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OK, praying for your recovery.
The more things change.....
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Sorry to hear about your accident, Franklin, and hope your recovery goes well.
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Here is a couple of picks taken from the news video of the wreck
I had the white car. The other car had already wrecked and was laying on it's driver's side. Her battery came out therefore no lights. I came up and hit it in the roof between 60 and 65 MPH
My brother Eddie paid for that car out of his 401K about two years before passing on, we went on several treasure hunts in and around Montvale for the Beale Treasure. I do not believe that is the car we crossed over Taylor's Mountain in but we drove it all over the roads and the Parkway looking for the Beale Treasure. That car had 190,000 miles with new transmission and all the parts brand new. The transmission cost $2600. not counting all the other parts. The insurance company gave me after deductibles $2300. But if you want you money back you have to keep a car no more than three years old. I loved that car.
I had the white car. The other car had already wrecked and was laying on it's driver's side. Her battery came out therefore no lights. I came up and hit it in the roof between 60 and 65 MPHMy brother Eddie paid for that car out of his 401K about two years before passing on, we went on several treasure hunts in and around Montvale for the Beale Treasure. I do not believe that is the car we crossed over Taylor's Mountain in but we drove it all over the roads and the Parkway looking for the Beale Treasure. That car had 190,000 miles with new transmission and all the parts brand new. The transmission cost $2600. not counting all the other parts. The insurance company gave me after deductibles $2300. But if you want you money back you have to keep a car no more than three years old. I loved that car.
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WOW!
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The engine is a foot forward and six inches to the left, transaxles broken, tie-rods broken even the frame for the struts was two inches higher and two inches back. 90 G impact. No one is suppose to survive above 50 G's at the time of impact my body weighed 18,000 pounds. God spared us both for some reason.
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I agree...
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You guys were saved for a reason...I didn't realize the roof was That caved in on your car. Jeez...You definitely had a Guardian Angel with you. Thank God.
I hope you feel better soon!
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The State Trooper told me in the Emergency Room, he had been to a lot of wrecks but this one he could not explain. He said the little woman in that car, she should not be here. He told me later on the telephone, she had been released the same day. Everyone knows when you get on the brakes your front bumper goes down, yet my front bumper hit and went above and all around where she was sitting. Nothing left but where she was sitting and that is the exact spot where my front bumper should have impacted. That is not humanly possible anyway you look at it. Angels was among us that night. I am sorry to get this thread off topic. But I used that car so much searching and researching for these treasures such as the Beale Treasure, The Confederate Treasure in Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia. I am sorry but I loved to treasure hunt in that car. If I had died I would have died knowing that I have done everything I could do in my lifetime to solve these mysteries. Good night everyone.
Thanks Kace I enjoyed our chat on the telephone. Our talk got me to wanting to get better to get back into the hunt. I will make it. It will take time. I am still trying a "KEY" to decipher the DOI. I am making headway but there is a trick or two I can not find out how it works exactly.
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Sometimes only God can explain miracles....
You'll find the treasures you seek...I don't know how to post it, but remember that song...Riding With Private Malone? Could be your brother was riding with you. Never know. Listen to the song if you can, its by David Ball.
I enjoyed our talks too...I had no idea you were a racer!
Take your time and heal.
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You'll find the treasures you seek...I don't know how to post it, but remember that song...Riding With Private Malone? Could be your brother was riding with you. Never know. Listen to the song if you can, its by David Ball.
I enjoyed our talks too...I had no idea you were a racer!
Take your time and heal.
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THANKS DIT!! You Rock...That's the Exact Song I didn't know Exactly how to post! lol!
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You absolutely do have Many Skills!
Well... I wouldn't think about messing with Xena...WARRIOR PRINCESS! Can you get Joey some armor like that? He wears XXS. I have a feeling the little mini-me might need it on occasions. lol!
Kace
Oh...What do you call that moving underground river in the Ozarks that always pushes lots of rocks (and artifacts) to the ground surface like every 3-6 months after the surface has been completely cleaned? It Never Ever Stops.
I know those underground rivers are in other states too...I just can't remember what they are called.
Thanks!
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The Ozark Plateaus Aquifer System
https://pubs.usgs.gov/ha/ha730/ch_f/F-text6.html
Here is a PDF that goes into the technical stuff....
Geohydrology of the
Ozark Plateaus Aquifer System
in Parts of Missouri, Arkansas,
Oklahoma, and Kansas
P.S. The world could not survive if Mini Me had armor.....be grateful for small favors, lol.
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I did not race much. Actually I could not go fast enough. I had to let others drive that had more experience. My brother and I owned a Late Model Stock Racecar. We loved working on it to make it go faster. We had Jack Roush's racers, Hendericks and the Petty racers, they all told us to go home, that we could not compete with them. After we won 7 out of our first 10 races-------they all ate their words. We had 70 less horsepower and old third generation parts while they were running sixth generation parts giving them even more advantage. But our driver was the best until he died of a kidney stone operation at the age of 50. Only a couple years after my brother passed away of a heart attack at the age of 55. They are all racing with Dale Earnhardt Sr. in Heaven now. Mostly teaching the Angels to bump and go very fast.
I wondered a lot about my accident. Where my brother use to sit did have most of the impact and damage. Maybe he did save my life. I really can not say. I only know I felt the calmness after the crash, a calmness that can not be explained. As soon as the crash had stopped. All lights were out as both headlights were gone. I tried opening my driver's side door which opened and to my surprise the dome light came on and my engine was running. I placed it into Park and reach over slowly and turned on the Emergency Flashers. I knew that two tractor trailers were about one half mile behind us. As I opened my door the two tractor trailers were sliding their tires one in each lane coming at my driver's door as I sat across both lanes. Not getting in any hurry at least I did not feel any hurry as there was peace and calmness all around. I stepped out and closed my driver's door. I did not even look at the two tractor trailers that were sliding towards me. I walked over to the grass rather slowly and as I reached the grass, I heard the truck tires had stopped sliding. Then I heard this voice screaming for Help and for someone to help her. I had my sweater on that night with my telephone in the left pocket and my flashlight in my right pocket. I walked over to help this woman that was in panic and screaming for help. I actually had nothing to help her with but I got my flashlight and went to help. She was on her telephone trying to call her mother. I talked to her to calm her down and told her everything was going to be all right. The top of her door had bent over and cut her in the top of her head and she was bleeding all down her face onto her hand and on her telephone. I worked slowly to see if the door would open and it did. She started to get out but I advised her to stay seated until we could find out how bad she was hurt. About that time a local firefighter came running over and took over with her and he asked me turned off my engine. I told him I thought I had turned it off. After that the first reponders took over as they were there in three minutes after the crash. I thought I was safe in the darkness. I was looking for possums and deer eyes. I had slowed looking for them. Little did I expect the darkness of the night come at me. I hit my brake maybe 50 feet before impact but probably did not slow much. I am thankful everything has turned out the way it did. I still have things that wake me in the night of what could have happened and that is my worst problem. I can control the day but the night thoughts are hard to control . They gave me some pills for PTSD but I do not think they work. At least not yet. God Bless.
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Others might disagree and that's okay...but having been through two similar things like yours...I believe in your situation God Gave You Your Brother, Who Became Your Guardian Angel and He Is Always With You...And whether you were a fast Race Car Driver or Not...You developed hand/eye coordination and the ability to see and assess what's in front of you and make split second decisions on what to do. Not everyone has that ability.
The combination of these things saved you. No Doubt.
It's a process to get over traumatic events and it takes time. You will be ok and the great thing about it is you now know, You Are Not Alone in This Life or the Next. Nobody is, just not everyone has the experience like you did to prove it to themselves...For that, You are a blessed man my friend.
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The combination of these things saved you. No Doubt.
It's a process to get over traumatic events and it takes time. You will be ok and the great thing about it is you now know, You Are Not Alone in This Life or the Next. Nobody is, just not everyone has the experience like you did to prove it to themselves...For that, You are a blessed man my friend.
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Thank You!
You're probably right about armor and Joey. A couple days ago I saw him hanging about 15' above the lower level floor. He had his front nails dug into the carpet on the upper level! lol! I reached down and picked him up...He acted like he meant to be hanging there..flicked his tail and walked off like he was 10' tall and bulletproof. HaHa!
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Your PTSD will come later; mine did... STILL have it; you can cope, and still do well. I had it in Montvale when we met; we did OK, anyway... did YOU set that fire in Montvale, after I left...? HA!
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Don't need a fire on a hot day. The smoke was terrible.
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It WAS!
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