 in a sling, I tell my tale, of love and loss...
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It was Monday morning; I was commuting into Boston, as I have done 100 times before. The three cylinders oh my 97 Thunderbird, churning harmoniously. Huntington Avenue is a very busy thoroughfaire, as it serves as a two lane road into town. It was a lovely day. That was about to change. Suddenly, traffic stops! BRAKE. SWERVE RIGHT. I clip the bumper of the Prius in front of me. The bike goes down, and I with it. I land hard on my right shoulder. I didn't roll or slide. I just popped up on to my feet. Embarassed, and humiliated. I walk over to the sidewalk. A cast of well intentioned folks gather. Pull off my gloves; 10 fingers. Good. I reach up to remove my DOT/SNELL full face. It is at this point when I notice that my right shoulder is hurting something wild. I look over at the bike. She is lying in street, spilling fuel onto the street... like a slaughtered beast. Then, Boston's best arrive in the form of Police, Fire and EMTs. Clearly, they have done this before. The EMTs convince me to take a ride over to the hospital for a once-over. The verdict: a distal fracture of the clavicle. I will visit an ortho on Friday to see if it requires a pin. The Thunderbird... I await the prognosis This could have been A LOT worse...  
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Re: in a sling, I tell my tale, of love and loss...
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Yes sir, it could have been much worse. I'm glad you are relatively ok. Im sure with some work the bird will be back up and strokin along. Be careful out there its a jungle.
I have no faith in human perfectability. I think that human exertion will have no appreciable effect upon humanity. Man is now only more active - not more happy - nor more wise, than he was 6000 years ago.
Edgar Allan Poe
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Re: in a sling, I tell my tale, of love and loss...
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Saddle Sore
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Dang it, hopefully you and the bike will be ok in short order. Shat happens fast!
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Re: in a sling, I tell my tale, of love and loss...
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Fe Butt
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Sorry to hear it, Mike.  But hey, your post-crash write-up was excellently written, anyway!    (...heal quickly!)
Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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Re: in a sling, I tell my tale, of love and loss...
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Buggah! Sorry to hear that, hope you and the bike mend real quick so you can get back in the saddle. Glad your not too badly injured. 
I'd rather ride it than clean it!!!!
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Re: in a sling, I tell my tale, of love and loss...
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Thanks all! I appreciated the well wishes... Not too sore, and I have some happy pills With all scenarios being possible, I got lucky. Just can't use my right arm, and hand that much ..and I LOVE my right hand! 
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Should be Riding
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your title reads like a Marquis de Sade short novel title...
Glad to hear you are ok. Hope your bike is too!
Blowing gravel off rural roads
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Sucks Mike, hope you heal well and fast!
Strangler
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Loquacious
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ugh.
clavicle fracture.
kiss the season goodbye.
i feel for ya, man.
i've yet to kiss the season hello.
me? left shoulder woes.
sure hope you heal up sure and quick.
allhailthefrenchpress
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Damn dude, that really sux. Hope you heal quickly and your bike as well. Just one more reason for me to hate those little flippen Prius S.O.B.'s.
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Loquacious
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Quote:
Yes sir, it could have been much worse. I'm glad you are relatively ok. Im sure with some work the bird will be back up and strokin along. Be careful out there its a jungle.
+1 sorry about you going down bit As you and Loco have said ,it could have been MUCH worse.
All the best 
Dinosaur.
"Oh Man I only ride 'em.I don't know what makes 'em work". Donald "Oddball" Sutherland
"Don't let the bastards get you down". Kris Kristofferson
"I am only paranoid because everyone is against me". Larry [Frank Burns] Linville
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Loquacious
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Glad to hear things didn't turn out too bad. At least we aren't reading an obit.... What some people do to recycle their rides..... Hope the bike was insured.
12 Rocket Roadster
03 Bonneville America
69 BSA Firebird Scrambler
73 Yamaha TX 750
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Loquacious
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Glad to hear you're OK Mike. You seem to be in good spirits, or maybe it's just the happy pills. 
06 America 904
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Check Pants
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It was Monday morning; I was commuting into Boston, as I have done 100 times before.
.....and here I thought you'd be cueing up "The story you're about to hear is true........."
Good rendition, better ending
Take care man 
jh
"It's not what I say that's important, it's what you hear" Red Auerbach
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Damn! That's a hard thing. I hate that sick feeling when you see your bike on its side. Funny how its your first and second thought before you even realize you may be broke too. I hope it's all good news from here on.
Cheers, Richard
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09 America, Staintune Pipes, K&N, Breathe, Hagon Nitros, AI & O2 removed, tune 20184 (modified), MTX-L a/f gauge
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