hopless500
Trundling along
- Location
- not-as-flat-as-you-think Norfolk
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That was one of the first things I thought of after reading the OP.
I remember you posting it at the time, was it really that long ago?
Drago
Legendary Member
- Location
- Suburban Poshshire
IIRC it'll be two years ago in June, so time really does fly.
On the upside the parents have become close friends and I've become a sort of uncle figure to the older Brother who's now nineteen. I recently saw him flying about like a loon in his car, and I took him aside and gave him a gentle talking to - his Mum is still terribly cut up about the loss of his sister, so I asked him to think about what it would do to his Mum if he killed himself in a car accident.
He's now slowed down to merely transonic speeds.
On the upside the parents have become close friends and I've become a sort of uncle figure to the older Brother who's now nineteen. I recently saw him flying about like a loon in his car, and I took him aside and gave him a gentle talking to - his Mum is still terribly cut up about the loss of his sister, so I asked him to think about what it would do to his Mum if he killed himself in a car accident.
He's now slowed down to merely transonic speeds.
oldwheels
Legendary Member
- Location
- Isle of Mull
Thank you postman you have hit the nail on the head. Fortunately I still cycle tho' not now with the local club as I am not fast enough being a bit out of practice. Everyone greets me tho' as I was at one time known as the "" grandfather " of the club and used to be timekeeper for local races.
- Location
- Cambridgeshire alps
classic33
Leg End Member
- Location
- Cambridgeshire alps
Dirty bugger!
Good on you for your attempts at saving him.
Opposite for me, I had a right run of luck in the late '80's starting with the Bradford City fire, the incidents totally changed me as a person and I've sailed happily through life ever since, distancing myself from moaners and negativity and doing what I want when I feel like it.
The OP incident is just life, working in a hospital I see it every day, one woman was crying in a corridor, she told me everything, she and her husband had sold their house, bought a villa in Spain and were looking forward to an early retirement. Now she had nowhere to live, a villa to sell in Spain (good luck with that) and looking at her future as a full time carer. Her husband had suffered a severe stoke. I often think of her.
Don't like your job? Jack it in. Want to change your life? Do it. Your legs won't drop off or owt.
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