Death: Have you ever "missed it by that much"?

[LSLGuy]

My post in a 2010 thread on topic:

Close Calls

Hmm, where to begin … Age 6-ish: Rode my bike off the curb right in front of a car. Ended up knocked down and under the bumper/radiator, but not all the way under the engine or wheels. Cars had a lot more ground clearance at the front in the old days. Age 15-ish: Riding my bike facing oncoming traffic, some car turned right in front of me and ended up crushing my front tire under his right front tire. I was pinned under my bike, but probably would not have ended up under hs car had he kept g…

And a 2009 thread:

Have you had something happen that should've hurt you...

… but didn’t? Just today, I was doing a service call for a wireless internet customer. I had just replaced a small tripod with a taller one, and was coming off the roof. I was just transfering my weight off my left foot (on the roof) to my right (on the ladder), when the bottom of the ladder suddenly slid out from under me. Now, the ladder was sitting on the customer’s deck, so the edge of the roof was about 8 feet up. Anyways, ladder went straight down, as did I. I landed on my feet and ass, …