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Offline Couch

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An accident waiting to happen
« on: March 21, 2014, 11:50:03 AM »
Read in "The Mercury", (Tassie Newspaper), yesterday about an inquest into the death of a motorcycle rider here in Tasmania a little while back, it reported the rider was 5 times over the legal limit, wasn't wearing a helmet, the bike was unregistered, had no lights, front or rear on the bike, had ineffective front brakes that were incapable of stopping the bike, seized front suspension, poor tyre tread that would have provided no traction, a very badly deteriated rear bearing that would have caused the bike to wobble severly under braking, and no safety clothing............he evidently hit a wallaby as he was found lying on the road with the dead animal and just for the record he was found to have died from blunt cerebal trauma.................this guy was an accident waiting to happen!

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Re: An accident waiting to happen
« Reply #1 on: March 21, 2014, 05:24:50 PM »
Sometimes the liquid just does not get into the chalk.  :fp
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Re: An accident waiting to happen
« Reply #2 on: March 21, 2014, 06:24:02 PM »
I'd go as far to say that the chalk box was empty.......
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