GA mid air collision in CO
09-27-2022, 11:44 AM
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Originally Posted by rickair7777
I also wonder if the younger generations grow up with so many safety rails that they just have trouble comprehending that bad outcomes are likely or even possible in some circumstances. By the time I was 20 I had had enough friends and acquaintances die by mis-adventures of one sort or another that I had developed a healthy respect for anything potentially hazardous. Still did fun stuff, was just very careful.
Now I understand why they had us sing those gruesome songs at Ft. Benning.
Now I understand why they had us sing those gruesome songs at Ft. Benning.
09-27-2022, 11:55 AM
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Most ‘accidents’ are not accidental but the result of someone making a mistake.
The remainder are truly accidental as no one made a mistake and everyone did what they were supposed to do and still the holes in the cosmic cheese lined up.
This may very well be one of the latter.
The remainder are truly accidental as no one made a mistake and everyone did what they were supposed to do and still the holes in the cosmic cheese lined up.
This may very well be one of the latter.
09-27-2022, 03:19 PM
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Originally Posted by Excargodog
it all started when the schools banned playing dodgeball at recess…
09-27-2022, 04:29 PM
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Originally Posted by galaxy flyer
And school buses, kids don’t even know how to look both ways anymore. Parents meet them at the bus and escort them to house.
And no, it wasn’t uphill both ways and there was no snow and I had good shoes.
09-27-2022, 04:38 PM
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Originally Posted by galaxy flyer
And school buses, kids don’t even know how to look both ways anymore. Parents meet them at the bus and escort them to house.
To the OP, I'm sorry for your loss.
09-27-2022, 06:51 PM
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Originally Posted by Duckdude
And no, it wasn’t uphill both ways and there was no snow and I had good shoes.
I did it for a while in athletic shoes, which got wet and cold. Finally wised up and wore boots, and carried the shoes for sports in a backpack.
09-27-2022, 08:03 PM
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Originally Posted by galaxy flyer
And school buses, kids don’t even know how to look both ways anymore. Parents meet them at the bus and escort them to house.
My voluntary tour of duty was about 25 days during those two years.
09-28-2022, 07:45 AM
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Originally Posted by TransWorld
When I was in 5th and 6th grade, we were school crossing guards on a busy, narrow, hilly two lane collector road. The only thing that protected us was an orange diagonal strap across our chest and around our waist. We stopped traffic regularly and safely. No adults were around. Never had an accident. That was in the 1960s.
My voluntary tour of duty was about 25 days during those two years.
My voluntary tour of duty was about 25 days during those two years.
Not one but two kids just got creamed at the crosswalk at my kid's school. On Monday of this week.
Actually my kid did crosswalk guard in middle school, but they use stop signs on long poles so they didn't have to use their bodies to try to get karen to slow down.
09-28-2022, 08:35 AM
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Originally Posted by rickair7777
Karen wasn't doing 45 in a 25 in a SUV, while drinking a grande triple frapp with one hand, applying makeup with the other, and steering with her knee.
https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/databriefs/db377-H.pdf
https://www.samhsa.gov/data/sites/default/files/cbhsq-reports/NSDUHNationalFindingsReport2018/NSDUHNationalFindingsReport2018.pdf
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