Had my first ride in a week this morning, and it was just what I
needed. My brother had borrowed The Jackal in my absence[1], and just
before I headed off to work he called to tell me it wouldn't start. I
dropped by his place on my way, diagnosed the problem[2], bump started
the bike and continued.

He told me that a bloke of my acquaintance, Damien[3] had been killed
in a motorbike crash during the week, near Frogmore. He didn't get
home overnight, and was found the next morning near a travelling stock
reserve. The suspicion is that if the crash didn't kill him outright
he probably would have bled to death (he was a haemophiliac).

It's sad, but at least he didn't live his life wrapped in cotton wool
and never leaving his house. And he'd already lived 15 years longer
than the doctors gave him when he was diagnosed with the condition.


BTH

[1] His missus' car got dented in a carpark, and for some reason the
panelbeater needed it for a week.
[2] Flat battery.
[3] About my age, I'd met him intermittently while we were both at
school.

"BT Humble" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote
<snip>
>
> He told me that a bloke of my acquaintance, Damien[3] had been killed
> in a motorbike crash during the week, near Frogmore. He didn't get
> home overnight, and was found the next morning near a travelling stock
> reserve. The suspicion is that if the crash didn't kill him outright
> he probably would have bled to death (he was a haemophiliac).
>
> It's sad, but at least he didn't live his life wrapped in cotton wool
> and never leaving his house. And he'd already lived 15 years longer
> than the doctors gave him when he was diagnosed with the condition.
>
<snip
> [3] About my age, I'd met him intermittently while we were both at
> school.


More sad news. Sorry to hear it.

Conehead

"BT Humble" wrote

> He told me that a bloke of my acquaintance, Damien[3] had been killed
> in a motorbike crash during the week, near Frogmore. He didn't get
> home overnight, and was found the next morning near a travelling stock
> reserve. The suspicion is that if the crash didn't kill him outright
> he probably would have bled to death (he was a haemophiliac).

Damn.

Theo

(E-Mail Removed) (BT Humble) wrote;
~
> It's sad, but at least he didn't live his life wrapped in cotton wool
> and never leaving his house. And he'd already lived 15 years longer
> than the doctors gave him when he was diagnosed with the condition.
>
Bloody!
(But, as you say; at least he was living his life.)
Clem

Conehead wrote:
> More sad news. Sorry to hear it.
>
> Conehead

Another irony is that he was the only one of his circle of
similarly-afflicted friends who didn't end up with HIV from getting
transfusions in the 80's.

Like I said, I didn't know him very well, and hadn't actually spoken
to him in over a decade, but it's still close to home.

Oh, and since he was heading home at about 7pm he almost certainly
came unstuck while trying to avoid a kangaroo. Which I also nearly
did on the way to Jindabyne the other night.


BTH

"James Mayfield" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
> > Oh, and since he was heading home at about 7pm he almost certainly
> > came unstuck while trying to avoid a kangaroo. Which I also nearly
> > did on the way to Jindabyne the other night.
>
> Kangaroos are a bit of a menace. I wonder how many accidents they cause
each
> year.
>
> BTW, anyone know how to get rid of Kangaroo fur that's been permenantly
> embedded into your front mudguard?

Fit one of those glue-on fairing fur kits.

"James Mayfield" wrote

> BTW, anyone know how to get rid of Kangaroo fur that's been permenantly
> embedded into your front mudguard?

Piece of cake! Try getting all the emu feathers out of your cylinder fins.

Theo

"Intact Kneeslider" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:bq19rn$1ub1pd$(E-Mail Removed)...
> "James Mayfield" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> Fit one of those glue-on fairing fur kits.
>

hmmm, reminds me of a rather hideous Hyabusa that frequents Mt W with a fur
covered lower fairing!!

Thank god you posted that!
The "cake all over the mudguard" bit had me wondering....
--
Clem
[a bit slooooooooow]
~
"James Mayfield" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Piece of cake!
>
> Chocolate or sponge?
>
> -James Mayfield
> (Ok, I'm all out of bad puns now.)
>
>

block ???

James Mayfield wrote:

> Bought a bike off a block who hit an emu last weekend.
>
> Sounds like they're a bit of a meance too!
>
> --
> James Mayfield
> "Insert witty comment here."
>
> "Theo Bekkers" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:3fc516fa$(E-Mail Removed)...
> > "James Mayfield" wrote
> >
> > > BTW, anyone know how to get rid of Kangaroo fur that's been permenantly
> > > embedded into your front mudguard?
> >
> > Piece of cake! Try getting all the emu feathers out of your cylinder fins.
> >
> > Theo
> >
> >