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- Justin Harris was a student at the University of
Montana in 1989 when he put some coins in a soft
drink vending machine. The vending machine refused
to cooperate and gave him neither a drink nor his
money back. Harris got frustrated and began to rock
the machine back and forth, hoping to force the
machine to cough up. Instead, the machine toppled
over on him, trapping him beneath. He was pinned
under the machine for over an hour before being
discovered. It took several people to lift the
machine off him. Afterwards, he spent the rest of
the day at the local hospital being treated for
minor injuries.
- When David Pearson was running in the Rebel 500 at
the Darlington Raceway, he pulled off for a pit
stop. His crew went about the business of changing
all four of his tires, but Pearson didn't notice
what they were doing because he kept his eyes
riveted on the leader of the race who was also in
for a pit stop. Pearson was under the mistaken
impression that the crew was replacing the right
tires only. They loosened the left tires as they
were tightening the right tires. When Pearson gunned
his engine and started to pull out, a crew member
yelled, "Whoa!" but Pearson thought he
said, "GO!" Fifty yards later, both left
wheels left the car and went bouncing down the
track.
- Joe Bonadona lived in Chicago and dreamed of the
day when he could go fishing for tarpon and snook in
Costa Rica. He spent an entire winter making the six
hand-crafted fishing rods he planned to use. Finally
the day arrived. He carefully packed his beautiful
rods and boarded a plane, headed for a fishing camp
in Costa Rica. When he arrived, Bonadona unpacked
the rods, rigged them for fishing, and took all six
of them into the fishing lodge. He didn't know about
the low-hanging ceiling fan just inside the door.
Before he knew what hit him, all six of his fine
fishing rods were sliced in two.
- In 1983 John Gosson of Syracuse, New York, decided
to go buy a car. He stuffed $7,500 in bills into his
leather jacket and hopped onto his motorcycle.
Unbeknownst to him, the cash flew out of his pockets
one bill at a time. By the time he arrived at the
car lot, he had only $3,240 left. A month later
Gosson got a postcard in the mail from San Francisco
which said, "The weather's great. It took me a
while to find out who to thank for this great
vacation...It was like seventh heaven picking and
gathering loose bills on the highway. Having a great
time. Sincerely, Thankful."
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