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Paulos23
Skeptic Friend
USA
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 Posted - 04/22/2005 : 05:20:47 [Permalink]
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| Man, glad you lived through that. I hope both you and your friend have a speedy recovery. |
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Dave W.
Info Junkie
USA
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Wendy
SFN Regular
USA
614 Posts |
Posted - 04/22/2005 : 07:58:23 [Permalink]
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Have you considered it might have been part of their evil plan to make a blood sacrifice of the non-members to Mother Earth? 
Glad you're both okay. 
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Millions long for immortality who don't know what to do on a rainy afternoon.
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astropin
SFN Regular
USA
970 Posts |
Posted - 04/22/2005 : 11:51:17 [Permalink]
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Wow Ricky, that is a great story. You will be telling that one for the rest of your life. Chalk one up for the soft ground.
For myself, I have driven a car into a lake (don't ask, but I was not drinking). Totaled a snowmobile at 70 MPH (no injuries). Hit a fishing boat while pulling a skier (no injuries), and totaled a motorcycle at about 45 MPH (lost four teeth on that one). For some reason my wife will not let me get a pilots license?
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I would rather face a cold reality than delude myself with comforting fantasies.
You are free to believe what you want to believe and I am free to ridicule you for it.
Atheism:
The result of an unbiased and rational search for the truth.
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Ricky
SFN Die Hard
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Dr. Mabuse
Septic Fiend
Sweden
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Posted - 04/22/2005 : 13:43:09 [Permalink]
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Wow, Ricky!
I'm glad you're allright! Sue the ass off that driver, some people shouldn't have license in the first place. |
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Dr. Mabuse
Septic Fiend
Sweden
9687 Posts |
Posted - 04/22/2005 : 13:59:45 [Permalink]
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I just checked the link... You're letting that girl off easy. But then, this event will probably stay with her and perhaps haunt her for quite a while too. She could have killed you, hopefully her conscience will remind her and keep her out of trouble in the future.
Anyway, it's good to know that you and your friend escaped without permanent injuries. |
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| Edited by - Dr. Mabuse on 04/22/2005 14:01:29 |
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beskeptigal
SFN Die Hard
USA
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Posted - 04/23/2005 : 12:48:54 [Permalink]
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quote:
Originally posted by Ricky
I hate myself so much in pictures, and even more on camera, but oh well:
http://www.wdbj7.com/Global/story.asp?S=3244673&nav=RmOiYxgS
There is a video towards the bottom of the story.
I can't believe the shredded clothes!!! You guys look real good on the clip. Very sweet. Just want to get on with Earth day and no charges. I'm impressed.
Dr M, the driver was male not female. Probably no big difference but I hate to see the supposedly bad women driver myth reinforced. |
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R.Wreck
SFN Regular
USA
1191 Posts |
Posted - 04/23/2005 : 13:42:22 [Permalink]
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Damn, Ricky! What is your head made of?
Seriously though, glad you survived with seemingly minor injuries.
Let this be a lesson to all of us. Whenever you sleep outdoors, do so in a large wood and brick structure as protection from errant pickup trucks!
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The foundation of morality is to . . . give up pretending to believe that for which there is no evidence, and repeating unintelligible propositions about things beyond the possibliities of knowledge.
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Dr. Mabuse
Septic Fiend
Sweden
9687 Posts |
Posted - 04/23/2005 : 14:19:48 [Permalink]
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quote:
Originally posted by beskeptigal
Dr M, the driver was male not female. Probably no big difference but I hate to see the supposedly bad women driver myth reinforced.
That was not my intention. Maybe my hearing is impaird and I'm not native English, and the sound of that clip was actually rather bad. My first gut instinct was that the driver was male, and definitly older than a student. But then I thought it sounded like a woman's name mentioned in the news-clip. Aparently I was wrong.
For those who think women are genetically unsuitable to handle vehicles I give you Michelle Mouton.
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H. Humbert
SFN Die Hard
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Posted - 04/23/2005 : 14:24:09 [Permalink]
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quote:
Originally posted by Dr. MabuseMaybe my hearing is impaird and I'm not native English, and the sound of that clip was actually rather bad. My first gut instinct was that the driver was male, and definitly older than a student. But then I thought it sounded like a woman's name mentioned in the news-clip. Aparently I was wrong.
No, it was definitely one of those transgender names, like Erin or something, that could be either for boy or girl but primarily one would think girl. The only other context was once or twice the driver was referred to as a he. The guy might spell his name Arron or something.
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"A man is his own easiest dupe, for what he wishes to be true he generally believes to be true." --Demosthenes
"The first principle is that you must not fool yourself - and you are the easiest person to fool." --Richard P. Feynman
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| Edited by - H. Humbert on 04/23/2005 14:25:43 |
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Dave W.
Info Junkie
USA
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Posted - 04/23/2005 : 19:26:54 [Permalink]
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The name is "Aaron Barr." It's in the text which accompanies the video.
I know a women in the Netherlands named "Aase," so perhaps the double-A names are more-often feminine in the whole Scandinavian area?
And yes, on first read I thought it was "Aaron Burr," and I was planning on a joke about Ricky challenging the guy to a duel. Good thing I read it again, as nobody would have gotten the joke, anyway. |
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Dr. Mabuse
Septic Fiend
Sweden
9687 Posts |
Posted - 04/24/2005 : 03:09:09 [Permalink]
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quote:
Originally posted by Dave W.
I know a women in the Netherlands named "Aase," so perhaps the double-A names are more-often feminine in the whole Scandinavian area?
In Sweden we use the letter 'Å' (an A with a ring on top, like in the StarGÅte-logo) instead of the double-A. Though it's pronounced just like 'au' in 'sauce'. The name Åse is more common in Denmark and Norway than in Sweden where we mosty use the alterate spelling Åsa. |
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Dr. Mabuse
Septic Fiend
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Posted - 04/24/2005 : 03:15:49 [Permalink]
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| Maybe I was influenced by watching too much Farscape, thinking it sounded like Erin, as in Peacekeeper officer Aeryn Sun. |
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Cuneiformist
The Imperfectionist
USA
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Posted - 04/24/2005 : 09:33:28 [Permalink]
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quote:
Originally posted by Dave W.
And yes, on first read I thought it was "Aaron Burr," and I was planning on a joke about Ricky challenging the guy to a duel. Good thing I read it again, as nobody would have gotten the joke, anyway.
But if it had been Burr, the joke would actually have been pretty funny. Alas-- such perfect set-ups are rare. |
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