Murderous Truck Driver

I just came from Kmart today and me and my mom were on our way home. She’s a Marykay consultant and she was wondering if she needed to deliver some face moisturizer to one of our family friends before tonight was over and decided to do it tomorrow. Well while we’re driving I noticed a livestock truck driving in the same direction as us and I didn’t pay any attention to it. As we got down the road further that same truck was driving right behind us and me and my mom were having a nice conversation and all of a sudden the truck got in the opposite lane of us and sped up right next to us. I was getting kind of uncomfortable and then out of the blue the truck put its blinker on and proceeded to get over into our lane. Now I know that the truck driver saw us b/c it was just behind us and my mom had to swerve off of the road and the car did a 360 turn (thank God not a flip) and we ended up in a ditch facing the other direction while the truck sped off. I have a feeling that the driver was intentionally trying to kill us but all we can do right now is wait.

via Marlon

How I almost got killed by some candy..

I almost died today. Not because of a car crash or a disease or anything. It was something smaller that tried to kill me.

Have you ever heard of Napoleon Bonbons? Well, if you haven’t, they’re this small little candy balls but now I’m sure as hell that they’re big enough to choke on. I know, it seems ridiculous but I swallowed it by accident and all of a sudden it was stuck in my throat and I couldn’t breathe anymore. Worst part: I was home alone so nobody could’ve helped me.. 

After a few minutes of panicking, trying to spit the candy out and slamming against my throat it finally came out and I could breathe again. My throat is still really sore but I’m just glad I’m still alive.. 

What a ridiculous death case that could’ve been.. 

My family was getting ready to go to dinner. I was bored so I decided to go long boarding. I went without a helmet and I brought my iPod because I’d always play music while riding. I boarded a couples miles away from where I lived and crossed a crosswalk by a park where I was riding. Of coarse I wasn’t really paying attention because I had my music on and all the cars stopped to let me cross. Halfway across a junky looking car swerves right in front of me! It had to be at least 1-2 ft in front of me. I flip the car off. A few minutes later I get a text from my mom about the dinner. I realize that had that car hit me, I would never have been able to get that text from my mom. I wasn’t wearing a helmet so I could’ve ended up dead or severely paralyzed. God let me live for a reason.

Via Nathan

The Railway

”So there i was, walking over the pedestrian cross, then through the railway-station, funny thing how they’re very close to each other, at that station is where the railways pull anjd pick up people. I crossed through the gaps in the snow and there I was almost on the other side, then my phone started to ring, weird thing since I was just thinking of phoning a friend, but maybe the thing that saved my butt was the fact that I was wearing gloves, you can’t use an Iphone if you don’t touch it with your skin ( sometimes I answer the phone with my nose since I’m too lazy to actually remove my gloves). But this time I decided to keep on walking…I’ll call him back or something like that flew through my mind…

On the other side of the road, just a few meters away from me two or three kids were playing with an older man, they were higly amused by their play. I walked fermley over the railway lines and passed to the other side. That’s when I heard a little noise behind me, it was the railway train passing by a few centimeters behind me, it was actually pretty fast.

I know what you’re saying, ”oh well, that’s how it happened, it’s not so special after all, this asshole guy has his head up his ass and he can’t even watch out for the traffic”. You might be right, because it might have been my fault, maybe that’s what they would have said at the Police Department, you know, there’s nothing heroic in dying like this, I’m not like a jet pilot that almost died in combat or a guy tring to save someone from a robbery or stuff like that. I’m just a stupid guy, that almos got ran over by a railway, a hundreed feet from his home.

I’m alive yes, the kids and grown man that were on the other side immediately changed their facial expression to that of a still face, maybe there were more people there watching me, maybe they were shocked also. But I wasn’t, I never felt any remorse or anything. I actually answered my phone and moved on. Because this is what people do. We move on. Time and life are deadly things, but what is so gratyfing about them is that they give us mornings and sunsets, even the crippled feel blessed by the sunlight by the eve something new, it could get worse or it might turn unexpectedly good. As for me, well I’m alive and well here, my ass sitting on a comfortable chair, maybe I’m grinning a little, because, there is a funny fact in this story, after I crossed the Road the driver from the street railway gave a ring. They don’t usually do that I can tell you this, but somehow I kept that in my mind as a signal, the kind of feeling you get when you’re ready to jump in a swimming pool, but you’re just not quite read to do it.  I’m not here on the internet to give you any life advice, I’d love to share some things though, stories, memories, crazy trips experiences…things that are full of passion and feelings, as for today…well the main reason I’m writing this is that I’m purely alive and because some things stick on me, like my limbs, like my life, like my faith that I will be somewhere better soon, like the ring of a railway  on a winter afternoon.”

I actually made a blog and this is my first entry. :))

http://nextmeyou.wordpress.com/

Via Danny

The Warehouse Door Almost Crushed Me

so today i was working at my dads warehouse and he asked me to pull in the van so i proceded to do so then i closed the main ware house sliding door but their was a metal bar in the way that i didnt notice as i pulled the door down at full force it hit the metal bar and the energy from the door hitting the bar caused a shaking force that made the top hinge sliding tracks fall off leaving a 800 lb  security warehouse door falling from five feet above to land straight on my body, basically imagine 800 pounds of sheet metal being dropped off a roof onto your body completly horizontally ,thankfully the van i pulled in took the force of the door since it was right behind the door but my head was still hit and i got a concusion thank god for the van or i wouldve surely died from this point i feel that every day i live from their is a given and a blessing. for anyone working in a ware house be sure to never be to careful things can bad in a blink of an eye! and that is how i almost died today.

Via Grady

I almost got killed by an 80 year old lady.

Of all the places I could have died this would be my last choice. But this was a really horrible day. First off I should mention that my family found out that in all likelihood my mother has ovarian cancer… So after we all went home and had a crying session together, after about two hours I finally asked if they were hungry having not eaten all day. They all said yes so the plan was for me to pick up my check, cash it at Walmart and pick up some lunch. Easy… I pick up the check, cash it and buy something I need. On my way out I walk right behind a parked gray sedan in the handicap space. As I’m walking and not even a foot away from the back bumper, this person guns the gas for ALL its worth. I jump out of the way but the car didn’t go anywhere because apparently they had it in park. So I think to myself “Great so I’m going to get run the fuck over today of all days” No sooner had I finished this thought and walked maybe 5 ft. away, then suddenly this car peels backwards going at a crazy speed, crashes into a suv, crushing the front left bumper and engine. Plastic, glass and metal flying. Then all of the sudden they put it in drive and peel forward as fast as possible and slam into the back right bumper of a minivan that was parked right next to the handicap spot the car previously held. I start shaking and crying because I know for a fact that if this person had had it in reverse the first time they gunned it I would have died. I stayed on the scene long enough to see that the driver was an 80ish year old lady. Head bobbing and eyes fluttering. With the day crashing down on me and crowd of onlookers gathering, all dialing 911. I departed distraught and traumatized. I hope I don’t have nightmares.

Via Crystal

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Today I was walking home from university, and was waiting at an intersection to cross. I saw the light in the other direction turn yellow, so I made sure no one was coming and walked onto the road. I heard a honking noise, and looked just to see a speeding car swerve around me really fast, missing me by maybe 2 feet says my friend. He was going fast enough (about highway speed) that I would have died had he hit me. I’m very thankful to be alive and able to share this story.

via Andrew

Benefit Concert for Ryan Hart

as i am sure critical mass passes ipsento coffee… i wanted to reach out and share this last minute benefit concert for Ryan Hart, a barista at ipsento who was in an accident on monday night while riding his bike home…

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