Posted on 11/09/2007 9:28:15 AM PST by a real Sheila
File under 'no good deed goes unpunished'.
Absolutely. Many Jewish people know how to laugh at themselves.
I used to work for some Jewish people and they would tell me, “Jewish people are just like everybody else . . . only more so.”
Good story!
Mineola was my favorite place to watch trains as a kid while visiting Grandpa. There is a section of track where it would be easy to make a turn and think you were on a street. The LIRR is no place to make that kind of mistake!
If a train is coming I could drag my body across 10 sets of tracks to avoid being hit.
If it didn’t get burned, they should be able to find all the pieces of it somewhere scattered around. Credit cards and other small plastic things are pretty resilient.
Her cell phone is probably a goner.
This happened to me once (getting stuck on rail road tracks). I was passing familiar tracks VERY late at night and they had done construction work earlier in the day, but had not put up any signs to say that part of the track and road were out. My car’s front wheels went over the front of the half track and the car was stuck fast. A cop (thank God) was passing on the other side at the exact same moment I got stuck — he was dispatched because of the dangerous conditions. “Don’t worry,” he told me as he helped me out of the car,” the last train came by just a few minutes ago. And just like in a movie...we heard a train whistle. Sure enough — a train coming further down the track toward my car. The cop got onto the radio, screaming into it for someone to alert the engineer some way! Meanwhile, cars were lining up on either side of the track and people were getting out yelling, “HIT IT, HIT IT, HIT IT” (thanks a lot, guys). Some brave soul actually put his jeep on the tracks with his headlights facing the train, while someone else tried to get a rope around my car to haul it off. The train stopped just a few feet from my car. The crowd’s reaction? “AWWWWWWW!” :-(
Interesting thing was, when I turned to thank the jeep owner for his bravery...both he and the jeep were no longer there...they HAD been just seconds before.
Hmmmm.....
I believe in angels, so perhaps the jeep driver was one.
“HIT IT, HIT IT, HIT IT!”
Amazing how BLOODTHIRSTY folks can become, isn’t it?
unfortunately, I’ve noticed that handicapped signs on cars are usually a sign to stay as far away as possible from said car. Often, handicapped now means elderly or extremely obese. No offense intended to truly handicapped people, I’m just offering observations.
I guess he probably didn't need the tell the kid to go home and change his underwear, too. ;o)
The stupidity of some folks is just breathtaking, isn't it?
I’m betting the train is gonna swerve first.
(((I believe in angels, so perhaps the jeep driver was one.)))
ME, too! AND if that cop hadn’t been crossing at the same time I was...well, I’d have just lost a car, but people on that train could have been seriously injured.
Thank you LORD Jesus, indeed!
That woman should NOT be driving anymore. They need to take her license away. What a fool!
HERO FIREMAN
*snort*
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
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