Ever avoided a fatal accident
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Dario Solera wrote:
surpass
"overtake" in standard English. I think the Americans just say "pass"
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Colin Angus Mackay wrote:
"overtake" in standard English. I think the Americans just say "pass"
Thanks for pointing it out.
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I had a close one last night. I was driving from downtown Atlanta to my home (distance of about 35 miles). It was around 1 am. I was feeling good when I left downtown and I was not drunk. The traffic was extremely light and I was driving in the right most lane in a five lane road. I don't know when but I suddenly dozed off. When I woke up I found myself about an inch from the median on the leftmost shoulder. If I was even a second late I would have hit the median wall at around 65 MPH. Thankfully, the road was empty and there were no other cars on the road otherwise I would have hit one. Of course, that made my sleep to go away completely. This was the closest I ever came to a fatal accident in my life. In fact, I never once had a ticket in my driving career of 8 years. Thanks to wide roads in Atlanta, I am safe. Have you ever avoided an accident that close?
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Once, as a pedestrian. Crossing the road in rainy weather, traffic was standstill, but what I didn't see was a motorbike zipping down between the cars and the pavement. As I stepped on the pavement something caught my eye and the motorbike wizzed past behind me. One or two seconds slower, and I would have been history (or at the very least several broken bones). He wasn't going that fast... but I'd guess a 15-20 kph. :omg:
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Gary R. Wheeler wrote:
Of course, it took me a while to dissipate the head of adrenalin I had going .
I know the feeling. :~ It's one thing when they are acting up and vying for attention, it's another when they put themselves in danger. Before I had children, I didn't think I would be good at disciplining (sp?) them, but boy has that changed.. :rolleyes:
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startNitron wrote:
Before I had children, I didn't think I would be good at disciplining (sp?) them, but boy has that changed.
Indeed. My mother-in-law, who I get along well with, had a bad habit of undermining my wife and I when we disciplined our daughter when she was little. I took her aside, and explained it like this: "I have a choice. I can either raise a human being, or I can raise an animal. I choose a human being." That, and an overnight visit where my daughter was a brat, helped immensely. The good news is, my daughter is now a 15 year old human being. Even though she's a teenager :rolleyes: she's still pretty easy to get along with, and a damn nice kid.
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My wife once asked me if I liked her dress and foolishly I said no. I wasn't drunk or sleepy, so I have no idea why I had this lapse of concentration. I am still suffering the traumatic after effects now, and still can't believe it wasn't fatal.
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Marc Clifton wrote:
On several occasions I have had rental cars with balding tires or poorly inflated tires.
Strange. Most rental cars are sold off after 1-2 years of usage. Poorly-inflated tires I can understand, but balding tires within 2 years is odd.
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Marc Clifton wrote: On several occasions I have had rental cars with balding tires or poorly inflated tires. Strange. Most rental cars are sold off after 1-2 years of usage. Poorly-inflated tires I can understand, but balding tires within 2 years is odd.
If you return a half decent rental car *with* any tread left on the tires you have not got your moneys worth :)
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