tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7519804707579466907.post3661445980837594415..comments2024-01-22T20:47:55.482-08:00Comments on SherWords: I'm Happy to Be OK, But...Sherwood Harringtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09575868746160608731noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7519804707579466907.post-48677207326147462872008-07-19T16:35:00.000-07:002008-07-19T16:35:00.000-07:00Thanks to all who have commented here, on racs, an...Thanks to all who have commented here, on racs, and by e-mail. Nothing like a good horror story to bring out the comments.<BR/><BR/>As for the bicyclist, I heard him whirr by as I was rummaging in the glove compartment (does <I>anybody</I> actually keep gloves in that thing?) for my AAA information and cell 'phone, so I wasn't giving him much thought at that point.<BR/><BR/>And, you know, the hair-raising part of this episode wasn't really his fault. He was the trigger, but that twig was poised to jam the accelerator cable the next time I floored the pedal. I seldom do that, so (unless it was removed before) it was going to fail in an uncomfortable situation no matter what because that's about the only situation in which I would stomp on the gas like that. I fault him for being an inconsiderate jackass, but not for putting my well-being in danger. Circumstances beyond his control did that.<BR/><BR/>Ruth, I too had a delayed reaction to the episode. It happened on Thursday afternoon, I blogged about it that evening, and didn't have the cold sweats and the shakes about it until the middle of that night.Sherwood Harringtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09575868746160608731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7519804707579466907.post-12700789084667944432008-07-19T12:13:00.000-07:002008-07-19T12:13:00.000-07:00Holy crap!That's all I've got to say. Glad you had...Holy crap!<BR/><BR/>That's all I've got to say. Glad you had the presence of mind you did and got nothing but a good story out of it.<BR/><BR/>We've also got that genus of cyclist up here, especially along Highway 1 (for non-NorCalians, a windy road that hugs the Pacific coast very adventurously). I love bikes, love biking...love everything environmental, healthy, and aesthetically wonderful that biking represents...but sometimes you really just want to shove 'em off a cliff.Brian Fieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16347700145666751363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7519804707579466907.post-15311314577198735042008-07-18T16:24:00.000-07:002008-07-18T16:24:00.000-07:00Same thing happened to me. Well, similar. The acce...Same thing happened to me. Well, similar. The accelerator cable got stuck wide open. One difference is that I was on a highway in Iowa. Wide, level highway, pretty much straight.<BR/><BR/>Okay, nothing like this ever happened to me. And that's just fine.Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16807727819590358834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7519804707579466907.post-66037080475538759862008-07-18T07:16:00.000-07:002008-07-18T07:16:00.000-07:00O. M. G. I'd say you and your adrenaline handled ...O. M. G. I'd say you and your adrenaline handled that as well as is humanly possible! <BR/><BR/>I had a close encounter with a semi a few months back, calmly recovered and went about my day ... then had a real quaking PTSD attack later that afternoon! Hope your respiration/heart rate is back to normal!<BR/><BR/>Cuss-o-meter...? Oh! 8~) Nice feature!Nostalgic for the Pleistocenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04369449719832190810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7519804707579466907.post-79836749214007301742008-07-18T04:44:00.000-07:002008-07-18T04:44:00.000-07:00Holy smokes! Talk about your heart-stoppers.I, too...Holy smokes! Talk about your heart-stoppers.<BR/><BR/>I, too, keep wondering what the reaction of the idiot biker was. <BR/><BR/>Imagine. A branch, of all things! Reminds me of a case I know of where an orange got loose from a bag on the floor in the back seat and rolled under the driver's seat and under the brake pedal, resulting in the death of a driver. Whoever said there were eight million ways to die was WAY underestimating.<BR/><BR/>Happy thing is we dodge almost all of 'em almost every time. Glad this turned out ok. Don't envy you the experience!<BR/><BR/>ps Don't feel like an idiot. Idiot would've been enthusiastically diving under the hood and starting to poke around stuff you know you don't know anything about...ronniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14044863062652781155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7519804707579466907.post-52766204557843380902008-07-18T04:05:00.000-07:002008-07-18T04:05:00.000-07:00Oh man, Sherwood.I'll skip the wise-acrey* thought...Oh man, Sherwood.<BR/><BR/>I'll skip the wise-acrey* thoughts and get straight to "I'm glad you made it through that in one piece".<BR/><BR/>And I'm willing to bet that the glutious-chapeau* on the bike couldn't be bothered to stop and see if you were OK.<BR/><BR/>Regards,<BR/>Dann<BR/><BR/>*I noted the cuss-o-meter and didn't want to screw up your score.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com