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| Fate, and the way things work out for us | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Aug 24 2015, 10:44 AM (123 Views) | |
| Nikon User | Aug 24 2015, 10:44 AM Post #1 |
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"BEAVER"
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This isn't intended to become a deep philosophical debate, but with the recent Hunter crash at Shoreham and the loss of life involved, I was sitting at home with my wife and pondered the way things sometimes happen. I've always had a personal belief that events happen for a reason and although you can make changes to the path of your life, the overall plan is pre-set. This morning I drove Judy to her mothers house and on a regular route, passed a bakery situated on a road junction. No problem so far. Having dropped her off I returned on the reverse route ten minutes later and on passing the bakery, there was a small car embedded in the front of it, surrounded by ambulance crews tending to an obviously trapped driver. The crash must have happened within a couple of minutes of us driving past the first time. Another example involves this photo, taken by me on 23rd April 1979 at 7,000 feet in a US Army Chinook; ![]() Myself and another soldier were given the chance to fly on a free-fall parachute dropping sortie with the West German national team, to take photos. We were told that one of us had to remain seated and strapped in for our photos but the other could use a harness and stand on the edge of the ramp (they only had one spare harness). As I flew regularly in helicopters, I gave the ramp opportunity to the other soldier, who didn't have the chance to fly very much (he's seated on the left of the photo). At 7000 feet over Bad Lippspringe, he was right on the edge of the ramp with the harness on taking photos vertically downwards as the team jumped off the ramp. Once they'd gone, he turned forwards and walked back into the main cabin, only to find that his harness wasn't securely connected to the aircraft. He'd nearly taken a 7,000 foot header without a parachute - and it could have been me! Having avoided a possible collision with an out of control car, I'm now going to enjoy the rest of my day! PS - Here's a gratuitous shot of my mount for the trip
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| Olde Farte | Aug 24 2015, 11:02 AM Post #2 |
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Lt. Derek 'Smurfy' Reeve
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Whilst going to work one day early morning I had to stop to pee so stood my M/C on it's stand and moved behind a tree, no sooner had I done so when a lorry slammed into it. Never ever needed to stop on my short run of 3 miles before or ever again. |
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| Mark M | Aug 24 2015, 11:13 AM Post #3 |
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Hawk T1
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fate, the butterfly effect and destiny we have no control over our futures, luck fate whatever will be will be |
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| DevilFish | Aug 24 2015, 12:09 PM Post #4 |
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LCDR Paul "Voodoo" Carter
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"No fate, but what we make for ourselves" |
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| Disorder | Aug 24 2015, 07:02 PM Post #5 |
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Lt Paddy 'Chancer' Boyle
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That chinook story is a bit scary. Lucky guys. |
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| kpnuts | Aug 24 2015, 09:42 PM Post #6 |
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Airbrush master
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When I was 19 I parked my new Austin 1300 outside my house (I say new it was to me, it was my first car but was in fact a barely legal rust bucket (but my pride and joy)) I locked the door (no central locking in those dqys) as I walked up our drive there was a loud bang(it was winter and we lived at the bottom of a long hill, it had been snowing heavily) a lorry which had lost traction going up the hill had slid back down the hill and into my car, the drivers door was touching the passenger door, if I'd been in the car I would have died, I can't believe it now but I went onto motorcycles then and did alsorts of mad stuff ( how I got the nickname kpnuts) at the time I thought I was indestructible, I have to say reinforced by a crash in a mates car ( he was driving ( we'll racing really ) he took down 2 trees and was in a comma for 6 months touch and go the whole time, took him 6 yrs to get back to some sort of normality, I had bruised ribs. The things I did would make your toes curl but I always seemed to get away with it. Now I am a safety freak, age ruins us, that's what I think. |
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| Nikon User | Aug 24 2015, 09:54 PM Post #7 |
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"BEAVER"
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Very lucky to not be in the Austin 1300! |
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| Mark M | Aug 24 2015, 09:55 PM Post #8 |
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Hawk T1
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Think last year if you weren't there that biker would be dead Fate |
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| kpnuts | Aug 25 2015, 07:01 AM Post #9 |
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Airbrush master
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Funny old thing, fate I mean. |
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| tc2324 | Aug 25 2015, 07:35 AM Post #10 |
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LCDR Tony `Banana's` Clay
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I have a few `what if I turned left instead of right` stories with the main one being the London tube bombings. But I don`t dwell on it to much. |
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