snaptrap member has been gravley injured

[DrBeast]

Originally Posted by momo55

Great news Ron

I wonder who was his gardien angel .....must be someone that can make the sun shine again and likes subsimmers :hmm:

Aye...the spirit carries on

[Armatian]

Best wishes here from argentina, hope your brother/friend/mate gets up to shape soon, and could be saying bad words in navy old shool soon, there's no better sign of health than a good salvo of healthy cursing.

And snaptrap, you'r totally right, motorcycles are bad medicine, my dad is traumatologist, and since i have memory when i go to his work at hospitals, 80% of traumas are due to the two wheel syndrome, motorcycles and bikes, i never get in those things, everything that rides (including womens =D) is dangerous

[skwasjer]

Best wishes. See you soon

[sturmer]

Originally Posted by Armatian

Best wishes here from argentina, hope your brother/friend/mate gets up to shape soon, and could be saying bad words in navy old shool soon, there's no better sign of health than a good salvo of healthy cursing.

And snaptrap, you'r totally right, motorcycles are bad medicine, my dad is traumatologist, and since i have memory when i go to his work at hospitals, 80% of traumas are due to the two wheel syndrome, motorcycles and bikes, i never get in those things, everything that rides (including womens =D) is dangerous

im not 100% behind ur story here, k there are allot of accidents with bikes and motorcycles. but that doesnt mean they are the devil, i mean ur car could lose a wheel and u lose control and 'bang' there u are in the hospital after hitting a tree.
accidents happen all the time, everywhere. its just bad luck that Snap had that accident but its not that he has to start hating those machines because of the accident. if u fall of a bicycle are u going to say: im never riding that thing again?
or say: my children will never get a bicycle?

sturmer

[Armatian]

It's not a good place to argue, but i didn't say "evil", the problem of a bicycle it's not falling, is that someone's car pass over you, that doesn't happen on a car because you'r are surrounded with a structure and have a seatbelt, and maybe an airbag.
Bad medicine, i meant risky business, also i meant to be a little humoristic (note the women reference =P)
To add more data, scooters are safer than normal bikes, because legs doesn't get trapped between incoming cars and bike
But again, there's no evil, just more risk, nothing else.

[sturmer]

well u have point there, sorry for the misunderstanding.

sturmer

[tater]

Great news. Hang in there!

[Snaptrap]

it's nice to see ron has been busy passing on information about my condition. he done a lot of work with informing people i know about the incident. he's the greatest. i apologize for the improper typing, but my hands aren't quite able to utilize the entire keyboard at the moment.

though ron did his best, i think some of his data is inaccurate. the accident was not caused by a dislodged kickstand, but rather by a piece of metal that got caught up in the wheel of my motorcycle. what happened was i took a left turn at a major intersection and the rear wheel had froze up. i ended up hitting the car door on my right which caused the rear of the bike to rise. a truck that was behind me clipped the rear tire sending me into a spin. all i was able to see then was another truck coming at me after the bike landed. i can't believe i was able to hang on all that time. it was an extremely frightening experience. i was pinned under the bike as the truck stopped on top of me. my ribs were broke causing internal damage to vital organs. the driver of the truck that ran me down had plenty of time to stop because everyone behind him already did. some people just do more dog screwing on the roads that driving. they should make people take their driving test each time they renew their license to filter out all these crackpots. after that it was to the hospital. from there on i was sudated and when i woke i was by myself at a very late hour of the night. the feeling of pain is still quite vivid.

at the moment i am exhuausted, but very determined to reply to you all. thank you for the prayers and hopes. i had been told that my life was nearly extingushed from the internal injuries. i remember the problem with my liver too. it was pumping out toxins into my system, and other organs weren't reacting too well to it. they spent several hours cleaning it out. having a good diet certainly helped with my recovery.

my outlook on living has changed drastically. though i never abuse my life, i no longer see things that i once wanted but could live without. no more motorbikes for me either. being on two wheels puts you at so much risk when you lose control or if you collide with another vehicle. this experienced changed my understanding so much that it is difficult to explain in words. perhaps over time you will see it in my actions.

i am going to try working out a system with ron that will help me complete the nsm mod i was working on. typing is just too difficult for me right now to make constant adjustments so i am going to do the work and he is going to maybe type. i will ask him when he returns from shopping. i don't see any problem with it now that he's practically doing everything else. my friend from work is staying with us for about a month until i am able to to things without anyone around to assist me. i probably won't be able to stand and walk properly for a few more weeks. so i hope after a few months i should be back to normal and get back to making some new mods.

you guys are awesome. thank you all. now it's time for more sleep.

[Fish40]

Glad to have you back in one piece! Take your time and get well first! This should be your only concern at this point. I'm sure an experience like that is a true "eye opener", and really makes you aware at how fragile we really are, and how precious life is. I had a buddy who lost his son in a motorcycle accident in Connecticuit some time ago. He was also hit by a truck. In that State, there was no mandatory helmet law in place at the time. Don't know about now. Why in God's name would you get on a bike without a helmet anyway??

Take care, and glad to have you back

[Zero Niner]

Snaptrap
Don't worry about the mod. The most important thing right now is to rest & recover from your injuries, the mod (and Sh4) can wait.

Best wishes from the other side of the world...

[clayp]

Originally Posted by Snaptrap

I'm letting you all know that my brother still has a very good chance of dying. One thing I have learned about the human body is that it can be unpredictable. Such is the case here. This morning he needed to be resuscitated due to organ failure. Possibly from the shock his liver wants to shut down. I sit here thinking that I am once again in risk of losing my brother. Just when everything seemed to be working out. This is all I know up to this point. They would not allow me to see him. Goddamn motorcycles.

Ron.

I lost my brother 21 yrs ago so I know what you are going thru..My thoughts are with you...

[DrBeast]

Hey hey hey! Welcome back, trooper!

[peabody]

Welcome back Snap! Glad to hear you are on the mend! Scary story. Take care and take it slow.

Peabody

[Defiance]

Take it easy and slide back into things slowly

Glad all's well

Ciao

Def

[sturmer]

Hey Snap great to hear u again, u gave us quiet a big shock mate :d
like the others said recover first sh4 wont leave for quiet some time hehe.
take care mate

sturmer