I'm with your Father-in-law on this one. During my Pathology
Residency, we would come into the hospital on Sunday mornings to "gross
in" surgical specimens that had accumulated over the weekend. Most
consisted of things removed from a "hot" abdomen i.e. appendices,
gallbladders, perforated bowel, etc. On one particular Sunday, mixed in
with the usual small things, was a "His & Her" pair of legs
traumatically amputated mid-thigh. Tufts of grass and dirt clung to the
broken femoral shafts. Seems the couple and their cycle had a rendezvous
with a power pole guy wire at a high rate of speed. By some miracle they
both survived the accident. Prior to this I had ridden on the back of a
cycle a few times, but after this never again.
Charlie (apologizing in advance for too much information)
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From: olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of James Royall
Sent: Monday, October 09, 2006 5:46 PM
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [OM] Re: Totaly off topic
My wife's dad used to be an orthopaedic surgeon. The only thing he
asked of her as a teenager was to never, ever get on a motorbike. Be
safe out there.
James
Who has been on the back of an 1000 cc bike in the south of France
and loved it so much he never got on a motorbike again.
On 9 Oct 2006, at 07:06, Rob Harrison wrote:
> I started riding when I was 43--late enough to be conscious of my
> mortality.
> Took all the safety classes, wear all the gear, all the time. It's
> a total
> blast. The community is great. It's also an incredibly dangerous
> thing to be
> doing. I think about stopping every once in a while. Pretty
> seriously after
> my first crash on the street (after nine years and 100,000 miles
> plus of
> riding) a couple months ago. If I wasn't already so into it, I
> don't think
> I'd start. Unless you're a paparazzi, photography is a much more
> benign
> hobby.
>
> Rob in Seattle
>
>
> On 10/8/06 10:05 PM, "Chris Barker" <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> :-)). I'm working on my middle-age m/c purchase at the moment. It's
>> a long process.
>
>
>
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