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Dear Lord above Lou... that must have been heartbreaking for you. I guess the emergency services see this every working day of their lives..but for guys like us, it's a tragedy when it happens, in front of our eyes. I had an incident many years ago, that still makes me feel sick... It was a motorcyclist, coming out of Brands Hatch Racecourse...I never saw the collision itself...but the sight of his legs twitching still, as they covered him with a sheet on the road...and the river of blood running into the gutter, still turns my spine cold....I remember sitting there...looking at his Boots...the laces tied up...thinking "He did those laces up this morning...and now he won't ever undo them again"..... it's such a fine line we tread each day...we risk our lives every time we wake up....thank goodness that old "It won't happen to me" think kicks in...or we would all stay locked in our houses, too terrified to go out. You must get hardened to it in combat...perhaps it's the training or something?..I would hate to think anyone would get used to it

I must be the only person on the planet, who doesn't like Star Wars. The first one was ok...but the others?..daft (imho)

I kinda carried on driving without stopping..I wasn't jumpy or anything afterwards..just got on with the task of getting home...but it kinda sunk in when i got home. My wife's reaction was slow...she let out a little scream...which would not have happened if we hit the guy..he'd gone past by then...I spose it must have been in even slower time to her. I'm glad I was driving at the time...not because my wife's reaction time seemed slower (she's probably a more skilled driver than me)...but because sitting in the passenger seat..utterly powerless to do anything, is not where I want to be

Typical of politicians....just after the next corny line, the next vote, the next grip on power!...they all make me puke

Classic one Olham....And Hasse Wind as the test pilot just fits perfectly!

I just can't sit still when I hear this..I just GOTTA move my body!

I lose many more than I catch I cannot claim to be even a quarter of the ninja of the other driver, who possibly unbeknown to themselves, possibly saved my life

The pleasure is all mine my friend!

OMG Olham..that sounds like a chapter out of a Horror film!...that must have been utterly terrifying!....that freezing water filling up the car!...god, it makes my flesh crawl just thinking about it

Indeed Gascan... foreign truckers are a real menace here too

Driving back from Edinburgh Airport the other night in driving rain after dark, we went over the brow of a hill, to be confronted by two sets of headlights coming the other way...a vehicle on our side of the road, overtaking another vehicle. I hit the brakes, and swerved slightly to try and avoid the lunatic, but we would have hit the idiot headon, had the other oncoming driver not had the speed of reactions he/she had...and swerved into the layby, to allow the madman to also swerve enough to avoid the collision! Thank you Sir/Madam for this selfless act....you probably saved me and my families life!

Just checking you were awake m8! yes, I did mean Sirte (sorry)

Pro-Gaddafi forces are presently, refusing to surrender, and it looks as though it's gonna get very messy there, when the Rebs attempt to go in methinks....house by house, street by street. The inhabitants have been told to take up arms and fight, or risk being executed... I assume Holiday trips to Tripoli are on hold?

Schoolboy French..they had no English at all...so yes, lots of bottle pointing! :)`

Hi Olham It was a few kilometers from St Etienne (far South East) 38 degrees celsius all week!...fab!

History will remember them

Hurricane Irene. Typical woman. Promises so much, but when it's time to get down and dirty, fails to deliver.

Some doubt remains as to whether he was responsible for the Bombing of course...but then, there always are doubters. If he wasn't...he sure as hell knew about it

Indeed....It's a constant source of fascination and disgust to everyone in the UK too

http://news.sky.com/home/world-news/article/16058514 I thought not

There is something deeply uncomfortable about your statement....It's the greed of the Oil companies, and those like them, that is the cause of much of the worlds problems

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/click_online/9567040.stm

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-14585563

It's like a delicious Pie..you break open the crust...to find another delicious Pie inside!...Cant wait to get to the filling!

The map size was always annoying when flying anything in BF....seemed like you were forever 'Leaving the Combat Zone'