Triumphrat

MrGone · 06-02-2006

Well, I gotta say, old people may not have great vision but they sure as sh1t can aim. So I'm on my way back home after work heading west, 25 in a 25 zone, and just as I enter the intersection the 86 year old geezer in the giant buick facing east decides to turn left, directly into my leg, followed soon after by my bike and bam the bikes totalled my leg is broken in 6 places, I'm currently out of my mind with Oxy and will provide a better describtion once I'm a little more here, but a moment of silence for a fallen bonne, (doc says I'll walk in about 5 months) arg my head friggin hurts

ozbon · 06-02-2006

OUCH!, sorry to hear mate, at least your alive which is the main thing, bike's can be replaced. Get well soon

john

rodburner · 06-02-2006

Thats raw,G.

Just another example of work being the cause of most ills. :wink: Get well quick. Steve

wnt2rd · 06-03-2006

I knew speed limits were good for something!

Glad you're OK. I've been in a couple wrecks that put me out for quite a while. It's hard to see the good in being crippled temporarily, but I thoroughly enjoyed not having to go to school or work for weeks on end while popping pills. Whenever I would get depressed I would just wheel myself outside and stare at the faces of people driving past my house on the way home from work--that was all I needed to get over my depression, heheh. :-D

ChuckofTahoe · 06-03-2006

A moment of silence for the fallen Bonnie, May she or he rest in peace.

Get well soon MrG.

[ This message was edited by: ChuckofTahoe on 2006-06-03 07:39 ]

Gootch · 06-03-2006

Very sorry to hear about this - both bike and body, the worst. I went to ASU back in the early 1990s - those aged Mesa drivers were the worst.

keef · 06-03-2006

That's tough luck G - I hope the old fart makes good his carelessness, the very least he can do is replace the bonnie.
I know how it feels to have to spend months on crutches (a building site accident rather than a bike prang - and my own fault at that) and, believe you me, the novelty soon wears off. Think positive and stick with the physio and you'll be as right as rain and hopping onto a spanking new bonnie before you know it!
Meanwhile, with a mashed leg, self-improvement might be your only option.
Good luck and all the best mate.

DrEnglish · 06-03-2006

See...this just proves what I've always said. OLD PEOPLE SHOULD ALL BE IN PRISON. IT'S A PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUE.

B02S4 · 06-03-2006

Best wishes for a speedy recovery. Any internal hardware? If so, welcome to the club. :wink:

bonniegirl · 06-03-2006

sorry about the bike and super sorry about the leg. my backround is in physical therapy (before i bought this crazy coffee shop). let me know if i can give you any long distance help.