Creating stars in laboratories on the very planets you inhabit turns out to be a bad idea. - James Nicoll

Before it exploded one night, I went to a four grade, two room schoolhouse and we had textbooks from the 1940s.

My grandfather for example only died twice, once during the war and once in the 1980s.

I find this varies considerably from near-death experience to near-death experience. For example, having a wandering loonie break down the door of my game store to look for women was so funny the entire concussion and pools of blood thing was a minor footnote. Being sucked out into the Atlantic by an undertow was deeply irritating. Having a snowba[n]k collapse on me was alarming because of the claustrophobia issue. The car wreck was over almost before I had time to realise what was happening.