Holy crud CP... that's some scary schtuff!

I am glad that it wasn't worse!

Several years ago, my dad was driving when some rebar (3/8" thick metal construction rod) fell off of a truck and went through his windshield. He saw it coming and was able to move out of the way (it would have hit his arm). He took the day off (and my dad is VERY stoic).

Sp, spend the weekend in a drunken stupor - you deserve it! And we deserve to read your posts while in said state!

Glad to hear you aren't dead! (wow..that sounds very morbid...)


About 10 years ago, one of my dad's coworkers was driving on the 405 at night. There was a gardeners truck infront of him. Apparently, the blade on one of the lawnmowers on the truck came loose and flipped off the back of the truck. It sliced right through his windshield and impaled itself through the passenger seat and into the back row.

Pretty scary stuff :eek:

CP - just wanted to say I'm very thankful and happy you're still with us! :eek:

Unfortunately, it was the French, but it was by accident so we can't give those pussies full credit. I believe Ford was to first to put it as standard equipment on a mass production car.

Ah the beauty of safety glass. It can take massive impacts from the front and often survive without a scratch. Often is the smaller objects that tend to cause cracking, not the larger ones. However, the smallest hit from the inside, and it shatters like the hopes and dreams of a child once they realize that their god is dead.

CP glad to see you are alright, and since this apparently happened before I saw you last night, I can rest assured that you are definitely not dead. You have 100 year old technology to thank. (and not the French...well not really)

Seriously?

I'm glad you're OK. *hugs*

Sadly, most pedestrian overpasses in Sydney are getting wire cages enclosing them completely.

Too many young folks nowadays think it's hilarious to throw rocks & bricks etc at cars.

There was even a stop work meeting of Bus Drivers recently to complain about the rising number of kids throwing rocks and bricks at BUS WINDOWS !!

Why kill one person when you can kill 50 ? :rolleyes:

Yup. I don't like being that smashed. I've only had a headache the next day maybe twice in my life, and even then it was nothing compared to what most people describe as hangovers. I've also never thrown up due to drinking.

I did that once.

ONCE.

I learned my lesson well.

I also don't experience headach type hangovers. But then I don't suffer anykind of hangovers (except that one time) because I don't overindulge.

Slacker

Until very recently I also had never thrown up from drinking. But I made sure that when I finally did so it was maximally embarrassing (TIP: When you leave a job don't have you're going away pub crawl until the actual last day because you don't want to have to go back to work the next morning).

I also have never had a hangover, even after this particularly embarrassing event (not the first time I had been drunk but by far the drunkest I've ever been).