more worst fears, running yourself over!

[vash]

wow. dropped off some stuff today. she is in a wheelchair for sure. if I'm being honest, she looks pretty good!! alert, feisty, good. she lost a ton of weight.

she was eating animal crackers for dinner. I took those from her and put hot pasta in front of her.

I left. they do have the fattest black lab I have ever seen in my life. zero doubt, he is a record holder. small lab, so crazy fat. looks kinda sad actually. I bet that lab lives have its lifespan.

[speeder]

Originally Posted by A930Rocket

Since 1999 and my close call, I’ve been using the parking brake every time I stop my truck*. I had a guy asked me why I did that and I told him the story.

*All vehicles actually.

It's such a "why not?" thing that can become a good habit, like putting on your seatbelt. Like, why not do it? It costs nothing in terms of time and it's one less thing to worry about, namely your vehicle rolling.

Also, being a mechanical sort, it's like fingernails on a blackboard to me when someone parks on a slope and just throws it in "Park." The whole car or PU truck usually bounces back and forth until it settles on the parking prawl in the transmission. I've had to explain to at least one dim friend that you need to set the brake BEFORE you release the foot/main brake on a slope, it doesn't help matters to set the parking brake after resting the entire weight on the trans.

[speeder]

Originally Posted by vash

wow. dropped off some stuff today. she is in a wheelchair for sure. if I'm being honest, she looks pretty good!! alert, feisty, good. she lost a ton of weight.

she was eating animal crackers for dinner. I took those from her and put hot pasta in front of her.

I left. they do have the fattest black lab I have ever seen in my life. zero doubt, he is a record holder. small lab, so crazy fat. looks kinda sad actually. I bet that lab lives have its lifespan.

Not too hard to put a dog on a diet, it's not like they can run out to the ice cream parlor at night or eat half a turkey unless someone gives it to them.

[Bill Douglas]

I heard about this guy. Earlier this year actually. 911SC, heavens forbid.

He had it on a hoist without the parking brake or in gear. And when he let it down it started rolling backwards with the drivers door open. He tried to stop it but couldn't and leapt out of the way just before the window frame would have crushed him against the garage door surround.

He was fine but a bit upset and the car needed a new window frame, and the window glass re-glued back in the window rail.

[KFC911]

Be careful out there! I was driving several vehicles I wasn't really familiar with a few months back... thought I had one in park and it began to roll back as I was getting out... almost hit an 83 yr old "sweetheart" that held me as a baby ....

Parking brakes? I freakin' hate these damn "button brakes" ... in a totally strange vehicle ... not obvious either.

Round button shift knobs?

Get off my lawn!

[KFC911]

Originally Posted by speeder

Not too hard to put a dog on a diet, it's not like they can run out to the ice cream parlor at night or eat half a turkey unless someone gives it to them.

I can't win a "stare down" contest wif mine .... I usually cave when she "cops a 'tude" ... a game she usually wins

She has "green eyes" ... I can't help it ...

[thingmon]

Originally Posted by speeder

Not too hard to put a dog on a diet, it's not like they can run out to the ice cream parlor at night or eat half a turkey unless someone gives it to them.

Some Labs are smart enough to open the fridge...

[masraum]

Originally Posted by vash

wow. dropped off some stuff today. she is in a wheelchair for sure. if I'm being honest, she looks pretty good!! alert, feisty, good. she lost a ton of weight.

she was eating animal crackers for dinner. I took those from her and put hot pasta in front of her.

I left. they do have the fattest black lab I have ever seen in my life. zero doubt, he is a record holder. small lab, so crazy fat. looks kinda sad actually. I bet that lab lives have its lifespan.

That's great news that she's doing better than you expected and that you were able to help them out! You've got karma in surplus for sure! You're practically PPOT Mother Theresa!

[john walker's workshop]

A good friend, a great guitarist, stalled his van on a slight incline and in the process of trying to push it off the road, it rolled backward into a ditch and crushed him. RIP Hans.

[KFC911]

EVERYTHING can change in an instant ... as I get older I am becoming acutely aware of this... for better or worse .

Condolences John...

[oldE]

When my Dad was 84, he started up the Massey 135 to clean up bit of snow in the door yard. Since his eyes had no near vision after his cataract surgery, he couldn't read the fuel guage. To check the level of fuel in the tank, he turned to get a wrench out of the fender mounted tool box. That was when he kicked the range gear lever into Low and the sudden motion of the tractor knocked him off, onto the concrete floor of the basement garage. The tractor crawled ahead, running over his ankle, and hip. He managed to twist his upper body and arm out of the way of the rear wheel.
The local volunteer fire department got him to the hospital and within an hour of the accident, he was in surgery to repair some of the damage. The fractured pelvis had to heal over time and he expressed regret later they hadn't been able to repair the torn ligaments in his right ankle. The next spring he was on the hill across the road cutting bushes. He lived to see 94.

[Zeke]

@Pazuzu. I wish I hadn't read that. Thanks. You know, there's a place for everything and this isn't.