| Re: Entering the queue at a stop sign
"Tom Keats" <tomk2003@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:6id7gb.vrp.ln@bud.garden.local...
> In article <JPFVa.27019$Mc.2105321@newsread1.prod.itd.earthli nk.net>,
> "Robin Hubert" <cv2572@earthlink.net> writes:
>
> > I was so blind/unpreared today that, 3 blocks from work on my 15 mile
> > commute, I was making a turn and braked when I detected an approaching
car
> > from the right. I braked with my front as I usually do and met a
slickened
> > manhole cover. Bike's ok, I lost skin.
>
> Ouch. Wish I could upload you a rum & coke for painkiller. Actually,
> I wish I could upload you a highball-sized B-52 in an Old Fashioned
> glass, with a vanilla bean swizzle ... but I can't afford one of those
> right now, myself. Did you go straight down? I hate when that happens;
> it happens so fast. On the positive side, as you say, the bike's okay.
> And at least there wasn't a tailgating rider to stack on you, and
> possibly run over your chainstay.
>
> We've got these waterworks bronze plates/covers imbedded in the streets, I
> guess over where valves go. Those things can really sneak up on ya,
> 'cuz they're so small. They've caught me out a couple of times.
> We also used to have really slick white crosswalk paint that got me a
> few times while on foot, out in the rain. Fortunately, the city has
> changed its paint recipe since then.
>
>
> Hope you heal quickly,
Thanks for the well-wishes, Tom. In addition to the skinned elbow and left
hip, I am nursing my first ever thrombosed external hemorrhoid. I'm really
freaking pissed about that (signs that I am getting old). I'm hoping that,
while causing no pain, riding will help resolve the clot. I can't imagine
being off the bike for weeks.
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Robin Hubert <cv2572@earthlink.net>
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