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.
It looks like the front wheel was gripping the asphalt but, when it hit a line of tar put down to cover a crack in the asphalt, the front wheel grabbed it. I have spryed the stuff for cracks in parking lots. Its like rubber.
When I was going to Jr. High school on my bicycle one day, doing a good rate of knots down the street, my front wheel hit a walnut & stopped dead! I went head over handlebars just like this guy did, but I wasn't badly hurt which he may well have been.
With my usual luck I landed on my face in a nice soft mud patch, right on top of my school books. That was over 50 years ago, so maybe I won't hear anyone else laughing about it now!
It looks like the front wheel was gripping the asphalt but, when it hit a line of tar put down to cover a crack in the asphalt, the front wheel grabbed it. I have spryed the stuff for cracks in parking lots. Its like rubber.
ReplyDeleteOuch. I hate seeing that stuff. Something had to break... not just his front tire.
ReplyDeleteGood on the other guy for not running over him.
When I was going to Jr. High school on my bicycle one day, doing a good rate of knots down the street, my front wheel hit a walnut & stopped dead! I went head over handlebars just like this guy did, but I wasn't badly hurt which he may well have been.
ReplyDeleteWith my usual luck I landed on my face in a nice soft mud patch, right on top of my school books. That was over 50 years ago, so maybe I won't hear anyone else laughing about it now!