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Offline Sirgod

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Update on what happened to Braxton.
« on: August 20, 2005, 09:04:09 am »
Got this on my Fleet Forums this morning...

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Sorry I have been gone, but I got hit about two weeks ago by a dump truck..... Luckly I was in my wife's Mercedes G500 at the time and not my CLK55, or I would likely be dead. Damn guy that hit me didn't even speak English, and I later found out that he wasn't even legally in the country and he didn't have a license. Right now though, I am just thanking God that I am alive and that I learned enough in the military to do what I could after the impact to reduce blood loss and what not.
I just got out of the hospital yesterday, so I probably won't be on much, just wanted to say that I was alive. If someone thinks of it, fill the D2 guys in for me, and tell them I am terribly sorry I didn't get the chance to see the campaign through until the end. 

Rest your self and Heal Braxton, we will still be here when you get better.

Stephen
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Re: Update on what happened to Braxton.
« Reply #1 on: August 20, 2005, 09:18:33 am »
dayum.

He owns at least two Mercedes...


Well I hope he gets better fast... But I mean really... How fast can a dump truck go?
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Re: Update on what happened to Braxton.
« Reply #2 on: August 20, 2005, 09:31:12 am »
Good luck on his recovery.
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Re: Update on what happened to Braxton.
« Reply #3 on: August 20, 2005, 10:28:55 am »
Quote from: SkyFlyer on August 20, 2005, 09:18:33 am
dayum.

He owns at least two Mercedes...


Well I hope he gets better fast... But I mean really... How fast can a dump truck go?

1.  I hope Braxton gets better soon.  That had to be one heck of an impact.

2. Sky ...  Hey bud ... in a dump truck you dont have to be going fast at all.  The shear mass alone at a low speed can crush the average car the size of the Mercedes like a beer can.

Thanks Stephen for letting us know !

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Re: Update on what happened to Braxton.
« Reply #4 on: August 20, 2005, 11:09:03 am »
Best wishes for a speedy recovery.
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Re: Update on what happened to Braxton.
« Reply #5 on: August 20, 2005, 11:45:53 am »
get well!
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Re: Update on what happened to Braxton.
« Reply #6 on: August 20, 2005, 01:06:32 pm »
Sorry to hear about your accident. Get better soon. The Feds need you!! ;D
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Re: Update on what happened to Braxton.
« Reply #7 on: August 20, 2005, 01:16:55 pm »
Holy p00p, I'm glad he's OK.
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Re: Update on what happened to Braxton.
« Reply #8 on: August 20, 2005, 07:57:03 pm »
Get better Brax.

SKy, take Physics Senior year  :P
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Re: Update on what happened to Braxton.
« Reply #9 on: August 20, 2005, 08:23:00 pm »
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Sorry I have been gone, but I got hit about two weeks ago by a dump truck..... Luckly I was in my wife's Mercedes G500 at the time and not my CLK55, or I would likely be dead. Damn guy that hit me didn't even speak English, and I later found out that he wasn't even legally in the country and he didn't have a license. Right now though, I am just thanking God that I am alive and that I learned enough in the military to do what I could after the impact to reduce blood loss and what not.
I just got out of the hospital yesterday, so I probably won't be on much, just wanted to say that I was alive. If someone thinks of it, fill the D2 guys in for me, and tell them I am terribly sorry I didn't get the chance to see the campaign through until the end. 
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Rest well Braxton.  Hope all goes well and you're back in action soon.



And now for something completely different...

So you get to sit at home for the next few weeks?  You get to lie around and play computer games all day. 

"You lucky, lucky bast*rd."

"Oh what I wouldn't give to be hit by a dump truck."

"Sometimes I lie awake at night dreaming of being hit by a dumptruck."

"They must think the sun shines out your a$$ sonny."
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Re: Update on what happened to Braxton.
« Reply #10 on: August 20, 2005, 09:08:24 pm »
Quote from: SkyFlyer on August 20, 2005, 09:18:33 am
Well I hope he gets better fast... But I mean really... How fast can a dump truck go?
Force = Mass times Acceleration.

What it lacks in speed and acceleration, it makes up on the mass...

Braxton: Wish you a speedy recovery sir.
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Re: Update on what happened to Braxton.
« Reply #11 on: August 20, 2005, 09:46:54 pm »
Best wishes and speedy recovery <S>
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Re: Update on what happened to Braxton.
« Reply #12 on: August 20, 2005, 10:15:49 pm »
An example of why policies of licensing, language skiills and documentation is not a political football, but one of practical local, human concern.  ( From a recent Northern Virginia driver).
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Re: Update on what happened to Braxton.
« Reply #13 on: August 20, 2005, 10:17:52 pm »
Sky ...  Hey bud ... in a dump truck you dont have to be going fast at all.  The shear mass alone at a low speed can crush the average car the size of the Mercedes like a beer can.


True...



Now if that mercedes had been a 1980s model Lincoln Towncar...



Not my car or ranch.. Just random photo on the net.

However we used to own a 1985 town car (same model as that one), and totaled another car... All we got were some paint smeers on the front bumper... And whiplash... But the car was fine... The ladys car... well wasn't.
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Re: Update on what happened to Braxton.
« Reply #14 on: August 20, 2005, 11:22:27 pm »
Quote from: Green on August 20, 2005, 08:23:00 pm

"You lucky, lucky bast*rd."

"Oh what I wouldn't give to be hit by a dump truck."

"Sometimes I lie awake at night dreaming of being hit by a dumptruck."

"They must think the sun shines out your a$$ sonny."


Well, when I say dump truck, I mean it was a dump truck to us.  Actually it was the USS Iowa on a large convoy of flatbed trucks.

But if you told the youth of today that, they wouldn't believe you.

Braxton!  Heal quickly!  Don't worry about the D2, we will take care of that.  You just take care of yourself.  We look forward to gaming with you again as soon as you are healthy.

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Re: Update on what happened to Braxton.
« Reply #15 on: August 20, 2005, 11:51:44 pm »
Hey guys, thanks for the kind words.  Sadly, I don't get to lay around and play games, I will have my but in a wheel chair teaching Physics.  Took a job as a professor....

Oh, and Sky, I have (had) three Mercedes.  One is obviously no longer considered a vehical.

Here is a pic of what I was in.  Not going to post up any of the accident itself, not something that I think needs to be generally viewed.



Good luck to all you guys, I probably won't be getting on for a while still.
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Re: Update on what happened to Braxton.
« Reply #16 on: August 21, 2005, 06:50:02 am »
Just take care of yourself and get better Bud...... ;)
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Re: Update on what happened to Braxton.
« Reply #17 on: August 21, 2005, 07:44:11 pm »
 Get better and take it easy. :)

 Its good to hear you made it in one piece.
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Re: Update on what happened to Braxton.
« Reply #18 on: August 21, 2005, 11:12:46 pm »
Ouch
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Re: Update on what happened to Braxton.
« Reply #19 on: August 22, 2005, 05:24:27 am »
He need to sue the holey heck out the owner of the company. I just found out the specifics. and that is a big stinking crock of s#it.
 He could have been killed or crippled permanantly

 I am NOT a litigatious person but his little way to save money is beyond contempt. :hoppinmad: :hoppinmad:
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