Comments on: Gratitude http://electrolicious.com/2006/07/gratitude Daily affirmations of a word mercenary Sat, 22 Nov 2008 16:59:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Qathi http://electrolicious.com/2006/07/gratitude#comment-6801 Qathi Sun, 23 Jul 2006 01:25:38 +0000 #comment-6801 My brother the photographer used to work part time at a portrait studio and as a messenger, I believe he may be one of the oldest living messengers in the city of Seattle. While he was at the portrait studio he had all of the working messengers in town come through to sit for a passport style photo. At the end of the year he assembled a wall of photos of all those messengers who'd died through the year from bike messing. While he no longer works at the studio, the project has grown legs, he has continued to take pix of all the working messengers, and the wall of photos grows. Hopefully that little messenger won’t end up on my brothers wall of death. One'd have to be a total f*ing nincompoop to ride without a helmet. I have definitely been one of those crazy ladies yelling out "HELMET" to those I pedal/ride/drive past. I’m glad Dre is alright – being that he is not a nincompoop and all. My brother the photographer used to work part time at a portrait studio and as a messenger, I believe he may be one of the oldest living messengers in the city of Seattle. While he was at the portrait studio he had all of the working messengers in town come through to sit for a passport style photo. At the end of the year he assembled a wall of photos of all those messengers who’d died through the year from bike messing. While he no longer works at the studio, the project has grown legs, he has continued to take pix of all the working messengers, and the wall of photos grows. Hopefully that little messenger won’t end up on my brothers wall of death.

One’d have to be a total f*ing nincompoop to ride without a helmet. I have definitely been one of those crazy ladies yelling out “HELMET” to those I pedal/ride/drive past.

I’m glad Dre is alright – being that he is not a nincompoop and all.

]]> By: Steve Leppard http://electrolicious.com/2006/07/gratitude#comment-6802 Steve Leppard Thu, 20 Jul 2006 19:48:05 +0000 #comment-6802 <p>Hi all - </p> <p>I had to google to find some information about this rider, and was led to this forum, which I did not know existed. I am so glad to hear that Andreas is okay - I was about ten bikes behind him, saw the whole accident happen, and, I have to admit, I thought that he was a goner or at the very least would be permanently damaged to the point where he was not going to be his old self. Kudos to the dreadlocked rider who helped him out. I was pretty much freaked out watching him convulse on the road - it was a sight that I can't erase from my mind and has haunted me. I was upset all Saturday morning, with the "what ifs" etc., and I'm a pretty low-key, not-especially-emotional guy. In Portland I gave my wife and baby an extra hug and kiss, knowing that "there but for the grace of God go I." </p> <p>Best wishes for a full and speedy recovery, Andreas. Let this be a lesson to all of us about the saving graces of helmets. </p> <p>Steve <br /> </p> Hi all -

I had to google to find some information about this rider, and was led to this forum, which I did not know existed. I am so glad to hear that Andreas is okay - I was about ten bikes behind him, saw the whole accident happen, and, I have to admit, I thought that he was a goner or at the very least would be permanently damaged to the point where he was not going to be his old self. Kudos to the dreadlocked rider who helped him out. I was pretty much freaked out watching him convulse on the road - it was a sight that I can’t erase from my mind and has haunted me. I was upset all Saturday morning, with the “what ifs” etc., and I’m a pretty low-key, not-especially-emotional guy. In Portland I gave my wife and baby an extra hug and kiss, knowing that “there but for the grace of God go I.”

Best wishes for a full and speedy recovery, Andreas. Let this be a lesson to all of us about the saving graces of helmets.

Steve

]]> By: chasmyn http://electrolicious.com/2006/07/gratitude#comment-6803 chasmyn Wed, 19 Jul 2006 22:40:54 +0000 #comment-6803 ((HUG)) I'm glad he is okay, too. ((HUG)) I’m glad he is okay, too.

]]> By: Philos http://electrolicious.com/2006/07/gratitude#comment-6804 Philos Wed, 19 Jul 2006 06:39:56 +0000 #comment-6804 Yikes! I'm just catching up now. Good to hear he's okay, hope recovery goes apace and well. Yikes! I’m just catching up now. Good to hear he’s okay, hope recovery goes apace and well.

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