pewe
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| posted on 12/11/09 at 03:13 PM |
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Kit car crash - Reading
Just noticed this in a local paper. The road in question is straight, wide and well surfaced, with no hidden hazards.
Short of mechanical failure and third party involvement would be interested to know the cause.
Also adds fuel to the wear a helmet at all times debate.
Cheers, Pewe
Published: Thursday, 5th November, 2009 2:20pm
Man suffers head injuries after car crash
A MAN suffered serious head injuries after a car crash in Lower Earley yesterday (Wednesday).
The man, believed to be in his 60s, was the sole passenger in a Birkin kit car which was in collision with a tree after it left the road on Lower
Earley Way at 3pm.
He was airlifted to Oxford's John Radcliffe Hospital where he is in a serious condition.
Officers closed the road between Rushey Way and Meldreth Way for more than three hours while crash investigators accessed the scene.
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mangogrooveworkshop
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| posted on 12/11/09 at 03:22 PM |
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You might as well just stay at home......
If its your time and your insurance is valid.....so bloody what.
Yer mates will have a big party/wake..... the mrs will have the house paid off and in no time you will be replaced with another speciman..... who wont
be allowed kitcars motorbikes ect...
life is life.....modern people live too long anyway
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Breaker
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| posted on 12/11/09 at 03:57 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by mangogrooveworkshop
You might as well just stay at home......
If its your time and your insurance is valid.....so bloody what.
Yer mates will have a big party/wake..... the mrs will have the house paid off and in no time you will be replaced with another speciman..... who wont
be allowed kitcars motorbikes ect...
life is life.....modern people live too long anyway
AMEN to that !
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blueskate
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| posted on 12/11/09 at 04:20 PM |
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hallelujah!! Praise be to mangogrooveworkshop!! 
Semper Paratus!
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TimC
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| posted on 12/11/09 at 04:24 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by mangogrooveworkshop
life is life.....modern people live too long anyway
Its a very serious point you make! Can anyone tell me how we feed the world's population if we cure Aids or Cancer, or stop having lethal
accidents for that matter?
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02GF74
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| posted on 12/11/09 at 04:39 PM |
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weetabix.
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whitestu
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| posted on 12/11/09 at 04:44 PM |
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quote:
Its a very serious point you make! Can anyone tell me how we feed the world's population if we cure Aids or Cancer, or stop having lethal
accidents for that matter?
We just need a decent sized war to keep the numbers down!
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clairetoo
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| posted on 12/11/09 at 05:41 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by 02GF74
weetabix.
Damn..........coffee all over the monitor again 
Its cuz I is blond , innit
Claire xx
Will weld for food......
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tony9876
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| posted on 12/11/09 at 06:00 PM |
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I propose a massive CEC V BEC crusade style war.
Should cull a few million
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speedyxjs
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| posted on 12/11/09 at 06:22 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by tony9876
I propose a massive CEC V BEC crusade style war.
Should cull a few million
And prove to the world that bike engines should be left where they belong...in bikes!
How long can i resist the temptation to drop a V8 in?
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Steve G
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| posted on 12/11/09 at 07:03 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by speedyxjs
And prove to the world that bike engines should be left where they belong...in bikes!
And Jag engines should be left in huge heavy saloon cars
[Edited on 12/11/09 by Steve G]
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MikeRJ
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| posted on 12/11/09 at 07:07 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by mangogrooveworkshop
You might as well just stay at home......
If its your time and your insurance is valid.....so bloody what.
Yer mates will have a big party/wake..... the mrs will have the house paid off and in no time you will be replaced with another speciman..... who wont
be allowed kitcars motorbikes ect...
life is life.....modern people live too long anyway
Not quite the same if you end up as a vegetable in a wheelchair and become a burden to your familly though...
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richard thomas
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| posted on 12/11/09 at 07:26 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by tony9876
I propose a massive CEC V BEC crusade style war.
Should cull a few million
That won't work...CEC's wouldn't be able to catch up with us to have a scrap....
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snapper
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| posted on 12/11/09 at 07:42 PM |
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Back to a bit of reality hear boys....
A man is in hospital, seriously injured...
We don't know the whole story...
He has family....
I hope in all my heart he recovers completely....
Mr Workshop a little compassion....
Your comments would have been better placed after the poor man had recovered......
If indeed he does
I eat to survive
I drink to forget
I breath to pi55 my ex wife off (and now my ex partner)
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Steve G
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| posted on 12/11/09 at 07:59 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by snapper
Back to a bit of reality hear boys....
A man is in hospital, seriously injured...
We don't know the whole story...
He has family....
I hope in all my heart he recovers completely....
Mr Workshop a little compassion....
Your comments would have been better placed after the poor man had recovered......
If indeed he does
I'm sure everyone hopes he is ok but the original point related to the use of helmets in kits and Mango's point was to me more of the type
of we cant go through life worrying about every incident that ever happens and let it rule our life. As we dont know the details then how can we judge
if a helmet would have helped the poor guy? I know one former LocostBuilders member from locally who nearly lost his partner in a car crash (in her
tintop) to head injuries before she was taken through illness and he doesnt generally wear a helmet himself.
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Daddylonglegs
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| posted on 12/11/09 at 08:00 PM |
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I think you speak for all of us if the truth is known mate. Well said, and let's hope he recovers and soon.
JB
It looks like the Midget is winning at the moment......
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Nash
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| posted on 12/11/09 at 08:17 PM |
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There but for the grace of God go I.
Its not the person who goes that has the pain, its who they leave behind that suffers.
One life, live it is true but I don't plan on leaving too soon! I have too much mischief to get upto!
Soap box back under the table.
It's What You Do Next That Counts.
Build It, Buy It, Drive It:
Southern Kit Car Club
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nick205
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| posted on 12/11/09 at 09:12 PM |
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I too hope said driver is OK and makes a good recovery - we've all at one time or another come close to this kind of incident whether we realise
it at the time or not.
There but for the grace indeed!
Back to the population cull debate - IMHO it'll be water that dictates world popluation and uprising/war situation over the rest of this
century. Modern food is simply a by product of our ability to manage our water resources - something we are wholly unable to to.
The transition from oil and gas as our energy sources will seem like a minor irritation by comparison to our future water issues!
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JoelP
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| posted on 12/11/09 at 09:27 PM |
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my dad always tells me that armageddon will be fought over water.
Beware! Bourettes is binfectious.
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Peteff
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| posted on 12/11/09 at 10:43 PM |
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It's pi$$ing down outside, Armageddon can wait I think.
Sorry to be flippant but whoever wrote the article seems to have highlighted the problem
quote:
The man, believed to be in his 60s, was the sole passenger in a Birkin kit car
Nobody was driving. Bad journalism to blame I think and I hope he recovers to tell what happened.
Also the answer to world famine is not weetabix but sandwiches (with a little bit of pickle) Smashy and Nicey 
[Edited on 12/11/09 by Peteff]
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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morcus
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| posted on 13/11/09 at 02:52 AM |
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2/3rds of the earth is water, the only reason we don't process sea water into drinking water is the cost and its unnessery, but its relatively
easy to do. Its how we manage our gold thats gonna be the real thing, that why all those adds are on at the moment. That gold is traded for spice and
he that controls the spice, controls the universe.
To the topic at hand, the man is one of us as it were and we all hope he recovers.
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gazza285
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| posted on 13/11/09 at 04:29 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by morcus
Its how we manage our gold thats gonna be the real thing
Gordon's sold it all!
DO NOT PUT ON KNOB OR BOLLOCKS!
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pewe
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| posted on 13/11/09 at 09:23 AM |
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I think we all know we are driving potent cars and that's the thrill of driving them.
Our frailty is accepted and how we manage the risk (by wearing a helmet or not amongst other things) is up to us.
The real tragedy here is that someone took his mate out for a blit, presumably to share the experience and the mate is now at death's door. My
hope is that two lives and that of their relatives aren't destroyed if the passenger does succumb.
Be careful out there!
Cheers, Pewe
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02GF74
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| posted on 13/11/09 at 09:24 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by JoelP
my dad always tells me that armageddon will be fought over water.
no mate, it will be fought over the
£6
frozen trukey and 1/2 price BMX 
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scootz
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| posted on 13/11/09 at 03:45 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by gazza285
quote:
Originally posted by morcus
Its how we manage our gold thats gonna be the real thing
Gordon's sold it all!
Probably the most stupid thing our blessed Govt has ever done (and boy have they done some stupid things!).
It's Evolution Baby!
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