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Old 08-14-2007, 02:04 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Exclamation What the ....!!!

Anyone seen this yet? Tell me it's not true!

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Old 08-14-2007, 02:11 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Hard to believe, but adrenaline can do some miraculous things when the body needs it.
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Old 08-14-2007, 02:43 PM   #3 (permalink)
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It is in the Daily Telegraph, it must be true.

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Old 08-14-2007, 02:54 PM   #4 (permalink)
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Hope he didnt fall over when he stopped and tried to put his foot down.:::
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Can you imagine what must have gone through his mind when his riding buddy pulls up alongside him and says "Err I think you dropped this..."
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Old 08-14-2007, 03:27 PM   #6 (permalink)
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I guess that he doesn't use his back brake very much.
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Old 08-14-2007, 04:25 PM   #7 (permalink)
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The same article was on cnn.com,so it has to be true !!!!!!!
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Old 08-14-2007, 04:41 PM   #8 (permalink)
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Hard to believe, but adrenaline can do some miraculous things when the body needs it.
True, it seems. Famously, during the Battle of Waterloo the second Earl of Uxbridge lost his leg to a French cannon ball whilst on horseback , but didn't notice until his brother-in-law, the Duke of Wellington, drew his attention to it.
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Old 08-14-2007, 04:56 PM   #9 (permalink)
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Boy, I hate it when that happens.
I suppose its not funny but what else you gonna do with it.
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Old 08-14-2007, 05:26 PM   #10 (permalink)
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