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Originally posted by casaleenie
JLN
Nearly drowned...
Nearly hit your head....
Almost fell...
Nearly shot your head off....
Nearly blew your "jewels off"
Nearly broad sided a truck....
Christ,, have you ever finished anything????
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*** I knew I forgot something. When I was in the service I was coming home on leave for Thanksgiving. About halfway through the flight, the plane dives suddenly and we come out of our seats. This was no air pocket so the captain comes on and tells us that we have some hydraulic problems and would be updating us in the future. I have no clue what he meant by hydraulics and he sounded pretty calm so it must be ok. About 10 minutes out to landing he comes back on and explains what is wrong. We have no rudder and that when he lands (which will be hard) he will have to steer the plane with the brakes which means we are losing our stopping capabilities while he is trying to get the plane straight on the runway. He informed us that there will be fire trucks to our right and left. He said we might run out of runway. He then said we will have to assume the crash position. About then (and I will never forget her) a fat lady in this God awful green dress starts screaming, “We are going to die ect…” We hit hot and the plane shot to the left and right and at one point we were almost sideways and I could almost see down the runway through my window. Screw the crash position if I am going to die I want to see it coming. I kept thinking the legs on the plane were going to snap at any second. I could see the fire trucks coming up then like a flash they were behind us. The terminals flew by quickly then they were gone out of sight. We were screaming down the runway and he finally got the plane straight and jammed the brakes at the same time. We finally came to a stop and had to wait for the fire crew to make sure we were not going to explode I guess and a tow dolly came out and swung us around and pulled us back to the gate. As he swung us the wing went over the fence……it was a matter of feet before going through the fence and losing complete control. No one clapped and you could hear a pin drop all the way back to the gate. The pilot was awesome and I never got a chance to thank him. I have to have a few drinks when I fly now. I used to love taking off and landing, no anymore.
I WILL finish my Spec Racer, regardless if the car falls on me or crushes me!
There is a reason why I picked #13 as my lucky number. You know I turned 13 on Friday the 13th and my name happens to be Jason. Come to think of it, I had a very small turn out for my birthday. You get to the point where if something goes wrong, it will with me. I have yet to have a decent vacation. I never took a vacation so one year me and the wife decide to take one in California and do the whole Universal Studio, Knotts Berry Farm, Disney ect.. Well the first day we go to Universal Studio. Before I continue I want to point out that year that California had that big forest fire and a portion of California had lost its power. So here we are in Universal Studio and the power in that portion of the state goes out. Not the end of the world but it only took 2 hours to get out. We were at the bottom of the long escalators that went to the Jurassic Park ride. Can’t remember for sure what ride we were waiting to ride. I never realized how many people visit Universal Studios on an given day. After we got out of Universal Studios it was just a hoot trying to drive through Hollywood ect with no street lights and California traffic. Since the weekend was pretty much screwed up from this big fire, we left and came home.
After several years we decided to plan another big vacation and go to Vermont and New York City. We get there and in less than 12 hours I get a call from my mother, my father passed away. I have never been treated so rudely by the airlines over proving my father had passed away and trying to get our tickets changed so we could get home in time to bury him.
We are planning on going on a cruise this year, I can’t wait to see what will happen. I will swear on a Bible as to the events that I have told. I $hit you not.