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re: So now I suddenly have a fear of bridges
Posted on 2/23/21 at 6:52 pm to evil cockroach
Posted on 2/23/21 at 6:52 pm to evil cockroach
Rainbow bridge last week.
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Posted on 2/23/21 at 6:53 pm to Shaken not Stirred
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No prior fear of heights, as I have jumped off of bridges up to 80 ft off the water in my younger days,
frick the liars are out tonight. Professional divers are regulated at a max of 65 feet because of risk of death. At 80 feet your body is traveling approximately 55 miles per hour onto a surface as hard as concrete.
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as well as an airplane or two.
Well which is it? One or two planes? You can’t remember if you jumped out of more than one plane??
Your pants are on fricking fire.
Posted on 2/23/21 at 6:54 pm to Shaken not Stirred
I almost have a stroke pulling my boat over Huey Long bridge.
Serisouly most stressful shite ever.
Serisouly most stressful shite ever.
Posted on 2/23/21 at 6:57 pm to BorrisMart
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Interesting. Those twin bridges have never bothered me much. The original one that goes into Vidalia is a tad bit narrow for my taste though. I got stuck in some unGodly standstill traffic on the old bridge in BR once and I was in the right lane looking out and I did contemplate whether or not having it bumper to bumper the whole way across was gonna bring the whole thing down. lol
Too narrow and the water swirling below makes me dizzy.
Posted on 2/23/21 at 7:00 pm to Shaken not Stirred
When I was a kid, the Royal Gorge Bridge was wooden and you could drive across the thing. My grandparents lived in Canon City in the 70s and they drove it with us kids in the back of a pickup truck. Scared the living hell out of us.
I'll admit driving up to Pikes Peak for me probably feels like you over that bridge. Hate it. And coming down is worse.
I'll admit driving up to Pikes Peak for me probably feels like you over that bridge. Hate it. And coming down is worse.
This post was edited on 2/23/21 at 7:00 pm
Posted on 2/23/21 at 7:03 pm to Shaken not Stirred
So you’re turning into a pussy?
Pics?
Pics?
Posted on 2/23/21 at 7:03 pm to blueboxer1119
quote:You're a dumbass.
I almost have a stroke pulling my boat over Huey Long bridge.
Serisouly most stressful shite ever.
Don’t drive way up in the air on a narrow bridge.
You got a boat, just cross the River at the River’s level.
Geesh!
Posted on 2/23/21 at 7:04 pm to Shaken not Stirred
this is why the Sunshine Skyway always freaks me out
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At 7:33 a.m., 35 lives were lost. They died in the six cars, truck and Greyhound bus that fell 150 feet into the water below.
Posted on 2/23/21 at 7:05 pm to Shaken not Stirred
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like the Skyway Bridge south of Tampa, Fl
Cool bridge. I've been under it on a cruise ship but never driven across it.
Posted on 2/23/21 at 7:05 pm to Sao
There is an valley that run up from the Colorado River around Rulison, CO where they had some old mines and switchbacks running up the cliff. At the top of the cliff it had a vertical face which was around 1,000 feet up from the valley. Where the vertical face met the switchback the old miners built a wooden road out the cliff to get to the top. Some old man was still driving his truck over that thing a few years ago. I can't even imagine.
Posted on 2/23/21 at 7:07 pm to Shaken not Stirred
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it's known as Gephyrophobia, or fear of (high) bridges.
I'm in that club too.
Posted on 2/23/21 at 7:10 pm to Sao
I used to love bridges, causeways, and mountain passes. Now I grip the steering wheel like I’m trying to choke it to death. No idea why. I always try to drive in the inside lane now.
Airplanes don’t bother me, I love looking out the window.
Airplanes don’t bother me, I love looking out the window.
Posted on 2/23/21 at 7:16 pm to Shaken not Stirred
Having a civil engineering degree, the only bridge that bothers me is the Zilwaukee Bridge in Michigan. Clear case of botched construction. It is one messed up bridge.
Posted on 2/23/21 at 7:18 pm to BorrisMart
I have a fear of tunnels. The bridge at Lake Charles never bothered me. After hurricane Laura, I might not go up that bridge any more.
Posted on 2/23/21 at 7:20 pm to Shaken not Stirred
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No prior fear of heights, as I have jumped off of bridges up to 80 ft off the water in my younger days, as well as an airplane or two.
I've had vertigo issues where driving on any bridge was a 'harrowing' event. Consider inner ear issues or a virus.
Posted on 2/23/21 at 7:26 pm to Shaken not Stirred
Talk bridges never bothered me. Well maybe the one going into Port Author. I was more freaked out by the old bridges with narrow lanes. Like the old bridge in BR or the Huey P Long in the Elmwood area. Especially if there is a train on one side and an 18 wheeler in the adjacent lane. Also, the Red River bridge in Coushatta back in the day. It was a one lane bridge with a stoplight at the bottom.
This post was edited on 2/23/21 at 7:49 pm
Posted on 2/23/21 at 7:31 pm to Shaken not Stirred
My dad is 72 and doesn't like the high exits/entrances onto or off of highways. He didn't have this fear until probably 5 years ago. He now takes the longest ways to get places
He would hate all of these. I have no fears of bridges that I know of, but I got stuck on that bullshite one driving west through Louisiana one day back to Texas and was stuck on it with my dog for like 2 hours. F that basin bridge.
I get nervous in narrow lanes, like irrationally so. I have driven hundreds of thousands of miles on highways but when the lanes get narrow I am slowing down and taking my time. It makes no sense but when the shoulder is closed down and they have the walls up for construction I cringe and focus
He would hate all of these. I have no fears of bridges that I know of, but I got stuck on that bullshite one driving west through Louisiana one day back to Texas and was stuck on it with my dog for like 2 hours. F that basin bridge.
I get nervous in narrow lanes, like irrationally so. I have driven hundreds of thousands of miles on highways but when the lanes get narrow I am slowing down and taking my time. It makes no sense but when the shoulder is closed down and they have the walls up for construction I cringe and focus
This post was edited on 2/23/21 at 7:33 pm
Posted on 2/23/21 at 7:38 pm to Shaken not Stirred
That bridge is in my nightmares sometimes. 
Posted on 2/23/21 at 7:44 pm to ChenierauTigre
my first day of drivers ed at age 15 they made us drive over the old MRB.
in the rain
just about pissed myself
in the rain
just about pissed myself
Posted on 2/23/21 at 7:47 pm to LSUGrrrl
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I developed that fear about 6 years ago while driving over the Mississippi Rover bridge in Natchez. No idea why.
I got stuck in standstill traffic on the new bridge last time I came to an LSU game. I was in one of those cars with the auto start/stop so when the engine turned off, you can really feel the bridge deck bouncing. I know its designed to do that but I was really anxious to get off the bridge.
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