[FJReally]

i've had my fair share of 'hits' over the years driving bikes

i've never had anything good when being wheeled into A&E
"here's another mobile donor" or "... lad in No. 3 must of ate nothing but potatoes"

One thing that has always stuck in my mind was what a doctor
said to me after waking up one time. Its my experience that if someone
lasts more than 2 years on a bike they generally drive all their lives

and now, over 20 years later, i'm still in one piece, well sort of, lol

[andy gaw]

going in one time in the ambulance after a 100yd slide I heard the radio guy saying we have a "road pizza" delivery for ye.... laughed me heart out, when I got better !!

[FJReally]

thats a good one, road pizza

thing is you get treated differently when your
in the hospital, in Vincents, they would bring
you to the Honda ward, second floor and everyone
there were bikers, it was great

everyone had a radio in the shape of a helmet
or a poster of barry sheen above their beds
and the usual, copy of the gay times their mates
would bring in

[Linda]

Yeah I've heard of the 2 year rule from a Dr too. The funniest one was a mate who had lost his leg to cancer years before being told that surely after losing his leg he should know better, he replied my body did that not me bike

[pugwash]

Me ma worked in a hospital for years & biker casualties were known as 'organ donors'

[wesifumi]

pugwash, on 03 February 2012 - 12:23 PM, said:

Me ma worked in a hospital for years & biker casualties were known as 'organ donors'

Well.

Some of them could be

( I for one, will be getting a donor card, its not like ill need me bits and bobs if im brown bread, someone may as well benefit)

[relaxed]

wesifumi, on 03 February 2012 - 12:32 PM, said:

Well.

Some of them could be

( I for one, will be getting a donor card, its not like ill need me bits and bobs if im brown bread, someone may as well benefit)

Mentioned here before, I think. You can sign the back of your Irish driving licence instead. Mine is signed, so are my wife and daughter's.

[Ogmios]

relaxed, on 03 February 2012 - 01:03 PM, said:

Mentioned here before, I think. You can sign the back of your Irish driving licence instead. Mine is signed, so are my wife and daughter's.

One of the things i check when Training.
... and if it's not filled in - gently suggest it's something we should all do.

[junker87g]

Ogmios, on 03 February 2012 - 01:29 PM, said:

One of the things i check when Training.
... and if it's not filled in - gently suggest it's something we should all do.

He does

Signed mine, what I don't get is why it asks if you're a kidney donor or a multi-organ donor.

"Fine, you can have my kidney, BUT DON'T YOU DARE TOUCH MY HEART OR LIVER YOU STICKY FINGERED PARAMEDIC"

[sirius]

Ater being T-boned on the North Circular Road and a short trip to the Mater by ice cream van I eventually went for X-ray. The Radiologist was extremely concerned for my welfare and apologised throughout for my pain. Turns out she was the one who knocked me down on her way to work. I asked her if she was drumming up business for herself.

[FJReally]

sirius, on 03 February 2012 - 01:48 PM, said:

Ater being T-boned on the North Circular Road and a short trip to the Mater by ice cream van I eventually went for X-ray. The Radiologist was extremely concerned for my welfare and apologised throughout for my pain. Turns out she was the one who knocked me down on her way to work. I asked her if she was drumming up business for herself.

thats a fcuking classic, jasus i know i shouldn't but ya have to laugh at that

[danceswithmopeds]

Last crash, I was knocked out. Came to with a crowd around me. Girl who U-turned on me was down on her knees beside me crying and having a bit of a freak out.
She lost it completely when I answered " How are you feeling" , with the answer , "I can't see".
My glasses had flown out through open visor and skittered up the road.
Some good man went looking for them and found. Lenses a little chipped round edges but alright.
Ambo arrived, spinal board, blocks on either side of head, immobilised.
Heading for James Hospital, Paramedic in back with me gets really very concerned when I'm not replying to any of his questions, or fingers waved in front of my eyes.
There's only 2 bloody big blocks of foam strapped on either side of my head blocking ears completely. DEAF
Glasses in inside pocket.. BLIND
Tells driver to speed it up a bit, which was murder over the speedbumps.

Driver and Para stayed with me in Hospital. We had a good laugh when everything was explained.