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Title: Friday 13th
Post by: Norm on March 13, 2009, 12:29:36 AM
Carefull out there - I'm not superstitious, but I don't even go outside on a Friday 13th.
Title: Re: Friday 13th
Post by: Big Troubled Bear on March 13, 2009, 02:48:56 AM
I had to come to work [bang]
Title: Re: Friday 13th
Post by: vampire on March 13, 2009, 03:17:15 AM
i had an accident 2 hours ago in my bike :(
Title: Re: Friday 13th
Post by: TiNi on March 13, 2009, 03:44:01 AM
Quote from: vampire on March 13, 2009, 03:17:15 AM
i had an accident 2 hours ago in my bike :(

details? are you (& the bike) oK?
Title: Re: Friday 13th
Post by: NAKID on March 13, 2009, 07:19:13 AM
Quote from: Norm on March 13, 2009, 12:29:36 AM
Carefull out there - I'm not superstitious, but I don't even go outside on a Friday 13th.

Huh? How do those statements even go together?
Title: Re: Friday 13th
Post by: KnightofNi on March 13, 2009, 07:47:26 AM
the traffic coming in today was almost as light as it would be on a weekend morning. i let off the throttle when i realized i was bumping 100mph  :-[


it was great!  ;D
Title: Re: Friday 13th
Post by: the_Journeyman on March 13, 2009, 09:30:25 AM
Nothing bad happened to me.  I'd be a shoe-in for a horror flick for right between 45-60 minutes into my empty run on the bus. 

1.  Get on bus alone while it's still dark
2.  Get on the interstate and drive to the most remote exit ramp I've ever seen (ramp ends at a gravel road on one side)
3.  Cross a long bridge
4.  Drive an unmarked 1-lane paved road until one of the brick monolith power plants looms suddenly around the bend
5.  Cross another bridge
6.  Head up a narrower paved road
7.  Pavement ends, gravel bends
8.  Drive until you pass the last house on the road
9.  Turn bus around in the woods

JM
Title: Re: Friday 13th
Post by: Norm on March 13, 2009, 09:45:45 AM
What's a "bus"? Is that a phantom term like "rear brake"?
Title: Re: Friday 13th
Post by: the_Journeyman on March 13, 2009, 10:24:18 AM
Quote from: Norm on March 13, 2009, 09:45:45 AM
What's a "bus"? Is that a phantom term like "rear brake"?

Um, it's 38 feet long, 8 feet wide, 9 feet tall and has seating for 68 passnegers & 1 driver and bright yellow-orange.

JM
Title: Re: Friday 13th
Post by: DRKWNG on March 13, 2009, 10:32:30 AM
Hell, I'm just glad we didn't take any fire today.  Hopefully tomorrow will be uneventful as well...
Title: Re: Friday 13th
Post by: DirtyDuc on March 13, 2009, 10:52:18 AM
Quote from: the_Journeyman on March 13, 2009, 10:24:18 AM
Um, it's 38 feet long, 8 feet wide, 9 feet tall and has seating for 68 passnegers & 1 driver and bright yellow-orange.

JM

Bright yellow-orange?  Isn't that a school bus  :P 

...Ya, I take the bus to work too (city bus, not school bus).  I actually have to take a bus and two trains  >:(
Title: Re: Friday 13th
Post by: TAftonomos on March 13, 2009, 10:54:06 AM
I worked a semi-busy rush of arrivals at CLT this am, running about 5.5-6.0 miles in trail (5 miles seperation required).    [coffee]
Title: Re: Friday 13th
Post by: Monster Dave on March 13, 2009, 10:56:30 AM
Quote from: the_Journeyman on March 13, 2009, 09:30:25 AM
Nothing bad happened to me.  I'd be a shoe-in for a horror flick for right between 45-60 minutes into my empty run on the bus. 

1.  Get on bus alone while it's still dark
2.  Get on the interstate and drive to the most remote exit ramp I've ever seen (ramp ends at a gravel road on one side)
3.  Cross a long bridge
4.  Drive an unmarked 1-lane paved road until one of the brick monolith power plants looms suddenly around the bend
5.  Cross another bridge
6.  Head up a narrower paved road
7.  Pavement ends, gravel bends
8.  Drive until you pass the last house on the road
9.  Turn bus around in the woods

JM

[laugh] Jason vs Freddie was on TV last night  [laugh]
Title: Re: Friday 13th
Post by: TiNi on March 13, 2009, 11:22:16 AM
(http://www.mysmiley.net/imgs/smile/characters/character0036.gif)
Title: Re: Friday 13th
Post by: KnightofNi on March 13, 2009, 11:35:41 AM
Quote from: the_Journeyman on March 13, 2009, 09:30:25 AM
Nothing bad happened to me.  I'd be a shoe-in for a horror flick for right between 45-60 minutes into my empty run on the bus. 

1.  Get on bus alone while it's still dark
2.  Get on the interstate and drive to the most remote exit ramp I've ever seen (ramp ends at a gravel road on one side)
3.  Cross a long bridge
4.  Drive an unmarked 1-lane paved road until one of the brick monolith power plants looms suddenly around the bend
5.  Cross another bridge
6.  Head up a narrower paved road
7.  Pavement ends, gravel bends
8.  Drive until you pass the last house on the road
9.  Turn bus around in the woods

JM

so at what point do the little kids come into it?
Title: Re: Friday 13th
Post by: NAKID on March 13, 2009, 11:38:13 AM
Quote from: DirtyDuc on March 13, 2009, 10:52:18 AM
Bright yellow-orange?  Isn't that a school bus  :P 

...Ya, I take the bus to work too (city bus, not school bus).  I actually have to take a bus and two trains  >:(


Uhhh, yeah, he drives a school bus...
Title: Re: Friday 13th
Post by: DirtyDuc on March 13, 2009, 11:53:11 AM
right ...I don't read too good
Title: Re: Friday 13th
Post by: DaniD on March 13, 2009, 12:00:30 PM
Quote from: vampire on March 13, 2009, 03:17:15 AM
i had an accident 2 hours ago in my bike :(

You were IN your bike when this happened?!?  Wow! 
Title: Re: Friday 13th
Post by: NAKID on March 13, 2009, 12:18:53 PM
Quote from: DaniD on March 13, 2009, 12:00:30 PM
You were IN your bike when this happened?!?  Wow! 

No wonder he got in an accident, he probably couldn't see too well...
Title: Re: Friday 13th
Post by: Monster Dave on March 13, 2009, 12:52:14 PM
Quote from: DuCaTiNi on March 13, 2009, 11:22:16 AM
(http://www.mysmiley.net/imgs/smile/characters/character0036.gif)

[laugh]

Title: Re: Friday 13th
Post by: vampire on March 13, 2009, 01:05:49 PM
Quote from: NAKID on March 13, 2009, 12:18:53 PM
No wonder he got in an accident, he probably couldn't see too well...
lol
give me a break!!
i didn't even see the damaged side of the bike yet
will post about it soon
Title: Re: Friday 13th
Post by: SaltLick on March 13, 2009, 03:41:23 PM
Quote from: Norm on March 13, 2009, 12:29:36 AM
Carefull out there - I'm not superstitious, but I don't even go outside on a Friday 13th.

Cigarette but thing outside my work caught fire at 9am, at 10am the fire alarm went off and a fire truck was called out (unrelated to the butt tray being on fire)
Title: Re: Friday 13th
Post by: DucHead on March 13, 2009, 09:00:51 PM
Quote from: Norm on March 13, 2009, 12:29:36 AM
Carefull out there - I'm not superstitious, but I don't even go outside on a Friday 13th.

[laugh]  That makes no make the beast with two backsin' sense!   [laugh] [laugh]
Title: Re: Friday 13th
Post by: Holden on March 14, 2009, 05:18:38 AM
I was sitting at a light on my bike tonight when a speeding pickup truck hit the curb in front of me and literally launched over my head before rolling half a dozen times. :o
Title: Re: Friday 13th
Post by: Oldfisti on March 14, 2009, 05:34:31 AM
Quote from: wark on March 14, 2009, 05:18:38 AM
I was sitting at a light on my bike tonight when a speeding pickup truck hit the curb in front of me and literally launched over my head before rolling half a dozen times. :o


:o :o :o :o    WOW!!   That's right out of a movie!
Title: Re: Friday 13th
Post by: ducpainter on March 14, 2009, 11:02:15 AM
Quote from: Norm on March 13, 2009, 12:29:36 AM
Carefull out there - I'm not superstitious, but I don't even go outside on a Friday 13th.

Jeff Beck 9/7/06 @ Hard Rock Live; Hollywood, FL (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SdmA3ymOCKU#normal)
Title: Re: Friday 13th
Post by: Holden on March 14, 2009, 02:13:45 PM
Quote from: alfisti on March 14, 2009, 05:34:31 AM

:o :o :o :o    WOW!!   That's right out of a movie!

Tell me about it... I ran up to the truck as soon as I could and there was an unconscious woman with her head hanging out of the broken window and a hysterical guy (face covered in blood) screaming at me: "I'm gonna die, bro! LOOK AT ME!"

And apparently the only car he hit while running the red was being driven by a guy my fiancée went to k-12 with. I had been riding over to see her...
Title: Re: Friday 13th
Post by: Electron on March 14, 2009, 09:36:11 PM
I definitely had a screwed up 13th.

Everything that I could f up I did f up.   [bang]
Title: Re: Friday 13th
Post by: the_Journeyman on March 16, 2009, 07:52:51 AM
Quote from: KnightofNi on March 13, 2009, 11:35:41 AM
so at what point do the little kids come into it?

Two switchbacks after the turnaround  [laugh]

Love the Jason smiley!

JM
Title: Re: Friday 13th
Post by: pw9990 on March 16, 2009, 06:33:57 PM
Friday the 13th, always a good day


http://www.pd13.com/ (http://www.pd13.com/)
Title: Re: Friday 13th
Post by: Mother on March 17, 2009, 01:16:25 AM
Quote from: DRKWNG on March 13, 2009, 10:32:30 AM
Hell, I'm just glad we didn't take any fire today.  Hopefully tomorrow will be uneventful as well...

you in the war DRKWNG?

Hell, i'm glad you didn't take any as well

Come back with all the parts you left with