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    OK who was this part 3

    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...REL-35MPH.html

    Cyclist, 58, is thrown over his handlebars and left with a fractured cheek and memory loss after hitting a SQUIRREL at 35MPH (and it's not a happy ending for the rodent either)
    • Tim Egerton, 58, hit the squirrel whilst cycling in Oakworth, West Yorkshire
    • He was rushed to hospital where a titanium plate was placed in his broken cheek
    • The cycling enthusiast was travelling 30 to 35mph on impact, killing the squirrel
    Welcome to the Squirrel Elimination front!







    or is this Nuttina after date night?
    Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.

    #2
    Similar happened to a friend of mine, he lost an eye. The actual cause is disc brakes on a bicycle. If you brake hard on the front wheel; over you go.
    It is safer to have disc brakes on the rear and rim brakes on the front.
    "A people that elect corrupt politicians, imposters, thieves and traitors are not victims, but accomplices," George Orwell

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      #3
      Originally posted by Paddy View Post
      Similar happened to a friend of mine, he lost an eye. The actual cause is disc brakes on a bicycle. If you brake hard on the front wheel; over you go.
      It is safer to have disc brakes on the rear and rim brakes on the front.
      oh didn't know that.
      Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.

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        #4
        It's not Whorty, unless he's grown hair and dyed it recently

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          #5
          Daily Mail

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            #6
            sometimes I am glad to be too lazy to do any regular sports...

            I run sometimes, the worst that could happen to you is to slip on dog poo or get stabbed because London.

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              #7
              Originally posted by ladymuck View Post
              It's not Whorty, unless he's grown hair and dyed it recently
              When I lived in Beckenham and commuted to Hammersmith I used to take a short cut through Battersea Park - squirrels in there are blinkin suicidal ..... they'd just stay in front of you and spin around like a whirling dervish before shooting off in one direction at the last moment. Had a few close calls, but thankfully never hit one.

              I also rarely travel at 35 mph .... 50 kph (30 mph) is where I'm comfy, any faster and cars become an issue as I'm going as fast/faster than them!
              I am what I drink, and I'm a bitter man

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                #8
                Originally posted by GigiBronz View Post
                sometimes I am glad to be too lazy to do any regular sports...

                I run sometimes, the worst that could happen to you is to slip on dog poo or get stabbed because London.
                Nah you can get attacked by foxes, squirrels or rats for food.

                Or get mugged by someone on an e-scooter for your mobile.
                "You’re just a bad memory who doesn’t know when to go away" JR

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                  #9
                  Originally posted by SueEllen View Post

                  Nah you can get attacked by foxes, squirrels or rats for food.

                  Or get mugged by someone on an e-scooter for your mobile.
                  Or trip over your shoelaces and end up in the river

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                    #10
                    Originally posted by SueEllen View Post

                    Nah you can get attacked by foxes, squirrels or rats for food.

                    Or get mugged by someone on an e-scooter for your mobile.
                    For the later I usually run around an artificial lake, ex docks, so quite deep.
                    There is a portion that is one way and I think as well that poses that exact risk.

                    The joke that I make with my friend about it is that, if I were to be mugged, the person attempting it, statistically is very likely to not know how to swim, so I will jump in the lake.

                    Not very politically correct, I know but statistically accurate.

                    Originally posted by ladymuck View Post

                    Or trip over your shoelaces and end up in the river
                    with weather like this I am not sure I would mind.

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