Re: POOR DANIEL

The Doctor wrote on 15/10/24 12:59 am:

In article <veicqd$13e94$1@dont-email.me>, Daniel70
<daniel47@nomail.afraid.org> wrote:

The Doctor wrote on 14/10/24 12:56 am:

In article <vegi5a$mm8k$1@dont-email.me>, Daniel70
<daniel47@nomail.afraid.org> wrote:

The Doctor wrote on 13/10/24 10:42 pm:

In article <veg9us$lgbi$1@dont-email.me>, Daniel70
<daniel47@nomail.afraid.org> wrote:

The Doctor wrote on 13/10/24 12:54 am:

In article <vedonn$5k5m$1@dont-email.me>, Daniel70
<daniel47@nomail.afraid.org> wrote:

Blueshirt wrote on 12/10/24 10:06 pm:

Daniel70 wrote:

Blueshirt wrote on 12/10/24 5:36 am:

The Doctor wrote:

 Just do not pull an Ian Paisley!

 Never, Never, Never... try and imitate that
rotten scoundrel.
 I don't believe in Hell, but he did, so I hope
the cunt is burning in it.
 [Pardon my French!]
 

'French'!! 'French'!! I don't see no 'French'!! 'Gobble-de=-gook' sure!! But no 'French'!!

 In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is King.
 

... but I'm not 'one eyed', I'm 'one armed'!!

 Just one-armed?
 

Well, to be honest, about one and a third armed!!

 What happened to the other 2/3rds?
 

Have a guess, Gobble-de-gook.

 Blown off?
 

Reasonable guess, but no.
 I was going to spend Christmas 1977 with my Sister who was, at
that time, living in Perth. I at that time was living in
Melbourne.
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Saturday morning, mid-December, me and a friend, Vin, left Melbourne and

drove and drove and drove.
 We slept in the car that night at Iron Monarch, SA, and then, on
Sunday morning, our trip continued. We stopped for lunch at Ceduna,
S.A.
 https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Iron+Monarch+Mine,+Iron+Knob+SA/Ceduna+SA/@-32.6658806,134.0908155,8z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x6aa35fe33a501c99:0x1d033655671ab230!2m2!1d137.1394476!2d-32.752695!1m5!1m1!1s0x2ab6a26341ff7995:0x57f4ec01d1dba562!2m2!1d133.6817145!2d-32.1305851!3e0?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI0MTAwOS4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D
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 >> After lunch, we set out, sort of north-west'ish. About a half hour

later the road curved to the left but I didn't.
 The cassette tape had run out so Vin had his head looking down
towards his feet where the box of cassettes were, selecting a new
one.
 A Semi-trailer coming the other way was in the dirt on his side of
the single carriageway road, trying to get out of my way ..... but
I still got him .... behind the Cabin.
 My car didn't have air-conditioning, so my window was down and I
had my elbow sitting on the window-sill. The Truckie got on his CB
radio to get an Ambulance out from Ceduna. When they were putting
me into the Ambulance, they bumped my arm and it hurt so I tried to
look at it but the Ambo guy said "No. No. Don't bother' so I passed
out again.
 The Ambulance took me back into Ceduna, to the Doctors where they arranged a Air Ambulance flight. As they were loading me onto the
plane, they again bumped my elbow and I tried to look at it but the
Ambo guy again told me not to bother. It took me to a Hospital in
Whyalla, where the Doctors amputated my Right Arm just above the
Elbow.
 First I knew about it, lunch-time the next day, Monday, my Mum was walking into the Recovery room and I waved my stump in the air and
said "Hey, Mum, look at this!!".
 On Boxing Day or the following day, I had to report into the Repatriation General Hospital at Heidelberg in Melbourne. When the Doctor came around doing his afternoon rounds he said there was not
much they could do for me then so he discharged me.
 About a fortnight later, I was scratching the skin just in front of
my right ear, the temple or thereabouts ... and scrapped out a
chunk of glass which must have come from the Windscreen or
something.
 It was that close!!
 Eighteen months later, June/July 1979, I made it to Perth .... via Sydney,Goondiwindi, Long Reach, Mt Isa, Darwin and Broome!

 Moral of the Story: Keep an eye on the road while driving.

Moral of the story is to have a good nights sleep before doing lots of
driving .... so you don't fall asleep at the wheel!!
--
Daniel