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Well there's my near-death experience for the day

Posted by Reagen Aug 15 '13, 08:46

coming down a hill this morning on my bike at about 35 kph when a Jeep pulls out in front of me. I somehow manage to swerve around him without hitting him (I'd have gone right across the hood, which would have been bad bad news), fishtail, and then flipped over landing on my back. My backpack full of lunch took the brunt of things, and I've got two tiny bits of road rash - I managed to not even break my phone and I was wearing it on my arm - so all things considered I managed to find the best possible way to fall. Bent the back rim, but the dude is paying for it. I'm feeling amazingly lucky right now.

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always have a cam in the helmet dammit :) - DaneDukeNuuk Aug 15, 09:19 1
- "allI see is clouds!" -- nm - groiny Aug 15, 09:21
wow! -- nm - loosilu Aug 15, 09:04
Yikes! Glad you're mostly okay with no real damage other than the bike and your lunch. -- nm - Krusty Aug 15, 08:51 3
- I expect I'll be pretty stiff tomorrow. -- nm - Reagen Aug 15, 08:55 2
  - anything over 4 hours, and call your doctor. nm -- nm - groiny Aug 15, 09:09
  - Yeah. :-( Going to be weekend of recovery. -- nm - Krusty Aug 15, 08:57
lord that sounds scary. glad you're still walking and talking. -- nm - Mel Profit Aug 15, 08:51
9.5 -- nm - judges Aug 15, 08:51 2
- 6.5 -- nm - french canadian judges Aug 15, 09:04 1
  - Wait, is he gay? Get that guy out of here! -- nm - russian judges Aug 15, 09:22
Stuck the landing. Nicely done! :) -- nm - Beryllium Aug 15, 08:50 2
- I've had good luck with spills in the past. I've had a few where I look back and I should have been more injured except I twisted myself into the best - Reagen Aug 15, 09:07
- heh -- nm - Spawn Aug 15, 08:51
wow. he should also pay for an evening out for you and the missus. - zork Aug 15, 08:48
glad you are safe, but what about your lunch ? -- nm - decline Aug 15, 08:47
you left out the most important part - oblique Aug 15, 08:47 15
- "Oh damn, there goes lunch. Oh well, off to Chipotle!" -- nm - if this happened to Kilbo Aug 15, 08:54 1
  - well, it is Thursday -- nm - oblique Aug 15, 08:57
- Most of it is fine, but the two cans of Dr. Pepper are a total loss. -- nm - Reagen Aug 15, 08:50 10
  - I had a similar encounter but it was with a turtle on the bike path unexpectedly when cresting a hill - oblique Aug 15, 09:01 6
    - And the turtle paid for the damage? -- nm - Spawn Aug 15, 09:03
    - but what about the turtle? -- nm - decline Aug 15, 09:02 4
      - it made an excellent soup. -- nm - Reagen Aug 15, 09:07
      - missed it by that much - oblique Aug 15, 09:04 1
        
        "This is for kicking you, isn't it." -- nm - Reagen Aug 15, 09:07
      - *splurt* -- nm - Skagnetti si Aug 15, 09:02
  - *pours out a Dr. Pep....* oh, wait. -- nm - Andie Aug 15, 08:51 1
    - that's pretty funny -- nm - zork Aug 15, 08:56
  - Tragic :( -- nm - Beryllium Aug 15, 08:50
- I expect arrangements are being made now. In a couple of hours, it'll be six feet under ... - zork Aug 15, 08:49
- hopefully ... "lunch was going to be a pita & hummus, so my flatbread is only flatter" -- nm - Beryllium Aug 15, 08:49

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