compuease
GTA Poker;350300 wroteThat was a movie...take ur meds sir
Maybe it was a plane... memory not as good as it used to be...^-^
JohnnieH
Man, I have lived a sheltered life (that's a good thing), but I will throw in my .02c
I have been shot in the face with a BB gun that really, really looked like a handgun. Scared the shit out of me. It didn't hurt but it missed my eye by half an inch. The dumbass that shot me was later arrested for trying to hold up a gas station with the same weapon. (Interesting side note: this happened at his house, which is very close to Buzzzard's place)
I have also hit a deer with my car. She actually ran into the side of us, any earlier and I'm sure we would have been seriously hurt by running directly into her.
Watched my wife deliver our daughter NATURALLY in our living room, (upstairs, no where close to the poker table :D ) although I will admit that I didn't go anywhere near the business end.
Here's how boring I am: I've never broken a bone in my body, taken any illegal drugs and I've never once been in a strip bar. I have no interest in any of these things.
DrTyore
compuease;350309 wroteThere HAS to be a story here....
Not really..
Just seen a lot of people die, my grandmother died in the house I grew up in so I watched her die. I've seen some people dead in the hospital, before any "work" was done. And I've been to any number of funerals.
I also once saw a guy who stole a backhoe try to make a getaway after exploding through a telelphone pole with the front scoop.
I saw a very drunk driver pass the front of my old car, missing by mere inches after slamming into a concrete divider, the car in front of me, jump the sidewalk (blowing out a tire and destroying the front passenger section of the car) before trying to go up a side street when he saw the cop two cars behind me.
I'll add as I remember them.
Mark
rez_dr
Great Thread.
I've sky dived out of a helicopter in the Swiss Alps back in 2005. Part of a 5 week Europe Trip with my bro.
I won my grade 6 volleyball championship - winning point - still brag about it ;)
I witnessed 3 hole-in-ones in a single season. None of which were mine.
However, I got my first and only one the year before. Drunk off my face in a charity tournament. 6 beers in, 6 iron, 186yards - 1 hop - roll and dissappeared. Still have the golf ball. Will provide pics if required ;)
Since guns has been the main theme. My only contribution is on the Vegas Strip Gun Store. Shot a bunch of different guns. First casing, shoots out lands right inbetween my face and the safety glasses. And then I was the one pointing the gun at others. Jumping around trying to get the hot casing off my eyelid.
Milo
Rez's helicopter gig brings out one I can add . . . I have jumped out of a helicopter without a chute, and walked away (ran actually). If you have ever seen rappelling in the movies, you know what I am talking about. It is called fast-roping, and our Reserve Regiment trained on it one summer. It is quite the experience to fly so close to the ground in an open helicopter, only to have it rise up as you pitch the ropes out. Almost before it stops moving you are out the door. you have to really jump to make sure you do not swing back and smash into the landing skid.
SteveKerr
- Never had a gun pointed at me, but when I was 17 I was at the Eatons Centre before a leaf game and a group of punks surrounded myself and my buddy and demanded all our money and purchases or else they would take us outside and shoot us as he pulled up his jacket and shirt to flash his gun he had in his pants.
- Witnessed cops busting hookers on the Las Vegas Strip for the show COPS. At least I thought it was was that show as there was a couple of cameras filming it.
- Came in 2nd at the 10pm Caesars Daily poker tournament in Vegas, drunk out of my mind, and don't remember walking from Caesars to IP where I was staying at like 5am. I woke up in my room by myself with a bunch of money on the table and text messages on my phone to Wetts and crazykoby letting them know I finished 2nd.
- Went to a well known strip club with a few well known poker pros, and free rolled the whole night as every round, cab ride, door charge, was a game to see who paid for everyone.
- Can't remember to much of when I was a lot younger and in my party days, probably due to too many drugs and too much alcohol, but we did used to have an annual summer party and at about midnight'ish the underwear volleyball tournament would start in the backyard.
Maybe more to add later as I try to remember things.
wildbill7145
SteveKerr;350317 wrote
- Witnessed cops busting hookers on the Las Vegas Strip for the show COPS. At least I thought it was was that show as there was a couple of cameras filming it.
Ha, this just reminded me that I did see myself on that Canadian version of cops at one point. I was doing the graveyard at the halfway house I was working at in Surrey just hanging in the office looking out the window and watched a car crash into a post and flip. Driver and passengers got out laughing, then puking and grabbing booze from vehicle and walking away.
I called cops and gave directions they were wandering in.
Cops showed up with film crew and panned to me in the window. Cop yelled up and asked questions. I ended up looking like Mr. Clean wearing blue jeans, white Tshirt and bald head on tv.. Boo.
GTA Poker
wildbill7145;350321 wroteHa, this just reminded me that I did see myself on that Canadian version of cops at one point. I was doing the graveyard at the halfway house I was working at in Surrey just hanging in the office looking out the window and watched a car crash into a post and flip. Driver and passengers got out laughing, then puking and grabbing booze from vehicle and walking away.
I called cops and gave directions they were wandering in.
Cops showed up with film crew and panned to me in the window. Cop yelled up and asked questions. I ended up looking like Mr. Clean wearing blue jeans, white Tshirt and bald head on tv.. Boo.
linky
compuease
I'm liking this thread more and more... If only I could remember stuff.:D
BrennerM
I was in Florida on a school trip in Jan 1986 and saw the Challenger blow up live. We were in Orlando so it was far away, but we could see the exhaust trail and where it divided into pieces from the explosion. Coincidentally I was on my way to Florida when the Columbia disintegrated. And I was on an airplane flying past the Sears Tower in Chicago on 9/11 almost exactly when the second plane was hitting the WTC in NYC. I really shouldn't travel, it just seems to cause problems for others!
Other than that I've had it pretty boring compared to most of you (I'm about on par with Johnnie!).
crazykoby
Wow, some pretty incredible things that some of you have seen. I know of one that Stevekerr forgot to say.
Having seen a good friend win a wsop bracelet. Sadly I had to leave to catch a plane when they were down to four players so did not get to see it.
I have seen the ground from 4000 feet up in a free fall jump from an airplane
crazykoby
I have seen the side of a car, fractions of a second before impact, as it pulled out in front of me when I was only feet away from it while traveling at 70 km on a motorcycle
SteveKerr
yup
Being there when a very close friend won a WSOP Bracelet in 2011
JohnnieH
There are 2 kinda cool sports moments I've seen.
First was George Bell hitting a 2 run homer in the bottom of the 10th to give the Jays a 7-5 win in their final game at Exhibition Stadium in May '89
Also saw Roy Halladay in 8 innings of prefect ball before giving up a shitty single. Thought I was seeing at last a No-no for sure. He did get the complete game shutout win though.
ddmilcan
It all started in a 5000 watt radio station... how's that for an oldie!
Was there for the birht of all three kids
first one- kept at the wife end
second- split time between wife and action end
third- "Hey doc, move to the left a little so I can see"
Gun pointing NO. I played poker with a bunch of cops many years ago and held a revolver (heavier than I thought)
Witnessed a person die in an accident on my way to a golf tournament in Fort Erie. The car was 200 or 300 yards ahead of me, when suddenly it starts to fishtail and then roll repeatedly. By the time a trucker and I got there, he was hanging half out of his car and very mangled. Trucker tried to revive, but could not.
Proud moments: one of my daughters danced for Canada in the wolrd championships in Las Vegas. My son played for Ontario in field lacrosse against a US team representing Maryland in the Brogden Cup. I scored a goal for my oldtimer team in Europe (and took the puck, still have it, made all the other guys envious)
I will go as an entry with Johnnie for this post. Johnnie, I took all three of those items off your bucket list for you!!
Hellmuth's Mole
JohnnieH;350372 wroteThere are 2 kinda cool sports moments I've seen.
First was George Bell hitting a 2 run homer in the bottom of the 10th to give the Jays a 7-5 win in their final game at Exhibition Stadium in May '89
Also saw Roy Halladay in 8 innings of prefect ball before giving up a shitty single. Thought I was seeing at last a No-no for sure. He did get the complete game shutout win though.
Ah Jays in the heyday.
I saw Devo make "the catch" from the left field OF seats...as soon as he hit the wall and held on to the ball I elbowed my dad beside me and yelled "They're going to get a triple play" (he said his ribs hurt for a couple weeks). And we all know they did make the triple play. :bs:
trigs
fun thread!
- i nailed a deer with my car before. there were actually 2 on the road but managed to miss the 2nd one. i slammed on the breaks and car skidded (it was raining). i hopped the medium and crashed into the guard rail and then got hit on the passenger side by oncoming traffic. luckily no serious injuries not counting the deer (whiplash for me and broken nose for other driver) but if anyone was in the car with me they would have died for sure. worst part: city wouldn't let me take the deer home :(
- watched my accident prone father maim himself a few times: axe to the knee right to the bone, fall off a ladder and literally rip a lot of the skin off his back just to name a couple
i'm sure there's more that i just can't think of right now.
Tonychanman
I saw Geroy Simon achieve the record for all time receiving yards.
I've seen someone put a mentos into a 2L bottle of coke.
That is all.
JimmyHo
saw a guy look at one card, see a 2, and push for $500 once at 2/5. Also saw a guy lose $5k at $1/$2 once in two hours...the horror...the horror...
Cerberus
I saw one of the final three games played at old Yankee Stadium.
During batting practice at that game, I saw a home run ball land in my hand. I would get to see my mom tear up that christmas when I gave it to her as a present.
Stood 10 feet away from Lenny Kravitz in concert during halftime of the Grey Cup in Toronto (Sask vs Winnipeg). Saw myself on Sportscentre later. How? Because 1,000 people were on the field for the halftime show. 999 were wearing Roughrider green; I was wearing my eye searing orange Happy Planet hoodie.
Through blurry tear filled eyes as a 10 year old, I saw my brother kick the crap out of the kid that just slammed my head into the back of the bus seat.
On three occasions I was lucky enough to see cats that I owned give birth to kittens. All three times they chose my bed as the birthplace. Never been so happy to sleep on the floor :)
Witnessed a cloud explode in Arizona. So freakin' cool to be in the middle of it!
Will keep thinking of other cool stuff :)