Yeah, the OP is saying how he's STILL ALIVE.
So... we like that.
Read my updated answer.
Almost died last night
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Read my updated answer.
Why do you even care about that?Btw, who could possibly give this post a negative voting?
To anyone who gave my post a bad rating...
Why do you give me a bad rating? Because I complained that someone gives a bad rating to the OP?
Something called "morals"?
I sometimes have to strong urge to improve those so called "morals" to make up for all the lurking on 4chan.
Morals on the internet?Something called "morals"?
I sometimes have to strong urge to improve those so called "morals" to make up for all the lurking on 4chan.
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rating is what ruined Facepunch so bad, and corrupted everyone's minds as they care for reputation.
I almost die 5 minutes ago.
I tried to kill a mosquito in the ceiling, my building is quite old so ceiling is very high so i had to get on a chair to reach it.
It escaped my first attack so I launched a second one with all my fury... I killed the mosquito but I fell off the chair... it would have been a draw if it wasn't for the sofa that was there to catch my fall
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I tried to kill a mosquito in the ceiling, my building is quite old so ceiling is very high so i had to get on a chair to reach it.
It escaped my first attack so I launched a second one with all my fury... I killed the mosquito but I fell off the chair... it would have been a draw if it wasn't for the sofa that was there to catch my fall
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Well, good you're still alive. Just shows to show that learning survival skills is a necessity if you go hiking in the wilderness. Did you bring any spare clothing? Hopefully you've learned the lesson that hiking in the dark is a bad idea.
OK - True story about kinda near-death thing.
I used to live in Volgograd (was Stalingrad) in the late nineties when it was really kicking off in Chechnya.
I had a gig teaching English at a tobacco factory out near the airport every morning. We got picked up at Ploshchad' Lenina and driven about 30-40 minutes out of town past a barracks.
The barracks was attached to an army hospital where a lot of the Russian wounded were airlifted from Grozny etc. Every morning as well you would see all these Russian lads, conscripted to do their national service. They marched (well perhaps that implies a bit too much more discipline than they actually had) past the front of the barracks and looked a thoroughly miserable, put-upon and un-soldierly bunch.
That particular morning was a beautiful summer morning, clear blue sky, bright sun. We were about 50 yards away from the front of the barracks in a minibus when we felt, rather than heard, a big shock going through our stomachs and the seat of our pants from the bus seats. We couldn't work out what it was so the driver drove on.
We went past a tree which appeared to have been chopped down and we saw a lot of the Russian lads lying in the street, some staggering around holding their ears, others helping their mates get up out of the gutter. One or two were being carried away by groups of others.
On such a beautiful day we simply could not understand what we were seeing. It was only later, when we got to the factory that we heard the news that it was a bomb attack - some kind of IED at the base of the tree. I think it was 7 lads lost their lives that morning.
I used to live in Volgograd (was Stalingrad) in the late nineties when it was really kicking off in Chechnya.
I had a gig teaching English at a tobacco factory out near the airport every morning. We got picked up at Ploshchad' Lenina and driven about 30-40 minutes out of town past a barracks.
The barracks was attached to an army hospital where a lot of the Russian wounded were airlifted from Grozny etc. Every morning as well you would see all these Russian lads, conscripted to do their national service. They marched (well perhaps that implies a bit too much more discipline than they actually had) past the front of the barracks and looked a thoroughly miserable, put-upon and un-soldierly bunch.
That particular morning was a beautiful summer morning, clear blue sky, bright sun. We were about 50 yards away from the front of the barracks in a minibus when we felt, rather than heard, a big shock going through our stomachs and the seat of our pants from the bus seats. We couldn't work out what it was so the driver drove on.
We went past a tree which appeared to have been chopped down and we saw a lot of the Russian lads lying in the street, some staggering around holding their ears, others helping their mates get up out of the gutter. One or two were being carried away by groups of others.
On such a beautiful day we simply could not understand what we were seeing. It was only later, when we got to the factory that we heard the news that it was a bomb attack - some kind of IED at the base of the tree. I think it was 7 lads lost their lives that morning.
This is one of the most ridiculous things I have read on these forums.
You mean voting down the IS2? I agree, that is ridiculous. :IS2::IS2::IS2:
But the second part is not ridiculous.
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I like how 2 people down rated that post.
Shows that people don't read so just spam the buttons. Spamming buttons is fun.
That's crazy man. I was in Casablanca (Morocco) when there was a series of bombings there but I wasn't actually at the scene. I had friends though who saw people blown apart etc. on the street after. Awful stuff.
Musta been pretty shocking for you. I take it it was Chechnyan rebels?
There was some irony in the Casa bombings though, because although the "targets" were Jews (they're quite a few in Morocco, many moved there during the Spanish Inquisition), only poor local Moroccans were killed. One of the bombers reportedly (this was in the newspapers over there) cornered 3 Jews in a cemetery, but had police bearing down on him so he blew himself up. The 3 jews (all teenagers) were unharmed, shielded by the tombstones, but the guy obviously was dead. Sure did a lot for his cause
.And the sad thing was that the bombers were all Moroccan themselves. So all they did was kill their own countrymen. Disgusting. (not that I'm saying I'd wished they'd killed anyone else of course)
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Glad you're still alive mate.
When out in the middle of nowhere, a lot of stuff can get you, even if some things arent that apparent. (like dehydration, i once had a group to guide with a pregnant woman, it was a burning hot day and we told the group to take plenty of water. However, they took a small AA drink bottle per person in the group, which wasnt nearly enough for even 1 hour, and they had to walk all day and do intensive activities. It wouldnt surprise me if she could have lost that baby)
I havent experienced anything that serious myself, but once i went rock-climbing in France for examinations.
We had to show we could save people from a stone cliff, and i was playing a victim.
This one guy had to 'rescue' me, but he didnt quite know what to do and he was a millisecond away from cutting my last safety line, which would mean i'd fall to my death.
The examinator was just barely in time to notice it and calling him out to his error.
In the end though, he did let me hang there long enough for my legs to go completely numb. Once i finally got on the ground, they were like spaghetti and i couldnt even stand for 5 minutes.
When out in the middle of nowhere, a lot of stuff can get you, even if some things arent that apparent. (like dehydration, i once had a group to guide with a pregnant woman, it was a burning hot day and we told the group to take plenty of water. However, they took a small AA drink bottle per person in the group, which wasnt nearly enough for even 1 hour, and they had to walk all day and do intensive activities. It wouldnt surprise me if she could have lost that baby)
I havent experienced anything that serious myself, but once i went rock-climbing in France for examinations.
We had to show we could save people from a stone cliff, and i was playing a victim.
This one guy had to 'rescue' me, but he didnt quite know what to do and he was a millisecond away from cutting my last safety line, which would mean i'd fall to my death.
The examinator was just barely in time to notice it and calling him out to his error.
In the end though, he did let me hang there long enough for my legs to go completely numb. Once i finally got on the ground, they were like spaghetti and i couldnt even stand for 5 minutes.
Nah - OMON kicked all people of Caucasian origin out of the city earlier that month. Rumour was that the Chechens contracted out the local mafia to do the job.
I'm assuming you mean 'people from the Caucasus' there, right, not white people? Considering what the Russians call Chechnyans ....
The closest I've been to death was last year, when I was hit by a car.
Thankfully, it was just a car and not an IS2 :IS2:
Thankfully, it was just a car and not an IS2 :IS2: