Ali Posted March 26, 2009 Posted March 26, 2009 In all my years of driving on bad roads, it's the first time that's ever happened to me. If the slough hadn't slowed me down, I would have hit the other side of the ditch and flipped over. Some friends drove out and towed me out. On the ride home there were others who had skidded off the road, too. Thankfully everyone was getting help and no one looked hurt. Quote
snafu Posted March 26, 2009 Posted March 26, 2009 I flipped over in a ditch filled with water once. I woke up looking out the back window as water was filling in. I crawled to the drivers side and kicked out the window. Quote *NEVER FORGOTTEN*
emkay64 Posted March 26, 2009 Posted March 26, 2009 "As I was skidding backwards along the highway veering towards the ditch, I would like to say I said something dignified and Carrie Underwoodesque like 'Jesus, take the wheel', but alas that is not the case. Instead, in those seconds that felt like hours, my mind reflected on the people I love, lists/tasks left incomplete and hopes and dreams unrealized. As I felt the back end hit the ditch, I realized my last thought was going to be...'Huh. I'm going to go flipping through a field. Fukk.'" - Ali after sliding across the ice yesterday and winding up stuck backwards, in the opposing ditch, and in a slough. Holy Crap Lady! Glad you're okay! I did that...but rolled the truck...took out a telephone pole and totalled the truck. Then spent the ambulance ride rubbing green paint off my neck. Apparently the telephone pole ripped through the truck and dragged against the roll bar showering my neck with green paint. I like to think I didn't die because there is an other worldly plan for me that has yet to be decided. When I realized it was inevitable, I felt really calm...but too fast to do much thinking. Scarey though huh? Quote
Ali Posted March 26, 2009 Posted March 26, 2009 Well we are just an amazing bunch of survivors, y'all! Or bad drivers? Nahhh....I vote survivors. ;) Quote
Old Salt Posted March 26, 2009 Posted March 26, 2009 Yeah, Survivors.... That's what we are, survivors. Would make an interesting thread - stories of near death experiences and other harrowing tales.:cool: Quote Been wrong before, could be wrong now, will probably be wrong again. Don't take yourself so dang seriously. ;)
wez Posted March 27, 2009 Author Posted March 27, 2009 Sh*t Ali.. glad you're ok.. :) .. I did much the same thing on black ice one time.. Yeah, Survivors.... That's what we are, survivors.Would make an interesting thread - stories of near death experiences and other harrowing tales.:cool: Once skidded to a stop with the hood halfway under a semi trailer.. yay me. Quote I'm sick in mind and spirit, the mirror tells me lies ~ Ozzy
wez Posted March 27, 2009 Author Posted March 27, 2009 When we come to the last moment of this lifetime and we look back across it, the only thing that's going to matter is .. What is the quality of our love? ~ Richard Bach Quote I'm sick in mind and spirit, the mirror tells me lies ~ Ozzy
Moderators IWS Posted March 29, 2009 Moderators Posted March 29, 2009 "The government consists of a gang of men exactly like you and me. They have, taking one with another, no special talent for the business of government; they have only a talent for getting and holding office. Their principal device to that end is to search out groups who pant and pine for something they can't get and to promise to give it to them. Nine times out of ten that promise is worth nothing. The tenth time is made good by looting A to satisfy B. In other words, government is a broker in pillage, and every election is sort of an advance auction sale of stolen goods." ~ H. L. Mencken Quote One of the consequences of such notions as "entitlements" is that people who have contributed nothing to society feel that society owes them something, apparently just for being nice enough to grace us with their presence.? ~ Thomas Sowell
Moderators IWS Posted March 29, 2009 Moderators Posted March 29, 2009 "That erroneous assumption is to the effect that the aim of public education is to fill the young of the species with knowledge and awaken their intelligence, and so make them fit to discharge the duties of citizenship in an enlightened and independent manner. Nothing could be further from the truth. The aim of public education is not to spread enlightenment at all, it is simply to reduce as many individuals as possible to the same safe level, to breed and train a standardized citizenry, to put down dissent and originality. That is its aim in the United States, whatever the pretensions of politicians, pedagogues and other such mountebanks, and that is its aim everywhere else." ~ H. L. Mencken Quote One of the consequences of such notions as "entitlements" is that people who have contributed nothing to society feel that society owes them something, apparently just for being nice enough to grace us with their presence.? ~ Thomas Sowell
wez Posted April 6, 2009 Author Posted April 6, 2009 Accept fate, and move on. Don't yield to the seductive pull of self-pity. Acting like a victim threatens your future. ~ Source Unknown Our fate, whatever it is to be, will be overcome by patience under it. ~ Virgil Quote I'm sick in mind and spirit, the mirror tells me lies ~ Ozzy
wez Posted April 6, 2009 Author Posted April 6, 2009 How people treat you is their karma; how you react is yours. ~ Wayne Dyer Before you begin on the journey of revenge, dig two graves. ~ Proverb Every action of our lives touches on some chord that will vibrate in eternity. ~ Edwin Hubbel Chapin My karma ran over your dogma. ~ Author Unknown Quote I'm sick in mind and spirit, the mirror tells me lies ~ Ozzy
wez Posted April 6, 2009 Author Posted April 6, 2009 Life is like a game of cards. The hand you are dealt is determinism; the way you play it is free will. ~ Jawaharial Nehru Quote I'm sick in mind and spirit, the mirror tells me lies ~ Ozzy
wez Posted April 6, 2009 Author Posted April 6, 2009 Go for it now. The future is promised to no one. ~ Wayne Dyer 'Tis better to buy a small bouquet And give to your friend this very day, Than a bushel of roses white and red To lay on his coffin after he's dead. ~ Author Unknown Quote I'm sick in mind and spirit, the mirror tells me lies ~ Ozzy
mercury Posted April 6, 2009 Posted April 6, 2009 holy cow woman... I didn't see your ditch story until just now. Glad you came out of it okay! I've got a tons of sliding on ice/ending up in ditches stories. I drove a firebird for 5 years (not exactly a snowbird vehicle ;) ). One time, I did a series of 360's down the middle of a 2 lane highway while the car in front of me and the one behind me did the same thing. It was kind of like a ballet in it's beauty... especially considering none of us plowed into each other or ended up wrapped around a light pole. I think I did say "Jesus, take the wheel!" for that one... I let go and just "enjoyed" the ride. Quote
wez Posted May 18, 2009 Author Posted May 18, 2009 Someone finds salvation in everyone, another only pain Someone tries to hide himself, down inside himself he prays Someone swears his true love until the end of time Another runs away, separate or united, healthy or insane And to be yourself is all that you can do, yeah ~ Chris Cornell Quote I'm sick in mind and spirit, the mirror tells me lies ~ Ozzy
Members RoyalOrleans Posted May 18, 2009 Members Posted May 18, 2009 I am a sinner who does not expect forgiveness. But I am not a government official. -RO Quote http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5I0M6PKr5HM/SrZiXevwa5I/AAAAAAAAAIo/HZMRBP1nwyI/s200/obama-socialism-attacks-capitalism.jpg It's a mistake to think that poor people get the benefit from the welfare system. It's a total fraud. Most welfare go to the rich of this country: the military-industrial complex, the bankers, the foreign dictators, it's totally out of control. This idea that the government has services or goods that they can pass on is a complete farce. Governments have nothing. They can't create anything, they never have. All they can do is steal from one group and give it to another at the destruction of the principles of freedom, and we ought to challenge that concept. - Ron Paul
wez Posted May 23, 2009 Author Posted May 23, 2009 Realize that true happiness lies within you. Waste no time and effort searching for peace and contentment and joy in the world outside. Remember that there is no happiness in having or in getting, but only in giving. Reach out. Share. Smile. Hug. Happiness is a perfume you cannot pour on others without getting a few drops on yourself. ~ Og Mandino Even a happy life cannot be without a measure of darkness, and the word happy would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness. It is far better take things as they come along with patience and equanimity.~ Carl Jung Quote I'm sick in mind and spirit, the mirror tells me lies ~ Ozzy
wez Posted May 23, 2009 Author Posted May 23, 2009 When you realize how perfect everything is, you will tilt your head back and laugh at the sky. ~ Buddha Quote I'm sick in mind and spirit, the mirror tells me lies ~ Ozzy
Chopper Posted May 23, 2009 Posted May 23, 2009 There are only 3 types of people in this world - Those who can add up and those who can't ! Quote I come up hard, baby But now I'm cool I didn't make it, sugar Playin' by the rules
Moderators IWS Posted May 23, 2009 Moderators Posted May 23, 2009 7 out of 5 people don't understand fractions. ~ Unknown Quote One of the consequences of such notions as "entitlements" is that people who have contributed nothing to society feel that society owes them something, apparently just for being nice enough to grace us with their presence.? ~ Thomas Sowell
eddo Posted May 23, 2009 Posted May 23, 2009 there are 10 kinds of people in the world. Those that understand binary, and those that don't. Quote I hate signatures, so I don't have one. wait....
wez Posted May 28, 2009 Author Posted May 28, 2009 When in doubt, make a fool of yourself. There is a microscopically thin line between being brilliantly creative and acting like the most gigantic idiot on earth. So what the hell, leap. ~ Cynthia Heimel A man profits more by the sight of an idiot than by the orations of the learned ~ Arabian Proverb Quote I'm sick in mind and spirit, the mirror tells me lies ~ Ozzy
Chopper Posted May 28, 2009 Posted May 28, 2009 "Get thee behind me Satan " My Granny now long gone ! Quote I come up hard, baby But now I'm cool I didn't make it, sugar Playin' by the rules
Members RoyalOrleans Posted May 28, 2009 Members Posted May 28, 2009 It's a great country, where anybody can grow up to be president -- except me! - Barry Goldwater Quote http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5I0M6PKr5HM/SrZiXevwa5I/AAAAAAAAAIo/HZMRBP1nwyI/s200/obama-socialism-attacks-capitalism.jpg It's a mistake to think that poor people get the benefit from the welfare system. It's a total fraud. Most welfare go to the rich of this country: the military-industrial complex, the bankers, the foreign dictators, it's totally out of control. This idea that the government has services or goods that they can pass on is a complete farce. Governments have nothing. They can't create anything, they never have. All they can do is steal from one group and give it to another at the destruction of the principles of freedom, and we ought to challenge that concept. - Ron Paul
eddo Posted May 28, 2009 Posted May 28, 2009 "Since the election I've been sleeping like a baby. Sleep two hours, wake up and cry ..." -John McCain Quote I hate signatures, so I don't have one. wait....
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