On Feb 26, 2007, at 9:14 AM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> A bunch of smooshed-car photos, none taken with a Pentax (because > all my Pentax cameras use film and I haven't gotten to the lab yet > with the film I shot -- these were all done with my widdle P&S > digital), from the hit-and-run accident involving my car and three > other parked cars twenty minutes before the start of my birthday. > > <http://dglenn.livejournal.com/881401.html> Makes me feel less bad about scratching my bike in a stupid crash on Saturday. Being a bit too used to my commuting bike (with rim-brakes), I grabbed the brake lever a bit harder than I should have. That taught me how much stopping power a big disc brake has. The wheel locked instantly and the road was jumping up at me before I knew what had happened. Lucky it was the rear brake or I'd have literally eaten concrete. The front brake is bigger and would have thrown me straight over the bars. Instead my knee is looking pretty battered and the bruising has really come out today. I was able to ride into town yesterday but today I can barely walk and I'm upset that I probably won't be doing any riding for a week or more. One lesson I'd like to pass on is that when riding you should always wear good gloves. I'm amazed that mine were so strong that they didn't show the slightest damage after being driven quite hard straight into the road surface. I really hate injuring my hands as the wounds/dressings keep getting in the way of everything. Those gloves were a birthday present so I expressed appropriate amounts of gratitude :) - Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
