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Having cycled up Alpe d'Huez in the Alps (21 hairpin bends), we were on the descent (fast), when a motor cyclist mishandled a bend, came straight at me, passed in front of me and turned between me and the inside of the road. It was a VERY close shave and I must have been saved by a split second. OH was more shocked as he saw it all. Thought I was a gonner.
I was still puffed from getting to the top!
Benacre - that is some story!~
Aerodynamically the bumblebee shouldn't be able to fly, but the bumblebee doesn't know that so it goes on flying anyway.
~ Mary Kay Ash
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Originally posted by JennieAtkinson View PostHaving cycled up Alpe d'Huez in the Alps (21 hairpin bends), we were on the descent (fast), when a motor cyclist mishandled a bend, came straight at me, passed in front of me and turned between me and the inside of the road. It was a VERY close shave and I must have been saved by a split second. OH was more shocked as he saw it all. Thought I was a gonner.
I was still puffed from getting to the top!
Benacre - that is some story!Blessings
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Good on you Benacre and Nog - two real heros.
I think most people behave like sheep in an emergency - that's why so many die unnecessarily. I watched a programme on survivors once. It mentioned a massive fire in a store in London several years ago. Many bodies were in the cafe and they couldn't understand why, as the alarm had gone off and there had been plenty of time to evacuate the building. They found out that people had queued up to pay their bill, being to embarrassed to leave without
paying!
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I had a seat booked on this plane, but when we arrived at the airport we were told it had been overbooked and had to wait for the next one....
http://www.bbc.co.uk/insideout/north...disaster.shtml
Still feel cold just thinking about it"Nicos, Queen of Gooooogle" and... GYO's own Miss Marple
Location....Normandy France
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Obviously not a 'There but for...' moment, but more one of exquisite timing. Many years ago, came off my motor bike, colliding with two garden walls. One was the local police house, the other was the local doctor! Both gentleman happened to be off duty, and were gardening. First on the scene was the cop, followed about 3 seconds later by the Doc! How about that?
Zebedee
"Raised to a state of heavenly lunacy where I just can't be touched!"
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