watching the news reports about this ere bus crash in france,reports are now suggesting the drive may of fell asleep at the wheel.

 

its so easliy done.

 

i remember drving home at 6am after a night shift in lancaster,still pitch black with not a thing on the road,i started nodding and ended drifted over three lanes before the bumps at the side woke me up....totally shit my pants.

 

 

another one was on a job refurbishing an office,i was up some step ladders fixing the ceiling,when i noticed a pool of water at the bottom of my steps,its had leaked from a disconnected radiator.thought nothing of it.next thing this young spark spots a 'redundant' pyro cable that was leading to an old thermostat control.he tested it with his little pen to see if it was dead and it appeared so.....Wrong!

he took his rubber handled bolt cutters to it and bang,a giant blue flash filled the room with a deafening buzzing sound and all the water around my steps was bubbling and evaporating such was the heat.it seemed to go on forever.when it stopped,i fully expected to see the lad dead as i opened my eyes,but due to the handles being rubber he manged to get away before the cable fell and hit the water.my steps had rubber feet on them and that alone was the barrier between life and death!

 

they are the closest ive come to meeting my maker! (had my stomach pumped aged 15...but i dont count that)

 

anyone else had any brushes with death?

A number off here have met her mate. Grown up tall, fit and beautiful but after a previous nasty encounter in another forum, I am loathe to post a photo of us both on Scotts doorstep or under the North Stand with Zoz, Bogsy and a few more off here. Some disrespectful bags of shit out there in cyberland who think nothing of typing something they wouldn't have the bollocks to say to your face.

 

A natural fatherly reaction to be a little over protective of daughters mate - just as I am being here. Let's be honest. We know what we are like!

 

I can confirm - a stunner indeed!, but you're probably right not to put the photo's on here

How i didnt die when I was a child is beyond me, I am not sure if i was fearless or just stupid (No funny comments please No Balls)

Me and my mates would walk across the bridge over St Peters way behind Burnden, underneath on the girders without a care in the world but a gust of wind very nearly lifted me off once, on a seperate occasion i was walking accross a wall on the bridge on Lever edge lane ( the old railway ran beneath in years back) and fell off 25 feet to the pathway below, luckily i bounced up off the floor and had missed a few stone blocks by a foot. i didnt have a scratch on me

I broke my arm in two places as a 10 year old doing the same thing 2 years later

 

I got stung over a hundred times by a swarm of bees when i was about 7,

 

I got stung over a hundred times by a swarm of bees when i was about 7,

 

Wasps in my case! Around the same age too. Dobbins Field on Crompton Way.

 

Me grandma had to pluck the stings out with tweezers. The little bastards got everywhere, ears, arse crack - everywhere.

Speaking of swarms, and I know I didn't make this up, but I remember being attacked by a plague of ladybirds. I was probably about 5 or 6.

Speaking of swarms, and I know I didn't make this up, but I remember being attacked by a plague of ladybirds. I was probably about 5 or 6.

 

I thought this was a brushes with death thread?...........Ladybirds???

I thought this was a brushes with death thread?...........Ladybirds???

 

I did say "speaking of swarms", Mr. Logic. Plus they were biting.

I did say "speaking of swarms", Mr. Logic. Plus they were biting.

 

Just like you. ::

 

I can see the BEN headline now - " BOLTON GIRL EATEN ALIVE BY A SWARM OF.............LADYBIRDS"

That'sjust brought back a horrible memory

I was sat in the back of the car with my 8 month old daughter on my knee and 2 yr old strapped in a seat, well before days of health and safety

She went into an fit, eyes rolled up to top of her head, I'm screaming my head off ,thinking what the hell is this

Other half doing 90 mile an hour to townleys, with his hand on the horn, with a police escort

 

 

Febrile convulsion..... The bitches didn't tell what you what that was in pre natal!

 

Or what to do when your two year swallows a twopence piece ( learnt that lesson quickly, you'd be amazed at the strength of Mum, to haul her two year old up by the ankles, hang him upside down and smack him straight between the shoulder blades )

 

Didn't know about heimlech manouver till ten years later

 

How i didnt die when I was a child is beyond me, I am not sure if i was fearless or just stupid (No funny comments please No Balls)

Me and my mates would walk across the bridge over St Peters way behind Burnden, underneath on the girders without a care in the world but a gust of wind very nearly lifted me off once, on a seperate occasion i was walking accross a wall on the bridge on Lever edge lane ( the old railway ran beneath in years back) and fell off 25 feet to the pathway below, luckily i bounced up off the floor and had missed a few stone blocks by a foot. i didnt have a scratch on me

I broke my arm in two places as a 10 year old doing the same thing 2 years later

 

I got stung over a hundred times by a swarm of bees when i was about 7,

 

 

Me & my mates used to put pennies on the railway line down the middlebrook, waiting for the trains (steam) to squash em and turn em shiny

 

Christ, I'd have an asbo these days!

 

 

Just like you. :.gif' alt='default_lol.gif' alt='::lol::'>:.gif'>

 

I can see the BEN headline now - " BOLTON GIRL EATEN ALIVE BY A SWARM OF.............LADYBIRDS"

 

 

I'm not from Bolton.

Aargh....

Then tha's not a true white !

Aargh....

Then tha's not a true white !

 

I also don't say words like 'tha', 'nethen' or 'thee' so no, I mustn't be

I'm not from Bolton.

 

Headline news "Girl from backwater of Bolton attacked by killer ladybirds"

Headline news "Girl from Horwich attacked by killer ladybirds"

 

Corrected. We used to be seperate from the poor people on the other side of the hill, then you wanted our swimming pool as you didn't have a nice clean one of your own, bullied us and made us play nice with you.

Shame really.

Corrected. We used to be seperate from the poor people on the other side of the hill, then you wanted our swimming pool as you didn't have a nice clean one of your own, bullied us and made us play nice with you.

Shame really.

 

I always felt i needed a tetanus jab after a dip in Horwich baths, i'd rather take my chances in the river Croal.........anyway must dash Meg Ryans on, in her pomp.

 

 

I always felt i needed a tetanus jab after a dip in Horwich baths, i'd rather take my chances in the river Croal.........anyway must dash Meg Ryans on, in her pomp.

 

Funny, our swimming pool was the middlebrook (Croall to the uninitiated )

Orange on some days, with sticklebacks, red doctors and an unearthly smell, but the source of my best childhood memories

Edited February 23, 201214 yr by Mona

 

 

Funny, our swimming pool was the middlebrook (Croall to the uninitiated )

Orange on some days, with sticklebacks, red doctors and an unearthly smell, but the source of my best childhood memories

Which is why we were never ill as kids. Bit of dirt never hurt anyone.

 

Yes, I do know about Aberfan!

Edited February 23, 201214 yr by MickyD

11 years ago, a truck pulled out infront of me whilst i was on the scooter, slammed on and hit the ground and skidded to a halt about six inches away from his rear wheel

 

Also given the last rites as a baby.. and have a massive scar as my trophy for that one..