And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
That's a good part of the reason I don't ride a bike anymore. Just don't have the reflexes.
One thing that did keep me alive was something my Dad told me long ago: "Everybody out there is trying to kill you. You've got to watch out, and you've got to be lucky." (He'd raced in his youth- the Indian Sq.4 was his favorite, and I sure wish he'd kept it.)
He was right. I've had drivers look me in the eye and then try to run me down, because they didn't see a car & a bike just didn't register.
I only saw brake lights on the bike.
ReplyDeleteThat's a good part of the reason I don't ride a bike anymore. Just don't have the reflexes.
ReplyDeleteOne thing that did keep me alive was something my Dad told me long ago: "Everybody out there is trying to kill you. You've got to watch out, and you've got to be lucky." (He'd raced in his youth- the Indian Sq.4 was his favorite, and I sure wish he'd kept it.)
He was right. I've had drivers look me in the eye and then try to run me down, because they didn't see a car & a bike just didn't register.