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    Image of mr_dude mr_dude
    08/18/09

    In reply to Freak Driving Accident Kills Sprint Exec
    Wow look at all these crazies!
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    Image of Uncle Bo Uncle Bo
    08/17/09

    In reply to Freak Driving Accident Kills Sprint Exec
    What a friggin horrible way to die. Driving alone while this happens is one thing, but driving with your entire family in the car, them experiencing this mere inches away from dad is far worse. My sincere condolences go out to his family and friends.
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    Image of benmlee benmlee
    08/17/09

    In reply to Freak Driving Accident Kills Sprint Exec
    When you mention the word executive, is a dirty word now a days. They along with the labor unions are considered greedy and low performers. While nobody deserves to die, there is less sympathy than say a hard working dad working overtime to save money so his kids can enjoy a vacation. That will never be on the news because they are too poor for people to care. Around here, the executives have live in nannys to take care of their kids while parents go off to do their stuff.
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    Image of jcd302 jcd302
    08/18/09

    @benmlee: I agree. Like soldiers dying in Iraq on the same day as Michael Jackson. All you heard about was the pervert.
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    Image of JCWhitless JCWhitless
    08/18/09

    @jcd302: Yep, Pvt first class Lionel Hampshaw, a filthy buggering pervert. Wait, what?
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    Image of Mobius Mobius
    08/17/09

    In reply to Freak Driving Accident Kills Sprint Exec
    They should have given that Mountain Sprint coverage.

    /sorry.
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    Image of I was drivin' that Model A I was drivin' that Model A
    08/17/09

    In reply to Freak Driving Accident Kills Sprint Exec
    I'd almost like to say something witty like, Karma has weapons, or Mother Nature's a bitch, but this right here blows goats.

    Enjoy life today because shit like this isn't one-in-a-million odds.

    While in CO, back in 1990, or so, I had a softball-sized rock smack the passenger door of my '86.5 Nissan 720 pick-em-up, and it left a nasty dent. It just happens, honestly. Welcome to randomness of the universe.

    Most of my dent popped out by hitting it from behind, but it never looked right. Fortunately, it didn't injure my Infinity plate speaker, so all was well.

    Still, it left a vivid impression on a 20-year-old who'd never seen a mountain, before (originally from D/FW...and I'm back...damnit).
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    Image of ThreeLitre ThreeLitre
    08/17/09

    In reply to Freak Driving Accident Kills Sprint Exec
    That's terrible. All the best to the family.
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    Image of Elhigh Elhigh
    08/17/09

    In reply to Freak Driving Accident Kills Sprint Exec
    Another good reason to live in the Appalachians. When your mountains are several million years older than any other range on earth, they tend to be a bit more mellow. Less boulder flinging.
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    08/18/09

    @Elhigh: Amen. Those old worn Appalachians have been folded down and pushed up about three times, I think, going back 440 million years, so they pretty much have things worked out.
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    Image of Charles_Barrett - Now with Variable-Valve Timing Charles_Barrett - Now with Variable-Valve Timing
    08/17/09

    In reply to Freak Driving Accident Kills Sprint Exec
    Las Virgenes Rd./Malibu Cyn. Rd. connecting the 101 Fwy. to Malibu and the Coast Hwy 1 has some twists, turns, and tunnels as you get closer to Malibu. Occassionally a loose boulder comes down onto traffic. I recall one incident wher a boulder went through the moonroof, killing the driver just before entering a tunnel. The car continued through the tunnel, then missed the curve at the other end, running off the road. A freak event that sent shivers through all of us who routinely traveled that route (I dated a guy who lived in the area for a couple of years; he drove a Fiat Spyder).
    My condolences to the family.
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    08/17/09

    @Charles_Barrett - Now with Variable-Valve Timing: 'swhy I don't have any holes in my roof...! Scary.
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    Image of Schm, enjoying his first desert winter. . Schm, enjoying his first desert winter. .
    08/17/09

    In reply to Freak Driving Accident Kills Sprint Exec
    I saw this in the Kansas City paper a couple days a go. It's just tragically freaky when stuff like that happens, especially to some one who comes from where I live. It could have been me (Although I probably would have been hit even harder, no doubt I would have been speeding)

    FYI, the vehicle involved was a 2007 Chevrolet Tahoe, and the Canyon in question is near Aspen.
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    Edited by Schm, enjoying his first desert winter. . at 08/17/09 6:38 PM Schm, enjoying his first desert winter. . was starred Schm, enjoying his first desert winter. . was unstarred
    Image of HoonThatFerrari HoonThatFerrari
    08/17/09

    @Schm wishes he could bring back the funny. .:

    Crap, you mentioned it was a Chevy... now you've done it.
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    Novaload Wants the Jez 9 Back promoted this comment HoonThatFerrari was starred HoonThatFerrari was unstarred
    Image of Mobius Mobius
    08/17/09

    @Schm wishes he could bring back the funny. .: "no doubt I would have been speeding" which would mean you would miss the rock which would fall behind your car as you roar way past.

    And the Chevy Aspen line gave me quite an inappropriate chuckle. Damn you for damning me.
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    08/18/09

    @HoonThatFerrari: Like a rock?
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    Image of HoonThatFerrari HoonThatFerrari
    08/18/09

    @Novaload Wants the Jez 9 Back:
    You got it.
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    Image of Scandinavian Flick Scandinavian Flick
    08/17/09

    In reply to Freak Driving Accident Kills Sprint Exec
    Tasteless captioning joke:

    Guy pointing: "I believe this is where the perpetrator entered the vehicle"

    Guy in sunglasses: "Great CSI work there, Horatio Caine..."

    Guy pointing: "And that..." *puts on sunglasses* "...is how the mountain crumbles"

    Guy in sunglasses: "..."
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    Image of MarkB MarkB
    08/17/09

    @Scandinavian Flick is here to abort scripts and chew bubble gum...:

    You are an ass. What if that was your dad or brother? His kids and wife witnessed his face getting crushed and had to pull that car over with his body blocking the controls...you still your joke is funny?
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    FP - Funny how it seems quiet around here, eh? promoted this comment MarkB was starred MarkB was unstarred
    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    08/17/09

    @MarkB: My grandmother passed away from CJD early last November. My uncle, her son, commented privately to me that we should have dressed her up as a zombie for Halloween.

    Some people can use humour to deal with random, tragic events.
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    Image of Harrison is playing FFVIII Harrison is playing FFVIII
    08/17/09

    @Scandinavian Flick is here to abort scripts and chew bubble gum...: But the guy pointing is already wearing sunglasses. Is he putting sunglasses over his sunglasses?
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    FP - Funny how it seems quiet around here, eh? promoted this comment Harrison is playing FFVIII was starred Harrison is playing FFVIII was unstarred
    Image of Scandinavian Flick Scandinavian Flick
    08/17/09

    @MarkB: Why single out my joke, and not everyone else's? I was making fun of the picture, not the situation. Please see my comment further down for my actual thoughts on the situation. I would never make light of such a tragedy, and frankly, am hurt that one would think so. If you knew me, you would certainly not take it that way, because that certainly is not in my nature.

    I was hesitant to post that comment, and in retrospect, probably shouldn't. I am truly sorry if it came off as disrespectful...
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    Image of Scandinavian Flick Scandinavian Flick
    08/17/09


    @Harrison is playing FFVIII: Here is a template for Horatio Caine one-liners.
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    Image of Scandinavian Flick Scandinavian Flick
    08/17/09

    @Scandinavian Flick is here to abort scripts and...: I see that my previous comment has been eaten by the phantom 2nd page... Here it is, quoted in my semi-defense:

    "This is the kind of thing that scares me the most about driving. It isn't the things you can avoid by being a good driver. It is the things that are unpredictable and completely out of your control.

    My condolences to the family. May they be able to move past the undoubtable psychological effects of having to watch your husband/father die in such a way..."
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    Image of Plecostomus [Tyrrell] Plecostomus [Tyrrell]
    08/18/09

    @Scandinavian Flick is here to abort scripts and chew bubble gum...: I was going to add "YEAAAAAAAAAAH!!!!!!" but I see you've clearly beaten me to it.
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    08/17/09

    In reply to Freak Driving Accident Kills Sprint Exec
    The fates work in mysterious ways. My condolences to his family, and I'm thankful that they're (physically) unharmed.
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    Image of DoctorNine's D9 Cat DoctorNine's D9 Cat
    08/17/09

    In reply to Freak Driving Accident Kills Sprint Exec
    Wow. Just goes to prove that mountains aren't impressed by your measley human social success. Another good reason to rock climb. Keeps things in the proper perspective.
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    Edited by DoctorNine's D9 Cat at 08/17/09 6:17 PM DoctorNine's D9 Cat was starred DoctorNine's D9 Cat was unstarred
    Image of drewdrawshashtags drewdrawshashtags
    08/17/09

    In reply to Freak Driving Accident Kills Sprint Exec
    But I thought driving an oversized SUV protected you from everything!
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    Image of LegendaryC LegendaryC
    08/17/09

    In reply to Freak Driving Accident Kills Sprint Exec
    Look on the bright side, they saved 15% or more by switching to Geico.

    Too soon?
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    Image of Goes Like Stink Goes Like Stink
    08/17/09

    In reply to Freak Driving Accident Kills Sprint Exec
    Here is a clip from the Denver post article about what his wife did.

    During a harrowing mile-and-a-half ordeal in Snowmass Canyon, a mother guided the car carrying her three boys to safety with one hand on the brakes and the other on the steering wheel after a boulder smashed through the windshield and killed her husband.
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    Image of mr_dude mr_dude
    08/17/09

    @Goes Like Stink: Jebus I didn't even think about the time between the incident and arriving at the hospital.
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    Image of Scandinavian Flick Scandinavian Flick
    08/17/09

    @Goes Like Stink: That is impressive and admirable to be able to handle a situation like that. She very well may have saved her kids' lives. It is amazing what adrenaline combined with parental and survival instinct can accomplish.
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    Image of Dallifornia Dallifornia
    08/17/09

    @Goes Like Stink: My god. Frankly, if this guy hadn't been a Sprint exec, THIS would have been the headline.
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