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Post by duncan61 » 05 Oct 2016, 1:18 am

Does anyone else have any tales of near misses or other non fatal incidents or do these things only happen to me :geek:
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Post by No1Mk3 » 05 Oct 2016, 2:01 am

Happens all the time, especially on the road. Everything from a tree falling on the car behind me killing the driver, to passing Julian Knight just after he started shooting people. No point worrying about it because when it's your turn, you probably won't notice.
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Post by brett1868 » 05 Oct 2016, 8:13 am

Plenty of near misses being a motorcyclist but probably the biggest near miss was being booked on a course held in the WTC, New York. Luckily it got cancelled at the last minute or I'd be one of the victims of 9/11, you look at life in a whole new light after that. Had plenty of hits as well that my x-rays can bear witness to.
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Post by pete1 » 05 Oct 2016, 8:35 am

Driving the truck is the worst as you way 30 tonnes and care ways one, when they pull out in front of you and if your not on the ball you will flatten them.
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Post by Gwion » 05 Oct 2016, 9:05 am

Had a pointy broken branch coming at my sternum @ about 40clicks doing a technical downhill MTB back from Murrundindi Falls. Threw my shoulders to the left just in time to give me a nice scar on my right deltoid/bicep.

Had to pull over and sit on a rock for a bit after that one.
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Post by Noisydad » 05 Oct 2016, 9:37 am

Lady Noisy survived a BLEVE in her near new but 2nd hand camper van 4 weeks ago. No one EVER survives those according to the fire investigator. She's also survived a plane crash into Sydney Harbour, a Rwandan patriotic Army contract on her and the scariest of all - her daughter on L plates who doesn't know what stop signs are for!
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Post by Heckler303 » 05 Oct 2016, 9:42 am

Was chainsawing a bunch of ancient bluegums for firewood. I forgot to put on suitable footwear, but I ignored it as usually the blades don't come anywhere near my person anyway. Well, I had my foot placed upon the log I was cutting, and had gotten about 4, 5 decent blocks.

Chainsaw suddenly slipped, and with it, I heard the cutting of fabric and that itchy, inflamed feel.

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I stopped the chainsaw, and pulled back for a moment, just reaching down to pull off the now ruined 20$ KKKmart pair. There was: A. Torn sock. B. Blood. C. Itchy toe. :shock:

After cleaning it up, I found my toe was still there, and the teeth only just grazed me.

(Taken a day later, healed a bit since it happened, but still a bit squishy)

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Post by darwindingo » 05 Oct 2016, 11:28 am

Fark !!!!

"Itchy toe" :shock: :wtf:

I surprised it was itchy after scratching it with a chainsaw :P

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Post by darwindingo » 05 Oct 2016, 12:05 pm

Had a lawyer point a .308 at me as I walked into a court room once and pull the trigger as she was asking me how do you know if its loaded :shock: :wtf: :thumbsdown: I'm just lucky she hadn't managed to get one of the live rounds in it she had in her hand :crazy:

She then thought I was rude in my response :roll: of "That would have been one F_ _ _ _ _ _ way to find out you stupid F_ _ _ _ _ _ C_ _ _ _ Etc...." ( can you guess the missing letters ?) :lol:

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Post by bigfellascott » 05 Oct 2016, 12:14 pm

Plenty of hits and misses, crashed motorbikes, rolled 4wd, fell of a cliff, bullets whizzing past my head, a couple of close calls with chainsaws etc, it's a bit of a worry when look back on some of the things that have happened to me :D oh well such is life - ain't worth worrying about, when ya numbers up it's up and you ain't go no say in the matter!
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Post by Supaduke » 05 Oct 2016, 12:50 pm

Was loading a flat top semi trailer with a large 8000kg I-beam (steel girder).

It was loaded via a gantry crane and was not quite centred on the trailer. I climbed up onto the trailer and straddled it, one foot either side, then used a jimmy bar to try and lever it a few inches towards the centre of the trailer. It fell over and squashed the inside of my boot, taking the tiniest nick of skin off my ankle. Had to get the crane to lift it to get my foot out. One more inch and it would've taken off my lower leg.
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Post by Heckler303 » 05 Oct 2016, 1:11 pm

Some of the other replies to this thread. Geeez. Almost chainsawing my toe seems like a pretty minimal loss.


darwindingo wrote:She then thought I was rude in my response :roll: of "That would have been one Fair way to find out you stupid Fantastic Creep Etc...." ( can you guess the missing letters ?) :lol:



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Post by darwindingo » 05 Oct 2016, 3:03 pm

Well done Heckler :D , here is your prize :drinks:
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Post by Heckler303 » 05 Oct 2016, 3:07 pm

darwindingo wrote:Well done Heckler :D , here is your prize :drinks:



I'm still under 18 tho. Wait a few more months... :roll:
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Post by darwindingo » 05 Oct 2016, 3:28 pm

Doh that's a near miss on the prize Heckler :D

Woa.. close shave Supaduke, bet you wont try that again.. :huh:

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Post by gazza » 05 Oct 2016, 3:34 pm

My missus nearly saw how much I spent at the gun shop.
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Post by Supaduke » 05 Oct 2016, 5:32 pm

Ha, yes, my missus nearly saw the inside of my gun safe. That could've been fatal ;)
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Post by Oldbloke » 05 Oct 2016, 8:22 pm

Hit by a car, twice missed hitting a huge tree in a car, long story but almost fell off a 40 mtr cliff, best of all, a guy thought I was doing naughty things to his wife (wish I had) and in a fit of anger ( he was totally troppo at the time ) pointed a loaded 303 at me from about 1 meter. End of barrel about 6" from my chest. Talked him down and relieved him of the rifle. Lived to tell the story. Lucky to be alive.

Almost forgot, one woman heading out the back door as the other was knocking on the front door. Now that is dangerous.
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Post by Mick280 » 05 Oct 2016, 8:49 pm

Supaduke wrote:Ha, yes, my missus nearly saw the inside of my gun safe. That could've been fatal ;)




A fate worse than death I'm thinking!!!!
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Post by duncan61 » 05 Oct 2016, 9:12 pm

:oops: I sort of meant with firearms but its all good.I think I may have too many but heres one.I lived in yarloop for about 10 years and did a lot of duck shooting,The young guy at the farm was real keen so I showed him how to use my CBC shotgun and ran him through loading and unloading military style anyhow we had a good time and got quite a few going from dam to dam.He wanted a ride to harvey and there was one more dam on the way off the farm on a gravel road.We passed by in my ute and it was bare so I said unload before we hit the bitumen road that goes to Harvey.I should of stopped but we are cruising down the road and I looked over to see what he was doing just in time to see him pull the trigger.The release on a CBC is on the trigger guard and if the hammer is cocked it wont open.Boooom.I looked back at the road and some one I knew was parked up with the tractor on the other side.Bit embarrassing :oops: :oops:
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Post by juststarting » 05 Oct 2016, 9:58 pm

I don't think a public forum should be used as a gun accident confession box... Not now and not in Australia.
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Post by darwindingo » 05 Oct 2016, 10:08 pm

Sorry JS, that's a good point mate.. I was only really trying to express my concerns and experiences with evidence that was in the custody of the crown after the police had passed it on... It is a real concern that the legal system and associated agency's allow such things to be in unqualified / Unlicensed hands, after-all they go into the jury room unsupervised like that.. Against my many objections....!! Its a recipie for disaster IMO and LFO's would likley be the ones that pay the price when it all goes wrong.. :thumbsdown:
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Post by duncan61 » 05 Oct 2016, 10:14 pm

fair call
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Post by happyhunter » 05 Oct 2016, 10:20 pm

juststarting wrote:I don't think a public forum should be used as a gun accident confession box... Not now and not in Australia.


I see your point although having to self sensor shows just how screwed things have become. Spewing as I got one about an accidental shooting that happened 34 years ago that's a ripper.. lol
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Post by juststarting » 05 Oct 2016, 10:23 pm

darwindingo, that was aimed at duncan61... Re: your post, I actually think that was quite reserved, compared to how I would have reacted.
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Post by juststarting » 05 Oct 2016, 10:25 pm

happyhunter wrote:
juststarting wrote:I don't think a public forum should be used as a gun accident confession box... Not now and not in Australia.


I see your point although having to self sensor shows just how screwed things have become. Spewing as I got one about an accidental shooting that happened 34 years ago that's a ripper.. lol


Just a suggestion. Up to you guys what you do... But yes, I feel filthy after that statement.
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Post by duncan61 » 05 Oct 2016, 10:33 pm

I was wondering how politically correct it is but a good yarn about something that happened years ago should not cause to much concern.I did specify non fatal as that aint funny
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Post by duncan61 » 05 Oct 2016, 10:35 pm

I am on a fishing site and started a thread on what my brother has done in the past and it started a lot of stories about things that go wrong
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Post by darwindingo » 05 Oct 2016, 10:37 pm

juststarting wrote:darwindingo, that was aimed at duncan61... Re: your post, I actually think that was quite reserved, compared to how I would have reacted.


Alcohol induced misunderstanding on my part mate :oops: .. But what you raised was a very valid point IMO :thumbsup: I do find it really concerning that the rules of possession that us LFO's are subjected to go out the window under the circumstances I mentioned !! :crazy: :wtf: I actually quit that job over the issue....

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Post by juststarting » 05 Oct 2016, 10:55 pm

Near miss... Sort off funny one. Going home late from work on a train. Sitting on the last sit, back against the rear wall of the carriage. Handful of people around... A guy gets up and starts walking towards me. I am thinking it's a little odd, since this is almost an empty carriage and there are no stations coming up. He starts walking faster as he approaches. Now, it so happens that I do combat sport and I do sparring where people go all out, so I tend to react more so than panic. Any way, he is staring right at me, gets faster and closer - to the point where I am about to jump out of the sit and take him down, this was one of very few times in decades that I was genuinely concerned for my safety. As he gets really close I sort of push of the wall to jump at him, at this stage I have this entire game plan rolling through my head, my arms are up, sort of in defensive boxing stance to visualise it... The mother ****** stops sharply within striking distance, pauses, sticks his thick head out like a f***ing turtle and starts squinting. I am bobbed down back on the chair thinking, WTF are you doing dude... Some dude across from me gave me this - this could have ended badly look and sort of nods as if to say look behind you. I turn around... That blind idiot is trying to read the transit map right behind my head... I sort of shuffled across one sit to let him get closer... Awwwwwwwwkward for everyone. Accept the blind dude, he just turned around and walked back just as fast.
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