[OT] Culled from the Beeb.

The chap who tripped over his shoelace and demolished three Qing vases
at the Fitzwilliam, Cambridge, has said "Well, I've been driving for a
considerable amount of time and not had any serious accidents". That's
reassuring. :-)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/c...re/4685130.stm

Richard wrote:
The chap who tripped over his shoelace and demolished three Qing vases
at the Fitzwilliam, Cambridge, has said "Well, I've been driving for a
considerable amount of time and not had any serious accidents". That's
reassuring. :-)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/c...re/4685130.stm

I've had more bike crashes than car ones

" cupra" wrote in message
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Richard wrote:
The chap who tripped over his shoelace and demolished three Qing vases
at the Fitzwilliam, Cambridge, has said "Well, I've been driving for a
considerable amount of time and not had any serious accidents". That's
reassuring. :-)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/c...re/4685130.stm

I've had more bike crashes than car ones

Oh yes me too! --- although only one serious incident where I was injured
( a week ago)! Most of my bike "crashes" ( forced dismounts) have been
induced by pedestrians -- you know those people who hurl verbal abuse at you
when you deign to ride on the cycle path that they are walking on!
--
Trevor A Panther
In South Yorkshire,
England, United Kingdom.

Pinky wrote:
" cupra" wrote in message
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Richard wrote:
The chap who tripped over his shoelace and demolished three Qing
vases at the Fitzwilliam, Cambridge, has said "Well, I've been
driving for a considerable amount of time and not had any serious
accidents". That's reassuring. :-)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/c...re/4685130.stm

I've had more bike crashes than car ones

Oh yes me too! --- although only one serious incident where I was
injured ( a week ago)! Most of my bike "crashes" ( forced dismounts)
have been induced by pedestrians -- you know those people who hurl
verbal abuse at you when you deign to ride on the cycle path that
they are walking on!

Most of mine (in fact all) have been caused by going too fast down
muddy/rocky off road descents! I don't think I've crashed on a road since I
wheelied past a full pub garden coming to embarrassing grief while trying to
show off! (in my youth, I must add!)

On Mon, 06 Feb 2006 13:27:34 +0000, Richard wrote:

The chap who tripped over his shoelace and demolished three Qing vases at
the Fitzwilliam, Cambridge, has said "Well, I've been driving for a
considerable amount of time and not had any serious accidents".

Word from inside The Fitz is that he was using a mobile phone at the time,
and was already "known to them". The vases were not the most valuable
that they have.


Mike

Richard wrote:
The chap who tripped over his shoelace and demolished three Qing vases
at the Fitzwilliam, Cambridge, has said "Well, I've been driving for a
considerable amount of time and not had any serious accidents". That's
reassuring. :-)

Compare

""I suppose that seeing as they were the prize possession of the museum
they were just left lying on a windowsill, I thought they might take a
bit better care of them," he added."

with

"I suppose that seeing as life is priceless and the cyclist was on the
road, I thought the cyclist might take more care of him/herself as I
drove into them" g

peter

Mike Causer wrote:

Word from inside The Fitz is that he was using a mobile phone at the time,
and was already "known to them". The vases were not the most valuable
that they have.

At any rate they are not now the most valuable that they have.

--
Dave...

in message , cupra
') wrote:

Pinky wrote:

Most of mine (in fact all) have been caused by going too fast down
muddy/rocky off road descents! I don't think I've crashed on a road
since I wheelied past a full pub garden coming to embarrassing grief
while trying to show off! (in my youth, I must add!)

Much what I was saying myself, four months ago. As of four months ago I
hadn't crashed a road bike in thirty-three years. Thing is, when you
fall off a mountain bike you usually aren't going (by road bike
standards) all that fast. I've never had more than scrapes and bruises
from falling off a mountain bike.

Be careful on them there roads!

Simon, who has some hopes of being allowed to get on his bike again
tomorrow.

--
(Simon Brooke) http://www.jasmine.org.uk/~simon/

There are no messages. The above is just a random stream of
bytes. Any opinion or meaning you find in it is your own creation.

Richard wrote:
The chap who tripped over his shoelace and demolished three Qing vases
at the Fitzwilliam, Cambridge, has said "Well, I've been driving for a
considerable amount of time and not had any serious accidents". That's
reassuring. :-)
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/c...re/4685130.stm

has he ever looked behind in his mirror to see the carnage !

--
"You can't see paradise if you don't pedal" (Fowler, Chicken Run)

On Mon, 06 Feb 2006 10:16:42 -0800, dkahn400 wrote:

The vases were not the most valuable that they have.

At any rate they are not now the most valuable that they have.

Could still be the world's most valuable jigsaw puzzle.....



Mike