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- From: alanf@eng.tridom.com (Alan Fleming)
- Subject: Re: Saturday night COPS on FOX
- Message-ID: <BxvIpt.Gnw@tridom.com>
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- Reply-To: alanf@eng.tridom.com (Alan Fleming)
- Organization: AT&T Tridom, Engineering
- References: <1eb2dcINN8bb@sixgun.East.Sun.COM> <9707@vtserf.cc.vt.edu>
- Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 18:44:17 GMT
- Lines: 22
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- In article <9707@vtserf.cc.vt.edu>, ranck@joesbar.cc.vt.edu (Wm. L. Ranck) writes:
- >
- > At least my mother claims to have known people personally that lost legs
- > in motorcycle accidents. Of course the fact that those accidents occured
- > in the 1930s and probably involved open case primaries isn't relevant to her.
- >
- *I* know someone that lost a leg on a bike. A car pulled out of a side street
- (the exit of a Hospital) and rammed his early 80s model VF-750 Interceptor
- on the right side. He was carried straight into the emergency room, but
- they couldn't save the leg. About 6 months later he brought the bike to a
- friend's father to have the rear brake activated by the front lever so he
- could ride again. (His prosthetic leg didn't give proper brake feel.)
-
- [...Mother arguements deleted...]
-
- My Mom pleeded with me not to ride my bike home to Florida (300 miles) because
- of the danger. Unfortunately, I pointed out to her that riding in the city
- was much more danger than the open road. Mistake!)
-
- Think Peace.
- -- Alan (alanf@eng.tridom.com)
- KotBBBB (1988 GSXR1100J) AMA# 634578 DOD# 4210
-