On Mon, 19 Jul 2010 22:03:31 -0400, "ATP"
wrote the following:
"Awshit. Paralyzed from the belt down, bike totalled, left arm gone,
no Oh!Bamacare, what's the use? Glad I was carrying."
--
Exercise ferments the humors, casts them into their proper channels,
throws off redundancies, and helps nature in those secret distributions,
without which the body cannot subsist in its vigor, nor the soul act
with cheerfulness. -- Joseph Addison, The Spectator, July 12, 1711
Somewhere in my pile of stuff, I have a picture of a bighorn sheep who went
head to head with a 2006 Dodge Ram 2500 down by Hoover Dam.
Guess who lost.
A few years before that, a ram took exception to a motorcycle and rammed it
head on. Ram killed, cyclist messed up pretty good.
Don't know what was going through the cyclist's mind unless he had a
McCain/Palin sticker on his bike.
Steve
visit my blog at
"Investigators were awaiting toxicology results before closing the
case."
That might be of interest.
Im aware of a case where a guy decided to commit sideways by driving
like a madman and crashing his vehicle into something. He hit a cow by
accident and the cow came into the cab of the pickup truck..he is now a
quadraplegic and is unable to even feed himself.
Must be hell inside of his skull.
Gunner
One could not be a successful Leftwinger without realizing that,
in contrast to the popular conception supported by newspapers
and mothers of Leftwingers, a goodly number of Leftwingers are
not only narrow-minded and dull, but also just stupid.
Gunner Asch
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Gunner, I've committed sideways a number of times, and never ended up with
more than scratches and bruises.
LLoyd
I learned to never have anything bulkier than driver's license,
insurance card, and a few bucks on my person while riding. Landed on my
cell phone once and broke a rib and the cell phone. I shudder to think
how much damage landing on a .45 would have done.
Personally while riding I consider going off the bike to be a far more
likely event than having suddenly to engage in a gun battle. But then
I'm not one of those whose riding consists of a drunken wobble from one
biker bar to another.
Strange that they would conclude it was self-inflicted rather than
accidental discharge from the crash. Probably more information than was
reported. Bob
Why would you land on it? I keep a 1911 in a crash bar pouch.
You should consider taking the experienced rider MSF course.
Afterwards there are a couple of really good LEO style training
courses. Then you wouldn't need to worry so much about going off the
bike. That's a really bad way to ride.
Is that how you landed on your cell phone? Ride a BMW?
Newb
"Gunner Asch" wrote
I go to Vegas a couple of times a month. I used to live there for about
fifty years. I enjoy listening to the scanner. Always a lot of action. 4
codes are used by Metro, 10 by NHP and NPS, not sure about Boulder City and
Henderson.
What amazes me is the economy of words. The calmness of the dispatchers,
particularly when dealing with stressful situations or rookies. Lots gets
said with few words. On car to car and tactical channels, you will get
regular conversations, but with the 4 and 10 codes inserted to keep the
conversation a little private.
In Vegas, Z denotes undercover if preceeded or followed by particular
alphanumeric codes. Letter means geographical area, number of unit, Z for
undercover, as in Henry34Zebra. It also follows the 4** code to mean
attempted 4** to describe the offense or event. The Zebra unit is the SWAT
team, and only has Z followed by numerals. Talk about very few words spoken
......... They really talk in some code, sounds like the WWII Navajo
codetalkers. By the time they get there, there's very little to talk about,
only to be done.
Steve
visit my blog at
I ride a BMW..and they seldom go down. Most guys who ride boxers...can
actually ride.
Unlike the Yuppie Harley riders
Gunner
One could not be a successful Leftwinger without realizing that,
in contrast to the popular conception supported by newspapers
and mothers of Leftwingers, a goodly number of Leftwingers are
not only narrow-minded and dull, but also just stupid.
Gunner Asch
On Tue, 20 Jul 2010 19:20:42 -0400, "ATP"
wrote the following:
2 points, Wally!
--
Exercise ferments the humors, casts them into their proper channels,
throws off redundancies, and helps nature in those secret distributions,
without which the body cannot subsist in its vigor, nor the soul act
with cheerfulness. -- Joseph Addison, The Spectator, July 12, 1711
Maybe if YOU took some anger management and got a better class of
friends you wouldn't have to worry so much about engaging in a gun battle.
Is what how I landed on my cell phone and what do BMWs have to do with
anything? And just FYI at the particular time it happened the nearest
bar was at the far end of about 200 more miles of gravel.
If jumping to conclusions was an Olympic event, you'd be a contender.
How about if we stick to the facts instead of venturing into your
bizarre imagination?
You're the one in this conversation who broke a rib and/with a cell
phone in a motorcycle accident, not me. Using that premise you
extrapolated that carrying a .45 would result in similar, or worse,
consequences.
All I did was point out your premise is flawed, there are other
storage options available for carrying a weapon on a motorcycle.
There are also classes to help you learn to ride. The latter would
definately help. Neither infers anything about me besides the fact
that I know about a couple of things and chose to share them with a
fellow rider.
You said "riding consists of a drunken wobble from one
biker bar to another." Nobody mentioned anything about drinking and
riding until you did. Did you have a drinking problem that was causal
to your accident?
It's a pretty common question riders ask of other riders. I'm
guessing that you're a GS guy, right?
Newb
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