SkyHog
Touchdown! Greaser!
- Joined
- Feb 23, 2005
- Messages
- 18,431
- Location
- Castle Rock, CO
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Display name:
Everything Offends Me
Worst for me:
Climbed into my race car, strapped in tight, put on the helmet, and reached for my SFI gloves...black widow drops from the roof hatch onto my hand. I panic and jerk my hand back, launching the spider down my firesuit.
I got a real good test for emergency egress from a burning car right then. Found the guy squished and dead against my back, with spider slimies all throughout my back hair.
Nothing worse than being trapped in place while a spider plans to make a meal of your life.
Now I spray my race car with insecticide periodically.
edit: If you've never had to ditch a 5 point harness without the camlock buckle, you can just imagine having to manually un-latch each of the 5 points one by one at the same time as trying to grab the roll bar, flip up the roof hatch and launch yourself out of the car. Not fun.
Climbed into my race car, strapped in tight, put on the helmet, and reached for my SFI gloves...black widow drops from the roof hatch onto my hand. I panic and jerk my hand back, launching the spider down my firesuit.
I got a real good test for emergency egress from a burning car right then. Found the guy squished and dead against my back, with spider slimies all throughout my back hair.
Nothing worse than being trapped in place while a spider plans to make a meal of your life.
Now I spray my race car with insecticide periodically.
edit: If you've never had to ditch a 5 point harness without the camlock buckle, you can just imagine having to manually un-latch each of the 5 points one by one at the same time as trying to grab the roll bar, flip up the roof hatch and launch yourself out of the car. Not fun.