JamJah
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| posted on 21/9/06 at 09:28 PM |
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Guiness,
Could you persuade yourmate to put the £400 he has made in the last 7 hours in... Hed still make the £8 on his donation!
An air ambluance is a worthy cause at the best of times.
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Guinness
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| posted on 22/9/06 at 06:26 AM |
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£27k and counting.
JamJar, I think it's a mate of Jaspers that owns / runs it. NTDWM!
Cheers
Mike
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JamJah
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| posted on 22/9/06 at 07:26 AM |
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Apolgies to Mike.
*Methaphorically Prods Jasper*
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Jasper
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| posted on 22/9/06 at 09:25 AM |
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It's not a mate of mine, it's a friend of a friend of my parents.
And there is no chance of him donating the extra cash. This is his business, like any business that deals with charities. He's actually making
far less than most people collecting for charities. If you put your £1 in a charity box, do you think it all goes to the charity? How about the
companies that make the TV ads for charities, do you think they do it for free? How about the newspapers and TV companies that run charity ads, you
think they do it for free. And how about the people who work full time for charities, you think they work for nothing?
Charities are a business just like any other .... better get used to it 
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nick205
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| posted on 22/9/06 at 09:27 AM |
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All good wishes to Hamster and family - I've always liked his presenting work.
Met him a few years ago when he spoke at a trade seminar. Only spoke to him for few moments, very friendly and enthusiatic.
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Lawnmower
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| posted on 22/9/06 at 09:55 AM |
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Hope he makes it. Read an article about him in a landrover mag, seems like a top bloke - btw he has an old series 1.
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Digressing slightly, my inlaws were in a car crash a few years ago during the fireman strikes, they got airlifted to hospital, and are fine now. Seems
daft that the air ambulances are charities. Dont mind paying my taxes for that.
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ned
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| posted on 22/9/06 at 12:08 PM |
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reading through the comments on the TG website this one hits the spot:
An Ode to Hammond:
There once was a midget called Hamster
Who liked nothing better than to go faster
With his shiny white teeth and Top Gear dog
Get well soon mate, we think you're a god!
beware, I've got yellow skin
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Guinness
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| posted on 22/9/06 at 12:22 PM |
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Sounds like he's improving:-
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/north_yorkshire/5369512.stm
"Top Gear's Richard Hammond is out of intensive care and is making "satisfactory progress", doctors say"
and
"This morning he has been moved from intensive care on to a high dependency unit."
"His condition has been downgraded from 'serious but stable' to 'stable'."
"He (Clarkson) also said the presenter had no visible injuries following the ordeal he had been through other than a black eye."
Here's hoping!
Mike
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 22/9/06 at 12:29 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Guinness
"He (Clarkson) also said the presenter had no visible injuries following the ordeal he had been through other than a black eye."
It's reasonable to assume that he has massive concussion injuries from rattling round in the rollcage, & hitting the ground.
Basically, no doctor will give a straight answer on the extent or effect of such a brain injury, as only time (at least a week) will tell if it will
get better or worse.
(summary of what I've found on a couple of medical websites this morning).
David
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Jon Ison
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| posted on 22/9/06 at 12:29 PM |
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I particularly like this quote from Mr Clarkson.............
Jeremy Clarkson is reported to have said, after a visit to Hammond's bedside: "He was lying peacefully with a black eye but didn't
react so I tried something else. I said, 'The reason you're here is because you're a crap driver'. He then smiled at me. It
was an amazing moment, very moving."
Here's too a full and speedy recovery.
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iank
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| posted on 22/9/06 at 01:55 PM |
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Excellent news!
He's been moved out of the ICU according to the beeb, and his condition downgraded to 'stable' from 'serious but
stable'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/north_yorkshire/5369512.stm
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iank
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| posted on 22/9/06 at 04:22 PM |
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He's holding conversations now.
"Mr May said it was not a long talk "but it was a conversation".
"I'm not a doctor but I am his mate and I believe that deep inside the Hammond I know is perfectly intact," he said."
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Peteff
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| posted on 22/9/06 at 05:12 PM |
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downgraded to 'stable' from 'serious but stable'
That's an upgrade in my book. It's a pity James May wasn't driving it, it wouldn't have overturned at 30mph
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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speed8
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| posted on 22/9/06 at 11:56 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by welderman
quote:
Originally posted by Guinness
http://www.justgiving.com/PHRichardHammond?page=1#donationtable
People have raised over £4,000 for the Air Ambulance that took him to hospital!
Mike
Check it out now Donations to date: £18,230.00 
Wow, top block. Hope he's better soon.
£53,000 now and still going up at a fair rate.
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iank
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| posted on 23/9/06 at 03:03 PM |
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He's a tough little bugger - got up and went for a p*ss yesterday.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/5372890.stm
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JamJah
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| posted on 23/9/06 at 11:25 PM |
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Just shy of £155k
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JackNco
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| posted on 24/9/06 at 03:32 AM |
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WOOHOO u know hes gonna make it after that
Some people are worried about the difference between right and wrong. I'm worried about the difference between wrong and fun.
O'Rourke, P.J. (1989), Holidays in hell. London (Picador)
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Aboardman
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| posted on 24/9/06 at 11:43 AM |
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somebody called david curtis donated £50,000
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Peteff
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| posted on 24/9/06 at 04:23 PM |
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The Air Ambulance have brought forward buying another helicopter on the strength of the donations.
BBC news
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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