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We had someone stroke out at work last week and he was only 36.....luckily he is recovering ok at the moment.....
Sometimes life just bites you in the ass......
and sometimes life has people like Abdullah to make you remember you are alive......
"we are all born to the same god, and only through our own lives find our different names or leaders. none of these is important. as the one god loves us all if we love him".
My prayers for your friends...hugs to the lovelets.....
cq
My head is spinning just reading this. Some of my cab rides in your city were powered entirely by gravity and sheer luck. One of my guys REALLY almost ran a kid over. Of course, cab rides in my city all require a certain amount of luck and entail much gravity, god-willink.
Sorry about your friend.
And I'm glad that Allah was your driver's copilot.
For a bit there I thouht I was reading a transcript of a wacky Peter Sellers movie. Quite the ride!
I've had similar experiences - the paralysis, the hoping that if you freeze then everything will be alright. One hate having to trust people one doesn't trust.
Nice that he meant well with the Allah stuff, but why do zealots of any religion assume you're interested in hearing their pronouncements? Why not keep their hobbies to themselves? Do I tell all and sundry about home brewing and everything balancing up?
I had an islamic student once, who spent most of his college time browsing fundamentalist web sites. I got on well enough with him, so he did me the honour of showing me the web sites that explain about the umpteen levels of hell. Smiling, he said "the worst level, that's the one that's reserved for you guys." There was no malice in it, he thought he was helping me. It didn't help.
Glad you survived to look after the lets and this underpants.
PS hope your friend soon feels able to appreciate the nurses.
PPS - well done finishing the meme (more or less)
thankfully all of my cab rides have included nothing more dangerous that some serious kissing!
*~*prayers to your friend*~*
prayers to your friend. So young! Wow.
What a cab ride, glad you made it home though! 
Girl! So glad you made it through that drive! Yikes!!!! I had a taxi driver like that in New York City once. Scared the crap outta me!
Mama, jesus mary and joseph as my gram used to say when such things happened to her. I was once trapped in a taxi in NYC by a young arab who didn't know 5th from 6th on our way to MOMA. Inshallal we actually did get there, but not before I demanded that he stop in the middle of the intersection while I asked a cabbie next to us to tell Ahab which way to go. He did tell him and then some and rolled his eyes as if I should know better than to get in a cab with a non-English speaking driver.
I'm also sorry for your friend's husband. Out of it something good will come to be, Inshallah.
What a scary & hairy trip! Thanks be to Allah that you ARE alive and were not harmed by this looneys poor driving! As I say all the time---OY!
sounds like you had a very crazed ride there ... glad you and your preciously cute booty came out of it all safe ... *smooches*
great story--reminds me of the taxi driver who wasn't particularly religious and got to heaven to find he had the best place up there. This upset many of the religious--the pope, Billy Graham, etc--and they went to St. Peter to ask them why. Peter said, "That's easy, he brought more folks into the faith than you. When you preached, everyone slept, when he drove, everyone prayed."
Sorry to hear about your friend's husband. 37 is young for a heart attack. He'll be in my prayers.
Bless your heart it was the ride from hell. Yes I think I am in one of those "thinking about mortality days" myself!
my prayers for your friends..
my laughter for your story...
my thanks for all the yoga poses your doing to help me get a job...
kisses and love to you and the lets...
tell them there will be new UGA pics soon...they mustn't miss her.
Wonderful story. I hope you've submitted it to the magazine.
The grim reaper! A bit grim at that boy's age. The taxi ride sounded like good clean fun though! Hotboy
Worrisome about your friend. Make him take it easy.
I also know the Turkish taxis, and have had my own share of exciting rides, often withg people who only have a slight idea about the route.
Once, with a friend, we set up a sat nav in the back of the cab to assist our journey, with me holdiing the blibby bit out of the window.
Actually, it didnt work to well, bec ause the cab finally broke down on the bridge by Otakoy and we literally had an armed soldier stop another cab for us.
Joy,
rashbre
My heart goes out to your friend. I hope he is getting better soon!
I am so happy that you survived the hellish... eh... devine taxi ride. I once had a guy here in Hong Kong who nearly fell asleep while driving. I didn't get out either...
what a ride! and yes, life is fleating. i hope your friend recovers quickly and wholey.
ohhh...that would be my nightmare!!! i'm a nervous passenger even with a good driver. my good friend who's a young mother of 2 just got diagnosed with cancer and i relate to those feelings. it makes you think about your own mortality. i try not to worry about what happens and think that when it's time, it's time, and there's nothing i can do about it.- like ecclesiastes. just live each day with purpose and meaning.
Amen. I too didn't realize how important it was for me to live until I had kids.
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