I managed to put a chain saw though my phone line on Saturday so I'm only now catching up with the list (yes, I knew the phone line was there.....)
Sorry to hear about the fall, Dave. Hope recovery will be quicker than anticipated. On the bright side, it did happen *after* your visit to Sydney. Cheers Brian ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/ Quoting David Mann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > This time around I've done it properly. Fell hard while riding > home > from the trails and broke my left collarbone. I tried > riding/walking > it off while muttering a mixture of encouragement and obscenity to > > myself (didn't know it was actually broken at the time) but had to > > abandon that plan about halfway home as the discomfort wore me > down. > > Despite having landed on my cellphone hard enough to crack the > plastic over the screen, I was able to call the Mrs for a lift to > the > after-hours medical centre. They pushed me straight to the front > of > the queue, taking me through before we'd even started filling in > the > paperwork! They took care of me amazingly well and eventually sent > > me home with a sling and a stack of good painkillers. We then > headed > straight to the supermarket for a good dose of sympathy chocolate. > > So right at the start of the f--king season I have 3 months off the > > bikes. Serves me right for being silly I suppose (launching a > little > too hard off a speed hump), but I haven't even had a chance to ride > > in my new full-face helmet yet :( > > For a few dollars I obtained a copy of my X-Rays so I might throw > > some coal into my old 8x10 transparency scanner and post some > gruesome pics later. > > So far I've learned that sitting in a sunbeam reading on the couch > is > really nice, and showering is really not nice. Not sure how I'm > going to sleep - probably badly as I always sleep on my side. The > > cellphone-shaped bruise on my leg is also annoying me a bit > whenever > I try to crouch down. Oh and there's also the one-handed typing > thing. > > It could have turned out worse as I very nearly crashed straight > into > a van coming in the opposite direction. The driver stopped and > made > sure I was OK before carrying on. I haven't taken a close look at > > the bike but I know the front wheel has a slight (fixable) kink. > > Looking at the bright side, I now have 3 months of Saturday > mornings > to devote to all those projects I had no time for! > > - Dave > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Get a free email address with REAL anti-spam protection. http://www.bluebottle.com/tag/1 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
