On 24/07/14 23:49, jbeattie wrote:
On Tuesday, July 22, 2014 7:54:29 PM UTC-7, Frank Krygowski wrote:
On 7/22/2014 7:40 PM, jbeattie wrote:



I don't know how he went OTB. This grate is right at a dog-leg in
the driveway at the bottom of a steep pitch. His front wheel
probably did wash out, or else he somehow lost control and got
caught on the lip of the grate. I'll cross-examine him
mercilessly when he returns to work.



This is a dangerous descent. It gets incredibly slick and lots
of people have fallen. One guy broke his hip. The building put
down some non-skid and has resurfaced the driveway two or three
times in the last 20 years, but it has gotten slippery again.
The grate is slippery too, and I take it really easy on wet days.
I fell a long time ago and don't want to do it again now that I
have become brittle.



This sounds like a place where it would be logical to walk the
bike, no?


Absolutely not. Walking is far more dangerous than bicycling. You
know that.


I wonder if that's because people get off and walk their bicycle, then
slip and fall anyway?

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JS