. Kevin - Sonic Beef #5 - OrFun #28 "I never take myself too seriously, 'cuz everybody know fat birds don't fly." - FLC Online communities: proof that people never mature much past high school. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnnyD 0 #27 October 9, 2003 QuoteSo have either one of you been on an electric star? I just heard about those over the past weekend, and that the Knights love to do them when they get someone new on the team... I guess I'm not even cool enough to know what that is let alone to have done it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
EricaH 0 #28 October 9, 2003 Wow, Michelle & Wendy are some crazy ladies!! McDuck - you're so giving... everyone's crazy in here!! Def destined to be skydivers. @ 2 yrs old I almost drowned when I fell into the pool, @ the bottom for over 5 min! 8 Jumping from a 2 story high tree house onto an old mattress - sprained 2 fingers when only my waiste down landed on the mattress. thankfully my head hit a nice newly plowed edge of a garden. 9 hiking in the blue ridge mtns w/ one girlfriend - some wierdo man all of a sudden was behind us & freaked us out we actually ran & jumped off a small cliff, fell over 40 ft into a river below (that I didn't know about) 14, Riding my bicycle in a no-hands race over 23 mph, hit a rock, hit a tree, hit the ground - saw my elbow. 17 climbing ruins in russia, decided to jump from one wall to the other, slid down said wall about 20 feet - saw my knee cap. 18 had alcohol poising, slept for 3 days streight after drinking $550 worth of booz w/in 50 hrs - my parents didn't wake me cause my fever never went over 103.5 - they said if it hit 104 they would have! 23 slammed into a tree @ the bottom of a blue square ski hill sideway - had a 10 inch diameter black bruise on my thigh from March - July. Thank goodness someone caught the end of my ski & turned me sideways, otherwise I might have met Sonny Bono 24 was lighting a smoke which delayed my taking off for a left turn when the light changed. Started the turn & had a huge EconoVan run the red-light around 60mph missing T-boneing my car by about 3 ft - who says smoking is all bad? Not one time did I visit the hospital. My mom is a firm believer in sleep, neosporin & water. Because of all the crazy jumping off stuff when I was a kid, when I started skydiving my parents just said they were wondering when I would start doing something like that. There is no can't. Only lack of knowledge or fear. Only you can fix your fear. PMS #227 (just like the TV show) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zenister 0 #29 October 9, 2003 oh ah...almost forgot... do duels count yes it was certainly silly and immature but there were quite a few of us in college that were rather enamored of the practice and so I managed to be a primary in 3 and a second in 4 others.... only once i was every really frightened (which should have been a big hit from the cluestick, but the others ended in minor cuts, with one required visit to the ER and not on my part.) about was the day we decided swords would not be sufficient and used a pair of antique dueling pistols recently purchased at an auction (the newness, novelty and the rum might have had something to do with why swords didnt 'cut it' anymore) and so once an excuse, another second and a judge was found, Jeph and I were merrily off to fire on each other fortunately beyond the basics of loading and priming we really had no idea how to properly pack a smooth bore round for accuracy so other than the noise, smoke and cold sweat, we did not earn a nomination from Darwin that day... although my father nearly killed me 2 weeks later when it managed to get back to him, so i guess that incident counts as 2 'near death experiences'____________________________________ Those who fail to learn from the past are simply Doomed. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Skymonkey13 0 #30 October 9, 2003 WOW.. after readind all the experiances you guys have had, it kinda makes almost getting your ass kicked by a 315 pound 6 ft 5 in wrestler seem, not so bad. But i'm not going back to find out. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
yardhippie 0 #31 October 9, 2003 being from AR I understand how you might feel like you can throw a beer in some big guys face. i once had a friend think he could do somthing similar, and I had to drag him to the car, and clean him up before I could take him home. (aka, he got his ass whipped) but then ya moved to Misery. Sad, but tell more stories!! Goddam dirty hippies piss me off! ~GFD "What do I get for closing your rig?" ~ me "Anything you want." ~ female skydiver Mohoso Rodriguez #865 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Skymonkey13 0 #32 October 9, 2003 Get out of that state now, while you still have a chance yardhippie. The only good thing to come out of Ark. is Hwy 71.... Ya know i'm from there, so that why i feel like i can Razz you about it, i'm just kidding. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
yardhippie 0 #33 October 9, 2003 QuoteGet out of that state now, while you still have a chance yardhippie. The only good thing to come out of Ark. is Hwy 71.... Ya know i'm from there, so that why i feel like i can Razz you about it, i'm just kidding. Hwy 71! You are nutz! No wonder you almost died! ya know they have freeways now! It the best one is I 40 takes ya straight to memphis! and I dont care what you say, every arkie knows that Missourians are worthless! Goddam dirty hippies piss me off! ~GFD "What do I get for closing your rig?" ~ me "Anything you want." ~ female skydiver Mohoso Rodriguez #865 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Skymonkey13 0 #34 October 9, 2003 But Hwy 71 leads you to the home of the "CHEIFS" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bendywendy 0 #35 October 9, 2003 heck no, the more near death in one day, the luckier and more alive you feel that day! oh yeah, i forgot to add almost being accidently shot by the police while horseback riding and almost being shot by a bow hunter again while riding. And I was reminded by someone of the time I slipped on ice while leading a horse (ok, the horse actually kind of pushed me and I think he was laughing), slid down the hill under another horses belly that was in the process of walking on very slippery ice. The horses hoof came down alongside my face and he stopped - successfully pinning my head to the ground since he was standing with his hoof against my ear and on my hair - mind you this was on ice with one of the dumbest and clutziest horses I've ever had the pleasure of being around - I had to lie still and wait for someone to find me since I was afraid the horse would slip and fall crushing me or that it would step on my skull - maybe I should stay the hell away from horses - bad luck magnets! Skydiving is so much safer. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bendywendy 0 #36 October 9, 2003 Now wait a second - your list was getting pretty darn long there too! I like the way they are often from leaping onto or off of something and yet - you kept doing it anyways - that's the spirit! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
freeflir29 0 #37 October 9, 2003 Too many to count. Everything from 150 MPH experiences in a 1970 Camaro when I was in High School to 105 MM artillery and 81MM mortar rounds landing about 350M or less from me. A piece of shrapnel came by so close that it sounded like someone let off a firecracker in my ear. Also MANY times of being in a "bad neighborhood" in various countries late at night. When your number is up....it's up. Till then...keep pushing the envelope cause who wants to die of something boring! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
EricaH 0 #38 October 10, 2003 But yours involves nearly having vital parts of your body crushed numerous times. Mine were just stupid stunts that ended in luck. I figured if I kept jumping of stuff, eventually something'd catch me. Thank goodness they make parachutes. I work on the 33rd floor & have often thought how fun it'd be to jump onto the roof of the next bldg & try to scale down it - perhaps one day Life's bout experiences. From jumping off the cliff into water, I started a new hobbie - I just love 40 ft drops into georgous pools of water, natural or other & can't wait till I'm good enough @ this parachuting thing to start BASE. There is no can't. Only lack of knowledge or fear. Only you can fix your fear. PMS #227 (just like the TV show) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bendywendy 0 #39 October 11, 2003 Well, I'll tell you what - lets get together and jump off some stuff and afterwards (if we walk away from that) just follow me and I'm sure we'll have some mishap that will involve vital organ crushing or near decapitation (oh, I forgot about that one - I fell asleep driving and if I hadn't woken up when the car hit the curb, the sign that came through my window and cut the B pillar in the car would have taken my head off - ewww! that one was actually quite scary - it kept me awake until I got home!) - see - something will happen if you hang out with me long enough. I like to think that I'm lucky - that my luck and skills get me out of trouble but some say that I'm unlucky as hell - kind of like Kenny in southpark - I had to move to Florida so I wouldn't wear the orange parka anymore. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
