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When it's not your time to die
Just had a call from an old friend. Like us, she went skiing at
half-term, with her daughter. And she took a tumble and (it turned out) did her cruciate ligaments in one knee. Anyway, she was very high up at Les Arcs, and for some reason the ski-doo blood wagon couldn't get to her, or there wasn't one available anyway, so she was loaded into the old-fashioned stretcher with one rescue bod fore and one aft. You know the things. And off they set. "All you can see is sky," she said "because you're strapped in." And then there was a loud *CRACK*. That was one of the handles breaking off, that was. And off went the stretcher, with nobody holding it, and her still strapped in. It didn't slide. It rolled. Snow-sky-snow-sky-snow-sky-snow-sky and by the grace of God she still had her helmet and goggles on as her face was being mashed into the snow on every revolution. It came to a halt 10 feet from the edge of a precipice. The rescue bods caught up "looking shocked". I bet they did. They must have thought: "Oh well, we're not going to get that one back." -- BMW K1100LT Ducati 750SS Honda CB400F Triumph Street Triple Suzuki TS250ER GN250 Damn, back to six bikes! Try Googling before asking a damn silly question. chateau dot murray at idnet dot com |
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On 11/03/2010 19:53, The Older Gentleman wrote:
It came to a halt 10 feet from the edge of a precipice. The rescue bods caught up "looking shocked". I bet they did. They must have thought: "Oh well, we're not going to get that one back." Now & again you get a break, i had one the other week with the windscreen episode :) |
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On Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:53:33 +0000, The Older Gentleman squeezed out
the following: Just had a call from an old friend. Like us, she went skiing at half-term, with her daughter. And she took a tumble and (it turned out) did her cruciate ligaments in one knee. Anyway, she was very high up at Les Arcs, and for some reason the ski-doo blood wagon couldn't get to her, or there wasn't one available anyway, so she was loaded into the old-fashioned stretcher with one rescue bod fore and one aft. You know the things. And off they set. "All you can see is sky," she said "because you're strapped in." And then there was a loud *CRACK*. That was one of the handles breaking off, that was. And off went the stretcher, with nobody holding it, and her still strapped in. It didn't slide. It rolled. Snow-sky-snow-sky-snow-sky-snow-sky and by the grace of God she still had her helmet and goggles on as her face was being mashed into the snow on every revolution. It came to a halt 10 feet from the edge of a precipice. The rescue bods caught up "looking shocked". I bet they did. They must have thought: "Oh well, we're not going to get that one back." Bloody hell. I'm surprised one handle breaking meant losing the whole thing. -- Colin Irvine |
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On Mar 11, 8:06*pm, Colin Irvine wrote:
On Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:53:33 +0000, The Older Gentleman squeezed out the following: It came to a halt 10 feet from the edge of a precipice. The rescue bods caught up "looking shocked". I bet they did. Bloody hell. I'm surprised one handle breaking meant losing the whole thing. I thought he did bloody well, it's damn slippery out there. [1] Paul. [1] Well, you started it with wheeling out the old joke punchlines ... ;) [2] [2] For bonus points, name that joke. |
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On Mar 11, 11:53*am, (The Older
Gentleman) wrote: Just had a call from an old friend. Like us, she went skiing at half-term, with her daughter. And she took a tumble and (it turned out) did her cruciate ligaments in one knee.... It came to a halt 10 feet from the edge of a precipice. The Fickle Finger of Fate. And if the bitch is fickle enough, just as the lady walks out of the hospital, she gets run over by a lunatic cager. |
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On Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:13:19 -0800 (PST), zymurgy squeezed out the
following: On Mar 11, 8:06*pm, Colin Irvine wrote: On Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:53:33 +0000, The Older Gentleman squeezed out the following: It came to a halt 10 feet from the edge of a precipice. The rescue bods caught up "looking shocked". I bet they did. Bloody hell. I'm surprised one handle breaking meant losing the whole thing. I thought he did bloody well, it's damn slippery out there. [1] Paul. [1] Well, you started it with wheeling out the old joke punchlines ... ;) [2] [2] For bonus points, name that joke. Can't figure it out. -- Colin Irvine |
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The Older Gentleman wrote:
Just had a call from an old friend. (snip) It came to a halt 10 feet from the edge of a precipice. The rescue bods caught up "looking shocked". I bet they did. They must have thought: "Oh well, we're not going to get that one back." Divine intervention. I hope she'll enjoy several decades of pleasant life, as soon the ligaments heal. -- ts in Surrey // to send e-mail, remove vehicle K-RS 8v, 80/7, 750SS |
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On Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:17:10 +0000, ts wrote:
The Older Gentleman wrote: Just had a call from an old friend. (snip) It came to a halt 10 feet from the edge of a precipice. The rescue bods caught up "looking shocked". I bet they did. They must have thought: "Oh well, we're not going to get that one back." Divine intervention. There is no god, if there had been, none of the above would have happened :-) I hope she'll enjoy several decades of pleasant life, as soon the ligaments heal. Ligaments don't heal :-( -- Bruce Porter XJR1300SP, XJ900F, GSX250, Pegaso 650 Trail POTM#1(KoTL), WUSS#1 , YTC#1(bar), OSOS#2(KoTL) , DS#3 , IbW#18 ,Apostle#8 "The internet is a huge and diverse community and not every one is friendly" http://www.ytc1.co.uk There *is* an alternative! http://www.openoffice.org/ |
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On Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:53:33 +0000, The Older Gentleman wrote:
Just had a call from an old friend. Like us, she went skiing at half-term, with her daughter. And she took a tumble and (it turned out) did her cruciate ligaments in one knee. Anyway, she was very high up at Les Arcs, and for some reason the ski-doo blood wagon couldn't get to her, or there wasn't one available anyway, so she was loaded into the old-fashioned stretcher with one rescue bod fore and one aft. You know the things. And off they set. "All you can see is sky," she said "because you're strapped in." And then there was a loud *CRACK*. That was one of the handles breaking off, that was. And off went the stretcher, with nobody holding it, and her still strapped in. If only 1 handle broke, what was a) The guy holding with hand 2 ? (assuming 2 per end) b) The guy at the other end holding ? -- Bruce Porter XJR1300SP, XJ900F, GSX250, Pegaso 650 Trail POTM#1(KoTL), WUSS#1 , YTC#1(bar), OSOS#2(KoTL) , DS#3 , IbW#18 ,Apostle#8 "The internet is a huge and diverse community and not every one is friendly" http://www.ytc1.co.uk There *is* an alternative! http://www.openoffice.org/ |
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On 12 Mar, 12:43, YTC#1 wrote:
On Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:53:33 +0000, The Older Gentleman wrote: Just had a call from an old friend. Like us, she went skiing at half-term, with her daughter. And she took a tumble and (it turned out) did her cruciate ligaments in one knee. Anyway, she was very high up at Les Arcs, and for some reason the ski-doo blood wagon couldn't get to her, or there wasn't one available anyway, so she was loaded into the old-fashioned stretcher with one rescue bod fore and one aft. You know the things. And off they set. "All you can see is sky," she said "because you're strapped in." And then there was a loud *CRACK*. That was one of the handles breaking off, that was. And off went the stretcher, with nobody holding it, and her still strapped in. If only 1 handle broke, what was a) The guy holding with hand 2 ? (assuming 2 per end) b) The guy at the other end holding ? Absolutely no idea. As (I assume, as it rolled rather than slid) they were traversing at the time (she said the crunch happened on a steep mogul field), one guy probably just couldn't hold it. |
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On Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:19:24 -0800, TOG@Toil wrote:
On 12 Mar, 12:43, YTC#1 wrote: On Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:53:33 +0000, The Older Gentleman wrote: Just had a call from an old friend. Like us, she went skiing at half-term, with her daughter. And she took a tumble and (it turned out) did her cruciate ligaments in one knee. Anyway, she was very high up at Les Arcs, and for some reason the ski-doo blood wagon couldn't get to her, or there wasn't one available anyway, so she was loaded into the old-fashioned stretcher with one rescue bod fore and one aft. You know the things. And off they set. "All you can see is sky," she said "because you're strapped in." And then there was a loud *CRACK*. That was one of the handles breaking off, that was. And off went the stretcher, with nobody holding it, and her still strapped in. If only 1 handle broke, what was a) The guy holding with hand 2 ? (assuming 2 per end) b) The guy at the other end holding ? Absolutely no idea. As (I assume, as it rolled rather than slid) they were traversing at the time (she said the crunch happened on a steep mogul field), one guy probably just couldn't hold it. So, lets get this straight, while taking an injured person off the mountain, the smarty pants rescue bods decided to have some fun in a mogul field :-) -- Bruce Porter XJR1300SP, XJ900F, GSX250, Pegaso 650 Trail POTM#1(KoTL), WUSS#1 , YTC#1(bar), OSOS#2(KoTL) , DS#3 , IbW#18 ,Apostle#8 "The internet is a huge and diverse community and not every one is friendly" http://www.ytc1.co.uk There *is* an alternative! http://www.openoffice.org/ |
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On Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:44:43 +0000, YTC#1
wrote: On Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:19:24 -0800, TOG@Toil wrote: On 12 Mar, 12:43, YTC#1 wrote: On Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:53:33 +0000, The Older Gentleman wrote: Just had a call from an old friend. Like us, she went skiing at half-term, with her daughter. And she took a tumble and (it turned out) did her cruciate ligaments in one knee. Anyway, she was very high up at Les Arcs, and for some reason the ski-doo blood wagon couldn't get to her, or there wasn't one available anyway, so she was loaded into the old-fashioned stretcher with one rescue bod fore and one aft. You know the things. And off they set. "All you can see is sky," she said "because you're strapped in." And then there was a loud *CRACK*. That was one of the handles breaking off, that was. And off went the stretcher, with nobody holding it, and her still strapped in. If only 1 handle broke, what was a) The guy holding with hand 2 ? (assuming 2 per end) b) The guy at the other end holding ? Absolutely no idea. As (I assume, as it rolled rather than slid) they were traversing at the time (she said the crunch happened on a steep mogul field), one guy probably just couldn't hold it. So, lets get this straight, while taking an injured person off the mountain, the smarty pants rescue bods decided to have some fun in a mogul field :-) If it was somewhere they couldn't get a ski-doo to, they probably didn't have much choice in the matter. -- Alex Heney, Global Villager Hey! Who took the cork off my lunch??! To reply by email, my address is alexATheneyDOTplusDOTcom |
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YTC#1 wrote:
On Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:17:10 +0000, ts wrote: The Older Gentleman wrote: Just had a call from an old friend. (snip) It came to a halt 10 feet from the edge of a precipice. The rescue bods caught up "looking shocked". I bet they did. They must have thought: "Oh well, we're not going to get that one back." Divine intervention. There is no god, if there had been, none of the above would have happened :-) I hope she'll enjoy several decades of pleasant life, as soon the ligaments heal. Ligaments don't heal :-( Yes they do. Eventually... -- Lesley Residing in the Capital of Culture 2008 CBR600FW Peugeot 206 S SBS#11 (with oak-leaf cluster) BOTAFOT#101A UKRMHRC#12 BONY#54P BOB#18 |
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On Sat, 13 Mar 2010 02:20:56 GMT, "SP" wrote:
YTC#1 wrote: On Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:17:10 +0000, ts wrote: I hope she'll enjoy several decades of pleasant life, as soon the ligaments heal. Ligaments don't heal :-( Yes they do. Eventually... No. They don't. If a ligament is stretched or partially torn, the only healing will be to the other damaged tissues around it. The ligament itself will remain in its stretched state[1]. If it's snapped it's snapped forever. ACL replacement surgery is very common these days, which usually takes the hamstring tendon, split in half down the middle, together with the bone it's attached to, and screws it in place of where the ligament used to be. Tendon and ligament are effectively the same material, but the former is in a more 'live' state which can regrow and heal, whereas once it's stopped being pulled by muscles all the time it stabilises into another more static state. [1] Which is why I'm destined to be taking painkillers for the rest of my life, after all the ligaments attaching my ribs to my spine were ripped and torn by my big smash a few years ago. -- Ace Ski Club of Great Britain http://www.skiclub.co.uk/ All opinions expressed are those of the poster and in no way reflect those of the Ski Club or its members |
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On Fri, 12 Mar 2010 23:15:25 +0000, Alex Heney
wrote: On Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:44:43 +0000, YTC#1 wrote: On Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:19:24 -0800, TOG@Toil wrote: On 12 Mar, 12:43, YTC#1 wrote: On Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:53:33 +0000, The Older Gentleman wrote: And then there was a loud *CRACK*. That was one of the handles breaking off, that was. And off went the stretcher, with nobody holding it, and her still strapped in. If only 1 handle broke, what was a) The guy holding with hand 2 ? (assuming 2 per end) b) The guy at the other end holding ? There are different types of sledge used, some with handles at both ends for two people and some just at one. Absolutely no idea. As (I assume, as it rolled rather than slid) they were traversing at the time (she said the crunch happened on a steep mogul field), one guy probably just couldn't hold it. So, lets get this straight, while taking an injured person off the mountain, the smarty pants rescue bods decided to have some fun in a mogul field :-) I've assisted at incidents where they've had to get the victom dowm moguls. Generally they just go straight down. Not fun for the poor sap strapped in, and a hell of a lot of work for the piste guys too. If it was somewhere they couldn't get a ski-doo to, they probably didn't have much choice in the matter. Indeed. -- Ace Ski Club of Great Britain http://www.skiclub.co.uk/ All opinions expressed are those of the poster and in no way reflect those of the Ski Club or its members |
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On 03/12/2010 01:40 PM, YTC#1 wrote:
On Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:17:10 +0000, ts wrote: The Older Gentleman wrote: Just had a call from an old friend. (snip) It came to a halt 10 feet from the edge of a precipice. The rescue bods caught up "looking shocked". I bet they did. They must have thought: "Oh well, we're not going to get that one back." Divine intervention. There is no god, if there had been, none of the above would have happened :-) I've reached the conclusion god hates me because I'm an atheist and that's one thing that really winds him up. ****. |
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On Sat, 13 Mar 2010 02:20:56 GMT, "SP" wrote:
I hope she'll enjoy several decades of pleasant life, as soon the ligaments heal. Ligaments don't heal :-( Yes they do. Eventually... Wrong. -- Champ neal at champ dot org dot uk |
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Ace wrote:
On Sat, 13 Mar 2010 02:20:56 GMT, "SP" wrote: YTC#1 wrote: On Thu, 11 Mar 2010 23:17:10 +0000, ts wrote: I hope she'll enjoy several decades of pleasant life, as soon the ligaments heal. Ligaments don't heal :-( Yes they do. Eventually... . . . . ACL replacement surgery is very common these days, That's rather what I was thinking of - a knee that eventually works. -- ts in Surrey // to send e-mail, remove vehicle K-RS 8v, 80/7, 750SS |
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"Alex Heney" escribió en el mensaje de noticias
... If it was somewhere they couldn't get a ski-doo to, they probably didn't have much choice in the matter. Helicopter, but he didn't survive :-/ Plase wear helmet, that's all. |
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Domènec wrote:
Helicopter, but he didn't survive :-/ Coo, it's been a Hislop-free while. Or is it Macrae, these days? -- Pip: B12 |
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"Pip" escribió en el mensaje de noticias
... Domènec wrote: Helicopter, but he didn't survive :-/ Coo, it's been a Hislop-free while. Or is it Macrae, these days? Father of friend of mine, while we were skiing together. |
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On Sun, 14 Mar 2010 00:29:28 +0100, Domènec
wrote: "Pip" escribió en el mensaje de noticias ... Domènec wrote: Helicopter, but he didn't survive :-/ Coo, it's been a Hislop-free while. Or is it Macrae, these days? Father of friend of mine, while we were skiing together. Bummer. BTW Ski helmets, while better perhaps than cycling ones, still aren't much protection against severe impatct. -- Ace Ski Club of Great Britain http://www.skiclub.co.uk/ All opinions expressed are those of the poster and in no way reflect those of the Ski Club or its members |
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On Sat, 13 Mar 2010 09:45:12 +0000, Champ wrote:
On Sat, 13 Mar 2010 02:20:56 GMT, "SP" wrote: I hope she'll enjoy several decades of pleasant life, as soon the ligaments heal. Ligaments don't heal :-( Yes they do. Eventually... Wrong. whay Champs and I agree on something :-) Indeed, I have a few that are more akin to elestic these days -( -- Bruce Porter XJR1300SP, XJ900F, GSX250, Pegaso 650 Trail POTM#1(KoTL), WUSS#1 , YTC#1(bar), OSOS#2(KoTL) , DS#3 , IbW#18 ,Apostle#8 "The internet is a huge and diverse community and not every one is friendly" http://www.ytc1.co.uk There *is* an alternative! http://www.openoffice.org/ |
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On Sun, 21 Mar 2010 14:18:02 +0000, Pip Luscher
wrote: On Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:53:33 +0000, (The Older Gentleman) wrote: It didn't slide. It rolled. Snow-sky-snow-sky-snow-sky-snow-sky and by the grace of God she still had her helmet and goggles on as her face was being mashed into the snow on every revolution. Must've been the worst feeling in the world, strapped in with no control. Are one's arms even free in those things? No, they're strapped in. You can't move a thing. -- Ace Ski Club of Great Britain http://www.skiclub.co.uk/ All opinions expressed are those of the poster and in no way reflect those of the Ski Club or its members |
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In article o.uk,
The Older Gentleman wrote: anyway, so she was loaded into the old-fashioned stretcher with one rescue bod fore and one aft. You know the things. Stokes litter. It came to a halt 10 feet from the edge of a precipice. The rescue bods caught up "looking shocked". I bet they did. They must have thought: "Oh well, we're not going to get that one back." Other similar Alpine horror stories exist. An old roommate's favorite was from a long view. Said person fell and slide a long rough way. The viewers from a distance was certain the falling distance had killed the person. Part of the way down, the one speck of a person separate and became two. They were certain the climber has been cut in two. After a few moments, one of the halves started crawling slowing to the other half. The distant viewers could not believe this was happening. The 2nd dot was their pack. -- Looking for an H-912 (container). |
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ACL replacement surgery is very common these days, which usually takes the hamstring tendon, split in half down the middle, together with the bone it's attached to, and screws it in place of where the ligament used to be. Tendon and ligament are effectively the same material, but the former is in a more 'live' state which can regrow and heal, whereas once it's stopped being pulled by muscles all the time it stabilises into another more static state. Our 18 month old Heinz 57 dog did an ACL running through a hedge. After vet had operated and we got dog back, it was clear that the "ankle" and "thigh" had been nailed to a board, JC fashion, in the mid position whilst the ACL was rebuilt and resewn. Dog was fine and lived another 16 years with no trace of stiffness. |
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Ace wrote:
On Sun, 14 Mar 2010 00:29:28 +0100, Domènec wrote: "Pip" escribió en el mensaje de noticias ... Domènec wrote: Helicopter, but he didn't survive :-/ Coo, it's been a Hislop-free while. Or is it Macrae, these days? Father of friend of mine, while we were skiing together. Bummer. Ace wrote in 2010: BTW Ski helmets, while better perhaps than cycling ones, still aren't much protection against severe impatct. Chilling. I wish you were not right. |
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