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When in life have you 'dodged a bullet'?
Posted on 1/25/14 at 9:08 pm
Posted on 1/25/14 at 9:08 pm
It was my dream to go work for Enron. It was all I could think about senior year of college. By the time they offered me a position I already had an offer out West for a major tech company. I still considered it but decided to come here. I would probably have been out of a job within a year in the middle of an economic collapse.
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Posted on 1/25/14 at 9:10 pm to siliconvalleytiger
I almost bought tickets to the 2012 BCS national championship game
Posted on 1/25/14 at 9:11 pm to siliconvalleytiger
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Enron
yea that is dodging a bullet for sure
Posted on 1/25/14 at 9:12 pm to siliconvalleytiger
Hydroplaned and spun across I-20 between Bham and Atlanta. While spinning I saw a tractor trailer straight ahead, coming down on me. probably 25 yards or so. Thankfully I spun down off the interstate in time onto a not-too-steep shoulder. Both me and the car I took out came out relatively fine.
Posted on 1/25/14 at 9:15 pm to siliconvalleytiger
had a loaded 1911 pointed at my face and the trigger pulled. for a reason that i will never know the gun did not fire. it belonged to a friend of mine, and he said to this day it has never jammed or misfired since
Posted on 1/25/14 at 9:16 pm to siliconvalleytiger
Dodged quite a few, been hit 4 times in the sandbox.
Posted on 1/25/14 at 9:17 pm to Bushmaster
When it came back with the - rather than +
Posted on 1/25/14 at 9:18 pm to GEAUXT
I'd like to hear why it was pointed at you..........
Posted on 1/25/14 at 9:20 pm to siliconvalleytiger
Almost went to bama for the LSU game tonight. Glad I didn't
Posted on 1/25/14 at 9:20 pm to Bushmaster
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This post was edited on 9/24/20 at 7:30 pm
Posted on 1/25/14 at 9:21 pm to CBLSU316
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Posted on 1/25/14 at 9:21 pm to CBLSU316
Posted on 1/25/14 at 9:22 pm to siliconvalleytiger
In grad school, I was sitting on a bench on campus. About 20 seconds after I get up, a dead tree branch broke off and obliterated the bench.
I was like
I was like
Posted on 1/25/14 at 9:25 pm to GEAUXT
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had a loaded 1911 pointed at my face and the trigger pulled. for a reason that i will never know the gun did not fire. it belonged to a friend of mine, and he said to this day it has never jammed or misfired since
go on....
Posted on 1/25/14 at 9:25 pm to Turkey_Creek_Tiger
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I almost bought tickets to the 2012 BCS national championship game
My dad sold his for like 2K profit.
As far as dodging bullets goes for me, I actually can't think of one. I haven't even taken many bullets. I live a pretty sweet life.
Posted on 1/25/14 at 9:25 pm to siliconvalleytiger
Driving back home one night at about 4 am when I was about 20. Woke up and did not know where I was as I was cming to the 10/12 split near college dr. Coild not have been asleep behind the wheel for very long but it could have been very bad
Posted on 1/25/14 at 9:28 pm to siliconvalleytiger
False promises,pregnancies, oral herpes
Posted on 1/25/14 at 9:30 pm to Turkey_Creek_Tiger
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I almost bought tickets to the 2012 BCS national championship game
Posted on 1/25/14 at 9:30 pm to siliconvalleytiger
When I was in school I rode a Kawasaki. One night someone pulled out from a strip mall directly in front of me. The driver suddenly saw me and stopped.
I veered hard left to steer around him, looked down and saw my right foot pedal clear his front bumper by the width of my foot at about 50 mph.
I veered hard left to steer around him, looked down and saw my right foot pedal clear his front bumper by the width of my foot at about 50 mph.
Posted on 1/25/14 at 9:30 pm to novabill
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Driving back home one night at about 4 am when I was about 20. Woke up and did not know where I was as I was cming to the 10/12 split near college dr. Coild not have been asleep behind the wheel for very long but it could have been very bad
Oh shite. This reminded me of mine. Years ago, I was racing my friend to my house. We were in no hurry, just decided to race without saying a word.
I was going 65 on a right turn (yield), and a sprinkler head had broken hosing down the street, my truck swerved back against the turn, and hopped the median. Somehow, my tires hit the curb straight on. I'm sure I would have flipped if I wouldn't have slid so far back left. I slid right past a tree. I came to a stop facing the wrong way on the other side of the median. I was so flustered that I swore my buddy not to tell anyone because I really felt like I should have died. Craziest part was that I did no damage to my truck. The next day, we checked the median. The tire mark was about 2 inches from the tree.
This post was edited on 1/25/14 at 9:32 pm
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