"riverman" wrote in message
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Great idea for a thread! I've been tossing around the idea of a collection
of short vignettes of every time I've almost died...either from being
hammered and not quite getting across the threshold, or taking a random
left turn when later I discover that a right turn would have been fatal.
Why not start a new thread, tell us your 'times I almost died' tale, and
lets hear some skin crawlers from folks.

--riverman
You go first, I'll be right on your tail :-)

I can only recall one time in my life when I actually thought I was gonna
die.

I was perfectly sober, met a girl at a bar. We went out side to talk.
After we had decided that I would pick her up on a Sat. and go ridin' on my
Harley, some girl came up and began arguing with the girl I had just met.
Next thing I know there are these drunk and drugged out fellas talkin' ****
to me? Well, being young, dumb, and you know the rest. I began talking
**** back. Me and this one guy get to tusslin' about, when one of his
buddies shoves a hawk-bill knife up against my throat and says, "I'll cut
your ass mother****er!" The only words that came out of my mouth were,
"this ain't necessary." Real macho, I know. The only thing I could think
of at the time was me wakin' up dead in the morgue and him soberin' up in
jail sayin', "I did what?"

Thankfully, the girls went to fightin' and the guyz turn their attentions to
a catfight. I helped break the girls up, while the other guyz went after
some other poor fella. I got the girl for one night and decided to never
see her again after that.

And here I am, girless, but alive.

Mark