Okay, now I'm learnin' about scary...

POSTED BY: Lerxst
UPDATED: Wednesday, July 2, 2003 06:53
VIEWED: 12576
PAGE 4 of 5

PREV PAGE 1 2 3 4 5 NEXT PAGE

SARAHETC

Monday, June 30, 2003 1:38 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by SisterKaylee:
I don't like to drive over bridges.

Me either. I cannot stand it. And god forbid I get stuck in a traffic jam or something on a bridge while in the backseat. I hyperventilate. Almost blacked out once, on the lower deck of the Bay Bridge in San Francisco.

Earlier this spring I was supposed to go on a location shoot in the Florida Keys, which you have to drive to and we've all seen "True Lies." As the plans were getting made they were insisting that I drive and it almost made me back out of the whole deal. The trip got cancelled. I had a big *phew* moment.

I'm scared of losing my hearing, too.

Sarah

I'm a dying breed who still believes, haunted by American dreams. ---Neko Case

HATEHATEHATEFOX

Monday, June 30, 2003 2:14 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by TragicStory:
Well, GW Bush doesn't scare me because when the shit hits the fan I would rather a guy who grabs a gun than hugs a tree.

NOT trying to start a fight, but ...
considering certain well-known events in Shrub's military career - I don't think you'll see too much leading the charge type stuff from him. AWOL much?

CHANNAIN

Monday, June 30, 2003 3:09 PM

driving in torrential downpour rain...actually riding as a passenger hits me worse.

leaving this life before I figure out what the hell I'm supposed to be doing with it.

snakesshudder cute creepy-crawlies for some, but just give me the heebie jeebies. it's one of those hereditary things, actually. my big bad Jayne-like baby brother can't even pick up an issue of National Geographic until he asks the question, "Are there snakes in it?" I mean no legs and yet they move--directly toward me, and faster than second-hand smoke. does that seem right to you?

tailgaters goes back to the driving in rain, actually. anyone who's been rear-ended as many times as I have would understand. it's the main reason why my poor twisted spine is so screwed up.

Reavers. the unknown BIG scary. the Alliance is intimidating, but at least they're predicable and can be explained.

and one might think i'd be afraid of losing my sight. no eyes, no art. actually that's too big to think about, so generally I don't.

I found the way, by the sound of your voice--so many things to say.
These are only words. Now I've only words. Once there was a choice.
David Sylvian

KAYTHRYN

Monday, June 30, 2003 3:42 PM

Quote:
Posted by Channain:
and one might think i'd be afraid of losing my sight. no eyes, no art. actually that's too big to think about, so generally I don't.

That would have to be my second greatest fear. I could live with losing my hearing, well, because I don’t generally like to listen to people anyway, but completely losing my sight would be devastating.

I’ve got pretty horrible eye sight as is right now, but with the wonderful little invention of contacts life is good. But I remember once, after a trip to New Mexico, my bag with all of my contacts and a pair of glasses was lost, and before I even realized it, I had thrown away my last pair of contacts. Because of the type of eyes I have I couldn’t get replacements for almost a week. That was the scariest damn week of my life! I couldn’t drive, could barley walk, couldn’t read anything until it was four inches from my face, I never knew who I was talking to, and, like you said Channain, no art. That whole week was miserable.

I ended up shutting myself away in my room, in the dark, allowing myself out only if I was going to the kitchen or bathroom. And when I got my glasses back, I cried.

And now, on a slightly more upbeat note, anyone get that laser eye surgery thingy and like it?

-------------------------------------
It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.
Aristotle

KOFFEE

Monday, June 30, 2003 6:15 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by FahQ:
I am certainly not interested in turning this into a flame war by any means,

And neither am I.....so I won't. You have your opinion, and on this topic I have mine. I would prefer we leave it simply at that.

----------------------------------------------
“It's a real burn, being right so often.”

ZEKE023

Monday, June 30, 2003 9:25 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by TragicStory:
Well, GW Bush doesn't scare me because when the shit hits the fan I would rather a guy who grabs a gun than hugs a tree.

I think the thing here is... when the shit hitting the fan is completely fabricated... and there are FBI documents which say there is no shit (and never was) which are ignored... and the rest of the free world wants to bring you up on war crime charges....

I'll take the tree-hugger. They'll do nothing.
I'll take lazy incompitance over aggressive incompatence 10 times out of 10.

-Z

CHRISTHECYNIC

Monday, June 30, 2003 11:05 PM

Ticks, creepy crawly bugs, you know the ones, segmented bodies a slimy sheen, like earwigs or centipedes. Or those bugs that you find in the dirt while gardening.

The end, imagine that it ends, you life is over and there is nothing beyond it. The think of every mistake you wont be able to fix, everything you’ll never get to take back, everything that you’ll never get to say. Once you’ve been alive for any length of time you’ve screwed up too much to every fix. It’s a comforting to think that there is an afterlife where you can fix your mistakes, where you can say what needs to be said, be forgiven and forgive. The idea that it isn’t there scares the hell out of me.

Then there is god, there is know way if there is a god. It is simply a matter of faith, but if follows that there is now way to know if god is really good. Think of the possibility that there is a god, and he, she or it is sadistic. Would put a lot in perspective right? Black Death, AIDS, cancer, Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, genetic disorders (like the one that makes children die of old age before they his puberty) it’s not hard to get thinking like that if you haven’t had enough sleep or are philosophical. It is scary, more so even than the ticks.

PHILOMEL

Tuesday, July 1, 2003 5:18 AM

What scares me?

Dying slowly and alone.

Being incapacitated in either mind or body, or both, but being with it just enough to know it.

Paper wasps.

Being trapped, in any way.

Reality TV taking over.

George W. being re-elected.

Ummm ... lots more stuff, but that's it for now ...

CHANNAIN

Tuesday, July 1, 2003 2:31 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Kaythryn
And now, on a slightly more upbeat note, anyone get that laser eye surgery thingy and like it?

Kayt, my cousin has had it done. her eyesight before was horrendous. thick lenses in her glasses, had to have a specific kind of contacts due to her prescription and I remember every handbag decision she made had to include space for contact solution, case and glasses. more than a year ago now, she went in and had lasik surgery and it has changed EVERYTHING. no contacts, no glasses, no squinting, which she did even with correctives. I think her eyes do dry out more often than they used to, but for the freedom of not having to haul around all that stuff (or worry about losing it ;) I think for her it's definitely worth it. she LOVES it.

thing is, I asked and she doesn't believe you can get adequate treatment with the $595 or whatever that's offered in the newspaper/mailbox ads. if you're going to do it, do it right. that means anywhere between $800-$2000 per eye. these are your eyes you're messing with, right?

I would do it except for two things. one, I'm certainly no miss moneybags, so saving for the real treatment would take time; and two, I really struggle with the thought of letting a laser beam get that close to my eye. I'm getting there, but it will still be a long, long, long, longlong while

I found the way, by the sound of your voice--so many things to say.
These are only words. Now I've only words. Once there was a choice.
David Sylvian

LERXST

Wednesday, July 2, 2003 2:30 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by Fremdfirma:
You know, dude, yer gonna HAVE to spill on some of these now... how the HELL did one of yours fire a missle into his own bridge ???

Check out the section labeled "Background" on this link: www.law.emory.edu/11circuit/feb97/96-2167.opa.html.

Both missiles hit the bridge. Five people died, including the Turkish ship's Captain. One thing really bothers me about this incident that was never explained -- Why the heck did they use their Sea Sparrows in the first place? A carrier has no offensive weapons besides the ones on the planes. The Sea Sparrow is a defensive weapon, designed to shoot down incoming missiles or enemy fighters. Didn't anyone on the fire-control crew question the order to shoot them at a SHIP!?"

Quote:
Originally posted by Tinyelf:
This would have to be my greatest fear. Was unfortunate enough to witness some poor bugger get sucked into the jet intake of a Harrier about 5 years ago (of course, not as unfortunate as the poor bugger who got sucked in). Have been thinking about that quite a bit since watching Serenity a couple of weeks back. I think the scariest thing about dying that way is its so damn quick you wouldn't even know what was happening - one minute you're doing your job and the next your paste. Makes my skin crawl!

Lerxst - Would be interested to here how your guy survived!?

Holy crap! You saw that! Whoa, I'm sure that wasn't pretty. Our guy was real lucky. If you watch The History Channel enough you might see 'im. It was recorded by one of the flight deck cameras, and I've seen it replayed a coupla times since, in one of those "what not to do" trainin' videos. The guy was just be-boppin' along the flight deck, and wandered in front of an A-6 Intruder. Next thing you know, he ain't there, and you see feet stickin' out one of the intakes. He was real lucky 'cause of three things. One, the chinstrap on his helmet wasn't fastened, and it got sucked off his head and jammed up the turbine some. Two, the engine had been shut off (but it was still spoolin' down). And three, his pantsleg got caught on one of the plane's little antenna thingys that was near the intake. When they pulled 'im out, he was a little banged up and confused, but that was it.

The arresting wire thing:
I'd heard stories of them snappin', cuttin' people off at the knees or slicin' 'em in half. The one time it happened on our ship, luckily nobody got hit by it. An EA-6B Prowler was comin' in for a landing. As soon as it hit the deck the pilot went to full throttle (this is in case you don't snag a wire, you just fly right off and go 'round for another try). He caught a wire, and it held long enough that the plane slowed and the pilot let off the throttle. THEN it broke. The plane was going too fast for him to get it stopped before he ran out of runway, but too slow to get airborne again. He went to full throttle anyway, which kept the plane level long enough that everyone in it (it's a four-seater) had enough time to eject safely before it went into the water.

_________________________________________________
Raspberry! Only one man would dare give me the raspberry...LONESTAR!!

PREV PAGE 1 2 3 4 5 NEXT PAGE