tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37286253.post6150019502088447677..comments2024-03-09T11:08:34.910+02:00Comments on other things amanzi: buckle upBongihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12918640034313468627noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37286253.post-60451238528070806112007-03-18T10:26:00.000+02:002007-03-18T10:26:00.000+02:00craig and red, don't get me wrong. i think a safet...craig and red, don't get me wrong. i think a safety belt is very important, but sometimes, no matter what, you are not going to walk away from it.<BR/><BR/>lynn. thank you. don't worry, i love my job too much to dump it for writing, but i must say, so far blogging has been fun too.Bongihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12918640034313468627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37286253.post-3158597019292274712007-03-17T19:48:00.000+02:002007-03-17T19:48:00.000+02:00Hi Bongi,I just read your flattering remarks on my...Hi Bongi,<BR/>I just read your flattering remarks on my blog and wanted to thank you. Even though you had a desire write, I feel that SA is all the more fortunate for your decisions to remain with medicine. Not all of us were meant to be so noble. In our own way, we wield an instrument, and I daresay you are amazing. <BR/><BR/>I imagine you have plenty of style and skill, and if I've done anything to inspire you to find your literary voice, then I can smile all day long. Best of luck to you!Lynn Pricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02958402288888144904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37286253.post-63275461494754412122007-03-14T05:22:00.000+02:002007-03-14T05:22:00.000+02:00My mother crashed her car last Christmas, with me ...My mother crashed her car last Christmas, with me inside it. There had been ice-fog, so the road was covered in an invisible slick of ice, and some dimwit was parked on the highway, in the lane, with his lights off, before dawn. We were doing probably 120km/h, and I reckon if my mother hadn't managed to avoid rear-ending the guy, there would have been a load of dead people on the road. <BR/><BR/>As things were, she somehow managed to swerve round him and miss the oncoming traffic, but by then the car had entirely lost traction and fishtailed across the road, sliding sideways into a field. We were about to roll when the car was brought up short against an electric pole, with such force that it broke the pole (nevermind what it did to the car). <BR/><BR/>That slide comprised the longest ten seconds of my life. We were both belted and we both walked away from that one.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37286253.post-15320006121450512762007-03-12T19:12:00.000+02:002007-03-12T19:12:00.000+02:00Last week on the news I saw the amazing image of a...Last week on the news I saw the amazing image of a crashed plane. It was on fire, the front was crushed, and I could not see one wing. But the most amazing part was the stream of survivors wangering towards the news cameras. Apparently more than two thirds of the 100-odd passengers survived.<BR/><BR/>No all accidents are head-on. I think perhaps the seatbelt still has merit.<BR/><BR/>However, concerning the worst case scenario of going from 120km/h to zero almost instantly, is there any mechanical way of preventing the severe damage you described? Full body armour to spread the force over a wider area? Perhaps that's what air-bags are for. Did his car have decent air-bags?<BR/><BR/>(P.S. I'm still laughing about the 'boot' in a previous blog :-)Craig Tavernerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18124952402128625958noreply@blogger.com