Originally Posted by
jeffpoulin
.... So he missed me by around 0.01 to 0.03 seconds! I couldn't believe my luck, nor could I get the thought of almost being hit out of my mind. .....
In another thread I mentioned that the difference between "whew, that was close" and death is a matter of millimeters and microseconds. I know this first hand, and have have seen both sides of that calculation.
Obviously we don't want to go through life counting on luck alone and drawing to inside straights. However we need to understand that even four aces can be a losing hand.