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 appears that timing is everything.
ReplyDeleteSo, did the guy see the motorcycle coming and duck, or did he fall due to the momentum of hitting the barrier and bouncing forward?
ReplyDelete"Missed him by that much..." - Maxwell Smart
ReplyDeleteDamn near ate that motorbike.
ReplyDeleteSliding across asphalt in a protective suit doesn't hurt much. The gravel is where it really starts to hurt.
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DeleteThe second rider rolling by at the end is gonna feel it tomorrow. And the day after that, and...
Could have been way worse. Thank goodness he was vaxxinated. LOL
ReplyDeleteBike would have missed him, as it hit several feet to the side of his splat, er, spot.
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