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December 2, 2005
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Last night I was driving home from my girlfriend's and I was on 36th street (a country type road), and all of a sudden I see up ahead brake lights. So, I slowly tap my breaks then BOOM! My car slides to the left, i adjust. Then I slide to the right, adjust. Then I slide left, going faster than I started. I do a tail spin, and land in a deep ditch practically on the side of the car (i was leaning quite a bit). But, luckily, no damage was done (to me or my lovely green escort wagon) and the cars I stopped for were a truck and a little car that was just taken out of the ditch because it also went off the road (but had damage). I got out of my car and a women shouted, we'll help you out in just a second. I being totally shocked simply said, "Okay". It was so strange, it felt like a dream. The weirdest thing was I had just watched car accident videos last night online, so it all felt so familar. The Father and son helped pull me out. At one point I thought they had yanked out the parts underneath my car, on which they tied the rope too. But, they didn't (phew!, that would be awkward...thanks, for trying, but actually do more damage). I thanked them and shook their hands, and they told me that so many people go off on the street and they help a lot of people each year(they lived right were I went off the road) Then I headed home never exceeding 15mph. I kept thinking it could have been so much worse. What if I would have hit the other people. Then I would be guilty of manslaughter, and that is incredibly intense.
There was a kid in my graduating class who accidently killed someone. He was driving his little brother on a snowmobile and they went off a job near the road and came crashing through a guy's window. He was found guilty and was not allowed to drive until he was 19 or 20 or 21, and even then he can only drive to work. That would suck so bad. THen there is also the feeling of killing someone; Of taking someones Dad away, taking someones best friend, etc...
The roads are even worse today! We have so much snow. I'm not loving winter so much now. Why do we live here? Why did people decide that this cold, freezing, snowy region would be a good place to live? It just doesn't seem logical that we freeze each year and spend tons of money heating ourselves and buying warm clothes to do keep from dying. Right now, I do not want to live in Michigan. Florida sounds pretty amazing right now.
UPDATE: http://www.takenaka.co.jp/takenaka_e/techno/0103_snow/
A Practical Use!
Posted by cory at December 2, 2005 9:26 AM
Comments
I've asked that question many times? Who thought this would be a cool place to live? Back in the day it was probably fine when you could heat yourself with the abundant wood in the area, but that isn't really the case.
A friend of mine made the interesting point that we, as a socitey should have come up with some practicla use for snow by this point. It just sits there and messes things up. C'mon man, can't we use some science or something?
Posted by: Anthony at December 2, 2005 10:25 AM
Maybe the settlers here were really into constructing snow forts and snowmen
Posted by: Cory Weaver at December 2, 2005 11:19 AM
my comment didn't get posted! am i spam to you?
Posted by: kevin at December 3, 2005 9:41 AM