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<blockquote data-quote="Tourmax" data-source="post: 208556" data-attributes="member: 5304"><p>I can’t believe yesterday happened. Allow me to explain:</p><p></p><p>i was on my way to ctc to return some lawn mower blades. New minas is arranged with three lanes: left right and a center turning lane. I pull up to a red light, about 3-4 cars back. I see some guy in a honda pull out into the turning lane, drive up to the intersection and put his right turn signal on to come over into the lane.</p><p></p><p>The light changes and traffic starts moving. Buddy immediately starts to come over, even turning towards the first car thats right beside him.</p><p></p><p>First car goes, then the second car goes. Buddy is still pushing into the lane. The third car goes and then I start moving. I look at my mirror and theres no one behind me, so I go around the honda (has a good part of his front bumper in the lane) and think nothing more of it.</p><p></p><p>About 300m down the lane, I check my mirror. Buddy is behind me and he’s loosing his biscuit! Obscene gestures, yelling, mouthing obscenities, etc. I’m completely baffled. I stare at him through my outside mirror and he starts pointing and doing his foolishness towards my mirror. I’m guessing he sees me looking in it.</p><p></p><p>Well, I’ve done nothing to him that I can see other than driving past him while he was wanting to merge. So I just ignore it all and keep driving. His problem is whatever it is and as far as I’m concerned, not worth any more of my time.</p><p></p><p>I turn into the ctc parking lot and get out of my truck. Suddenly, the honda comes to a screeching halt behind my truck, blocking me in. Buddy jumps out, gets in my face and starts screaming....something. Its close to an unintelligible string of profanities.</p><p></p><p>Now, honestly, I’m not even really hearing what he’s saying at this point. I just want to defuse and leave. I probably made a few “what the eff is wrong with you” comments. But I can’t even recall exact words. I was just baffled at what was going down. I have no idea what is wrong with this idiot, what he’s going on about and what he might do. My mind is to just get away from the whole mess..</p><p></p><p>So, I’m not a “huge” guy, but I’m not a small guy either. Best description is I’m square and “boxy”. Playing hockey, guys used to eventually just stop trying to hit me. The comment usually associated with someone trying to check me into the boards was “it’s like hitting a tree stump, he.just doesn’t move”. So I decide I’m just going to push by him and leave. So I move forward and basically shoulder him out of the way. Nothing overly violent, I just start walking and bump him out of my way.</p><p></p><p>Then everything just goes sideways.</p><p></p><p>I feel a hand drop on to my left shoulder and it yanks me around.</p><p></p><p>Now, I’m pretty broken up and fragile after flying sar for 30 years. My back immediately hurts from the forced rotation and my neck starts screaming. I start to worry Ii’m going to collapse on the ground right there.</p><p></p><p>As I’m being pulled around, I catch out of the corner of my eye this guys fist coming for my head.</p><p></p><p>What.</p><p></p><p>The.</p><p></p><p>Eff?</p><p></p><p>My mind shifts into “operator mode” and just shuts off all the body pain signals. At this point, I’m just reacting to what I see. I drop low and buddy’s fist hits nothing but air. My right fist comes up and hits him under the left jaw in an uppercut motion. Becuase I was crouched, the punch has my entire body behind it, right down to my legs pushing me back up.</p><p></p><p>I can’t be sure if buddy just went over back wards or if his feet came up off the ground, but he went up and over, smashing his back and whacking his head on the pavement. He’s not unconscious, but he’s not really capable of doing anything except look stunned.</p><p></p><p>a couple guys walk over and tell me they saw the whole thing. Self defense and they give me their phone numbers. I just want away, so I give them a quick thanks and walk into ctc.</p><p></p><p>when I come back out, everyone is gone. I walk around my truck to check it over, get in and go home.</p><p></p><p>Its the next day now and I still can’t believe that happened. I keep running it over in my head and theres just nothing I can see that would have caused that. All I can figure is the guy road raged because he had to wait to merge, maybe he just lost his job, maybe he’s gone covid lockdown crazy....whatever.</p><p></p><p>I still can’t believe I’m 54 and had to punch a guy. Buddy looked to be somewhere in his 40’s. Grown men don’t do this type of thing. I’m still in shock I think.</p><p></p><p>now my hand hurts, my back and neck are locked up, I need my cane to walk around the house.</p><p></p><p>I’m just gobsmacked. What the heck is wrong with this world? How far will we come apart before we realize this type of BS is just not acceptable behavior? Even more bizarre is this was a full grown man, looking like he was in his 40’s. If it was a stupid kid thing, I could understand it a bit more, but his was a full grown mature (supposedly) man. <strong><em><u>MEN</u></em></strong> just don’t do this kind of crap.</p><p></p><p>My wife and friends keep bugging me to report it to the RCMP. Me? Its over. I just want to put it behind me....</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tourmax, post: 208556, member: 5304"] I can’t believe yesterday happened. Allow me to explain: i was on my way to ctc to return some lawn mower blades. New minas is arranged with three lanes: left right and a center turning lane. I pull up to a red light, about 3-4 cars back. I see some guy in a honda pull out into the turning lane, drive up to the intersection and put his right turn signal on to come over into the lane. The light changes and traffic starts moving. Buddy immediately starts to come over, even turning towards the first car thats right beside him. First car goes, then the second car goes. Buddy is still pushing into the lane. The third car goes and then I start moving. I look at my mirror and theres no one behind me, so I go around the honda (has a good part of his front bumper in the lane) and think nothing more of it. About 300m down the lane, I check my mirror. Buddy is behind me and he’s loosing his biscuit! Obscene gestures, yelling, mouthing obscenities, etc. I’m completely baffled. I stare at him through my outside mirror and he starts pointing and doing his foolishness towards my mirror. I’m guessing he sees me looking in it. Well, I’ve done nothing to him that I can see other than driving past him while he was wanting to merge. So I just ignore it all and keep driving. His problem is whatever it is and as far as I’m concerned, not worth any more of my time. I turn into the ctc parking lot and get out of my truck. Suddenly, the honda comes to a screeching halt behind my truck, blocking me in. Buddy jumps out, gets in my face and starts screaming....something. Its close to an unintelligible string of profanities. Now, honestly, I’m not even really hearing what he’s saying at this point. I just want to defuse and leave. I probably made a few “what the eff is wrong with you” comments. But I can’t even recall exact words. I was just baffled at what was going down. I have no idea what is wrong with this idiot, what he’s going on about and what he might do. My mind is to just get away from the whole mess.. So, I’m not a “huge” guy, but I’m not a small guy either. Best description is I’m square and “boxy”. Playing hockey, guys used to eventually just stop trying to hit me. The comment usually associated with someone trying to check me into the boards was “it’s like hitting a tree stump, he.just doesn’t move”. So I decide I’m just going to push by him and leave. So I move forward and basically shoulder him out of the way. Nothing overly violent, I just start walking and bump him out of my way. Then everything just goes sideways. I feel a hand drop on to my left shoulder and it yanks me around. Now, I’m pretty broken up and fragile after flying sar for 30 years. My back immediately hurts from the forced rotation and my neck starts screaming. I start to worry Ii’m going to collapse on the ground right there. As I’m being pulled around, I catch out of the corner of my eye this guys fist coming for my head. What. The. Eff? My mind shifts into “operator mode” and just shuts off all the body pain signals. At this point, I’m just reacting to what I see. I drop low and buddy’s fist hits nothing but air. My right fist comes up and hits him under the left jaw in an uppercut motion. Becuase I was crouched, the punch has my entire body behind it, right down to my legs pushing me back up. I can’t be sure if buddy just went over back wards or if his feet came up off the ground, but he went up and over, smashing his back and whacking his head on the pavement. He’s not unconscious, but he’s not really capable of doing anything except look stunned. a couple guys walk over and tell me they saw the whole thing. Self defense and they give me their phone numbers. I just want away, so I give them a quick thanks and walk into ctc. when I come back out, everyone is gone. I walk around my truck to check it over, get in and go home. Its the next day now and I still can’t believe that happened. I keep running it over in my head and theres just nothing I can see that would have caused that. All I can figure is the guy road raged because he had to wait to merge, maybe he just lost his job, maybe he’s gone covid lockdown crazy....whatever. I still can’t believe I’m 54 and had to punch a guy. Buddy looked to be somewhere in his 40’s. Grown men don’t do this type of thing. I’m still in shock I think. now my hand hurts, my back and neck are locked up, I need my cane to walk around the house. I’m just gobsmacked. What the heck is wrong with this world? How far will we come apart before we realize this type of BS is just not acceptable behavior? Even more bizarre is this was a full grown man, looking like he was in his 40’s. If it was a stupid kid thing, I could understand it a bit more, but his was a full grown mature (supposedly) man. [B][I][U]MEN[/U][/I][/B] just don’t do this kind of crap. My wife and friends keep bugging me to report it to the RCMP. Me? Its over. I just want to put it behind me.... [/QUOTE]
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