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iPwn
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Chalk this one up to one that people won't feel are worth reading.
Veterans Day, 2008 a friend of mine got into a car with his drunk girlfriend, after attending a party. She drove off the road and struck a tree. She sustained serious injuries and was in the hospital for months. My friend, he lost his life.
Two years ago today, one of my friends was driving home from having her car fixed at a mechanic with a friend of her's (who happened to be one of my childhood friends). They were struck by a drunk driver who swerved into the other lane. Her car was totaled, after having just spent several hundred dollars on repairs. Worse yet, she sustained a broken arm, and the other friend sustained several severe injuries and had to spend a couple weeks in the hospital. The drunk driver sustained no injuries.
Just a few short months later, I had another friend choose to get behind the wheel while intoxicated, and she ended up flipping her car while going around a curve too fast and was ejected from the car and died. The passenger in her car sustained minor injuries.
It was after that time, that I chose to start using this avatar.
For those who don't know, it's a blood smear ribbon, thats purpose is to raise awareness for the prevention of drunk driving. I've worn this avatar for nearly two years, as a way to remember the memory of those friends lost, and in hope that it would help someone else to remember to make the right decision, before choosing to drive under the influence. However, at this time, I'm at a point in my personal recovery from dealing with these events, that I think letting go of the situation in full is the next step in the healing process. This includes a lot of things (such as removal of old text messages, which a couple members already know I've done), and along with the purging comes time to retire my avatar. I have a feeling that it will be back eventually, but for right now, I think I need to move on past it.
I'm not really sure how to close this post, other than to say that I hope you all, even those who don't like me or aren't fond of me, heed my advice and choose to call a cab or make a better decision the next time they think about getting behind the wheel intoxicated.
tl;dr: iPwn has a new avy
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Desperado82
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| Posted: Mon May 28, 2012 8:57 am Post subject: |
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iPwn, sorry to hear about your friends.
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vike daddy
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| Posted: Mon May 28, 2012 9:06 am Post subject: Re: What Are You Thinking About v62 |
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| MrDrew wrote: | | 68.9% of WAYTA posts aren't worth reading, and we need to change that. |
i heartily agree, and also think you're being kind with the percentage, if the first 6 pages of this WAYTA are any indication. seriously, reading through this, most of it isn't any different than what 13-year old girls would write to each other on Twitter.
plus, stuff like this is vulgar, which the site has rules against:
| bucsfan333 wrote: | | Nah. Our mom's just a whore. |
iPwn - sorry about the tragedies to your friends. drinking and driving is just plain dumb and dangerous.
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Desperado82
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| Posted: Mon May 28, 2012 9:22 am Post subject: |
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vike daddy laughs at your drunk postings, dudes....
He's been partying hard since the '60s....and I don't mean the 1960s...
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Dus10
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| Posted: Mon May 28, 2012 9:37 am Post subject: |
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vike daddy reminds me of the homeless man at the public library who scolds you for using the non-fiction section to discuss American Idol results with your friends.
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texans_uk
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| Posted: Mon May 28, 2012 10:37 am Post subject: |
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Just got invited to London for an interview for a new job.
Benefits include, an in-house gym and personal trainer, physio therapy session and private health insurance. Boom!
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Vikefan79
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| Posted: Mon May 28, 2012 11:28 am Post subject: |
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I'm at work with a cold on Memorial day until 11pm tonight and I get to come back at 7am. This sucks!
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SadLionFan00
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| Posted: Mon May 28, 2012 11:51 am Post subject: |
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I also have lost a close family friend to drunk driving, as well as 3 acquaintances from HS in one night.
Its no good. I wish there was a practical way to just stop any and all drunk driving from happening.
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SadLionFan00
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| Posted: Mon May 28, 2012 11:55 am Post subject: |
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Man, I pretty much missed a WAYTA reunion.
Im down, now.
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| Silver&Black88 wrote: | | Quote: | | Trestman is a great coach but Cutler is already a pouty overconfident poo flinger. What more can he do with him? |
Get him to fling poo more accurately and make better decisions when flinging it? |
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CBears019
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| Posted: Mon May 28, 2012 11:55 am Post subject: |
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| SadLionFan00 wrote: | I also have lost a close family friend to drunk driving, as well as 3 acquaintances from HS in one night.
Its no good. I wish there was a practical way to just stop any and all drunk driving from happening. |
I'd be totally fine with people having to blow into a breathalyzer to start their car like people with multiple DUIs have to do. But since that won't happen people just have to be smart and make smart, responsible decisions.
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ianlewis16
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| Posted: Mon May 28, 2012 11:59 am Post subject: |
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| texans_uk wrote: | Just got invited to London for an interview for a new job.
Benefits include, an in-house gym and personal trainer, physio therapy session and private health insurance. Boom! |
where abouts bro? we could catch some dinner (IF YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN)
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mistakebytehlak
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| Posted: Mon May 28, 2012 12:00 pm Post subject: |
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| SadLionFan00 wrote: | Man, I pretty much missed a WAYTA reunion.
Im down, now. |
from what i can tell, you didn't miss much
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texans_uk
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| Posted: Mon May 28, 2012 12:04 pm Post subject: |
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| ianlewis16 wrote: | | texans_uk wrote: | Just got invited to London for an interview for a new job.
Benefits include, an in-house gym and personal trainer, physio therapy session and private health insurance. Boom! |
where abouts bro? we could catch some dinner (IF YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN) |
Right outside London Euston station.
Dude I only live in Kent now, I'm in London all the time, we need to go for drinks!
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MrDrew
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| Posted: Mon May 28, 2012 12:06 pm Post subject: |
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| iPwn wrote: | | I'm not really sure how to close this post, other than to say that I hope you all, even those who don't like me or aren't fond of me, heed my advice and choose to call a cab or make a better decision the next time they think about getting behind the wheel intoxicated. |
Please take this advice. Even if you think you're ok to drive, "just a little buzzed", or even if it's right down the street, don't do it. If you don't have the money for a cab, we all have friends/family that will come get us, even if it makes them a little mad. It won't be hard to make it up to them, and it could save a life, jail time, and/or thousands of dollars.
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FlyLikeAJet
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| Posted: Mon May 28, 2012 12:09 pm Post subject: |
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As much as I love to drink, driving or driving with anyone intoxicated is always a bad idea.
FLAJ Sez: Don't Drink and Drive
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