Have you ever saved your own life?

Fizzlesque · 15-06-2012 03:36PM

SafeSurfer wrote: »

Too long a post to read.

Just tell me did you live or die in the end?

In the end I lived, saved so the world still has long post writers like me so long post haters can click on my threads and take the time to tell me my posts are too long for their tiny attention spans.

Nothingbetter2d · 15-06-2012 03:39PM

Fizzlesque wrote: »

In the end I lived, saved so the world still has long post writers like me so long post haters can click on my threads and take the time to tell me my posts are too long for their tiny attention spans.

boards needs to add a feature that allows posters attach an audio file of their long posts... for blind people n all those that don't want to go blind reading huge walls of text

brophya2007 · 15-06-2012 03:39PM

Nothingbetter2d wrote: »

most people leave their telly plugged in but on standby mode

Its quite obvious that she is not most people :-)

Nothingbetter2d · 15-06-2012 03:40PM

brophya2007 wrote: »

Its quite obvious that she is not most people :-)

lol i dunno.... there is quite alot of darwin award candidates out there just waiting to kill themselves in a stupid manner to earn that covetted award.

Fizzlesque · 15-06-2012 03:49PM

Nothingbetter2d wrote: »

boards needs to add a feature that allows posters attach an audio file of their long posts... for blind people n all those that don't want to go blind reading huge walls of text

The opening post in this thread isn't really that long, not when you compare it to the beast of blather I posted last night.

However, I'm working on making my posts shorter.....I promise.

Specially tailored mini scripts better suited to the capabilities of some of AH's members

Edit: or perhaps it's time to accept the fact this is the reading/attention span difficulties board, and I should take my chatter elsewhere?

phasers · 15-06-2012 03:56PM

once, I stopped myself from eating an egg sandwich.

biko · 15-06-2012 03:59PM

Never mind the haters OP, fair play to you.

Fizzlesque · 15-06-2012 04:11PM

biko wrote: »

Never mind the haters OP, fair play to you.

Thanks, Biko. I like this board because it has some funny posters who make me laugh a lot, and because it's not topic-specific, but I guess I overestimated the calibre of the posters and their willingness to allow a conversation to develop in the meandering manner I particularly like.

My mistake. I may be an idiot sometimes, but I know when I'm beat

LLU · 15-06-2012 04:32PM

I was helping a guy change a wheel on a digger once and realised that he hadn't secured the jack properly and it was actually very slowly toppling over. Luckily I managed to slide a block of wood under the axle just as the jack gave way, stopping it from coming down on us. Felt sick afterwards I got such a scare.

Fair play OP for a good story and interesting thread idea. (There are now over 30 responses on the thread, most of which are twats trying unsuccessfully to be funny, pity there are feck all responses where someone actually saved their own life.)

aaronjumper · 15-06-2012 04:48PM

Fizzlesque wrote: »

Thanks, Biko. I like this board because it has some funny posters who make me laugh a lot, and because it's not topic-specific, but I guess I overestimated the calibre of the posters and their willingness to allow a conversation to develop in the meandering manner I particularly like.

My mistake. I may be an idiot sometimes, but I know when I'm beat

Ah don't be like that we're a nice bunch if you give us a chance.
Well, not too bad anyway. . . never mind.

Fizzlesque · 15-06-2012 04:54PM

LLU wrote: »

I was helping a guy change a wheel on a digger once and realised that he hadn't secured the jack properly and it was actually very slowly toppling over. Luckily I managed to slide a block of wood under the axle just as the jack gave way, stopping it from coming down on us. Felt sick afterwards I got such a scare.

Fair play OP for a good story and interesting thread idea. (There are now over 30 responses on the thread, most of which are twats trying unsuccessfully to be funny, pity there are feck all responses where someone actually saved their own life.)

Thanks, LLU, for sharing your story, and for your support. Much appreciated

aaronjumper wrote: »

Ah don't be like that we're a nice bunch if you give us a chance.
Well, not too bad anyway. . . never mind.

No, I know you're not all bad, some of you are great

I mistakenly thought there were plenty of interesting posters here who'd have some good stories to share - I expected a few inane replies but not the majority - I guess I got a dud batch today; humourless and unnecessarily critical. And some downright unpleasant.

Ah well, better luck next time

Nothingbetter2d · 15-06-2012 04:55PM

i save my life every few seconds by inhaling air then exhaling and inhaling and exhaling.

Rasheed · 15-06-2012 05:06PM

Fizzlesque wrote: »

Thanks, Biko. I like this board because it has some funny posters who make me laugh a lot, and because it's not topic-specific, but I guess I overestimated the calibre of the posters and their willingness to allow a conversation to develop in the meandering manner I particularly like.

My mistake. I may be an idiot sometimes, but I know when I'm beat

You are not an idiot, pass no heed on the 'comedians' here. Fair play to ya for doing what ya did. I never had to save my own live but have saved others with CPR and defibrillators, tis a good feeling surely.:)

Raiser · 15-06-2012 05:37PM

Teyla Emmagan wrote: »

Thread would be better called 'have you ever nearly killed yourself'?

+1

bb1234567 wrote: »

You didnt really save your life, you saved your apartment..you could have just run out of the apartment and let it urn down so its the apartment you saved not really your life:P

+1

Well said folks! Still though OP don't mind the harsh comments on here, some people are just mean - You seem nice and I was entertained!

MisterEpicurus · 15-06-2012 05:45PM

Have you never heard of the story where a Blonde girl was talking with her friend.

The Blonde Girl said "I really reaaally want to buy that new Porsche!"
Friend replies "I thought you didn't have any savings?"
Blonde Girl replies "I saved my life once but they only accept cash or cheque here, pity!"

Jester252 · 15-06-2012 07:09PM

I save my life ever second of ever day by telling myself not to do stupid things

grindle · 15-06-2012 07:21PM

Seems like one of the snarky, unfunny comments, but I genuinely think I'd have died by suicide if I'd never tried ecstasy.
Reminded me what 'happy' felt like, and pulled me out of a (figurative) swamp of shít.

csi vegas · 15-06-2012 07:26PM

Fizzlesque wrote: »

While this was happening, I experienced an amazing feeling of elation, which I presume was the adrenalin of saving my own life. Also, I was wearing fluffy socks on my feet and the floor was wooden, so there was lots of skating from sink (to wet the towel) and back to burning telly to beat the fire and this seemed to add something almost fun-like to the proceedings. :eek:

By time my boyfriend got to my flat, I was sitting there with a blackened face, a melted telly, and a flat full of smoke, grinning most peculiarly, and smoking a cigarette. I think I was probably in shock, but I don't remember feeling scared at any point, mostly I remember feeling excited and elated

You remind me of myself OP although I'm cautious to the point of OCD checking everything before I sleep or go out.
You write with such humour - very funny tale. Just be careful out there!

Sunnyisland · 15-06-2012 07:38PM

Lot a flirting going on here.

Well done OP you seem a great gal.

mauzo · 15-06-2012 07:40PM

Ive saved someone elses life before....feel pretty good about that one!

One of my finest moments....

csi vegas · 15-06-2012 07:54PM

csi vegas wrote: »

You remind me of myself OP although I'm cautious to the point of OCD checking everything before I sleep or go out.
You write with such humour - very funny tale. Just be careful out there!

realies wrote: »

Lot a flirting going on here.
Well done OP you seem a great gal.

^^^^^^^^^^
Posted right after my post. Do you refer to me?

johnr1 · 15-06-2012 09:07PM

Once while diving in about 15 metres of water, I managed to get lost and ended up in about 50 metres instead. I noticed it getting darker, which prompted me to surface to see why and I couldn't believe how far it was. Clearly I should have made a safety stop or two to allow the nitrogen in my blood to disperse, but as I wasn't aware of how deep I was, - I didn't.
This is one of the easiest ways to fcuk yourself up properly while diving, but there are plenty of others.
When I surfaced, it was blowing a gale, in the opposite direction to where the boat was, and my BCD (flotation/submersion device) was leaking air quickly. It's filled from the same tank you breathe from, so I was running out of air and facing a long surface swim back to the boat. I was very tired, and the gear was sinking me without the BCD working correctly, and I started to panic.
I remember thinking: "you can ditch the gear if you have to, - you've trained for this, but if you panic now you're definitely dead." So I forced myself to calm, used my snorkel to breathe, flipped over on my back (the water takes the gear weight) and slowly paddled back to the boat, ready to ditch the gear if I couldn't go on at any point.

I got the mildest ever case of 'the bends' from the lack of a stop on the way up, just pain in all my joints really, and I have a far healthier respect for the sport since then. Never again will I dive without a depth gauge, - as stupid as it sounds, it's very common, - and never again will I dive with the useless fcuker of a buddy I had with me that day.
The biggest thing I took from it though was that in a potentially bad situation, that panic will kill you quicker than anything.

Rasheed · 15-06-2012 11:30PM

johnr1 wrote: »

Once while diving in about 15 metres of water, I managed to get lost and ended up in about 50 metres instead. I noticed it getting darker, which prompted me to surface to see why and I couldn't believe how far it was. Clearly I should have made a safety stop or two to allow the nitrogen in my blood to disperse, but as I wasn't aware of how deep I was, - I didn't.
This is one of the easiest ways to fcuk yourself up properly while diving, but there are plenty of others.
When I surfaced, it was blowing a gale, in the opposite direction to where the boat was, and my BCD (flotation/submersion device) was leaking air quickly. It's filled from the same tank you breathe from, so I was running out of air and facing a long surface swim back to the boat. I was very tired, and the gear was sinking me without the BCD working correctly, and I started to panic.
I remember thinking: "you can ditch the gear if you have to, - you've trained for this, but if you panic now you're definitely dead." So I forced myself to calm, used my snorkel to breathe, flipped over on my back (the water takes the gear weight) and slowly paddled back to the boat, ready to ditch the gear if I couldn't go on at any point.

I got the mildest ever case of 'the bends' from the lack of a stop on the way up, just pain in all my joints really, and I have a far healthier respect for the sport since then. Never again will I dive without a depth gauge, - as stupid as it sounds, it's very common, - and never again will I dive with the useless fcuker of a buddy I had with me that day.
The biggest thing I took from it though was that in a potentially bad situation, that panic will kill you quicker than anything.

Cool story!

efb · 15-06-2012 11:34PM

Doctors saved my life.

Odysseus · 15-06-2012 11:38PM

Pulling out of a parachute malfunction with less than 1,000 feet to go. Some buzz that day.

MarthaMyDear · 15-06-2012 11:59PM

Fizzlesque wrote: »

I had another 'could have died' experience, but I'll save that for another post

What's the other experience?

argosy2006 · 16-06-2012 02:06AM

I saw a kid crossing street, he was between two parked vans, He could not see this on coming truck, so he started to step out quicky almost running,
Now i could see this, what was about to happen, I may have been parked few meters down street but i pressed on my horn, at which point kid stopped in his tracks and truck zoomed by his toes,
SO i guess i saved his life,
Not that he'll ever know lol

Fizzlesque · 16-06-2012 11:18AM

grindle wrote: »

Seems like one of the snarky, unfunny comments, but I genuinely think I'd have died by suicide if I'd never tried ecstasy.
Reminded me what 'happy' felt like, and pulled me out of a (figurative) swamp of shít.

Actually, yours is one of the few not snarky, unfunny comments, grindle, and one I can completely relate to. I had a similar reminder of what happy feels like.

syndeyfife wrote: »

Ive saved someone elses life before....feel pretty good about that one!

One of my finest moments....

Now this is the kind of thing I was looking for. Care to elaborate, Syndey, I'd love to hear more.

Fizzlesque · 16-06-2012 11:21AM

johnr1 wrote: »

The biggest thing I took from it though was that in a potentially bad situation, that panic will kill you quicker than anything.

Great story, John, thanks for posting it. I can relate to the need not to panic, it's great to discover how calm you're capable of being when the need to be calm is of utmost importance.

Fizzlesque · 16-06-2012 11:34AM

csi vegas wrote: »

You remind me of myself OP although I'm cautious to the point of OCD checking everything before I sleep or go out.
You write with such humour - very funny tale. Just be careful out there!

Thanks, csi....looks like the generous of spirit posters arrived when I'd logged off and gone out for the evening yesterday. Don't worry, I'm actually quite careful really, this happened 12 years ago, and I learned my lesson. I may make mistakes, but I do learn from them

MarthaMyDear wrote: »

What's the other experience?

Martha, my dear, thank you for asking, but to be honest, the pedantry ("you didn't save your own life") and tiresome boring old dad jokes ("I save my life every day by breathing") and the unnecessarily nasty 'got nothing better to say' bitchy responses ("you're an idiot"/ those who thank the poster who said "you're an idiot") replies have temporarily put me off sharing such tales on this board.

It's a shame the warm hearted posters such as yourself only arrived after I'd logged off and headed out for the evening, the balance is better now on this thread, I was a bit swamped by the conversation-killers yesterday.

One thing though, the other 'nearly died' story wasn't one the pedants could have shredded with their "you didn't save your own life" nit-picking, but they'd probably find some other way to turn a potential conversation with others into a sour dead end.

Have you ever saved your own life?

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