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| From | Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | rec.arts.sf.written |
| Subject | Re: YASID: Spider Robinson story |
| Date | 2018-05-23 12:43 -0500 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <pe4983$nat$1@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
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On 5/22/2018 11:59 PM, Greg Goss wrote: > Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote: > > >> Of course, the only time I ever wrecked a motorcycle was off-road when I >> jumped a hill and failed to notice the guy wire for the power pole in my >> landing zone. That hurt. Knocked me out too, came to with the bike >> laying on top of me, still running, with gasoline dripping in my face. >> I still have the twisted wire scars in my right arm and chest. > > "still running". My sport bike uses vacuum from the engine to open > the gas feed. If you dump your bike, you're expected to stall it > (like I did), so the gas stops. I don't know if this is universal - I > don't really understand mechanical stuff much, but I had to look this > up to explain to my buddy (who supposedly DOES understand this stuff) > why there was another hose up from the carb area back into the gas > selector valve. And he still doesn't understand the "prime" setting > that bypasses the cutoff. Before or after I hit the 3/4 inch guy wire at 30+ mph ? BTW, this was 1981. The gasoline was dripping out of the gas tank vent in the cap. I was just happy that I did not get the guy wire across the throat. I managed to twist me and the bike in the air somehow so that I got the guy wire across the chest. Lynn
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YASID: Spider Robinson story Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> - 2018-05-21 14:03 -0500
Re: YASID: Spider Robinson story ted@loft.tnolan.com (Ted Nolan <tednolan>) - 2018-05-21 19:06 +0000
Re: YASID: Spider Robinson story Kevrob <kevrob@my-deja.com> - 2018-05-21 12:29 -0700
Re: YASID: Spider Robinson story jdnicoll@panix.com (James Nicoll) - 2018-05-21 19:29 +0000
Re: YASID: Spider Robinson story Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> - 2018-05-21 17:01 -0500
Re: YASID: Spider Robinson story Jack Bohn <jack.bohn64@gmail.com> - 2018-05-22 05:07 -0700
Re: YASID: Spider Robinson story D B Davis <g@crcomp.net> - 2018-05-22 16:32 +0000
Re: YASID: Spider Robinson story Greg Goss <gossg@gossg.org> - 2018-05-21 19:17 -0600
Re: YASID: Spider Robinson story Joy Beeson <jbeeson@invalid.net.invalid> - 2018-05-21 23:42 -0300
Re: YASID: Spider Robinson story Greg Goss <gossg@gossg.org> - 2018-05-22 01:23 -0600
Re: YASID: Spider Robinson story Kevrob <kevrob@my-deja.com> - 2018-05-22 09:41 -0700
Re: YASID: Spider Robinson story Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> - 2018-05-22 12:27 -0500
Re: YASID: Spider Robinson story Kevrob <kevrob@my-deja.com> - 2018-05-22 10:44 -0700
Re: YASID: Spider Robinson story Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> - 2018-05-22 14:58 -0500
Re: YASID: Spider Robinson story Kevrob <kevrob@my-deja.com> - 2018-05-22 15:10 -0700
Re: YASID: Spider Robinson story Greg Goss <gossg@gossg.org> - 2018-05-22 22:59 -0600
Re: YASID: Spider Robinson story Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> - 2018-05-23 12:43 -0500
Re: YASID: Spider Robinson story Jack Bohn <jack.bohn64@gmail.com> - 2018-05-24 05:22 -0700
Re: YASID: Spider Robinson story peterwezeman@hotmail.com - 2018-05-23 18:55 -0700
Re: YASID: Spider Robinson story Robert Carnegie <rja.carnegie@excite.com> - 2018-05-22 12:30 -0700
Re: YASID: Spider Robinson story Joe Bernstein <Kdeurama@gmail.com> - 2018-05-23 19:47 +0000
Re: YASID: Spider Robinson story Peter Trei <petertrei@gmail.com> - 2018-05-23 13:36 -0700
Re: YASID: Spider Robinson story Robert Carnegie <rja.carnegie@excite.com> - 2018-05-24 01:55 -0700
Re: YASID: Spider Robinson story Kevrob <kevrob@my-deja.com> - 2018-05-24 05:04 -0700
Re: YASID: Spider Robinson story Kevrob <kevrob@my-deja.com> - 2018-05-24 18:53 -0700
Re: YASID: Spider Robinson story Robert Carnegie <rja.carnegie@excite.com> - 2018-05-24 19:55 -0700
Re: YASID: Spider Robinson story Kevrob <kevrob@my-deja.com> - 2018-05-24 20:06 -0700
Re: YASID: Spider Robinson story Kevrob <kevrob@my-deja.com> - 2018-05-25 04:46 -0700
Re: YASID: Spider Robinson story Robert Carnegie <rja.carnegie@excite.com> - 2018-05-25 05:34 -0700
Re: YASID: Spider Robinson story Peter Trei <petertrei@gmail.com> - 2018-05-23 13:38 -0700
Re: YASID: Spider Robinson story Kevrob <kevrob@my-deja.com> - 2018-05-23 13:48 -0700
Re: YASID: Spider Robinson story Greg Goss <gossg@gossg.org> - 2018-05-23 21:13 -0600
Re: YASID: Spider Robinson story J. Clarke <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2018-05-23 21:43 -0400
Re: YASID: Spider Robinson story Greg Goss <gossg@gossg.org> - 2018-05-23 21:08 -0600
Re: YASID: Spider Robinson story Steve Dodds <sdodds@nova-optical.com> - 2018-05-22 13:48 -0600
Re: YASID: Spider Robinson story news{@bestley.co.uk (Mark Bestley) - 2018-05-26 17:39 +0100
Re: YASID: Spider Robinson story Kevrob <kevrob@my-deja.com> - 2018-05-26 13:41 -0700
Re: YASID: Spider Robinson story J. Clarke <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2018-05-26 17:25 -0400
Re: YASID: Spider Robinson story Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> - 2018-05-26 15:21 -0700
Re: YASID: Spider Robinson story J. Clarke <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2018-05-26 18:32 -0400
Re: YASID: Spider Robinson story Kevrob <kevrob@my-deja.com> - 2018-05-26 16:53 -0700
Re: YASID: Spider Robinson story Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> - 2018-05-26 20:11 -0700
Re: YASID: Spider Robinson story Kevrob <kevrob@my-deja.com> - 2018-05-27 05:00 -0700
Re: YASID: Spider Robinson story D B Davis <g@crcomp.net> - 2018-05-27 13:41 +0000
Re: YASID: Spider Robinson story Kevrob <kevrob@my-deja.com> - 2018-05-27 11:26 -0700
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