justin_o_guy2
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What happened?
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East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.
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My dad was a company man in the oilfield, watching after several rigs & ran just over 100,000 miles up on his car one year. He didnt obey the speed limit much. One night he saw an object in the road & couldnt miss it completely, so he decided to take it dead center, so he wouldnt risk getting flipped. It was an 18wheelers spare, rim & tire, all aired up.That thing went up under the car, lifting the front tires off the ground. The sidewall of a truck tire offers a lot of traction & he said the car stopped, REAL QUICK!! Tore the heck outta the front end (suspension,steering). IIRC, he had to get another car.
Bringing the Matrix home last night I saw something in the road & was glad I had no oncoming so I could swerve wide. When I got about 50 feet away it became clear enough. Some guy was just bent over & appeared to be tying a shoe. Wadda Maroon! Dark clothes, stopped, in the road, IJJITT!
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