Miranda Cosgrove Bus Crash

[rv_safetyman]

Here is one link:

http://www.tmz.com/2011/08/11/miranda-cosgrove-icarly-nickelodeon-accident-tour-bus-fayette-county-illinois-collide-crash-vandalia-truck/

We just saw in on our local TV, as she was schedule for a concert in Vail this weekend (our young granddaughters had tickets).

It was interesting the Miranda gave credit to the bus driver for not swerving and the possible terrible consequences.

Jim

[boxcarOkie]

Interesting choice, hit the brakes and take your chances?  Have you noticed this new practice of putting links in an article and when you click on it (expecting more information on the story) they try to sell you something? 

Man, that is getting old fast.

BCO

[luvrbus]

? who in the hell is Miranda Cosgrove

good luck

[demodriver]

? who in the hell is Miranda Cosgrove

good luck

x2

Looked like she HAD a nice bus.

[demodriver]

Interesting choice, hit the brakes and take your chances?  Have you noticed this new practice of putting links in an article and when you click on it (expecting more information on the story) they try to sell you something? 

Man, that is getting old fast.

BCO

You need pop up blocker or something.  I didnt get anything but the article.

[boxcarOkie]

Interesting choice, hit the brakes and take your chances?  Have you noticed this new practice of putting links in an article and when you click on it (expecting more information on the story) they try to sell you something?  

Man, that is getting old fast.

BCO

You need pop up blocker or something.  I didnt get anything but the article.

If you notice Jim Sheppard said "here is one link" at the beginning.  The thing was loaded with links.

First link was here:  if it weren't for her bus driver's quick thinking this morning, she'd be dead right now. (http://www.tmz.com)

Second link:  it encountered an overturned semi (linked to the TMZ story itself)

Third link:  On the road (http://www.searchexplorer.com)

Fourth link:  Semi Truck (http://www.totallyproducts.com)

Fifth link:  in a lot of pain (http://www.blinkx.com)

I don't need a pop up blocker.  There is also a difference between a "pop up" and a link.

Like I said, "they are loading them up with non related crap" not just these people, but all over the net.

Have a good one ......

BCO

[John316]

? who in the hell is Miranda Cosgrove

good luck

I had no idea, Clifford, until I wikid her. Here you go http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miranda_Cosgrove

Btw, I hope that link fits BCO's idea of what a link should be . Sorry, BCO, but you lost me on your link theory lol. Jim's link worked for me.

John

[boxcarOkie]

? who in the hell is Miranda Cosgrove

good luck

I had no idea, Clifford, until I wikid her. Here you go http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miranda_Cosgrove

Btw, I hope that link fits BCO's idea of what a link should be . Sorry, BCO, but you lost me on your link theory lol. Jim's link worked for me.

John

His link worked for me too.  I was just commenting on "non related links in the body of the article" but somehow no one else see's it.  

For what it is worth.  It aint a "theory" (the links are there) in the main body of the Cosgrove article.  If you hold your cursor over them, they become a "pop up" (infolink) and when you "click on them" they become an actual link and take you to the unrelated site. 

I know the difference.  

It could be my browser, I am using the latest version of Firefox and I don't have that Microsoft crap, that might be it. I dunno.  I also have it set up to "block pop ups" and it seems to be doing the job.  

All of it was just an observation.  Aint no big thang one way or the other.  It sure aint worth arguing over, I don't need to be right ... all I need to be is happy.  Y'all hash it out amongst yourselves.

Later,

BCO

[luvrbus]

Thanks John guess I need to get out more never heard of those shows either lol .
I get all kinds of popups on the Dell and FireFox with Jim's link none on the Apple strange thanks for the advice on the Apple PC I love that PC only problem I have is Sonja won't part with it says it's hers lol 10 hrs on a battery charge is unbelievable this Dell 1 hr is about it 

good luck  

[boxcarOkie]

Thanks John guess I need to get out more never heard of those shows either lol .
I get all kinds of popups on the Dell and FireFox with Jim's link none on the Apple strange thanks for the advice on the Apple PC I love that PC only problem I have is Sonja won't part with it says it's hers lol 10 hrs on a battery charge is unbelievable this Dell 1 hr is about it 

good luck  

We must be getting to be old geezers Clifford, at first I thought it was Miranda Lambert ('cause I is a twanger) and I researched her and even after reading all of it, still drew a blank.

See you in a couple of weeks.

BCO

[rv_safetyman]

If you guys had 6 and 8 year old granddaughters you would know

When we go to their house there is no question - we will be watching iCarley.  Not all that bad of a show.  We enjoy it, because she is the twin of our oldest granddaughter.

There are pages of links on the bus crash if you do a Google search.  I tried to find a better picture of the bus.  When we saw it on TV it looked pretty crushed in the front.  The driver survived.  Some articles say he is OK and some suggest he is hurt quite a bit.

We went over this in another thread.  The comments were split pretty even on whether to hit another vehicle straight on, or try to swerve and risk some pretty bad consequences.  My vote is to try not to swerve.  Easy to say, but not sure how I would react.  I try to run the scenarios through my head as I drive down the long lonely highways.

Jim

[luvrbus]

I have a 6 and a 5 year grand daughters here Jim never paid any attention to what they watch their mom is the programer but I am going to ask Shayna who she is, see what you have done now I am asking a 6 year old  lol

good luck

[rv_safetyman]

Clifford, you will be surprised what you can learn from your grandkids

When our daughter had her cancer surgery, we spent a lot of time with the granddaughters.  They are allowed to watch a limited amount of TV but when we were there, they conned us into a bit extra.  Some of their shows are pretty irritating but others are not so bad.  I could handle iCarley pretty well.

I can't imagine driving in the dark and coming upon an overturned truck in my lane.  I tried again to find a picture of the front of the bus and the condition of the bus driver.  Not much out there.  Here is about the best details that I can find:

Illinois State police reports say that he 18-year-old iCarly star and her entourage were en route to Wichita, Kansas for a show when their bus smashed into a tractor-trailer that had overturned on the road, blocking one of its lanes.

Cosgrove, her mother, several other passengers, the bus driver, the driver of the tractor-trailer and two pedestrians who had stopped to help were taken to a hospital following the crash, the reports said.

Jim

[belfert]

It took me a few minutes to figure out what the heck BCO was even talking about as far as the links.  I'm so used to ignoring that type of advertising I didn't even notice it.

Websites all over are doing this sort of keyword advertising now.  A lot of discussion forums do it to help pay for their forum.  RV.net had it, but I went there today and noticed it is gone now.  The links have a double underline instead of a single underline to indicate they are advertising and not a normal link.

[boxcarOkie]

It took me a few minutes to figure out what the heck BCO was even talking about as far as the links.  I'm so used to ignoring that type of advertising I didn't even notice it.

Websites all over are doing this sort of keyword advertising now.  A lot of discussion forums do it to help pay for their forum.  RV.net had it, but I went there today and noticed it is gone now.  The links have a double underline instead of a single underline to indicate they are advertising and not a normal link.

Bingo!  And there it is.  Finally someone see's it for what it was.

Thanks Belfert.

BCO