Stan, 8 weeks to the triathlon. He won't make it to this one. Regards, Bob S.
On 4/25/07, Stan Halpin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The important thing is, will he heal in time for the triathlon? > > I am not joking - for a competitor that is the important thing. 20 > years ago I had a crash about 8 weeks before a major endurance- > cycling event I had been preparing for for two years. Nothing as > major as your colleague's crash, but significant bruising, broken > helmet, etc. My first thought as I lay in the road was "how long is > this going to take to heal?" My second thought was "I had better get > out of the damn road!" > > Stan > > On Apr 25, 2007, at 8:16 PM, Bob Sullivan wrote: > > > A co-worker came in Monday with some problems. > > He has been training for a triathlon and went for a bike ride Sunday. > > He got about half a block from home and his foot came out of the > > pedal. > > He caught it in the front wheel spokes, stopped dead, and went over > > on his head. > > He broke the bike helmet into 3 pieces. > > The plastic surgeon used 30 stiches to sew his ear back on. > > He fractured his elbow and his radius (forearm bone), and is in a > > sling. > > And his cheekbone is broken and visibly depressed, a later repair. > > Regards, Bob S. > > > > On 4/25/07, frank theriault <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> On 4/25/07, Scott Loveless <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>> Sorry, no photos of a scantily clad young lady. I bought a funky > >>> old bike for a couple dollars earlier today and thought I'd share > >>> some pics. These are completely unedited and worthy of no praise > >>> at all. If you wanna talk about bikes, though...... > >>> > >>> http://picasaweb.google.com/sdloveless/Krystal > >> > >> One can truly say: > >> > >> They don't make 'em like that any more. > >> > >> ...and with good reason, I might add... > >> > >> ;-) > >> > >> I haven't seen Diacompe centre-pull brakes since like forever. > >> > >> Now that I'm digital, I have shots of my beast (which has since been > >> cleaned - and while doing so I threw my back out - welcome to middle > >> age, knarf!): > >> > >> http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.com/2007/04/finally-fondriest.html > >> > >> cheers, > >> frank > >> > >> > >> -- > >> "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson > >> > >> -- > >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > >> [email protected] > >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > >> > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > [email protected] > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
