The Thread about Nothing....

[classic1]

Originally Posted by matagi

Plus Classo is a little more "substantial".

You tell them baby. By at least 7 inches in the old scale.

[Helmet Hair]

Originally Posted by gplama

* Who is the best role model?

Brendan Bailey - No idea. His self marketing is good and funny.
Caroline Buchanan - N/A
Cadel Evans - NO.
Simon Gerrans - Hard a55
Jared Graves - N/A
Anna Meares - Havn't seen much of her in the media.
Mark Renshaw - Umm.. no?
Sam Willoughby - N/A

I've thought very highly of Anna Meares after her comeback from a broken cervix to get a medal in Beijing.

Broke some vertebrae too I think. I'm sure Mags can give us a more detailed description.

Lots of pluck in that girl, but she's been a bit quiet this year as far as publicity goes.

[matagi]

Originally Posted by Helmet Hair

I've thought very highly of Anna Meares after her comeback from a broken cervix to get a medal in Beijing.

Broke some vertebrae too I think. I'm sure Mags can give us a more detailed description.

Lots of pluck in that girl, but she's been a bit quiet this year as far as publicity goes.

I was so tempted ...... but decided not to take (too much) advantage of your howler.

The cervix is buried deep down in the girly bits - she would have had to have been doing something really wild to break that.

She had a hairline fracture of one of her cervical vertebrae - which is the fancy name for the spinal bones in the neck. Yes, she was very lucky. She could easily have ended up quadriplegic.

[gplama]

Order your copy before the Xmas rush!

[Helmet Hair]

Originally Posted by matagi

I was so tempted ...... but decided not to take (too much) advantage of your howler.

The cervix is buried deep down in the girly bits - she would have had to have been doing something really wild to break that.

She had a hairline fracture of one of her cervical vertebrae - which is the fancy name for the spinal bones in the neck. Yes, she was very lucky. She could easily have ended up quadriplegic.

Really?

Thanks for the info, I've seen the video, it was a biiiiiiig hit, but not that big..... Did I do it again?

In all seriousness, had a tear in the eye seeing her get up on the podium, a bit like when I saw Henk Vogels on a bike again after returning from the US in a similar condition a few years ago. I've got a bit of a soft spot for people returning from head/neck fractures, but that's for the mega crashes topic....

[46kgToDate]

Originally Posted by classic1

You tell them baby. By at least 7 inches in the old scale.

you old cervix buster you

[classic1]

Originally Posted by gplama

Order your copy before the Xmas rush!

Looks ace. Has it been getting much airplay on the radio?

[classic1]

Originally Posted by 46kgToDate

you old cervix buster you

have dislocated a few jaws in my time too

[gplama]

Originally Posted by classic1

Looks ace. Has it been getting much airplay on the radio?

A medical training book for Guntcologists. Most of the pictures are soft toys showing us where the stitching has come apart.

Top seller.

[classic1]

Originally Posted by gplama

A medical training book for Guntcologists. Most of the pictures are soft toys showing us where the stitching has come apart.

Top seller.

sounds a bit graphic

[gplama]

Originally Posted by classic1

have dislocated a few DUDES jaws in my time too

[classic1]

Originally Posted by gplama

you are only ghey if you give it. this only makes me a pervert.

I think it might be time to retire the Fev avatar. I've often wondered why that strap on plastic penis is wearing a dildo

[Helmet Hair]

On the subject of crashes,

Biggest one I ever had;

Going to work one day, dopey cnut steps off the kerb in front of me. Apparently I did a very good Abdujaparov helicopter manoeuvre followed by removal of skin from both hips, buttocks, shoulders and heels (the shoes wore through). The heels took longer to heal than the collarbone.

Biggest one I ever saw. About 6 months after the above, I got caught in somebody else's on a downhill bend one sunday morning. Went into the pile and saw a guy I knew moderately well go left when everybody else went right. Ended up going under the armco head first. He was unresponsive and I wound up in the ambulance as I was the only one who knew his address/wife's name etc. He had a basilar skull fracture from hitting the armco support post and as we later learned, the lights were out as soon as he hit the barrier.


Jeez it was 15 years ago and I still get misty over it.

Anyway I take a bit of a cavalier attitude to such things until it gets to spines & skulls. As Mags has seen up front, sometimes it's more about being lucky than anything else.


Somebody lighten the mood!

[paulambry]

Originally Posted by classic1

You tell them baby. By at least 7 inches in the old scale.

Wide.

[matagi]

Originally Posted by paulambry

Wide.

Choad

That's my new word .... you can thank beebers for corrupting me.