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paulskinback · 10-25-2006, 01:03 PM

I had to share this to see peoples ideas/beliefs on what happened to me yesterday.

I had to get petrol/gas for my car the night before last, but was tired so decided to get out the house earlier before work. I slept in however, and left at the normal time.

Got to the garage and started pumping, and there was a problem with the pump so it kept clicking as if the tank was full... but it was almost empty. Happened before with a faulty pump, but it took me a few minutes more to fill 'er up.

Got onto the motorway, bearing in mind it was raining heavily, and there were big puddles in the dips that shook the car and sprayed everywhere.

As i got a few more miles down the road, there had been a HUGE crash, cars literally everywhere - in the barriers, obliterated, every lane had been taken out and more people had stopped to help. There was a silver coloured car sideways in the middle of my lane with no wheels on my visible side and I couldn't even make out the model of it. People were still getting out of their cars in the wreckage and running to the side.

Straight away my brain clicked... if the pump had worked properly, or had I filled up the night before, I would have been directly in the crash, or extremely close to it, perhaps crashing from the knock on effect of a pile-up.

I thought about it a lot during the day, and my only conclusion was "you're talking crap" or "if its intervention, why save me?"

The crash was on the news later, I don't know if anyone died but I hope everyone was ok. I was a bit worried about stopping to help because the visibility was so bad, and it was still dark... and I didn't want to be a hero who got killed by a truck that piled into the wreckage. Maybe next time I see something similar I will help though.

Anyone had any similar things happen? What do you think about divine intervention? Destiny? Fate?

10-25-2006, 01:03 PM	#1 (permalink)
paulskinback Insane	Divine Intervention? I had to share this to see peoples ideas/beliefs on what happened to me yesterday. I had to get petrol/gas for my car the night before last, but was tired so decided to get out the house earlier before work. I slept in however, and left at the normal time. Got to the garage and started pumping, and there was a problem with the pump so it kept clicking as if the tank was full... but it was almost empty. Happened before with a faulty pump, but it took me a few minutes more to fill 'er up. Got onto the motorway, bearing in mind it was raining heavily, and there were big puddles in the dips that shook the car and sprayed everywhere. As i got a few more miles down the road, there had been a HUGE crash, cars literally everywhere - in the barriers, obliterated, every lane had been taken out and more people had stopped to help. There was a silver coloured car sideways in the middle of my lane with no wheels on my visible side and I couldn't even make out the model of it. People were still getting out of their cars in the wreckage and running to the side. Straight away my brain clicked... if the pump had worked properly, or had I filled up the night before, I would have been directly in the crash, or extremely close to it, perhaps crashing from the knock on effect of a pile-up. I thought about it a lot during the day, and my only conclusion was "you're talking crap" or "if its intervention, why save me?" The crash was on the news later, I don't know if anyone died but I hope everyone was ok. I was a bit worried about stopping to help because the visibility was so bad, and it was still dark... and I didn't want to be a hero who got killed by a truck that piled into the wreckage. Maybe next time I see something similar I will help though. Anyone had any similar things happen? What do you think about divine intervention? Destiny? Fate? __________________ 'Everything that can be invented has been invented.- - 1899, Charles Duell, U.S. Office of Patents. 'There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home.' - Ken Olson, 1977, Digital Equipment Corporation