Question of the Day

[bockhold]

um cant remember any near death experiences at the moment. dont think i have any.

[westcoaststrokin]

Originally Posted by Mrs. westcoaststrokin

This past weekend, Blink 182 drummer Travis Barker and celebrity dj, DJ AM were the sole survivors of a small plane crash in Columbia, South Carolina. On Friday, their private jet failed to lift off and ended up crashing and bursting into flames. Four people died, including both pilots and two of the musicians close friends. Anyway, both AM and Travis survived, but both were in critical condition with burns. I’ve never been involved in plane crash and have no particular desire to, but I would guess that it is the single scariest moment you can be involved in. Like I said, I don’t know this from personal experience, but I’m confident that plane crashes are the worst… at least, with regard to you believing you’ll survive. It’s this kind of thing that leads to today’s question: WHAT WAS YOUR CLOSEST BRUSH WITH DEATH?

Back in late '94 I was driving my Civic (drove what I could afford and it was new) back from my parents house across Snoqualmie pass to the base. It was December and I was moving along at just below the speed limit because the roads looked free of ice and snow. I crested a little rise in the highway and the next thing I know the car is sideways. I made the classic mistake of someone that has only driven rear wheel and four wheel drive rigs their entire life and let off the gas. Bad idea that just causes the spin to increase! I ended up slamming into the guard rail at about 45 mph. I was grateful that I thought the worst was over. Then I looked out the driver's side window and saw a 18 wheeler bearing down on me! After that everything gets kinda fuzzy until I come to holding the steering wheel in the trunk. I was told I was just smacked by the trailer wheels and the trooper said that I was lucky it wasn't 2 inches farther forward or I would be dead. The insurance company totalled out my car and I did 20K worth of damage to the big rig. Needless to say I have a healthy respect for black ice now.

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Last edited by westcoaststrokin : 09-23-2008 at 09:47 PM.

[bockhold]

Originally Posted by westcoaststrokin

Back in late '94 I was driving my Civic (drove what I could afford and it was new) back from my parents house across Snoqualmie pass to the base. It was December and I was moving along at just below the speed limit because the roads looked frr of ice and snow. I crested a little rise in the highway and the next thing I know the car is sideways. I made the classic mistake of someone that has only driven rear wheel and four wheel drive rigs their entire life and let off the gas. Bad idea that just causes the spin to increase! I ended up slamming into the gaurd rail at about 45 mph. I was greatful that I thought the worst was over. Then I looked out the driver's side window and saw a 18 wheeler bearing down on me! After that everything gets kinda fuzzy until I come to holding the steering wheel in the trunk. I was told I was just smacked by the trailer wheels and the trooper said that I was lucky it wasn't 2 inches farther forward or I would be dead. The insurance company totalled out my car and I did 20K worth of damage to the big rig. Needless to say I have a healthy respect for balck ice now.

ok thanks westcoaststrokin
now i remember one. come to think of it, a few car related ones but not near death

i spun our kia in a full 360 around a curve on a wet road. thank god that no one was in the side parkin lot where i slid into. plus the fam was in the car ans i was driving. my fam wont let me forget it.
and almost spun our truck out around a turn(on a wet road)

and last, in the same car (kia) when the tires were bout bald and on a wet road, the person decided to brake hard in front of me. well i braked and the wheels locked up and just slid straight for a bit. then regain traction and was able to stop without hitting the car. and in the same day bout 30min later, some idiot in the left lane decides to turn right to a different road in front of me. wheels locked up again and nearly hit the guy. later that week we got new tires and im been (safe) since.

this might make me sound like im a bad driver, but i CAN drive safely and havent been in a wreck since ive been driving. its been like 3yrs since i got my license

[Mrs. westcoaststrokin]

The first excavation of Stonehenge in more than 40 years has uncovered evidence that the stone circle drew ailing pilgrims from around Europe for what they believed to be its healing powers. (???) Of course, other theories include Stonehenge as a temple, a calendar, a sundial, a grave sight, etc. Now they’re saying it was a healing center. All we know for certain is that Stonehenge is a tourist trap. Last month, two jackasses from Georgia claimed to have DNA evidence of the existence of Bigfoot. They had a bucket of fuzzy remains, which they turned over to a university for verification. That’s when it was revealed that (1) the bucket contained the remains of a person and an armadillo (though, no one questioned these guys about where they got the human remains) and (2) that the guys behind the hoax run a Bigfoot merchandise website. Mystery solved. Earlier this month, a retired British military pilot admitted that during his time in the sky, not only did he chase UFO’s, but chasing them was his job… a real life foo fighter. Then there’s all kinds of other unexplained phenomena that capture the world’s attention: the Great Pyramids, the Nazca lines, crop circles, the Rapture, stigmata, voodoo, cloning, the Yeti, the chubacabra, ghosts, ESP, etc. People have debated the merits of these things for years and today we ask you to share that one fringe topic that always grabs YOUR attention: WHAT GREAT MYSTERY WOULD YOU LIKE SOLVED IN YOUR LIFETIME?

Conspiracy theories. They intrigue me

[bockhold]

is there life like human like aliens on other plants, how was the earth created (by God), and why my truck is mixing coolant and oil

[Hamiltonbuilt]

women???

[westcoaststrokin]

Originally Posted by Hamiltonbuilt

women???

[TwinTurboStroker]

Originally Posted by Hamiltonbuilt

women???

Oh hell.......

How did I miss this thread?

Here are some conspiracy theories:

Proponents of the Apollo moon landing hoax accusations allege that the Apollo Moon Landings never took place, and were faked by NASA with possible CIA support. Enthusiasts of this theory claim that:

The astronauts could not have survived the trip because of exposure to radiation

The photos were altered: the Crosshairs on some photos appear to be behind objects, rather than in front of them where they should be

The quality of the photographs is implausibly high.

There are no stars in any of the photos, and astronauts never report seeing any stars from the capsule windows.

Identical backgrounds in photos that are listed as taken miles apart.

The moon's surface during the daytime is so hot that camera film would have melted.

No blast crater appeared from the landing

The launch rocket produced no visible flame.

The flag placed on the surface by the astronauts flapped despite there being no wind on the Moon.

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It is sometimes claimed that the Kentucky Fried Chicken franchise is owned by the Ku Klux Klan, and the chicken is laced with a drug that makes only black men impotent.

Ironically, the KFC franchise is actually owned by an African-American.

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The Wingdings Font included with Windows has a history of controversy. In 1992, only days after the release of Windows 3.1, it was discovered that the character sequence "NYC" in Wingdings was rendered as Skull and crossbones symbol, Star of David, and thumbs up gesture. This could be interpreted as a message of approval of killing Jews, especially those from New York City.

Microsoft strongly denied this was intentional, and insisted that the final arrangement of the glyphs in the font was largely random. Various other combinations of Wingings characters are alleged to have special significance by conspiracy theorists, but these results are likely purely coincidental.

[kingchip]

Where do all the missing socks go.

[Mrs. westcoaststrokin]

Originally Posted by Hamiltonbuilt

women???

Good luck with that! We can't figure ourselves out

Originally Posted by TwinTurboStroker

Oh hell.......

How did I miss this thread?

Here are some conspiracy theories:

The astronauts could not have survived the trip because of exposure to radiation

The photos were altered: the Crosshairs on some photos appear to be behind objects, rather than in front of them where they should be

The quality of the photographs is implausibly high.

There are no stars in any of the photos, and astronauts never report seeing any stars from the capsule windows.

Identical backgrounds in photos that are listed as taken miles apart.

The moon's surface during the daytime is so hot that camera film would have melted.

No blast crater appeared from the landing

The launch rocket produced no visible flame.

The flag placed on the surface by the astronauts flapped despite there being no wind on the Moon.

Myth Busters just did a show on this last week. Conspiracy busted

Originally Posted by kingchip

Where do all the missing socks go.

I'm told a warehouse in Yakima, Washington