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.
put a rag flag in the middle of the tow rope. That way the driver can feel that sinking feeling a bit longer before the removal of 11 lbs of ugly fat...
My Dad back in the early 60's here in Florida. Came across an incident just like this right after it happened. One logging truck was trying to pull another logging truck out of a ditch on the other side of the road. A family hit the cable in their car right at the bottom of the windshield. The mother, driving, and the grandmother in the passenger seat both lost their heads. The father and their small child were laying down in the backseat. The father awoke and was able to grab the steering wheel before the car crashed saving himself and his child.
Woh! know what thats like, someone strung a chain across the road head height abouts, caught it face first riding a motorcycle. Was going about 35-40, knocked me out cold, two big fat purple and green eyes, got so swoled up the skin cracked and bled around the edges, couldn't see for two weeks till the major swelling went down some. Glad to get knocked clean out, probably woulda hurt like a mo fo, was 18 hours unconscious. Broke the ol snoz flat too. Bike had minimal damage. Never saw the chain, it dark and set up above the headlight beam. Some nice folks lived right there got me in an ambulance, they said we figured your pumkin got ehacked so hard you be a vegitable. Had a handmade Japanese racing helmet, boron kevlar and carbon fiber composite, with crush pads, think it saved my life. Called them, gave them the details what happened, they asked if I would send it to them to examine, they sent a shipping label so it cost me nothing, sure 10-4, things no good anyways, it was all wrecked and have to order another, ($650 bucks for a white plain jane model), sent it off, forgot about that, then a UPS package arrives, they sent me a brandy new helmet, no cost. Hows that for customer service!?!?
Someone who lived on Hyway #35(?) ran a cable across it just downhill from the crossroad of Skyline on the peninsula side, where Alice's Restaurant sits. About neck height for a bike. Fortunately, the first victim to arrive was a deputy in a car. Took off everything mounted on the roof. IIRC, they worked hard to find the culprit, as there was a long list of bikers that were willing to find the perps themselves, and remove their head a bit slower than the cable would have. I never heard anything about the incident afterwards. A decent Sat or Sun would have close to a thousand bikes hanging there.
YouTube has FAR too many videos where folks stringing piano wire across trails to catch ATV, dirtbike and even off-road cyclists this way. There is one that comes to mind where the perp got caught red-handed and got, well...ah...remonstrated with by a BIG dirtbike rider. Fair certain the shite won't do that particular dirty deed again.
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Deleteput a rag flag in the middle of the tow rope. That way the driver can feel that sinking feeling a bit longer before the removal of 11 lbs of ugly fat...
ReplyDeleteMy Dad back in the early 60's here in Florida. Came across an incident just like this right after it happened. One logging truck was trying to pull another logging truck out of a ditch on the other side of the road. A family hit the cable in their car right at the bottom of the windshield. The mother, driving, and the grandmother in the passenger seat both lost their heads. The father and their small child were laying down in the backseat. The father awoke and was able to grab the steering wheel before the car crashed saving himself and his child.
ReplyDeleteThe driver turned off the ignition. So, he survived.
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Driver maybe have survived but the numbnuts towing wouldn't after I stove in his stupid head with a tire iron.
ReplyDeleteYeah, there would be a lot of killing after something like that. No shouting or arm waving, just killing.
ReplyDeleteI was expecting the truck to pull out in front of the car, but either way I think I would have slowed down a lot upon seeing heavy equipment crossing.
ReplyDeleteWoh! know what thats like, someone strung a chain across the road head height abouts, caught it face first riding a motorcycle. Was going about 35-40, knocked me out cold, two big fat purple and green eyes, got so swoled up the skin cracked and bled around the edges, couldn't see for two weeks till the major swelling went down some. Glad to get knocked clean out, probably woulda hurt like a mo fo, was 18 hours unconscious. Broke the ol snoz flat too. Bike had minimal damage. Never saw the chain, it dark and set up above the headlight beam. Some nice folks lived right there got me in an ambulance, they said we figured your pumkin got ehacked so hard you be a vegitable. Had a handmade Japanese racing helmet, boron kevlar and carbon fiber composite, with crush pads, think it saved my life. Called them, gave them the details what happened, they asked if I would send it to them to examine, they sent a shipping label so it cost me nothing, sure 10-4, things no good anyways, it was all wrecked and have to order another, ($650 bucks for a white plain jane model), sent it off, forgot about that, then a UPS package arrives, they sent me a brandy new helmet, no cost. Hows that for customer service!?!?
ReplyDeleteHad that happen down the street from us when i was young. Driver was decapitated.
ReplyDeleteSomeone who lived on Hyway #35(?) ran a cable across it just downhill from the crossroad of Skyline on the peninsula side, where Alice's Restaurant sits. About neck height for a bike. Fortunately, the first victim to arrive was a deputy in a car. Took off everything mounted on the roof. IIRC, they worked hard to find the culprit, as there was a long list of bikers that were willing to find the perps themselves, and remove their head a bit slower than the cable would have. I never heard anything about the incident afterwards. A decent Sat or Sun would have close to a thousand bikes hanging there.
ReplyDeleteIt was cooler when Steve McQueen did it in The Great Escape.
ReplyDeleteYouTube has FAR too many videos where folks stringing piano wire across trails to catch ATV, dirtbike and even off-road cyclists this way.
ReplyDeleteThere is one that comes to mind where the perp got caught red-handed and got, well...ah...remonstrated with by a BIG dirtbike rider.
Fair certain the shite won't do that particular dirty deed again.