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Metasynth

Metasynth

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PadawanWarrior said:
Too many of them think they own the road. They're really bad in some of the bigger cities. And they're actually the dangerous ones there, :lol:.
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I dunno how you think bicyclists are the dangerous ones. Remember, when it comes to bike vs car, it usually always ends up with the car winning.

Biker, dead…car, dented and maybe a broken windshield.

They just think they own the road because it’s better to be an ‘asshole in the middle of the road’, then a dead guy on the side of the road.
 
PadawanWarrior

PadawanWarrior

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Metasynth said:
I dunno how you think bicyclists are the dangerous ones. Remember, when it comes to bike vs car, it usually always ends up with the car winning.

Biker, dead…car, dented and maybe a broken windshield.

They just think they own the road because it’s better to be an ‘asshole in the middle of the road’, then a dead guy on the side of the road.
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ANC

ANC

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Sir Napsalot said:
A large portion of my aorta was replaced with a dacron polyester graft in a 5-hour procedure

my insurance paid ~$223,000
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Yay for science... I was kinda relieved when the doc said, "well if none of your meds works and it gets bad we can always still do a bypass."
I guess this is if your hearth doesn.t take you out outright..

My uncle died like that at 35, also after various stents, but it was the 80s
 
Aeroknow

Aeroknow

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Metasynth said:
I dunno how you think bicyclists are the dangerous ones. Remember, when it comes to bike vs car, it usually always ends up with the car winning.

Biker, dead…car, dented and maybe a broken windshield.

They just think they own the road because it’s better to be an ‘asshole in the middle of the road’, then a dead guy on the side of the road.
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I got hit twice when I was a kid in san jose. Both times on the paper route bike lol.
First time, i had to thread the paper just perfectly around a corner and into the patio right in front of the door. Picky ass customer had to have a doorstep delivery. So i ride up the steep driveway, throw the paper, ride down the driveway take a left and a car packs me head on. I roll up the hood and smack my head on the windshield. I was able to tweek the handle bars back collect all the papers and finish the job.

the second time i was about a block away from my house on the way to go collect and a mother fucker came down from a side street hella fast and packed me good. Threw me a ways. Fucked my bike up good and i was concussed.
 
Metasynth

Metasynth

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Aeroknow said:
I got hit twice when I was a kid in san jose. Both times on the paper route bike lol.
First time, i had to thread the paper just perfectly around a corner and into the patio right in front of the door. Picky ass customer had to have a doorstep delivery. So i ride up the steep driveway, throw the paper, ride down the driveway take a left and a car packs me head on. I roll up the hood and smack my head on the windshield. I was able to tweek the handle bars back collect all the papers and finish the job.

the second time i was about a block away from my house on the way to go collect and a mother fucker came down from a side street hella fast and packed me good. Threw me a ways. Fucked my bike up good and i was concussed.
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I got hit in 2020(I think?) and my cheekbone smashed his windshield. I shoulda lawyered up, I didn’t get nearly as much money as I could have from the insurance company…but at least they covered my bike and some small portion of “pain and suffering”
 
Sir Napsalot

Sir Napsalot

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Metasynth said:
I got hit in 2020(I think?) and my cheekbone smashed his windshield. I shoulda lawyered up, I didn’t get nearly as much money as I could have from the insurance company…but at least they covered my bike and some small portion of “pain and suffering”
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I was riding my Tour de France 10-speed pretty fast down La Brea Blvd. in 1972 when a Ford station wagon pulled out of a blind alley right in front of me- my head hit the rear quarter, which made a big dent and the metal trim gouged out part of my skull. I got 22 stitches and some kind of plastic filler in my noggin and had to drop out of the water-polo team
 
raratt

raratt

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Beer shelf filled and backups in the garage. Son is picking up take and bake pizza for dinner.
There is another storm rolling in tomorrow with winds projected to gust up to 50. Not as much rain predicted for this one though. With the ground being saturated I'm sure some trees will come down, hopefully not on power lines or houses.
 
Metasynth

Metasynth

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raratt said:
Beer shelf filled and backups in the garage. Son is picking up take and bake pizza for dinner.
There is another storm rolling in tomorrow with winds projected to gust up to 50. Not as much rain predicted for this one though. With the ground being saturated I'm sure some trees will come down, hopefully not on power lines or houses.
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Yeah, I already dealt with that when we had a bunch of wind like a month ago

This happened in my driveway. Neighbors tree fell on the power lines, started the eucalyptus on fire.

Luckily we called the fire department right away, it was windy af that day


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raratt

raratt

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newgrow16

newgrow16

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Sir Napsalot said:
I was riding my Tour de France 10-speed pretty fast down La Brea Blvd. in 1972 when a Ford station wagon pulled out of a blind alley right in front of me- my head hit the rear quarter, which made a big dent and the metal trim gouged out part of my skull. I got 22 stitches and some kind of plastic filler in my noggin and had to drop out of the water-polo team
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At a T intersection to trailer park sat a person waiting to leave the park. On my bike heading to work in Santa Ana from Corona, no cars on my road either direction so I figured she was letting me go straight, she was looking right at me, I let off the brakes going about 15 mph and about 10 feet away from the left turn person out comes the car. I hit the front end of the car, did a mid-air cartwheel with the bike attached and skidded to a stop.
Blood everywhere, bent and broken bike. Messed up my shoulder for life with injury and arthritis, $4,000 did not fix it.
 
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