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Post by NCBulldawg on Nov 17, 2023 21:06:03 GMT -5
...coming home from my friend Terri's place after going to dinner this evening. There was this white pickup, which had indicated they wanted to turn left and proceeded to get into the left turn lane, only to apparently change their mind and proceeded to drive through the turn lane and started to merge back into my inside lane, (two lanes each way,with them now forcing the issue as they are half in my lane, half into oncoming traffic with incoming traffic ahead, and I laid on my horn, like..."WTF... "!! I mean, I am staring right into the eyes of the female passenger, as I was close enough where I could almost shake her hand, and with horn still honking... Kapow!!! I stayed straight. The Ford Bronco next to me hit his breaks. The white truck turned left at the next possible left. I had about a quarter mile to my street into my neighborhood, 3/4 mile to my house, and it is all just hitting me. Adrenaline is calming down. I am in disbelief. But, damn if my heart doesn't feel the affects of this moment. Holy Shit! This is the world in which we live? Really?? Crazy times! Stay safe! God bless!!
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Post by Deleted on Nov 18, 2023 0:55:28 GMT -5
Good lord! Glad you are ok Tim. People are crazy.
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Post by NCBulldawg on Nov 18, 2023 10:16:42 GMT -5
Thanks, notdpb!
Yeah, I was a little freaked out, that is for sure. My adrenaline had me bouncing for about an hour and a half, and was finally able to get some sleep. I called the only open business to see if they heard anything, but it is a bar, and they had music up and he said they did not. I think he thought I was some loon.
Now, I won't swear on my life that it was a gunshot, but the action of all three vehicles involved, the sound, and a flash of light, has me fairly sure a gun shot was heard.
I don't know what else it could have been. Could they have been pointing in the air to scare me? I do not know. But something happened, and I can't think of anything else which could have happened which would have presented the same facts of the situation.
It was pretty much a fucked up drive leading up to that from Wendover, to just after Briar Creek, about a mile worth of time, with two cars wanting to go 60+ on a 40mph road, each doing their own thing, and then this white pickup causing all kinds of chit.
Just glad all it ended up being is a "road rage" incident of some sort.
Go Dawgs!!
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Post by Bradimous1 on Nov 18, 2023 10:58:41 GMT -5
Glad you are ok! Hopefully you are the one outraged later today instead of having that outrage pointed at you. Go Vols!
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Post by bigdawgs on Nov 18, 2023 13:11:43 GMT -5
Glad you are ok! Hopefully you are the one outraged later today instead of having that outrage pointed at you. Go Vols! I don't know but I have heard someone was in the area with checkerboard overalls and a creamsickle orange shirt firing at anybody wearing red. Keep your head down Tim.
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Post by bilogle on Nov 18, 2023 13:25:26 GMT -5
in retrospect, maybe it would have been better to hit the brakes rather than your horn? just kidding... you really have to watch out for the mucking forons out there these days. glad you're all right
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Post by tonythegator on Nov 18, 2023 13:27:42 GMT -5
Glad you are ok! Hopefully you are the one outraged later today instead of having that outrage pointed at you. Go Vols! I don't know but I have heard someone was in the area with checkerboard overalls and a creamsickle orange shirt firing at anybody wearing red. Keep your head down Tim. The gun looked like this................
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Post by Elapid on Nov 18, 2023 15:51:20 GMT -5
I don't know but I have heard someone was in the area with checkerboard overalls and a creamsickle orange shirt firing at anybody wearing red. Keep your head down Tim. The gun looked like this................ This rifle is what won the Revolutionary War.
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Post by tonythegator on Nov 18, 2023 16:12:31 GMT -5
The gun looked like this................ This rifle is what won the Revolutionary War. Actually, this is a civil war rifle.
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Post by Elapid on Nov 18, 2023 16:44:28 GMT -5
This rifle is what won the Revolutionary War. Actually, this is a civil war rifle. You're right, I didn't note the cap. The Kentucky Long Rifle was a flintlock.
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