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My brother (old 2 soon) came up from Missouri and we went on several cruises. I live near Cary Il. and one morning we planned to go to IKEA in Shamburg for breakfast and to look at sheepskins.
When I got on the Valk , I had this feeling of impending doom. Not the first time. We went to IKEA , had food and lots of free coffee, got our sheepskins. We then left to go to the war Memorial in Marsalles Il. As we were going to get on the superslab (toll way), a cage made a left turn in front of me that was so close I could not believe I did not get hit. I locked them up (darkside) and managed to miss him (them, it .a$$$$$$) It happened so fast that I could not even guesture to them. After this I had a feeling of calm and the rest of the day would go well. It did. Except for the heat in the construction areas ( all of Illinois) it was a good 200 miles. da prez
Has anyone else felt like this before a ride?
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« Reply #1 on: July 19, 2011, 07:07:22 AM » |
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« Reply #2 on: July 19, 2011, 07:13:45 AM » |
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I had a real hard feeling of discomfort leaving a restaraunt once.
Something said make two right turns. Usually a left outta the parking lot and on the way home. The car behind me made a left and got creamed by a DD. I always listen to that voice. (Not elvis btw).
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« Reply #3 on: July 19, 2011, 07:16:03 AM » |
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There are times when I have dreams the night before a "Mystery Ride" or a "Poker Run", and dream of a intersection or stretch of road. During these rides I always see these roads/scenes in my previous nights dreams.
It happens all the time.
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« Reply #4 on: July 19, 2011, 08:01:22 AM » |
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You HAVE to listen to that "little" voice.
I'll Be ridng and out of nowhere my little voice whispers "I haven't seen any deer today". This is a sign to roll off the throttle and 75% of the time within a couple of minutes deer will cross the road ahead of me. Sometimes this is accompanied by a really strong feeling that something bad is going to happen.
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My little voice whispers "I haven't seen any grave in the road today". I expect gravel in every bend so when I hear these words it really makes me sit up and take notice.
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My little voice whispers "I haven't seen any cops today".
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« Reply #5 on: July 19, 2011, 08:28:34 AM » |
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When I got on the Valk , I had this feeling of impending doom. If it were a true premonition you would've had a feeling of an impending near miss.
Our minds and memories play tricks on us regularly. We have lots of uneasy feelings that we quickly forget, but when something happens we subconsciously shuffle back through our memories and find one of those uneasy moments and exclaim, "That's it! I knew it was going to happen." Sometimes our minds are so clever as to plant in our memories a thought that actually wasn't there until the moment of our related experience.
There have been experiments done with children in which an adult plants a memory in the child's mind contrary to the recorded past. Now and then we're all children.
I have a little voice. Most often it says, "Ride. I don't know and you don't know all that's going to happen, but ride anyway."
If your little voice is telling you it knows the future my opinion is you're blowing smoke up your own skirt.
But keep on listening to your little voice and when you think it was right you'll take note. When it was wrong you'll either quickly forget or never know.
If you really think the little voice knows, take it to the blackjack table. That's where it can really help you out. 
P.S. I'm glad you (You in the singular now. I've been using it in the ambiguous plural.) were able to avoid the collision. Kudos for being alert enough to react properly.  |
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« Reply #6 on: July 19, 2011, 08:41:02 AM » |
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My brother (old 2 soon) came up from Missouri and we went on several cruises. I live near Cary Il. and one morning we planned to go to IKEA in Shamburg for breakfast and to look at sheepskins.
When I got on the Valk , I had this feeling of impending doom. Not the first time. We went to IKEA , had food and lots of free coffee, got our sheepskins. We then left to go to the war Memorial in Marsalles Il. As we were going to get on the superslab (toll way), a cage made a left turn in front of me that was so close I could not believe I did not get hit. I locked them up (darkside) and managed to miss him (them, it .a$$$$$$) It happened so fast that I could not even guesture to them. After this I had a feeling of calm and the rest of the day would go well. It did. Except for the heat in the construction areas ( all of Illinois) it was a good 200 miles. da prez
Has anyone else felt like this before a ride?
I have felt the impending doom feeling before a ride........I usually forget about it about 10 seconds after the engine comes to life. I think our feelings mislead us more than not, but sometimes we do get insight to warn us. I feel as a Christian it is one of the ways God speaks to us, thats just me, but there are hundreds of cases where people have listened to or been infuenced by those litte "voices" and they have proved helpful. I get pulled out on so many times I wouldnt put that into the category of impending doom. I just expect it. And so should you (all of us) |
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« Reply #7 on: July 19, 2011, 09:15:10 AM » |
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When I got on the Valk , I had this feeling of impending doom. If your little voice is telling you it knows the future my opinion is you're blowing smoke up your own skirt. Only when I'm wearing plaid |
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« Reply #8 on: July 19, 2011, 09:23:56 AM » |
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When I got on the Valk , I had this feeling of impending doom. If it were a true premonition you would've had a feeling of an impending near miss.
Our minds and memories play tricks on us regularly. We have lots of uneasy feelings that we quickly forget, but when something happens we subconsciously shuffle back through our memories and find one of those uneasy moments and exclaim, "That's it! I knew it was going to happen." Sometimes our minds are so clever as to plant in our memories a thought that actually wasn't there until the moment of our related experience.
There have been experiments done with children in which an adult plants a memory in the child's mind contrary to the recorded past. Now and then we're all children.
I have a little voice. Most often it says, "Ride. I don't know and you don't know all that's going to happen, but ride anyway."
If your little voice is telling you it knows the future my opinion is you're blowing smoke up your own skirt.
But keep on listening to your little voice and when you think it was right you'll take note. When it was wrong you'll either quickly forget or never know.
If you really think the little voice knows, take it to the blackjack table. That's where it can really help you out.
P.S. I'm glad you (You in the singular now. I've been using it in the ambiguous plural.) were able to avoid the collision. Kudos for being alert enough to react properly. I *knew* you were going to say that...I had a feeling... (my little voice is not so little and especially persistent) |
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« Reply #9 on: July 19, 2011, 09:46:16 AM » |
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It wasn't a little voice in my head but the little voice in someone else's head. She saw me by myself on the side of the road when the throttle cable broke on my Wing. This very nice Christian lady turned around and said " a little voice told me to turn around ". She ended up letting me keep my bike in her garage and gave us the code and had us open and close the garage door to make sure we could get it open the next day. Then proceeded to take me home about 20 miles. She also wouldn't take any money for gas. The next day my husband spent many hours waiting for the tow truck and had the bike loaded and taken to Nick's Powersports for repair. Oh yeah this very nice lady and I well, we share the same first name. Luck don't think so . . .  |
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« Reply #10 on: July 19, 2011, 09:49:47 AM » |
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« Reply #12 on: July 19, 2011, 10:45:02 AM » |
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If it were a true premonition you would've had a feeling of an impending near miss.
I have always been confused about this term 'near miss'. People use it when they almost hit something, but wouldn't that be a near hit? A 'near miss' to me is 'I nearly missed it but I hit it'. Brian |
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« Reply #13 on: July 19, 2011, 10:45:26 AM » |
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Only when I'm wearing plaid Aye but a Scottish gentleman would, on occasion, wear a tartan kilt in the proper manner.  Marty |
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« Reply #14 on: July 19, 2011, 11:06:25 AM » |
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I had such a sense of deja vu as I was reading that and then I realized I was reading it for the second time. 
Wow! Me too! (Just like the last time!) Heh...yeah...it was just being a smart ass...you will note, I expect, that it waited till I was long-married before it did that particular feat...  |
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« Reply #15 on: July 19, 2011, 11:06:35 AM » |
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I have the voice. I have learned to listen. whether or not it's Willow's version or not, I do not know, but I know that I will change my route, or get off the bike entirely on occasion when it starts talking.
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« Reply #16 on: July 19, 2011, 11:35:11 AM » |
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Murphys law .When you are approaching a blind curve in the forest be careful there is an semi truck coming.It has happened so many times I cannot count.
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« Reply #17 on: July 19, 2011, 11:35:33 AM » |
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I often hear voices, too.  It seems like just the other day, the voice of my neighbor's dog told me to go out and burn my non-plaid underwear... ???  |
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« Reply #18 on: July 19, 2011, 01:11:03 PM » |
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Murphys law .When you are approaching a blind curve in the forest be careful there is an semi truck coming.It has happened so many times I cannot count.
Yep, I've had a fire truck coming on my side of the road over a blind hill I've had an ambulance coming on my side of the road I've had an EMT vehicle coming on my side of the road on a dirt road I've had a cop car with lights, no siren coming on my side of the road around a blind uphill bend. I've had a herd of cows in the road. The buggers were black and white and it was at night. I zipped through the herd without a scratch. I've had 2 white horses in the road over a blind hill at night I've had 6 kerosene workmens lamps in the road over a blind hill at nght Too many dump trucks hauling dirt, coal, gravel wood chips, sawdust, blacktop etc etc etc etc etc etc etc etc etc |
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« Reply #19 on: July 19, 2011, 01:25:04 PM » |
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Voices inside my head.....makes me think of a poem.... Roses are red, violets are blue I'm schizophrenic and so am I. |
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« Reply #20 on: July 20, 2011, 08:11:36 PM » |
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Yep. First time at Deals Gap. Was so uncomfortable/worried/sure of a crash that my son and I pulled over in one of the gravel patches there. As I'm telling him what's wrong, a pickup pulling an old fishing boat we would have met head-on comes all the way across the double yellow and barely into the same gravel patch we had stopped on as it went on down the mountain.
After that I felt great and all was good.
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« Reply #21 on: July 20, 2011, 11:18:00 PM » |
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Aye but a Scottish gentleman would, on occasion, wear a tartan kilt in the proper manner. Marty But - not whilst riding the scooter. Trust me on that. Unless you have a really heavy sporran. And not pointed toward the ladies choir when dismounting... I have also known wicker chairs to cause issues with "Properly Regimented Kilt wearers". But that is another story altogether.  |
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« Reply #22 on: July 21, 2011, 05:35:49 AM » |
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There are times when I know something is wrong but can't quite put my finger on it. It isn't necessarily deja vu. I don't bother questioning why, I'm just more cautious and pay attention.
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« Reply #23 on: July 21, 2011, 09:20:15 AM » |
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I have the voice. I have learned to listen. whether or not it's Willow's version or not, I do not know, but I know that I will change my route, or get off the bike entirely on occasion when it starts talking.
Jabba
I have had days when I got out, suited up, put the key in and thought " it just doesn't feel right" Unsuited pulled key drove truck. Can not say it has ever saved my life but I would feel really stupid laying in a hospital thinking I should have taken the truck today. I also trust those feelings. Maybe it was the extra time it took to get rerigged or what ever but I trust my intuition almost as much as I trust my reflexes. Deer. In my neck o the woods it is 999 to 1. If you are alert and understand deer you can miss 999 of them but, there is 1 more that will be completely unavoidable. Just flat out lick of the draw. I had one appear 6" from my hood one day and another time I had one run into the the side of my Nomad. Try avoiding that. |
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« Reply #24 on: July 21, 2011, 11:15:51 AM » |
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Murphys law .When you are approaching a blind curve in the forest be careful there is an semi truck coming.It has happened so many times I cannot count.
Yep, I've had a fire truck coming on my side of the road over a blind hill I've had an ambulance coming on my side of the road I've had an EMT vehicle coming on my side of the road on a dirt road I've had a cop car with lights, no siren coming on my side of the road around a blind uphill bend. I've had a herd of cows in the road. The buggers were black and white and it was at night. I zipped through the herd without a scratch. I've had 2 white horses in the road over a blind hill at night I've had 6 kerosene workmens lamps in the road over a blind hill at nght Too many dump trucks hauling dirt, coal, gravel wood chips, sawdust, blacktop etc etc etc etc etc etc etc etc etc you driving on the wrong side of the road again?? |
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