11-06-2006
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Karma is after me...
So this weekend while i was working on my car, i had dropped a 10mm socket in the engine bay, towards the bottom of the car.
I told my buddy steve to jack up my car and ill just quick go under it and get the socket. (the car is lowered so i couldnt just go under and grab it)
So he jacks up the car and i go under, i get over half my body under the car and start to reach for the socket and all of the sudden the car slams down on top of me.
Instantly i pause like "What the fuck just happened?!?!" and then im like "Umm. steve.. would you mind getting this car off of me?" He bends down with just a pale face (which is kinda hard to do for a black guy) and lifts the car up and i slide out from under it.
Luckly i was on my back and im skinny or else there would be no more tom.
After i got out, steve said "After the car dropped i looked down at your feet and they werent moving and said to myself OH SHIT I JUST KILLED TOM."
So i really think karma is after me, or else my car is.
Moral of the story: Jack stands are your friends, use them.
/EndOfStory
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11-06-2006
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Asshat King
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Re: Karma is after me...
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Originally Posted by tpunx99GSX
Moral of the story: Jack stands are your friends, use them.
/EndOfStory
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Uh, yeah. There was a thread on Toonerz a year or two ago about a kid who got f'ed bad when a car fell on him. I never trust jacks.
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11-06-2006
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Re: Karma is after me...
hoooly shit! I would never work under a car again if that happened!
How did the car just come crashing down? He released the jack like a retard?
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11-06-2006
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Mazda-ing
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Re: Karma is after me...
God your car HATES you. It seems like every time I look on the forums theres ANOTHER thread about how your car has fucked up or otherwise tried to kill you. Tom. The GST is CURSED.
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11-06-2006
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Re: Karma is after me...
That's not karma, that's Darwin.
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11-06-2006
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Re: Karma is after me...
Get rid of that dsm now!! Good to hear you arent hurt though, that could have been bad. I always use way too many jacks then needed and shake the car once its up just in case.
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11-06-2006
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Area code 166 represent
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Re: Karma is after me...
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Originally Posted by tpunx99GSX
After i got out, steve said "After the car dropped i looked down at your feet and they werent moving and said to myself OH SHIT I JUST KILLED TOM."
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I'm sorry, after reading that I just started fucking laughing. LOL, I can picture the guy standing there, with a goast white look on his face, and pondering if he should run first or steal some of your shit first.  
Sorry, I'm tearing up bad on this one.
Glad you are ok and luck enough to post about it, even if some slapass like myself is getting goofy looks at work cause I'm trying to contain my laugh.
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11-06-2006
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Re: Karma is after me...
Didn't that happen to a guy on here a while back? The guy with the turbo van?
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11-06-2006
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Asshat King
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Re: Karma is after me...
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Originally Posted by scheides
Didn't that happen to a guy on here a while back? The guy with the turbo van?
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Dane? Is he even on the forums anymore?
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11-06-2006
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Area code 166 represent
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Re: Karma is after me...
Yeah, that happened to Dane.
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11-06-2006
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Re: Karma is after me...
The jack wasnt completly on the piece of metal that come down where the jack is supposed to go. and slipped onto the sideskirt and fell from there. LOL
AJ- Funny thing is that after we started joking about it, he was like "I was gonna grab your turbo and run"
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back in the saddle again
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Re: Karma is after me...
Wow that would suck.
Glad your not dead.
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R U DTF bro?
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Re: Karma is after me...
Glad you are alive Tom....lets meet in Vegas to celebrate your life!
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Quote:
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I agree with Kracka.
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11-06-2006
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Area code 166 represent
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Re: Karma is after me...
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Originally Posted by tpunx99GSX
AJ- Funny thing is that after we started joking about it, he was like "I was gonna grab your turbo and run"
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LMFAO!!! Ahhh, man I'm glad we have you here, and gald you're ok Bud, I'll buy ya a Hennipen and Lake special when you are in town next.
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11-06-2006
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Re: Karma is after me...
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Originally Posted by DSMStyle
I'll buy ya a Hennipen and Lake special when you are in town next.
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A 40oz?
Thanks everyone, glad i made it out in one piece, if i didnt, it would have been how i wanted to go. Me and my car have a Ike and Tina Turner relationship, my car is Ike and I am Tina, you do the math. LOL
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11-06-2006
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R U DTF bro?
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Re: Karma is after me...
Quote:
Originally Posted by tpunx99GSX
A 40oz?
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A fotay and a trick, son!
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Murlo26
I agree with Kracka.
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11-06-2006
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Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Maple Grove
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Re: Karma is after me...
I recently discovered that the jack stands that I use, were from walmart. I have not gone under my car since.
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11-06-2006
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Asshat King
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Re: Karma is after me...
My jackstands are the most expensive set that Craftsman has available.
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