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Do you have any phobias?

66383 said:
High places suck. Get woozy cleaning my gutters on a 6 foot ladder.:praying:
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chargervert said:
I can relate to that,I fell of an eight foot step ladder while building my garage, and shattered my heel into five pieces! It is held together by titanium plates and screws now.
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I started working construction working with my dad at 14. A few years later I was doing sub contract work doing decking and exterior gypsum wall sheathing. It didn't take long to be able to walk the rafters about as good as walking on a side walk and was able to do it again after being out of the business for 11 years. It only took a few minutes to get there again when my dad and I built my shop in 84 but there's no way I'd even try it now and don't even want to!

chargervert said:
That's how my friends and I got out, we were waiting in that line to exit out the main entrance, and the line wasn't moving. I saw an exit sign across the room at the side of the bar,and I told my friends that we needed to go that way. I got about 15 feet from the door,and all hell broke loose! The power went out,and the toxic smoke hit the wall and came back at me,there was no visability. Eveyone started pushing, and you couldn't do what they tell you to do,and go down to the floor, because you would have been trampled to death by the panicking crowd. I finally got to the wall,and I thought that it was over,and I was going to die right there. I started running my hands down the wall trying to find the doorway, I didn't know if the door was to my left or right. Someone brushed by me on my left,so I went to the left. I went hand over hand to the left until I felt the door jamb. Everyone was piling out the door onto the ground at the bottom of the stairs. I grabbed the door jamb and pulled myself out the door over the top of the piling people, and fell into the pile at the bottom of the stairs.people were jumping out and landing on us. At first I couldn't pull my leg out of the pile of people, I finally got it free. I remember hearing a whush sound when I went through the door, when I was in the pile of people, I could see clear into the building because that whush sound I heard was the air being sucked in to the building feeding the fire. After getting free from the pile of people, we were trying to pull people out of the door way but the flames were too much, right then a firefighter in full gear took over pulling people out. I then started to look for my friends, and as I came around the front corner, I saw my friend pulling people out of the window,but his wife was no where to be found. He finally reached around inside the window, ,and grabbed her by the shirt,and pulled her out the window. The top of her hair was on fire. There were people climbing out the windows with their hair and clothes on fire,and people were using the snow to put them out! As it turns out, my friends and I were separated when everything turned dark,and they pried open a window with the help of a few other people and got out that way. I never seen a building burn so fast!
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Man, can't even imagine being in a situation like that! I've had some fire training but you know how controlled that situation is and no one is going crazy trying to get out like wild cattle. Being in crowded places has never been something that I was comfortable with and now these days with people who like to shoot others, it has made me feel even more uncomfortable.
 
I will never forget the feeling of when I hit that wall,and I thought it was over. I remember feeling the stucko on my hands. I remember thinking that a simple 2x4 wall was the only thing between living and dying! Sure wished I had a sawzall! The people who were in front of the stage thought that the fire was part of the show. I watched the guy set up the pyro device. I was up on the side stage,and I could look over the heads of the people who were in front of the stage. There was an alcove where the drumset was setup. It had sound deading foam on the walls that was sprayed with gold glitter. When the guy set the pyro device up in front of the alcove,he put it too far back,and the sparks hit the corners of the alcove walls igniting the foam. The pyro device was about 3 and a half feet tall with a spout straight up in the middle, and two 45 degree spouts on each side. The side spouts started the fire. To the people in front of the stage,it looked like two evenly placed pyro devices,but it was really the foam burning. I remember hearing someone say cool pyrotechnics, but I could see the flames hitting the ceiling of the drummers alcove. Nobody was in a rush to leave at that point,they figured that they would put it out and the show would continue! I knew that we had to leave. My friends wife said there is a door over near the bathrooms, and I told her that there was not a door there,as I had just come from the bathroom, and I leaned against the wall where she thought the door was while I was waiting to use the rest room. It was a good thing we didn't go that way ,because they all died in those rest rooms,there were bars on the windows!
 
I have..........

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I can see you having that! I'm not sure that the world wide web is large enough for your head though!
 
chargervert said:
That's how my friends and I got out, we were waiting in that line to exit out the main entrance, and the line wasn't moving. I saw an exit sign across the room at the side of the bar,and I told my friends that we needed to go that way. I got about 15 feet from the door,and all hell broke loose! The power went out,and the toxic smoke hit the wall and came back at me,there was no visability. Eveyone started pushing, and you couldn't do what they tell you to do,and go down to the floor, because you would have been trampled to death by the panicking crowd. I finally got to the wall,and I thought that it was over,and I was going to die right there. I started running my hands down the wall trying to find the doorway, I didn't know if the door was to my left or right. Someone brushed by me on my left,so I went to the left. I went hand over hand to the left until I felt the door jamb. Everyone was piling out the door onto the ground at the bottom of the stairs. I grabbed the door jamb and pulled myself out the door over the top of the piling people, and fell into the pile at the bottom of the stairs.people were jumping out and landing on us. At first I couldn't pull my leg out of the pile of people, I finally got it free. I remember hearing a whush sound when I went through the door, when I was in the pile of people, I could see clear into the building because that whush sound I heard was the air being sucked in to the building feeding the fire. After getting free from the pile of people, we were trying to pull people out of the door way but the flames were too much, right then a firefighter in full gear took over pulling people out. I then started to look for my friends, and as I came around the front corner, I saw my friend pulling people out of the window,but his wife was no where to be found. He finally reached around inside the window, ,and grabbed her by the shirt,and pulled her out the window. The top of her hair was on fire. There were people climbing out the windows with their hair and clothes on fire,and people were using the snow to put them out! As it turns out, my friends and I were separated when everything turned dark,and they pried open a window with the help of a few other people and got out that way. I never seen a building burn so fast!
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They presented a video from a patron about half way in towards the stage, when the pyros lit and the ceiling caught on fire he started making his way to the door, 30 sec later the FA sounded and everyone started heading that way, so in a little over a minute he was in the vestibule and the smoke was already pouring out the door.
That had to be a scary feeling. I think there were 3 people that were in the bar area on the left that didnt make it and the side exit was only 10ft away.
No one used the kitchen exit and the exit to the right of the stage was blocked by a security guard that would not let people out because the dressing rooms for the band were right there... and day for sure.
So I did not know this was a building code but if a building has a kitchen it has to have an exit...I've told this to my whole family and instructed them if they are ever in a fire or shooter situation to remember that...
Glad you made it out!
 
What amazes me is that pyros are even allowed to be used inside a building!!!!
 
I don't think I have any real phobias

I use to fear waking up with a fat &/or fat & ugly chick (repulsive),
beer goggles effects :poke:
after bringing someone home after drinking too much,
in my youth, younger much dumber days
thankfully never happened

When I 1st started racing my altered, it was an Omni bodied F/C
1st couple times when it was fired up at the track, closed down
I had bad 'premonitions'
(day dreams more or less, maybe some claustrophobia, I didn't think I had any)
of burning alive in the car
I never had any issues when firing it up at home, closed in etc.
I wouldn't call it a phobia, more of a concern
But;
I didn't temp fate, I figured a 'fast altered', open car
would be better than a 'slower F/C anyway'
I still ended up racing a F/C later too

I am a motion junky, figured I'd probably die in a car or bike or skiing etc.
so far so good, lived thru some serious ****, pretty much unscathed
again it's not a phobia
it's just stuff you think about, concerns/thought forced into my head
from Negative Nancy naysayers, about me having fun constantly
when they stayed home & were trapped in something of their own accord
instead of being with the right person, that supported them
& their hobbies or careers

again not a real phobia
getting stomped by a stallion, that nearly happened a few times
Lisa (RIP) had a couple really lively barrel racers & reining/cutting horses that were
a 'tad bit high strung'

again not a phobia
getting gored by a bull
by all the Negative Nancy naysayers warning me
(they were all clueless, no nothings)
I had Charolais bull for a time, he was actually like a huge puppy with me
I could actually walk him on a leash easily, he'd do just fine
when he was sold at auction, I was heartbroken
(sad & sellers remorse, but it was best for him, he outgrew his environment,
he was going to be breading stock, they didn't care if he was crazy or wild,
they actually wanted it for rodeo breeding purposes)
he gave them a hell of a fight when I turned him over
he didn't like anyone else, for some reason, he hated women
new owner was a woman too :poke:
he liked the vet too, strange big guy

real concerns, is dying alone,
having a massive coronary/stroke or something
(I'm healthy, but it's stuff you think about after 60)
& nobody to find me for days
or my dog/animals starving, going without water etc.
again It's not really a phobia,
just a real life concern
(part of the reason I have my dad living with me today,
I was 'seriously concerned', that would happen to him too)
 
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Mike67 said:
They presented a video from a patron about half way in towards the stage, when the pyros lit and the ceiling caught on fire he started making his way to the door, 30 sec later the FA sounded and everyone started heading that way, so in a little over a minute he was in the vestibule and the smoke was already pouring out the door.
That had to be a scary feeling. I think there were 3 people that were in the bar area on the left that didnt make it and the side exit was only 10ft away.
No one used the kitchen exit and the exit to the right of the stage was blocked by a security guard that would not let people out because the dressing rooms for the band were right there... and day for sure.
So I did not know this was a building code but if a building has a kitchen it has to have an exit...I've told this to my whole family and instructed them if they are ever in a fire or shooter situation to remember that...
Glad you made it out!
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That security guard was moved out of the way by someone much bigger than he was. God only knows how many people were sent back into the fire before he was moved! A friend of my friends wife, told us that her daughters boyfriend moved that security guard,aside personally.
 
Budnicks said:
I don't think I have any real phobias

I use to fear waking up with a fat &/or fat & ugly chick (repulsive),
beer goggles effects :poke:
after bringing someone home after drinking too much,
in my youth, younger much dumber days
thankfully never happened

When I 1st started racing my altered, it was an Omni bodied F/C
1st couple times when it was fired up at the track, closed down
I had bad 'premonitions'
(day dreams more or less, maybe some claustrophobia, I didn't think I had any)
of burning alive in the car
I never had any issues when firing it up at home, closed in etc.
I wouldn't call it a phobia, more of a concern
But;
I didn't temp fate, I figured a 'fast altered', open car
would be better than a 'slower F/C anyway'
I still ended up racing a F/C later too

I am a motion junky, figured I'd probably die in a car or bike or skiing etc.
so far so good, lived thru some serious ****, pretty much unscathed
again it's not a phobia
it's just stuff you think about, concerns/thought forced into my head
from Negative Nancy naysayers, about me having fun constantly
when they stayed home & were trapped in something of their own accord
instead of being with the right person, that supported them
& their hobbies or careers

again not a real phobia
getting stomped by a stallion, that nearly happened a few times
Lisa (RIP) had a couple really lively barrel racers & reining/cutting horses that were
a 'tad bit high strung'

again not a phobia
getting gored by a bull
by all the Negative Nancy naysayers warning me
(they were all clueless, no nothings)
I had Charolais bull for a time, he was actually like a huge puppy with me
I could actually walk him on a leash easily, he'd do just fine
when he was sold at auction, I was heartbroken
(sad & sellers remorse, but it was best for him, he outgrew his environment,
he was going to be breading stock, they didn't care if he was crazy or wild,
they actually wanted it for rodeo breeding purposes)
he gave them a hell of a fight when I turned him over
he didn't like anyone else, for some reason, he hated women
new owner was a woman too :poke:
he liked the vet too, strange big guy

real concerns, is dying alone,
having a massive coronary/stroke or something
(I'm healthy, but it's stuff you think about after 60)
& nobody to find me for days
or my dog/animals starving, going without water etc.
again It's not really a phobia,
just a real life concern
(part of the reason I have my dad living with me today,
I was 'seriously concerned', that would happen to him too)
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No need to worry about your pets starving.
They will eat you.. how's that for a phobia
 
There's very little that I'm afraid of anymore. I've made it through what I consider the worst and most devastating thing that can happen to a person, so bring it on!!! But, there is this thing about the ocean that just started a few years ago. I've been a swimmer and diver as long as I can remember. I took lifeguard certification when I was 12. I could sail out in the ocean for miles, stop and swim and never think twice about it. With everything that's been going on out there like trash and garbage, sharks coming in closer, stingray reports up, just changes. I don't know if it's climate change, that's changing animals habits or whatever. In some strange way I think we have screwed with them, now it's their turn to screw with us. I love the water more than most, but, I'll watch the sun set over the ocean, but no longer care to go in..........
 
Mine is spiders (where I grew up most were poison) bugs in particular, Large cities, large crowds. The people of Wal-Mart lol That is why I live 25 miles from town.
 
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