- Dec 26, 2006
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Oh yes.... it took my breath away
I was working on a rooftop (alone) I had removed tiles and membrane
replace rafters and ceiling joists and the wind was blowing through the roof's skeletal-framing
Suddenly, there I was 'horizontal' about 3 or 4 feet, above the scaffold decking
floated out into the gap between this house and next door AND it was the updraft between the buildings that enabled my glide, back to the scaffold
______________________
I was returning to Camp in Germany, having delivered troops to Duesseldorf Airport (Flughafen)
It had been snowing lightly but, the tree lined avenue, just before camp, was clear of snow
I was doing around 35mph, as I was due, to take troops to their married-quarters, immediately upon my return from Duesseldorf
Suddenly, it seemed as if, the car was 'skating' down the road (four wheel skid) "crabbing?"
Although the road, upon which my Father-in-law lived (Pluekertzstrasse)
had pronounced drainage gradients on both sides of the road's crown, my Hillman Husky Estate spun down the centreline for up to 200 yards and came to a stop near a bus stop, Black Ice
Why I did not leave the road and hit a tree, only heaven knows
______________________
I was at the Firing Range in Catterick Camp (Yorkshire UK)
The Thompson submachine gun, was the tool of the day
We, had heard the theory .... and now, the practice :O
One of the lads suffered a jam (stoppage) and completely FORGOT the instructions
? JAM ~remove the magazine and [bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse] THE WEAPON ~to eject the bullet
? FAILING TO CLEAR ~safety ON and raise LEFT ARM (for attention of Instructors
We heard, "I can't shoot - it's jammed"
and suddenly, something-like a dozen or so shells, were whizzing around us
as the guy turned around to face the instructor (approaching from behind)
He COULD, have STITCHED the whole firing line before we dived to the ground
/\
HYE, been so-close, to tragedy
that you had mentally resigned-yourself
to accepting, THAT THIS, COULD 'be IT' ?
I was working on a rooftop (alone) I had removed tiles and membrane
replace rafters and ceiling joists and the wind was blowing through the roof's skeletal-framing
Suddenly, there I was 'horizontal' about 3 or 4 feet, above the scaffold decking
floated out into the gap between this house and next door AND it was the updraft between the buildings that enabled my glide, back to the scaffold
______________________
I was returning to Camp in Germany, having delivered troops to Duesseldorf Airport (Flughafen)
It had been snowing lightly but, the tree lined avenue, just before camp, was clear of snow
I was doing around 35mph, as I was due, to take troops to their married-quarters, immediately upon my return from Duesseldorf
Suddenly, it seemed as if, the car was 'skating' down the road (four wheel skid) "crabbing?"
Although the road, upon which my Father-in-law lived (Pluekertzstrasse)
had pronounced drainage gradients on both sides of the road's crown, my Hillman Husky Estate spun down the centreline for up to 200 yards and came to a stop near a bus stop, Black Ice
Why I did not leave the road and hit a tree, only heaven knows
______________________
I was at the Firing Range in Catterick Camp (Yorkshire UK)
The Thompson submachine gun, was the tool of the day
We, had heard the theory .... and now, the practice :O
One of the lads suffered a jam (stoppage) and completely FORGOT the instructions
? JAM ~remove the magazine and [bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse][bless and do not curse] THE WEAPON ~to eject the bullet
? FAILING TO CLEAR ~safety ON and raise LEFT ARM (for attention of Instructors
We heard, "I can't shoot - it's jammed"
and suddenly, something-like a dozen or so shells, were whizzing around us
as the guy turned around to face the instructor (approaching from behind)
He COULD, have STITCHED the whole firing line before we dived to the ground
/\
HYE, been so-close, to tragedy
that you had mentally resigned-yourself
to accepting, THAT THIS, COULD 'be IT' ?
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