Arachne at FreeLists---The Arachne Fan Club! Hi Eric, Ouch! That's horrible. Glad you're ok. Good thing you had a helmet. Too bad we don't know when the unexpected is going to hit. We could wear body armor, maybe kevlar underwear. Sam Ewalt Eric S. Emerson said: > Arachne at FreeLists---The Arachne Fan Club! > > Hi Sam E., > ......................It's hard to avoid when some foolish > youngsters leave 2 black plastic 3ft. ramps in > the middle of a public sidewalk on a main > thoroughfare over night. They were virtually > invisible despite the full moon and the bright street > lights. I never knew what hit me untill I after it was > all over. It was like running into a clear plateglass > window that you didn't know was in your path. The > helmet really saved me from serious head injury. > A little more face protection would have been nice > to have had. > I've been over the handlebars many times and > never seriously hurt myself. That was the first time > however with a helmet on. > > It's because I have so much experience riding > a 2 wheel vehicle that I don't own a motorcycle. > > Eric > > On Sat, 16 Aug 2008 21:45:29 -0400 (EDT) ewalt@xxxxxxxx writes: >> Arachne at FreeLists---The Arachne Fan Club! >> >> Eric S. Emerson said: >> > Arachne at FreeLists---The Arachne Fan Club! >> > >> > Hi L.D., >> > What did you do to your pinkie?? >> > Catch it in a car door?? Which hand, your >> > writing hand?? >> > I broke the metacarpal near the knuckle >> > of my left pinky last summer when I went >> > head 1st over the handle bars of my 10 >> > speed bicycle. But the broken foot and >> > scuffed up face were more of a nuisance. >> > I was wearing a helmet. I STRONGLY >> > recommend a helmet !! It saved me from >> > more serious damage. >> >> >> I STRONGLY recommend not going head first over the handlebars!!! >> >> >> >> >> > >> > Eric >> > >> > On Sat, 16 Aug 2008 07:00:11 -0400 "L.D. Best" >> <l.d.best@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> > writes: >> >> Arachne at FreeLists---The Arachne Fan Club! >> >> >> >> nope ... nothing even approximating one since DESQview on DOS >> mach. >> >> But >> >> I'd like to see if one would work ... somewheere down the road >> when >> >> I >> >> catch up with all the other stuff. (pardon typing ... hard to do >> >> with >> >> splint on pinkie finger) >> >> >> >> l.d. >> >> ==== > > ____________________________________________________________ > Save hundreds on an Unsecured Loan - Click here. > http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2141/fc/Ioyw6i3m3iULbpctELV7gX1EskSFGPJETAI4EQgsKX471A3SWNgevi/ > Arachne at FreeLists > -- Arachne, The Premier GPL Web Browser/Suite for DOS -- > > Arachne at FreeLists -- Arachne, The Premier GPL Web Browser/Suite for DOS --