What is the most dangerous thing you ever did?

Was a street person from 16 to 21 or so; with all that entails. '75 to '80 or so.

 

In reading these posts, we were either some lucky sonsofbitches, or .... there have been some reasons along the way that we've lived this long. Personally, I hope to find out, on the other side of the curtain, that it was the second one.

--- P.

 

My brand new 63 Triumph bike didn't have a speedometer, but the tachometer was almost to touch the right hand side--- pretty much like you guys did--tennis shoes , t shirt and shorts. It was advertised to be able to go 156 right out of the factory, but I have no idea how fast I was going. Too fast, that's for sure.

Drag racing down the highway---57 Chevy v 58 Plymouth. 4 in our car, two in the other car. Truck and flatbed trailer pulled in front of both cars. WE didn't make it.Two boys dead in the other car, me as a passenger in front seat and the driver hurt badly.He was never the same.
Gang member pulled a gun on me from 2 feet away---said "ÖK ( my name)--you've had it!" He checked to see if it was loaded and I took off and jumped in a friends car that just happened to drive by right then. She's still my friend.

Rolled a couple of cars acting stupid.

 

Finally figured out that was four stories. Wow.

 

Just let my wife read the post above about the mountain road curve.

" You never told me about that! I probably wouldn't have ridden with you to all those other m/c rallies after that, if I'd known. "

See, then there'd been no marriage, no son, no grandson (btw, he's 15 and for sale, cheap, including shipping.), and the general richness of life. All by 4" of asphalt.

But I'm waxing philosophical now. Time to get back to some good old sexy stuff, right? I'm going to go find some sexy threads to read!

 

Guess I've lead a pretty boring life. However, I did burn 1/2" off my favorite screwdriver tightening a lug on a circuit breaker once - slipped off the screw and shorted the bus against the grounded enclosure, boom. That high carbon steel flittered like a sparkler on the floor for a second or two.

Funny thing about it was that Sears gladly gave me a new screwdriver to replace it and the guy behind the tool counter said something like glad you survived....

 

Oh I don't know. Maybe being a firefighter for 35 years. And seeing a lot of nasty shit might qualify.
I guess one of them was being pulled out of a flashover. That was kind of nerve racking. Having the fire flash over you and get behind you inside of a house fire.
Or the time I was pinned by a ceiling collapse and had to be dug out. I don't know, take your pick. lol

 

So basically going to work. Sounds about right for a fireman.

 

I once talked back to my wife...

 

Rode a 1500 lbs Bull at a Rodeo! Luckily Hubby was the Bull fighter that night!

 

intentionally, I climbed up an old bridge, the type where the whole road moves up over a huge cargo ship.

unintentially, I removed a spark plug wire while an engine was running. ZAP

 

That's A Shocker!

 

Being a fire fighter. I had some close calls.

 

As a youth, had an older guy who was showing me things about engines, tell me to just pull the plug cap with some pliers and handed me some plain steel uninsulated pliers.

Gee, thanks for the lesson.

 

fell asleep at the wheel of a van ,on the M1 motorway UK

 

Was a firefighter for 12 years

 

depends are we talking sexually or everyday life

 

Well, it was just' in general', but if you have an interesting one in the other direction I don't think anyone would mind.

 

ok then in auction sale