Random Thought Thread

Burke said:
Don’t drink and drive kids. Heard a thump right when I was about to put my kids to bed, looked out the window and saw this. Called 911, ran outside, lady seemed OK but the car definitely wasn’t.View attachment 2227868
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That tree has seen war
 
I was gonna' cut both yards this morning, but gave-up after the front yard. (*mowing, trimming, and cleaning/sweepin' with the ol' Stihl blower) The humidity is at 93%. The "Amazon" ain't got sh!t on South Texas. Hell, I sweat-out the last five Jack & Zeros I had earlier this morning.

We set a heat index record on Friday...117 degrees. Then, we set another record on Monday...115-degree heat index. I know that ain't much for you folks in Arizona, Nevada, or Iraq. (*I've "visited" all three) However, when the humidity is 90%+, and you're an old guy like me, it begins to be a bit of a booger.


Anyhoo, I'm rehydrating with a bit of Jack & Zero and some Copenhagen. (*Cope has electrolytes, right?)
 
Burke said:
Don’t drink and drive kids. Heard a thump right when I was about to put my kids to bed, looked out the window and saw this. Called 911, ran outside, lady seemed OK but the car definitely wasn’t.View attachment 2227868
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Had something like this happen a couple years ago.

Heard a bang late at night. "Was that a shotgun?" Look out the window and see a Mercedes, crumpled up against a tree.

Called 911 and jogged out there to check on the driver. Airbag deployed. Driver was dazed. Might've broken an ankle, but didn't appear to have any other severe injuries. Told him EMS was on the way, and setup LED road flares to warn other vehicles, while waiting for LE and EMS.

The tree was about the same size. Pretty amazing how much force they can shrug off.
 
Many years ago, I was at my Parent's house.

I was watching T.V. in my Dad's old home office. My Dad was watching T.V. in the living room. All of a sudden, I heard what sounded like a "sonic boom". It was so bad that both me and my Dad ran to the front door. Upon exiting, both of us looked up and down the street. Neither of us saw anything. We went back into the house and went back to our respective rooms.

After a few minutes of watching T.V., curiosity got the best of me, and I went back outside. Finally, I saw what had happened. I called-out to my Dad and told him to come outside. When my Dad got outside, I asked him, "Do you see anything?" He replied in the negative.

I told him, "Look across the street."


There was a fairly new Mercedes 560 that had rolled through the outside wall of his across-the-street neighbor's house. It had come to a stop halfway through their dining room. Neither of us had seen the forest for the trees.


My Mom and Dad's street was on an incline. Apparently, a dude had run out of gas, pulled next to the curb, left the car, and forgotten to put the car in "Park" and/or set the parking brake.

Mom and Dad's house was a few seconds from a gas station. The guy had left his car to get some gas and returned to find his car in my Parent's neighbor's dining room.
 
Alone said:
Many years ago, I was at my Parent's house.

I was watching T.V. in my Dad's old home office. My Dad was watching T.V. in the living room. All of a sudden, I heard what sounded like a "sonic boom". It was so bad that both me and my Dad ran to the front door. Upon exiting, both of us looked up and down the street. Neither of us saw anything. We went back into the house and went back to our respective rooms.

After a few minutes of watching T.V., curiosity got the best of me, and I went back outside. Finally, I saw what had happened. I called-out to my Dad and told him to come outside. When my Dad got outside, I asked him, "Do you see anything?" He replied in the negative.

I told him, "Look across the street."


There was a fairly new Mercedes 560 that had rolled through the outside wall of his across-the-street neighbor's house. It had come to a stop halfway through their dining room. Neither of us had seen the forest for the trees.


My Mom and Dad's street was on an incline. Apparently, a dude had run out of gas, pulled next to the curb, left the car, and forgotten to put the car in "Park" and/or set the parking brake.

Mom and Dad's house was a few seconds from a gas station. The guy had left his car to get some gas and returned to find his car in my Parent's neighbor's dining room.
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This reminded me of a funny (sort of) incident when I was younger.

All the way up to my senior year in high school, I had a VERY hard time waking up in the morning. I actually had to replace multiple alarm clocks, from waking up to find that I'd managed to smash the alarm clock to pieces, then gone back to sleep without any recollection that I'd done that.

I used to have to set THREE different alarm clocks, ~5 minutes apart, and change their placement every night, so I'd actually wake up to find them instead of smashing them still half-asleep. 😅

One morning, I came downstairs for breakfast, and my mom looks at me, and says, "So, did you hear anything yesterday morning?". I go, "Uhhhh... like what?". Mom says, "You don't remember hearing ANYTHING out of the ordinary yesterday morning?". "Uhhh... no. Why?"

Come to find out, my dad had gone out and started the car to warm it up, then come back in for a light breakfast before heading to work. The driveway sloped down towards the front gate.

Apparently, the stupid dog had chewed through the parking brake cable out of boredom, and while the car was idling, it had vibrated its way out of its spot, rolled down the slope, smashed right through the closed (metal) gate, across the road, and rammed the neighbor's car that had been parked across the street, right into a drainage ditch. Of course, they had to call a wrecker to retrieve the cars. My dad ended up paying for everything (including fixing the neighbor's car, to avoid putting this on the insurance record).

My room was at the front of the house. I don't recall hearing a single thing. I did notice the bent gate, and wondered about it, the day before 😅
 
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bluemax_1 said:
This reminded me of a funny (sort of) incident when I was younger.

All the way up to my senior year in high school, I had a VERY hard time waking up in the morning. I actually had to replace multiple alarm clocks, from waking up to find that I'd managed to smash the alarm clock to pieces, then gone back to sleep without any recollection that I'd done that.

I used to have to set THREE different alarm clocks, ~5 minutes apart, and change their placement every night, so I'd actually wake up to find them instead of smashing them still half-asleep. 😅

One morning, I came downstairs for breakfast, and my mom looks at me, and says, "So, did you hear anything yesterday morning?". I go, "Uhhhh... like what?". Mom says, "You don't remember hearing ANYTHING out of the ordinary yesterday morning?". "Uhhh... no. Why?"

Come to find out, my dad had gone out and started the car to warm it up, then come back in for a light breakfast before heading to work. The driveway sloped down towards the front gate.

Apparently, the stupid dog had chewed through the parking brake cable out of boredom, and while the car was idling, it had vibrated its way out of its spot, rolled down the slope, smashed right through the closed (metal) gate, across the road, and rammed the neighbor's car that had been parked across the street, right into a drainage ditch. Of course, they had to call a wrecker to retrieve the cars. My dad ended up paying for everything (including fixing the neighbor's car, to avoid putting this on the insurance record).

My room was at the front of the house. I don't recall hearing a single thing. I did notice the bent gate, and wondered about it, the day before 😅
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There's a gal (*"Gauri Nanda") who invented a special alarm clock...the "Clocky". She's an MIT graduate, and HAWT as a $2 pistol.


Anyhoo, it's an alarm clock that's mounted on wheels. When it goes-off, it rolls-around the room, and forces you to chase it around to hit the "snooze" button. 😄
 
Fun to talk about other people's accidents, I guess. Let's hear about your own !

- When I was 18, a few month after getting my German license, I swiped 3 parked cars in one swoop .... too much snow on the road ... for me.
- Also, maybe half a year later, I bumped into a cop car when a green light turned red and I was busy elsewhere. A green, German VW bus including 6 cops. They ended up standing around my beetle laughing their *sses off.

:)

Let's hear yours.
 
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