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Title: Pensioner tells of car sea plunge
Post by: paulham on May 13, 2009, 07:27:28 pm
A 79-year-old driver has told of the moment his car plunged off a pier into the sea during a visit to South Queensferry to view the Forth bridges.

Robert Wilson, from Accrington in Lancashire, had taken his daughter and two friends to Long Craig Pier when he accidently drove off it on Tuesday.

He told BBC Scotland news website he was doing a three point turn when they shot forward and landed in the sea.

They managed to open the Mondeo's doors in the sea and reach the shore.

(http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/45771000/jpg/_45771006_car.jpg)

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/edinburgh_and_east/8047552.stm (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/edinburgh_and_east/8047552.stm)

Yet more reason for dying young.
Title: Re: Pensioner tells of car sea plunge
Post by: drterror666 on May 14, 2009, 05:22:19 pm
Maybe he should think of a Smart car instead of a Mondeo.
Title: Re: Pensioner tells of car sea plunge
Post by: netbuddy on May 15, 2009, 08:43:22 am
Nearly became a http://www.darwinawards.com/ (http://www.darwinawards.com/) candidate....
Title: Re: Pensioner tells of car sea plunge
Post by: loulou on May 15, 2009, 09:18:10 am
Old people and cars just don't go.
Title: Re: Pensioner tells of car sea plunge
Post by: wjp666 on May 15, 2009, 11:14:59 am
old people and mobility scooters don't go either.
Title: Re: Pensioner tells of car sea plunge
Post by: netbuddy on May 15, 2009, 12:06:08 pm
Old people and TRANSPORT do not mix in general... The old Planes, Trains and Autos syndrome...
Title: Re: Pensioner tells of car sea plunge
Post by: wjp666 on May 15, 2009, 01:53:35 pm
'old people' and 'walking on the pavement' are a bad combination also...
Title: Re: Pensioner tells of car sea plunge
Post by: loulou on May 15, 2009, 02:30:56 pm
old people and escalators doesn't work.
Title: Re: Pensioner tells of car sea plunge
Post by: drterror666 on May 15, 2009, 05:59:28 pm
Old people generally have no place in society!
Title: Re: Pensioner tells of car sea plunge
Post by: netbuddy on May 15, 2009, 09:30:50 pm
OK, so were all agreed then, wheel the old duffers in to a disused quarry and back fill it... Problem solved.
Title: Re: Pensioner tells of car sea plunge
Post by: davidc on May 16, 2009, 12:00:36 am
I was once in a similar situation - though I saved the day.:p

We were in Scotland when I was ten or eleven, and I noticed the car heading towards the loch. "Dad!" I shouted. But no answer - he'd fallen asleep!
So I got the steering wheel, and put my foot on the accelerator so we wouldn't end up having a car behind crashing or something, and drove at the correct speed (think it was 30, but it was years ago so not 100% sure) for that road, looking for a safe place to pull over.

Suddenly my Dad woke up and said "What the bloody hell are you doing?"
"Saving your live, that's what!"
Anyway, realising what had happened, he started driving again and pulled over for a rest.
Title: Re: Pensioner tells of car sea plunge
Post by: loulou on May 16, 2009, 08:38:53 am
amazing
Title: Re: Pensioner tells of car sea plunge
Post by: goldencup on May 16, 2009, 09:20:59 am
Incredible!
Title: Re: Pensioner tells of car sea plunge
Post by: paulham on May 16, 2009, 09:51:39 am
i smell shite (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kh8usVhgBFs#lq-hq)

See that lady? She's yer maw!
Title: Re: Pensioner tells of car sea plunge
Post by: drterror666 on May 16, 2009, 01:30:13 pm
I am the storyteller and my stories must be told.

Jimmy Hill!
Title: Re: Pensioner tells of car sea plunge
Post by: wjp666 on May 16, 2009, 02:13:03 pm
Quote from: davidc on May 16, 2009, 12:00:36 am
"What the bloody hell are you doing?"
"Saving your live (sic), that's what!"

this sounds like a line from some kind of 80's romantic-comedy-action movie.
Title: Re: Pensioner tells of car sea plunge
Post by: loulou on May 16, 2009, 02:13:40 pm
I thought so. Are you a story teller davidc?
Title: Re: Pensioner tells of car sea plunge
Post by: wjp666 on May 16, 2009, 02:24:52 pm
you think his nose might be growing just a tad?
Title: Re: Pensioner tells of car sea plunge
Post by: loulou on May 16, 2009, 03:24:51 pm
I think davidc is a real pinocchio.
Title: Re: Pensioner tells of car sea plunge
Post by: netbuddy on May 16, 2009, 09:16:39 pm
Well, like the oldest one in the book... I want to go like my father, who passed away peacefully while at the wheel and not kicking and screaming like the passengers on his bus as it drove over the edge of the cliff.

:D

Title: Re: Pensioner tells of car sea plunge
Post by: drterror666 on May 17, 2009, 02:16:12 pm
Have you been reading that Bob Monkhouse book again?
Title: Re: Pensioner tells of car sea plunge
Post by: wjp666 on May 23, 2009, 02:17:39 am
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/5/20090522/tod-boy-6-takes-wheel-after-dad-passes-o-870a197.html (http://uk.news.yahoo.com/5/20090522/tod-boy-6-takes-wheel-after-dad-passes-o-870a197.html)

davidc, is this you?
Title: Re: Pensioner tells of car sea plunge
Post by: oldspice on May 23, 2009, 11:56:45 am
He was on the way home from a restaurant, yet he suffered a 'low blood sugar attack'? Must had ordered the fresh air pie, I reckon.
Title: Re: Pensioner tells of car sea plunge
Post by: loulou on May 23, 2009, 01:45:16 pm
davidc are you really Tustin the 6 yr old hero?
Title: Re: Pensioner tells of car sea plunge
Post by: oldspice on May 23, 2009, 03:13:47 pm
What kind of name is Tustin?
Title: Re: Pensioner tells of car sea plunge
Post by: paulham on May 23, 2009, 08:33:20 pm
A name that says we put "T" instead of "J" on the birth certificate because we can't spell?
Title: Re: Pensioner tells of car sea plunge
Post by: goldencup on May 24, 2009, 09:43:13 am
I met a three-year old boy called Buchanan yesterday.  Not one I'd heard of before but for all I know it's in the most popular names list now.
Title: Re: Pensioner tells of car sea plunge
Post by: paulham on May 24, 2009, 10:01:39 am
Oh no! It's one of those surname for forename people that Billy Connolly talks about.
Title: Re: Pensioner tells of car sea plunge
Post by: goldencup on May 24, 2009, 11:45:52 am
Ah, I hadn't heard BC's comments but my hairdresser's children are called Mitchell and Fletcher....
Title: Re: Pensioner tells of car sea plunge
Post by: paulham on May 24, 2009, 01:53:39 pm
It's the "An audience with...." version from the late 80's.
Title: Re: Pensioner tells of car sea plunge
Post by: loulou on May 24, 2009, 02:35:11 pm
Last week I met a man and i asked his name and he said Robson . I asked his first name and he said Robson and i thought he meant his name was Robson Robson until I saw his credit card.
Title: Re: Pensioner tells of car sea plunge
Post by: oldspice on May 24, 2009, 03:50:04 pm
Was it Robson Green? Was it? Oh YUM!
Title: Re: Pensioner tells of car sea plunge
Post by: paulham on May 24, 2009, 04:06:05 pm
Quote from: loulou on May 24, 2009, 02:35:11 pm
Last week I met a man and i asked his name and he said Robson . I asked his first name and he said Robson and i thought he meant his name was Robson Robson until I saw his credit card.

I wouldn't go any further with this "story" if I were you, Lou......

She takes CCs!
Title: Re: Pensioner tells of car sea plunge
Post by: loulou on May 24, 2009, 06:47:55 pm
Obviously he was purchasing from me, but not my body thankfully.
Title: Re: Pensioner tells of car sea plunge
Post by: paulham on May 24, 2009, 07:34:14 pm
 A bit of "E"? ;)
Title: Re: Pensioner tells of car sea plunge
Post by: loulou on May 24, 2009, 09:54:45 pm
E for ebay?