Speedy recovery I hope. David Block [email protected]
> On Jun 24, 2015, at 11:19 PM, BILROJ via Centroids: The Center of the Radical > Centrist Community <[email protected]> wrote: > > Centroids: > Late this afternoon, riding my bike home from the supermarket > after buying some needed groceries, I was hit by a car. > > Please do not worry; none of my groceries were injured or damaged. > However, one leg was banged up and now hurts like Hell, or at > least like Purgatory. There do not seem to be any broken bones > or other major physical problems, just some swelling here and there, > and I anticipate a return to normal in due course. > > The front wheel of my bike now looks like a pretzel, however, > and that does not make me happy. > > We will see how this all plays out with the driver's insurance company > or whether I will need to find an attorney. I was slowly crossing an alley > when the car barreled into me, fortunately also going slowly. This allowed > me to divert the worst of the impact by diving to one side, away from > the car. Still, the whole episode stunned me as I got up from the concrete > and it took a good three hours to finally return to some sort of > normal state of mind > > Uhhh, a car leaving an alley to enter a street must yield right-of-way > to any pedestrians, cyclists, or other vehicle, according to Oregon law. > The driver looked only one direction, the opposite from my direction, > and was too close to a solid fence for me to see him approach > until my front wheel was already past the alley pavement > that crossed the sidewalk. I saw him only at the moment > he was crashing into me. > > It all was seen by a witness who lives directly across the street from > the site of the collision, a nice lady who came rushing over when > she saw what had happened. > > All of which is more than anyone wanted to know but it seemed like > a good idea to explain that this has set my schedule back several hours > and when the next chapters will be ready is anyone's guess. > > Will know by morning if the leg needs medical attention. > > > BR > > > > > > -- > -- > Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community > <[email protected]> > Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/RadicalCentrism > <http://groups.google.com/group/RadicalCentrism> > Radical Centrism website and blog: http://RadicalCentrism.org > <http://radicalcentrism.org/> > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout > <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. -- -- Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community <[email protected]> Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/RadicalCentrism Radical Centrism website and blog: http://RadicalCentrism.org --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
