Have you ever done something that damn near killed you.....

[avi8torny]

I was in a Helo (NOE) coming back from a mission and was "co-located" with an A-10 coming back from a mission. Inches. He actually circled back to map my crash location. Luckily, we never touched.

[LakeCleElum]

Widge - Scary story, glad you are going to be OK. Pic's of the tractor and dock when you feel better?

[dad911]

2000volts DC, as a teenager, measuring voltage on a ham radio transmitter. Lucky arm was resting on chassis when the probe slipped, so it didn't go across my chest.

[Max Von]

Sailing with my dad and crew of 5 or so off of Nantucket. Too many cocktails and late in the day.
We were motoring in and picked up a mooring line in the screw. I jumped in and tried to free the line from the prop shaft. Somebody on board, that didn't know I was in the drink, decided to try and free the line by gunning the throttle and forward and reversing the transmission just as I was about done untangling the mess. There was some slack due to the tide and my arm got between the prop shaft and the hull. Severe bruising but otherwise made it up okay. Never drank on the water again!

[Hugh R]

20 years ago when I bought this house, I also got my first pair of eyeglasses and was wearing them when I noticed a sheet metal screw on the garage door was only 1/2 screwed in, it was connected to one of the cables connected to the overhead coil springs. The door was down, I just touched the screw and it ripped loose and sounded like a gun shot, the screw flew out and hit the right lens of my glasses with such force it knocked me on my butt, the lens fogged and I thought I'd blown out my eye ball. Apparently, my employer had included the price of impact-resistant lenses. I was fine.

If you haven't seen this thread, its great on the same subject.

admit to your stupidity

[widgeon13]

Two 16' pieces put together. One of the 16' pieces and a 20' piece were what did the damage. I still feel ill when I think how bad this could have been. The 20' piece is back at the workshop getting repaired.

Thanks again everyone for your concern. I'm making progress but a lot of bruising, actually worse than the original pics.

[RonDent]

Diving in the Monterey Trench off of Monastery Beach in Monterey. I got caught in a down welling. I was drug down from 60 feet to 140 ft in a matter of seconds. I was able to catch a rock on the side of the trench to stop myself. Crawled hand over hand back up the wall to get back out of the trench. Another diver I knew was killed the same way a few years later.

[cstreit]

I once gave a girlfriend an honest opinion to the question "Do I look fat in these jeans?"

...barely escaped with my life.

[oldE]

I have been waiting for that sort of comment.

I once flipped a length of 4" pine back into the rack in which it had been resting, with a sort of overhand motion. It struck a cross bar in the lumber rack and shot back out before I knew what was happening. It struck me on the glasses, pushing the bridge piece into my nose and forehead. Any higher and it would have impacted on my forehead, any lower would have broken my nose. Safety glasses saved me from more than losing a bit of blood.

Best
Les

[widgeon13]

May try to drive the P car today. Still pretty damn sore and bruised.

[matthewb0051]

To answer the question:

Yes and it was pretty stupid. My buddy and I were waiting on a helicopter in Iraq when the bad guys started mortaring the airfield. We had both deployed before so our stupidity level and give a crap had been lowered.

We both just looked at each other kind of laughing and counting the mortar rounds as they hit. We knew that after 3 they were done and that we didn't stand a chance if they hit the building. So we just sat in our seats.

Looking back now and thinking how close those rounds hit after seeing the impact marks, I realize just how caviler we were. And we both had a wife and kids at home. But for the grace of God...

[widgeon13]

I did make it for a ride in the P car today. Took it slow and made it no problem. Some mild discomfort in the right leg but otherwise, fine.

Just a few minutes ago!

[flatbutt]

Tried to reconcile with an ex.

[Buckterrier]

With a severe hangover while visiting friends in Portland Maine I had to walk across a street one morning to get a cup of coffee. I'm about a foot and a half from railroad tracks and an Amtrak train goes ripping by. I literally almost walked right into the path of a friggin' train. They'd have found me in New Haven.

[gatotom]

All I can say is, I am 5 months from my 69th b-day and when I was young never thought I would live past 50. If a cat has 9 lives, well I must be working on number 15.

Us triple x double a personality's have no concept of injury or death. My craziness started at 13 when I was involved in a car wreak. Clinically dead for almost 3 minutes, coma for two weeks, the docs removed the shattered left frontal skull bone and replaced with bondo, spent the year on phenobarbital. Two yrs later at 15 while my brother was off to college and he left his car keys home, took his car out one night, hit a patch of ice and wrapped the car around a big oak tree hitting it on drivers side. Would have run from scene but had a punctured lung so I couldn't. The judge didn't like what I did without a drivers license so I had to wait to 18 before I got a real license.

Don't have enough time or space to tell all the other car wreaks or ski racing wreaks in my life. My Mom always told me I would pay for it when I got older and believe me, she was right.

I became a Chiropractor because I started using them at age 9, so I figured if I can't lick them I will join them. 13 surgeries later, I am a wreak, bad knees and shoulders but I refuse to give in to implants. My next stop is stem cell injections which should work as long as there is cartilage still in there.

[Buckterrier]

I went back to the original post. I didn't realize the thread was started with a recent occurrence when I posted. Man you are lucky Widge! And glad you're just black & blue vs. fractured & broken.

[klm2500hd]

Not yet today, but it's still early. Latest one was 73 stitches to reattach my nose. Should have died a long time ago.

[recycled sixtie]

I am looking at the original pics again and am amazed that you did not break any bones.
That your body is so bruised is amazing. I am assuming you will make a full recovery.

[widgeon13]

Yes full recovery but I just had the stomach bug as well for the last two days so hoping all my summer curses are done with. I promise to be a good boy from no on!!!!!

[Crowbob]

Originally Posted by klm2500hd

Not yet today, but it's still early. Latest one was 73 stitches to reattach my nose. Should have died a long time ago.

Ok, I'll bite (intentional pun).

How did your nose get unattached?