I totally agree with you but what an insult to a Neanderthal this is... Ecke
2010/12/21 Tanya Love <[email protected]>: > Lol, I just reread this and realised that I said "risk my life at the ends" > - of course, it was meant to read "risk my life in the hands". I was just a > wee bit pissed and typing faster than I could think! Lol. > > Also, the last sentence reads as though Frank needs a smack in the head, and > of course, as you all know that Frank is one of my great buddies, that is > not what I meant! It was the Neanderthal truck driver I was referring to! > > Tan.x. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Tanya Love > Sent: Tuesday, 21 December 2010 1:14 PM > To: 'Pentax-Discuss Mail List' > Subject: RE: OT - Another bad break for a cyclist > > What a fucking rock ape! > > (I don't swear much at all, and definitely not on list either, but that guys > deserves it!) > > Truck drivers and motorists in general are total wankers to cyclists. > Everyone knows how much our planet would benefit if more able bodied people > would take to cycling - not just at the environmental level, but our overall > health would be improved, less burden on taxes/medical system as a result > etc etc. > > My hubby and I are keen cyclists but I refuse to ride on the road anymore. > I have five kids who need a mummy and I am not willing to risk my life at > the ends of one of the rock apes, that somehow managed to find themselves a > drivers licence in the bottom of a Cornflake box. > > Last year, my husband made it home, (bleeding and barely conscious) after > having a FULL BEER BOTTLE thrown at the back of his head by a car of drunken > teenagers, on his way home from work at 6pm on a Friday night. That was the > end for me. People are DICKHEADS, and it really riles me up that they seem > to think that THEY own the roads. We even have protests around the place > and you see on tv, interviews with drivers saying that cyclists shouldn't be > allowed on the road as they don't have a licence and don't pay car > registration to assist in maintaining the roads etc. > > They are effing idiots, and it pisses me off no end, and I am not > apologising for the language guys, cause Frank was just doing his job, and > that guy needs a smack in the head himself... > > Tan.x. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > frank theriault > Sent: Wednesday, 15 December 2010 10:20 PM > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: OT - Another bad break for a cyclist > > Typing real slow as my left hand's in a splint with my middle fingers taped > together. Broke a bone in my hand after a driver attacked me and threw me > down on my bike (bent my seatpost as well!). Should be better in about a > month - not a bad break, no surgery needed thank god. > > He cuts me off, I yell at him that I had right of way, he gets out of truck, > grabs me (while I'm walking away with both hands on handlebars and 25 pounds > in my backpack so I'm defenceless) and throws me to ground. I try to get > plate number so he pushes me to ground again and drives away. > > He couldn't be traced so cops can't do a thing. I may have a claim against > the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board. > > Incident happened Friday, went to hospital Sunday and yesterday got > temporary cast off and got fitted for splint. > > Still working, with a Metropass, riding transit and walking. > > Can ride again next Monday. > > Taking camera with me to work now, so that's a good thing! > > ;-) > > cheers, > frank > > -- > "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
