RE: Run in with a deer

["Paul Steinbacher" <psteinbacher@xxxxxxxxx>]

I think if you have to have your wrist broken, Dee's break is of the less
severe variety, don't have the correct terminology, I have evened myself out
at 2 per side, so I am now a well balanced person as I'm sure you will
notice the next time we meet.
Paul & Dee
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> Paul and Dee,
>      I'm so sorry to here of your "run in" with the deer. How bad is Dee's
> wrist?  How many times is that now for your collar bone? My thoughts and
> prayers are with you.
> big dawg
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Paul Steinbacher <psteinbacher@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: SPRINT ST List <ST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Tuesday, September 19, 2000 8:48 PM
> Subject: Run in with a deer
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> >Our weekend RAT Ride in VA/WV ended with a bang. Dee and I
> started for home
> >on back roads Sunday morning, after 10 miles I saw a deer cross the road
> and
> >noticed 2 more standing on the left side. I kept my eye on the
> ones on the
> >left and started to slow. The one on the right heard the bike and decided
> to
> >rejoin his companions. I thought, this is going to hurt (I was
> right), got
> >on the brakes, but had no chance. Got it down to about 50 (all this was 2
> >seconds) when we hit the front of the deer. Dee says she actually put her
> >hand out on the deer in an attempt to push it away. All I can
> say is a deer
> >is a lot harder than it looks, this one was a full grown female, probably
> >around 150 lbs. Dee was laying in the opposite lane screaming in
> pain with
> a
> >broken wrist and the Sprint slid down the road on it's left side
> about 150
> >yards. I got Dee off to the side of the road and shut off the
> engine while
> >we waited for the ambulance. I had my ever popular broken collarbone and
> >cracked ribs, we both have lots of bruising and ugly sore spots. We went
> >back and got the ST today, it has lots of trashed plastic,
> radiator damage
> >and water pump that I can see. We are taking it to the dealer tomorrow. I
> >guess we were lucky, The Triumph suits took a beating but we sustained no
> >road rash. We both feel pretty good considering the circumstances.
> >
> >Paul & Dee
> >Madd Dawg & Dinky Dawg
> >1999 Sprint ST
> >2000 Buell X1
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