Re: Bad day, need opinions

From: JAMES KNOX (knox.james@sympatico.ca)
Date: Sat Nov 26 2005 - 16:03:47 EST


Hey Rascal, Walk The Line, Jonny Cash Bio
Great Movie! Dak Content 91 Dak 4x4 piece of cake in snow & ice

Jim Knox, 91 Dak

 ---- Original Message -----
From: "Rick Barnes" <rascal@scrtc.com>
To: <dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net>
Sent: Saturday, November 26, 2005 12:12 PM
Subject: RE: DML: Bad day, need opinions

>
> Hey Man, stuff happens...I bet I could out-stupid you anytime but I am too
> embarrassed to offer one of many examples here for public
> digestion...don't
> fret over it, that is what bumpers are for...bumping into things.
>
> Rascal
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net
> [mailto:owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net] On Behalf Of Jason
> Bleazard
> Sent: Saturday, November 26, 2005 9:45 AM
> To: dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net
> Subject: Re: DML: Bad day, need opinions
>
>
> Terrible Tom wrote:
>>
>> Until you drive White Knight into a lake... or start hitting light poles
>> and firehydrents... backing into your own garage door... or power
>> sliding into a speed limit sign with an Explorer that belongs to a
>> family member... you are not driving stupid
>
> I will grant that your outcome was much, much worse than mine. However,
> all of your incidents sound like you were moving and your momentum
> carried you in to some obstacle that you hadn't seen or otherwise
> couldn't avoid. Is that about right? I mean, standing down on the
> airstrip and looking up at the barn, I can easily understand how the
> pond incident occurred.
>
> However, I can't for the life of me understand how I did what I did, and
> I was there. I was stopped completely, sitting still, completely safe.
> I had already avoided the stationary obstacle. Then the autopilot in
> my brain short circuited and decided to accelerate from a complete
> standstill and attack a stationary vehicle.
>
> Brilliant.
>
> I'm very fortunate and grateful the outcome wasn't any worse, but that
> doesn't stop me from feeling pretty dumb.
>
> --
> Jason Bleazard http://drazaelb.blogspot.com Burlington, Ontario
> his: '95 Dakota Sport 4x4, 3.9 V6, 5spd, Reg. Cab, white
> hers: '01 Dakota Sport 4x4, 4.7 V8, Auto, Quad Cab, black
>
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