View Full Version : ?What made you CRINGE today?
PantyFanatic
03-25-2006, 07:30 PM
The thought of CheyeAnne being home alone without the camera. :(
PantyFanatic
03-25-2006, 07:31 PM
Knowing a friend had to go car-shopping in this crummy weather today. :eek:
PantyFanatic
03-25-2006, 07:31 PM
Thinking about the poor nurses in about two more days when Sharni starts going stir crazy. :eek:
WATCHING my 2 sons and their friend dig out my driveway.
My back was killin' me ;)
TinTennessee
03-25-2006, 09:58 PM
While waiting on a dear, sweet, out of state Nascar fan today, he said, "so you counted that high and didn't have to use your toes?"
FallenAngel5
03-26-2006, 12:22 AM
Watching Christian Bale dangerously thin in The Machinist - a fantastic movie though.
scotzoidman
03-26-2006, 01:04 AM
The thought of the verbal bitch-slapping some poor asshole at the insurance co. is gonna get when I make that call Monday to protest my being cancelled after all these years...
Steph
03-26-2006, 07:47 AM
Watching Christian Bale dangerously thin in The Machinist - a fantastic movie though.
I remember seeing photos of him in that movie. Augh!
Thinking of kids eating only the same foods all the time made me cringe this morning. How don't they get sick of the same thing over and over?
Going into my teenagers room.
...having to go to the mall :eek:
gekkogecko
03-26-2006, 01:45 PM
The thought of eating...freakin' antibiotics have destroyed my gut flora, and are wrecking my digestive track.
And why am I on antibiotics in the first place? Pneumonia.
imaginewithme
03-26-2006, 10:27 PM
speaking of my soon to be brother in law
imaginewithme
03-26-2006, 11:04 PM
seeing a picture of myself over the weekend *BLAH*
dicksbro
03-27-2006, 04:07 AM
Thinking about all we have to do this morning.
imaginewithme
03-27-2006, 12:18 PM
receiving an apology email from soon to be brother in law
Knowing I had disappointed him.
Coaster
03-27-2006, 01:45 PM
The thought of making MORE maple syrup and taffy today!
^^^^^^Me want some!!!
Spending an hour trying to download software onto my kids computer.
dicksbro
03-28-2006, 08:47 AM
Waking up.
Lilith
03-28-2006, 04:34 PM
hearing my two least favorite words, "your mama"
Steph
03-28-2006, 04:37 PM
~ the dog doing his business in front of about 50 high school boys playing basketball
~ the dog about to go for round two on the mat in front of a barbershop in front of the owner
~overhearing too many Deliverancesque conversations this week
sassee
03-28-2006, 05:50 PM
My roommate singing at top volumes.
Oh God, even the memory makes me cringeee.
dicksbro
03-29-2006, 06:26 AM
All I've got to do today.
The thought that I have to go tell my cranky daughter to take a shower.
Sugarsprinkles
03-29-2006, 07:07 PM
the pain in my back when I got out of bed this morning
imaginewithme
03-29-2006, 10:25 PM
being told what to do
dicksbro
03-30-2006, 04:55 AM
... seeing PF's AV suffering from a power failure. :rolleyes:
The Islam thread.
and btw DB, that avatar of PF's is his latest brain scan ;)
jseal
03-30-2006, 08:20 AM
Foolish behavior.
Sugarsprinkles
03-30-2006, 07:39 PM
politcal rhetoric
flutelady
03-30-2006, 08:01 PM
This is maybe a bit mean, but there was a third grader at school today that I had to work with and damn did that kid smell awful!
PantyFanatic
03-30-2006, 08:42 PM
This is maybe a bit mean, ..... and damn did that kid smell awful!
Not at all!
Mathematics and hygiene are both things that need to be taught. It’s who the teacher should be that is the question.
flutelady
03-30-2006, 09:05 PM
You are right on the mark, PF! The hygiene lesson actually needs to be given to this poor boy's mother, but that's another story (not to mention unfortunate)
imaginewithme
03-30-2006, 11:09 PM
I had the back door open of the truck and an ol' crotchety man just HAD to pull next to me to leave from the row BEHIND me....geesh people.......can you see me!?!??!
Coaster
03-30-2006, 11:25 PM
I don't cringe easily!
Giant freaking bubblebee trying to get into the car and Joe not seeming to think it was the crisis I did. :rolleyes:
dicksbro
04-01-2006, 08:34 AM
Getting up and trying to be quiet so I didn't wake my wife ... then something starts to fall and I had to catch it.
PantyFanatic
04-01-2006, 11:14 AM
I don't cringe easily!
You've never met Steph. :eek:
Salacious
04-01-2006, 01:25 PM
Inventory at work
imaginewithme
04-01-2006, 09:18 PM
Getting up and trying to be quiet so I didn't wake my wife ... then something starts to fall and I had to catch it.
I hate that!!!!
The smell of a potatoe gone bad.
Sugarsprinkles
04-01-2006, 09:54 PM
The pain in my back when I got up this morning...............again.
Fangtasia
04-02-2006, 12:56 AM
Spiders...creepy bastards!
PantyFanatic
04-02-2006, 02:14 AM
It’s the wonderful fall season down-under and the redback spiders are coming out to inject deadly poison into everything that didn’t get eaten by a croc, swallowed by a great white or die of thirst during the summer drought. (great place :rolleyes: ) Sharni’s can of Raid is running low and she needs some help from IASOMEBODYKG that knows how to deal with spiders. IAANYBODYKG that has experience with killer spiders would make a lot of Sharni points for advice.
alspals69
04-02-2006, 04:57 PM
i managed to negotiate time to take rather a lot of old timber etc to the tip... and got there only to find a 40 minute queue to recycle it all - eek... so this is why i never do anything
dicksbro
04-03-2006, 04:02 AM
The five hour power outage we had last night.
Sugarsprinkles
04-03-2006, 09:39 PM
Two frikkin ballerinas and a classical pianist on Miss America
Lilith
04-03-2006, 09:41 PM
a pissed off student who turned over every last piece of furniture in the classroom and then headed outside to flip the picnic table and the BBQ grill
imaginewithme
04-04-2006, 09:23 PM
^^omg that's scary!
dicksbro
04-05-2006, 04:58 AM
Especially if he was in kindergarten!! :eek:
Fangtasia
04-05-2006, 05:38 AM
People who a close minded and read only what they want...not what it was you wrote!
Salacious
04-05-2006, 06:01 AM
When the alarm clock went off this morning
Steph
04-09-2006, 09:12 AM
A creepy perv in the diner who asked if he could sit next to me & flirt this morning.
*shudder*
PantyFanatic
04-11-2006, 08:49 PM
The changing of an avatar today :eek:
Sharniqua
04-13-2006, 04:07 AM
Tigger Doo standing on my bloody toes!
Steph
04-14-2006, 10:28 AM
reading about the garbage strike in Athens.
dicksbro
04-22-2006, 02:28 PM
Walking out to my just washed car only to find two big bird droppings decorated with petals from our flowering crab tree. :(
I keep telling them that the brid feed we give them is free ... they don't have to leave the change. :)
PantyFanatic
04-22-2006, 02:46 PM
Maybe the birds are trying to buy your car if they made a deposit on it. :D
;)
dicksbro
04-22-2006, 03:10 PM
Maybe the birds are trying to buy your car if they made a deposit on it. :D
;)
Heck, they don't even offer "chicken feed." :(
Salacious
04-22-2006, 05:41 PM
Something the kids left in the toilet for me to find. <shudder>
scotzoidman
04-23-2006, 02:19 AM
Ordering a combo meal at the Sonic drive-in with a DIET COKE...the order taker immediately offers to add a slice of CHEESECAKE for dessert (I think, "oh sure, that will more than make up for the lack of sugar in my drink...next time I'll just order a diabetic coma 'to go' " )...the carhop brings my order, I give her a $5 & 2 pennies for a $4.92 tab, & the little airhead tries to give me 8 cents change because she doesn't have a cash register in front of her to tell her what the correct change should be...I drove off thinking again of the deporable state of education these days, & how as a cashier in the old days, I had to know how to calculate change (& even sales tax at times) IN MY HEAD...
dicksbro
04-23-2006, 04:39 AM
Yeah, what ^^^^ said. It is scary. :(
PantyFanatic
04-23-2006, 09:13 AM
Yes. Like when you hand them a $20, a singles and three pennies for a $5.78 sale. They try to give you back everything but the $20 until you tell them to just ring it up, then they turn and look at you like you tricked them or did black magic when they hand you a $5, a $10 and a quarter. Something here IS scary …………… and sad :rolleyes:
imaginewithme
04-23-2006, 11:29 AM
^^^those three making me think too hard made me cringe...
*runs away and hides*
dicksbro
04-23-2006, 03:30 PM
Getting a call from my son's best friend informing us that his father just passed away. :(
rabbit
04-23-2006, 07:09 PM
My son hitting a golf ball that ricocheted off the garage...missing a window by inches.
Sharni
04-23-2006, 07:10 PM
My new pup...and her new i'm gonna bite ya (and i do mean BITE) if ya go near the wire fence...and me newly discovering her having chewed Scooby's bed into little foam pieces
*Sigh* The biting is the biggest thing....if she dont cut it out she'll have to go
rabbit
04-23-2006, 07:12 PM
My new pup...and her new i'm gonna bite ya (and i do mean BITE) if ya go near the wire fence...and me newly discovering her having chewed Scooby's bed into little foam pieces
*Sigh* The biting is the biggest thing....if she dont cut it out she'll have to go
Be patient with her...buy her some chew toys and rawhides and let her take it out on those instead. She'll learn.
:)
Sharni
04-23-2006, 07:18 PM
Patient my ass....she has 1 month...these are not just nips...just launches herself at you and BITES
She's not a small dog...shes large and gonna get larger with teeth that go with it....i have kids and biting is not acceptable
I think a lot of it has to do with her parents being gaurd dogs....she has picked up their 'let em in the yard but dont let em out' attitude
The kid climb the fence to go next door (not meant to but they do *LOL*)...she will let them come over the fence into our yard....but she attacks and bites when they try to go over it to leave the yard
rabbit
04-24-2006, 08:40 PM
Patient my ass....she has 1 month...these are not just nips...just launches herself at you and BITES
She's not a small dog...shes large and gonna get larger with teeth that go with it....i have kids and biting is not acceptable
I think a lot of it has to do with her parents being gaurd dogs....she has picked up their 'let em in the yard but dont let em out' attitude
The kid climb the fence to go next door (not meant to but they do *LOL*)...she will let them come over the fence into our yard....but she attacks and bites when they try to go over it to leave the yard
OK...sounds serious. What's her breeding?
Fangtasia
04-24-2006, 08:49 PM
Bull Mastiff x Rotweiller (could be Great Dane but they say Rottie *L*)
imaginewithme
04-25-2006, 02:11 PM
Little one ready to get out of bed at 5:45 this morning http://www.millan.net/minimations/smileys/nightf.gif (http://www.millan.net)
Slicing my finger on the box of Saran wrap. :eek:
bare4you
04-25-2006, 08:47 PM
The memories of how much that hurts since I've done it countless times myself ^^
Steph
04-26-2006, 01:17 AM
Listening to a dumb co-worker paint his lazy ass into a corner http://www.millan.net/minimations/smileys/electricf.gif (http://www.millan.net)
dicksbro
04-26-2006, 04:18 AM
A commercial suddenly coming on TV at about twice the volume of the show that was on. :mad:
Steph
04-26-2006, 04:26 AM
A commercial suddenly coming on TV at about twice the volume of the show that was on. :mad:
How is that permitted?!?? I have terrible eyesight & my ears make up for it. I think it's even more of an assault to the eardrums for people like me. I cannot stand it!
I haven't had a TV in a while but remember LUNGING for the remote when I knew a show was heading to a commercial. Anything but those explosively loud commercials!
scotzoidman
04-26-2006, 10:24 AM
How is that permitted?!?? I have terrible eyesight & my ears make up for it. I think it's even more of an assault to the eardrums for people like me. I cannot stand it!
I haven't had a TV in a while but remember LUNGING for the remote when I knew a show was heading to a commercial. Anything but those explosively loud commercials!
I think it back in the '80s I heard that the FCC supposedly "looked into" the issue of whether the commercials were really louder than the programs, & found "no evidence" of such...which is total BULLSHIT, as anyone with functioning eardrums can attest to...I've always thought, with my knowledge of electronic audio, that they probably just hooked up a VU meter & saw no difference, & declared it was just a myth...what has to be understood is that there are ways of compressing the dynamic range of an audio track, I know this is techie jargon that goes over the heads of many here, but the bottom line is that the ads are tweaked so they will sound louder...most of the shows, dramas especially, will not do that because they want you to hear the full range of sound...the end result is that you turn up the volume to hear someone whisper the dramatic lines that always seem to come just before the break, & then....
BAM!!!!
imaginewithme
04-26-2006, 10:57 AM
Coming out of the store to find it was thundering and lightning http://www.millan.net/minimations/smileys/aska.gif (http://www.millan.net)
dicksbro
04-27-2006, 11:10 AM
Trying to step over our cat and he walks under my feet. Almost squished the poor guy. :(
imaginewithme
05-06-2006, 07:50 PM
a girl in my class
imaginewithme
05-06-2006, 07:59 PM
Salacious thinking I smut.
Salacious
05-06-2006, 08:01 PM
Thinking I offended IWM
loves2laugh
05-06-2006, 08:08 PM
the thought of offending anyone
PantyFanatic
05-06-2006, 09:10 PM
The thought that IWM doesn't smut :eek:
imaginewithme
05-06-2006, 10:08 PM
^shame, shame
I cringed today when I was backing up my car at the gas station and almost hit another car....yikes.
Seeing my daughters new groovy gothic eye make-up!
dicksbro
05-07-2006, 04:21 AM
Getting a little cramp in my leg sitting here. :(
osuche
05-07-2006, 11:54 AM
The ugly green hawaiian shirt my TA is wearing...but hey, it's keeping me awake!
dicksbro
05-11-2006, 06:04 AM
Thinking how tall our grass is getting (and not having a chance to get it mowed today) :(
txgrneyes
05-11-2006, 06:59 AM
Walking in to the house today and thinking what I didn't get done on my days off.
dicksbro
05-11-2006, 07:30 AM
Just looked at the clock and realize I have to hurry a bit. :(
scotzoidman
05-11-2006, 08:45 AM
realizing that I haven't had much business this week, & knowing that the BIG bills are coming due next week :eek:
Steph
05-12-2006, 04:33 AM
Walking in to the house today and thinking what I didn't get done on my days off.
I totally felt the same way this weekend but I did have fun. The dust bunnies are being tackled a day at a time. :)
alspals69
05-12-2006, 05:03 PM
ughhh still shuddering... my work computer just lost my list of accomplishments that i get graded on. Can't believe it, it can't be located. I just have a short-cut on my dektop that goes no-where.
PantyFanatic
05-14-2006, 08:07 PM
The MOMENTARY thought that good chow was closer than it is. :(
(every coin has two sides) ;)
imaginewithme
05-14-2006, 10:01 PM
hearing thunder
dicksbro
05-15-2006, 05:05 AM
Knowing the weekend is over. :(
scotzoidman
05-15-2006, 09:48 AM
getting woke up by the pager at 4:14 am....after about 2 hrs sleep...
scotzoidman
05-15-2006, 09:51 AM
and then getting to my super-rush-ASAP delivery point to find
no one there
PantyFanatic
05-15-2006, 09:53 AM
and then getting to my super-rush-ASAP delivery point to find
no one there
Bill them! :cool:
scotzoidman
05-15-2006, 10:01 AM
Bill them! :cool:
no sooner said than done...32 min. of waiting will be added to the tab...
but I accepted the run thinking I could get it done & still get home in time to see the wife off, & the no-show was just enough to kibosh that...
PantyFanatic
05-15-2006, 10:21 AM
32 minutes hell!:mad: Bill them 3 hours minimum for a "super-rush-ASAP delivery" that you jumped through your ass in the middle of the night and got there to do.
scotzoidman
05-16-2006, 01:19 AM
while I didn't ask what the pay would be for this run (Iwas still half asleep), I know from previous experience that special circumstances like odd hours or bad weather are generally factored in to the cost...they already paid thru the nose anyway...I just get annoyed at the "hurry-up-&-wait" thing that pops up way to often...
rabbit
05-19-2006, 09:02 PM
Getting a prostate exam.
imaginewithme
05-19-2006, 09:25 PM
My dog trying to put his nose in my hair...EW
loves2laugh
05-20-2006, 10:49 AM
knowing I had to get up to cut the grass
rabbit
05-20-2006, 02:11 PM
Watchng my golf ball fly into the woods, never to be seen again.
osuche
05-20-2006, 06:49 PM
The sick feeling I felt after eating lunch -- I think I have a bit of a stomach bug
Steph
05-31-2006, 01:39 PM
the smog
http://www.flickr.com/photos/nicesmooth/
dicksbro
05-31-2006, 01:43 PM
Realizing we have an 8th grade graduation to go to this evening.
(I'd just forgotten that our grandson is "graduating" tonight. :( )
JassWolf
05-31-2006, 06:39 PM
Realizing I can't win these games? :trout:
JW
Sugarsprinkles
05-31-2006, 07:56 PM
Miserable leg cramps when I took a nap this afternoon. Damn, I hate getting old!!!
PantyFanatic
05-31-2006, 08:11 PM
Then get young with me. :undies: :D
well............. maybe just don't get old with me. :brows:
OK :truce: ..................... why did you have to say that? :(
Sugarsprinkles
05-31-2006, 08:17 PM
Just to drive you crazy. :D
rabbit
06-03-2006, 12:15 PM
Raindrops
:(
Getting a very crappy score on a posttest for math! :rolleyes2
PantyFanatic
06-08-2006, 08:15 PM
thunder thief
dicksbro
06-08-2006, 08:46 PM
Forgetting about a meeting I was suppose to go to tonight. :(
Actually, I don't mind missing meetings; only forgetting about them. Oh well.
ironhide
06-08-2006, 09:20 PM
The fact that at work a guy did massive damage to a customer's car his second this month arghhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
jay-t
06-08-2006, 10:03 PM
after working for an hour making a rose I burned a hole in it! Now I get to start over.
Fangtasia
06-08-2006, 10:59 PM
A damn brand spanking new floor that will be the bane of my existance!!....2 unsuccessful tries at cleaning so far...bringing out that big guns next week...it'll either be clean or stuffed.....WHO in their right mind puts white vinyl down in an extremely high traffic area...duh!!
PantyFanatic
06-08-2006, 11:13 PM
Most likely a credentialed administrator that has no concept of budgetary maintenance cost except to disapprove them. But I’ll bet it looked good in the brochure he got. ;)
dicksbro
06-09-2006, 05:05 AM
The thought of a bird call or a moose call at about 8AM in the morning. :D
PantyFanatic
06-09-2006, 06:18 AM
I think you are more likely to get a turkey call. ;)
jseal
06-09-2006, 08:37 AM
watching and ALMOST traffic accident
Sharni
06-09-2006, 06:39 PM
Something i read
imaginewithme
06-12-2006, 07:41 PM
waking up from a nap with baby to find the front door was unlocked
I put a new toilet seat on today ... I had to cringe when undoing the screw sleeve underneath cause it felt a bit slimy and I had no way of seeing what it was .... yuk!!! .... can you say antibacterial soap IMMEDIATELY! LOL!
imaginewithme
06-13-2006, 08:18 PM
The eye doctor saying "ok, now try these and come back AGAIN"
I have a baby people, I can't be freakin' going to dr. appointment every time you want me too damnit!
Fangtasia
06-13-2006, 09:32 PM
The lie i just caught someone close to me out on
imaginewithme
07-17-2006, 08:41 PM
While driving down the highway I could see ahead of me the cars coming towards me with their lights on and I could see black clouds........I made it though, I drove thru the rain!
alspals69
08-01-2006, 05:31 PM
I was at a community meeting and someone said ...we don't want the "wrong " type of people...
well OK i know exactly what was meant and probably agree, but doesn't it sound a bit pompus?
imaginewithme
08-01-2006, 10:56 PM
driving thru a storm today made me cringe ..............again
alspals69
08-02-2006, 05:20 PM
driving thru a storm today made me cringe ..............again
bless ya sweetie.... you'd hate me... i LOVE storms, lol
my cringe was being evacuated today due to a bomb threat
rabbit
11-04-2006, 11:01 AM
cleaning the %$&*#@ litter box...ewwww
osuche
11-06-2006, 12:24 PM
On Saturday...It was the Ohio State game that made me cringe. Nothing like an inelegant win.
dicksbro
11-10-2006, 03:28 AM
My back! OUCH!
IowaMan
12-26-2006, 06:46 PM
Went to the ER today because I was having a really bad nosebleed and it hurt a bit when they tried to shove a big wad of cotton way up in my nose.
PantyFanatic
12-26-2006, 07:20 PM
Does it stop bleeding if you don't try to shove big wads of cotton way up your noes? :confused:
dicksbro
12-31-2006, 05:35 AM
IowaMan reminding me of the time I forgot my wife's birthday many, many years ago. :yikes:
(He didn't do it intentionally ... it was just one of the gaming 'questions.' :D )
whosyour51
12-31-2006, 08:29 AM
noing that much later or by this time tomorrow I am going to be feeling pretty rough :cheers:
lusty1
07-05-2007, 06:31 PM
The sound of the dentists drill...
PantyFanatic
10-07-2008, 08:22 PM
My radio :hair:
Salacious
10-07-2008, 10:05 PM
The phone call at work today informing me that my son broke the kitchen window with his head.
No need for alarm, he's fine, but the window isn't doing as well.
pinkFlames
11-18-2008, 12:00 AM
Finding a mouldy apple under the sofa.
FlirtWithMe
11-19-2008, 11:28 AM
Hearing a knock at the door from my 4 year old in the middle of the night whilst I was lying with a dildo in my ass, about to start playing with a second dildo. Thankfully, I'd locked the door. The cringing was both for the interruption and from the 'what if I'd not locked it' :yikes: :o
lizzardbits
11-21-2008, 11:33 AM
^^^ that made me cringe.
traffic and pedestrian mix around here makes me cringe daily
PantyFanatic
11-22-2008, 01:58 AM
3 seconds that lasted 10 minutes in a near-miss
During a rush hour snow squall (of course:rolleyes2) I was stopped at a red light intersection of a main, divided thoroughfare and watching the three lanes of cross traffic to my left ease to complete stop as the light changed for me. I started to move forward, hoping my slow start would not cause me to spin on the slippery-as-sail-snot street when I see headlights in the inside lane on the intersection far side still moving passed the other two lines of stopped cars. I was less than through the first lane on my side and hit the break as no way that thing was going to be able to stop. That free-fall feeling of moving when you don't want to be flips you into a time warp when your watching the SUV with locked up wheels start twisting sideways but continuing to move straight ahead to the same meeting point directly in front of you. :yikes: Even though it was three to four times further away from the target spot than I was, you have time (at least it seems like it) to do the mental vector velocity/mass/distance calculations for both vehicles and realize that the physical law of no two particles of matter can simultaneously occupy the same point in space is true. You are still gliding slowly forward and can do nothing but test the pressure rating of your break lines and the density of the material your steering wheel is made of. :eek: For the rest of the ride your thoughts drift to what percentage of increase your insurance premiums is going to be and the fact you didn't wear heavy enough coat to be out on this wind tonight after the crash that's coming. Just as the SUV crosses your line of sight you realize you have stopped almost a foot short of that meeting point and that you wouldn't have been concerned if you had done the coefficient of friction calculations instead ............. then you breath as you hear all the superlatives echoing around inside your car.:o
Why don't these people that got their 4-wheel drive realize they ALREADY had 4-wheel breaks and need to slow-the-fuck down for bad road conditions. :hair:
That's what made me cringe today. :D
PS
My pulse rate almost returned to normal by the time I got home.
FlirtWithMe
11-22-2008, 02:20 AM
That's what made me cringe today. :DI held my breath reading that, PF. Glad you're ok and no collision happened :x: Can you do something for me? Can you pack some warm clothes in the trunk of your car and leave them there for the winter? Just in case you need them some day. It's one less thing for you to think about as you're sliding along on the ice :nod:
dicksbro
12-22-2008, 03:45 AM
OMG PF! I hadn't seen your post before. Makes me cringe, too. Here, I was going to say noticing the big broken limb on one of our birch trees caused by the ice and wind ... but suddenly, that doesn't seem so bad.
I know that was a while back, but I'm still glad you're okay!
pinkFlames
01-28-2009, 03:00 AM
The heat of the sun searing my skin as I walked from the car to my daughter's classroom.
scotzoidman
01-30-2009, 11:33 AM
3 seconds that lasted 10 minutes in a near-miss
During a rush hour snow squall (of course:rolleyes2) I was stopped at a red light intersection of a main, divided thoroughfare and watching the three lanes of cross traffic to my left ease to complete stop as the light changed for me. I started to move forward, hoping my slow start would not cause me to spin on the slippery-as-sail-snot street when I see headlights in the inside lane on the intersection far side still moving passed the other two lines of stopped cars. I was less than through the first lane on my side and hit the break as no way that thing was going to be able to stop. That free-fall feeling of moving when you don't want to be flips you into a time warp when your watching the SUV with locked up wheels start twisting sideways but continuing to move straight ahead to the same meeting point directly in front of you. :yikes: Even though it was three to four times further away from the target spot than I was, you have time (at least it seems like it) to do the mental vector velocity/mass/distance calculations for both vehicles and realize that the physical law of no two particles of matter can simultaneously occupy the same point in space is true. You are still gliding slowly forward and can do nothing but test the pressure rating of your break lines and the density of the material your steering wheel is made of. :eek: For the rest of the ride your thoughts drift to what percentage of increase your insurance premiums is going to be and the fact you didn't wear heavy enough coat to be out on this wind tonight after the crash that's coming. Just as the SUV crosses your line of sight you realize you have stopped almost a foot short of that meeting point and that you wouldn't have been concerned if you had done the coefficient of friction calculations instead ............. then you breath as you hear all the superlatives echoing around inside your car.:o
Why don't these people that got their 4-wheel drive realize they ALREADY had 4-wheel breaks and need to slow-the-fuck down for bad road conditions. :hair:
That's what made me cringe today. :D
PS
My pulse rate almost returned to normal by the time I got home.I missed this one the first time around too, but I can relate...amazing how time slows down for a pending crash, you do have time, it seems, to think all kinds of interesting things. I cringed when this made me recall the time some mumblety years ago when I found the ONE remaining ice patch in Music City...driver's ed still fresh in my mind, "steer in the direction of the skid" was not an option, that would point me directly into the lake :yikes: I instead focused on the one tree along the edge that was just big enough to stop a half-ton ChevyVan, but not so big that it would shove the engine further into the cabin. I was right...and then there was the Wile E. Coyote moment afterward as gravity took me off the shoulder towards the lake anyway. :yikes: :yikes: Fortunately, old fencing made a great basket catch, so gf & I didn't end up testing the temp of Radnor Lake...but it took Two tow trucks to get the van back on the street that night.
pinkFlames
02-01-2009, 12:10 AM
The burn of my back door step on my bare feet when I ducked outside to throw some stale bread out for the birds.
Fangtasia
02-06-2009, 04:42 AM
The moron P-plater that culd have very easily had me meeting my maker...I'd be dead or at the least seriously injured if i had not reacted....damn idiot!
PantyFanatic
02-06-2009, 01:51 PM
What's a "P-plater"? :sad:
FlirtWithMe
02-06-2009, 02:22 PM
Glad you're ok, Orli :eek:
PF - a P-Plate (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Driver%27s_licence_in_Australia#Terminology) - provisional licence :)
PantyFanatic
02-06-2009, 11:08 PM
Very interesting............. and how cum you are so smart about that penal colony? :D
It sounds like those plates are an "asshole behind wheel" warning and something we could well use over here. :nod:
FlirtWithMe
02-06-2009, 11:19 PM
Very interesting............. and how cum you are so smart about that penal colony? :DA mine of information, that's me :D :p
FlirtWithMe
02-11-2009, 09:15 PM
...realising that the earphones weren't plugged in when I was watching porn :o
pinkFlames
02-12-2009, 12:06 AM
My daughter going to cuddle me and stepping on my toe, she bent the nail back and broke it halfway down and across the nailbed.
PantyFanatic
02-12-2009, 12:19 AM
:yikes:
FlirtWithMe
02-12-2009, 01:20 AM
My daughter going to cuddle me and stepping on my toe, she bent the nail back and broke it halfway down and across the nailbed.That ^^^ :yikes:
I'm with PF here, pF... :yikes: :yikes: I hope you're not in too much pain, it sounds terrible :eek:
pinkFlames
02-12-2009, 08:36 AM
I'm ok at the moment, thanks, FlirtWithMe. I think the worst was my daughter's guilty reaction when she realised what she'd done.
FlirtWithMe
02-12-2009, 09:43 AM
OMG I'm glad you're ok pF but I'm still cringing :eek: *ouch*
pinkFlames
03-26-2009, 12:34 AM
Looks like my daughter may have to face her first pet funeral within the next day. (Pet mouse)
FlirtWithMe
03-27-2009, 09:10 AM
Oh no, poor little mouse :(
I am once again cringing about pinkFlames' toe after coming back to this thread :yikes:
PantyFanatic
03-27-2009, 12:38 PM
Looks like my daughter may have to face her first pet funeral within the next day. (Pet mouse)
This may not be a bad thing on her trip along lif's path. :console:
pinkFlames
03-28-2009, 12:26 AM
The mouse was dead when we awoke yesterday. It was a very trying day, especially when my daughter started hysterically blaming herself for stepping on the mouse 3-4 months ago. The mouse seemed fine at the time and I'm not sure if the incident is related or not.
pinkFlames
03-28-2009, 12:27 AM
Oh no, poor little mouse :(
I am once again cringing about pinkFlames' toe after coming back to this thread :yikes:
Thankfully my toe is okay now. The exposed nailbed is a little sensitive but otherwise fine.
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