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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-17-09 01:34 PM Original message |
I know a guy named John. He was a semi-pro mountain bike racer. He's basically quadriplegic now. |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-17-09 01:35 PM Response to Original message |
1. Yes, they do. :^( We can be so darned fragile. |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-17-09 01:38 PM Response to Original message |
2. Arguably he could have slipped on ice--sans skiing |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-17-09 01:38 PM Response to Original message |
3. aw dang, accidents happen. Best wishes and healing to him. eom |
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NJmaverick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-17-09 01:46 PM Response to Original message |
4. That's sad to hear |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-17-09 01:49 PM Response to Original message |
5. I know a guy named Dave, His father threw him into |
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AlCzervik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-17-09 01:53 PM Response to Original message |
6. that's sad. My uncle drove a motorcycle for years, he's now a quadriplegic, he fell |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-17-09 01:57 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. Wow. |
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AlCzervik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-17-09 02:00 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. he's had several bouts with pneumonia and bed sore issues but he's still alive and |
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Ganja Ninja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-17-09 01:53 PM Response to Original message |
7. The media really markets dangerous sports to the young. |
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ddeclue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-17-09 01:58 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. Post hoc ergo prompter hoc... |
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cali (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-17-09 01:59 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. oh for pity's sake. skiing is not this dangerous sport |
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maxsolomon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-17-09 06:12 PM Response to Reply #11 |
17. the "paralyzed by diving board" thing is way overblown |
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CRF450 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-17-09 06:20 PM Response to Reply #11 |
18. I ride on trails and sometimes a motocross track on my dirtbike. |
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Ganja Ninja (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 06:11 AM Response to Reply #11 |
19. No not too dangerous, were only talking about this because a woman |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-17-09 01:59 PM Response to Reply #7 |
12. Forgot to mention, this guy was 45 at the time of the accident |
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Journeyman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-17-09 01:54 PM Response to Original message |
8. My brother slipped on ice, hit his head, and has been quadriplegic for 26 years. . . |
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rox63 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-17-09 02:11 PM Response to Original message |
14. I had a coworker for several years who is a paraplegic |
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soothsayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-17-09 03:48 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Man, what a decent employer. GREAT employer! |
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KatyaR (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Mar-17-09 06:03 PM Response to Original message |
16. The first and only time I went skiing, |
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bridgit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Mar-18-09 06:42 AM Response to Original message |
20. "and it was all over", when younger I ice skated, never had any life altering accident |
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