When were you last really scared?We'd been watching the Shining. We were staying in an old church building. In hindsight, taking the shortcut home after midnight, in the mist, through the old graveyard was a bad idea.
I'm not sure what started it, but suddenly all the hairs on my neck had gone up and I was crapping myself. It was almost as bad as when, after a few cups of coffee too many and buzzing on caffeine, I got freaked out by my own reflection in the toilets.
When were you last really scared?
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chthonic, Thu 22 Feb 2007, 15:43)
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motorbike + diesel spill = flat personDriving my bike back to Northampton from Swindon and got to the Cherwell services roundabout where there are 2 lanes to go straight over the roundabout towards Northampton.
My boyfriend was in the other lane to go straight across and me being the idiot I am, looked across and thought it would be amusing to beat him across the roundabout (simple things etc etc). Boyfriend obviously had a similar idea so when we got a space in the traffic both twisted the throttle hard and leaning over decided to race for the lane.
Not remembering the lorries fill up on diesel at the services there and tend to spill some on roundabout. Not remembering wet roads, diesel spills and motorbikes not particularly good combination unless tyremarks across head from cars behind a good look.
Back end of bike gives a kick and decides to act somewhere along lines of bucking bronco (well it felt like it at the time). The time did the whole slowing down thing and I’m heading for either the ditch or the tarmac (ditch would be favourite at this point due to car behind ready to flatten me and bike).
Managed to rescue due to luck rather than any kind of skill. Bit pathetic but definitely one of most scary moments for me. (Also Dad had spent last 2 years sorting out 400-4 so would definitely have been scared of the ass kicking that followed from screwing up all that work)
(, Tue 27 Feb 2007, 15:07, Reply)
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