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rob You should follow me http://twitter.com/robmanuel, Wed 14 Jan 2004, 13:01)
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deathWhen I 18, I tried to abseil down a huge stack of straw-bales using that thin hairy blue twine they use to hold the straw together. I wrapped the twine around my hand and lowered myself over the edge.
My foot slipped and I was left dangling with just the cord which had pulled tight around my palm, preventing me from plummeting the 25ft to the concrete floor of the barn.
Had I coiled the string the other way, it wouldn't have pulled tight and I would have burned my hand and then died.
Have you cheated death in spite of spectacular acts of stupidity?
(, Thu 4 Dec 2008, 13:06, Reply)
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