What happened (long)

I've had accidents after which I was desperate to get back on two wheels
as soon as possible, but after my last off I couldn't even face the
thought of driving a car, let alone riding a bike. A few months later
I'm fine with the car, keen to get another bike, but not in any
particular hurry. And when I do, it certainly won't be anything too
fruity, at least for a while.

 

of course.

no, on balance, you're completely correct.

and there is that.

Of course, he's old now, might not even be worth having another go
anyway.

 

Oh, you watched Horizon Time trip [1] as well?
It said we were most likely a computer simulation...

[1] Might still be on UKnova

 

I had one of them overnight two years ago, but the
collarbone/ribs/shoulderblade thing didn't actually hurt that much, so I
didn't use it. By the following morning, blood leaking out of the cannula
down the pipe had it looking like a Scottoiler.

 

At 1500', if it's at all breezy, the plane will be getting pitched around by
ground bumps, ie gusts coming off ground features. Even another thousand
feet would have made a big difference.

 

The fuselage soaked up a lot of the impact, by the look of it.

 

ginge says...

That's what I heard, if anyone hears from her please let me know.

 

Ace says...

http://groups.google.co.uk/group/uk.rec.motorcycles/browse_thread/thread
/267b0af5467a9f7/d46643ede1a8a889?hl=en&

'Tis a crying fucking shame cos I have a new to me Daytona sitting in
the garage that I can't ride

 

Safety Nazi.

Ah. Okay, Safety Masturbator.

 

Spike this post everyone, in case there isn't any snow!

 

Worse than worse: the same.

 

Two thirds of the way down that page:

"BRS Product Range of sex toys"

Huh?

 

Typo. Should be "BRC's Product Range of sex toys"

 

One of my instructors used to make me fly back from the training area, on
the gauges, at 1250'. Sadistic ****.

Service ceiling on a DC3 is 24,000'. Was it one of the Air Atlantique ones?

 

Up to a point. Try inverted spins...

Sure it wasn't here? It's near Coventry...

http://uk2.multimap.com/map/browse....m=0&scale=10000&multimap.x=209&multimap.y=173

 

Now there's a surprise.

 

To be fair to me, I wasn't the first to make that kind of comment and
it gave me no satisfaction whatsover, just a hope that maybe it would
have a positive knock-on effect. I'm definitely glad you weren't hurt
worse because I like you, despite not sharing your perspective on many
issues, although there are some here I'd have no problem with hearing
they'd flown over the armco.

 

When I was waiting for the medics at Silverstone I was thinking "That's
it, wake up call I've had enough", by the time I eventually was in the
ambulance I was thinking "Well, it;s not /that/ bad, I'm going to start
racing!" and by the time I was back at the track I was thinking
"Nah...not going work". Coming over here and finding a new passion for
doing something else, I don't feel the loss aside from an occasional
pang when I hear a bike pull away from the lights. I guess if I came
back to the uk I'd get back into it, but of course I'd be giving up the
new hobby that took over, iyswim.

 

From this account I honestly think you would be far safer driving a car,
unless you get a kick out of dicing with death every time you ride.

k

 

The exact reason why someone with years of experience of riding comp bikes,
will always have the edge on people who have only ridden on the road!


k