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Simon Cowell breaks back falling off electric bike in California
The Guardian ^ | 08-09-2020 | Amy Walker

Posted on 08/09/2020 9:19:47 AM PDT by NRx

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To: time4good

Yep - common rookie mistake.
Years ago, a friend bought a Kawasaki 900 and it was sprinkling when he went to pick it up.
Knowing he was a novice, the shop tried to get him to wait for nicer weather but he insisted...
As he started to pull out of the parking lot, turning/leaning a tad to the right, he gave it a little goose and spun out right there...not 200 feet on the bike and it was scraped up real good - along with his leg and elbow...


41 posted on 08/10/2020 2:51:06 AM PDT by trebb (Don't howl about illegal leeches, or Trump in general, while not donating to FR - it's hypocritical.)
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To: Ozark Tom

“Simon needs wheelie bar and trainers?”

In all fairness, when I read “electric bike,” I thought “rich guy, big fancy too-fast electric motorcycle.” Apparently that’s not the case.


42 posted on 08/10/2020 5:15:39 AM PDT by PLMerite ("They say that we were Cold Warriors. Yes, and a bloody good show, too." - Robert Conquest)
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To: Bloody Sam Roberts
They were much more descriptive in the past...

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"Crushed spinal column"
"(Thoracic region)"
ICD code 187, more specifically, Herbert was caught in the belt of his sawmill on his farm. He was injured in the afternoon and died during the night. Not much they could do for that kind of injury back in 1925.

43 posted on 08/10/2020 5:42:51 AM PDT by onemiddleamerican
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Herbert was caught in the belt of his sawmill on his farm.

That reminds me of a classic Men From Maine bit.

Men From Maine Sawmill Accident

44 posted on 08/10/2020 7:18:58 AM PDT by Bloody Sam Roberts (If liberals had a conscience, they wouldn't be liberals.)
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