Re: [ST] What a day!!!!

[Michael Roukas <mroukas@xxxxxxxxx>]

That was great, BRAVO.  Mike

--- George K <gkeslin@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> What a day  -
> 
> I just pulled out of my driveway and the stones
> caused the rear of my wife's Ducati to swing out a
> bit, and it fell over at like 2 mph. Not a big deal
> on its own but my hand got caught under the engine
> and tank, and the throttle was pinned wide open.
> 
> Long story short I got 3rd degree burns on my wrist,
> forearm, shoulder, and hand. The engine over-reved
> and had no oil at the pickup, and blew a rod right
> through the side of the cases. It only took about 5
> seconds!
> 
> Damn thing caught on fire too from all the oil. The
> neighbor kids ran over with the hose but the gas was
> flowing from the tank and it was a virtual fireball
> in like 30 seconds.
> 
> I rolled away from the flames but my jacket, my new
> Vanson jacket had enough gasoline on it that it
> burned badly. My neck is scorched and I lost some
> hair because I couldn't get the damn helmet off fast
> enough. My hand was burned and I couldn't undo the
> neck strap.
> 
> The whole thing happened right at the end of the
> driveway, right next to the mailbox. Damn mailbox
> caught fire too and it's history. Flames from that
> made it up into the tree and one of them burned too.
> It's going to have to be removed. Those things are
> real expensive. Who cares at this point right?
> 
> And the street has this big black burn mark from all
> the oil and gas and flames. The cops came and gave
> me a ticket for the damage to the street. And a
> ticket for an expired license plate. And then the
> fire department showed up but by then we had the
> fire out. They charge $400 for a call, and since I
> made the call there's no refund.
> 
> The cops said I had to move the wreckage "NOW" so
> they called a tow truck and it pulled the mess back
> onto my driveway. $125 for that little nothing.
> 
> And then to top it off I couldn't get my car out of
> the driveway because the dead Duc was in the way, so
> I drove on the lawn and the car sunk into the soft
> dirt and I got stuck. I rocked it back and forth and
> the thing shot out of the the rut so quickly that it
> got away from me and I sideswiped my neighbors van.
> Both vehicles damaged.
> 
> Cops came back and I got another ticket for that
> accident.
> 
> And the emergency room visit was no fun either! I'll
> be off work for three weeks minimum. My health
> insurance policy doesn't cover "injuries associated
> with the operation of a motorcycle". Can it get any
> worse?
> 
> And it's April 1st so you know what that means!
> April Fools!
> 
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