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--The Cynic
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> On Mar 4, 2016, at 1:58 PM, ChrisB <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> It is certainly dangerous being a cyclist, Chris, but not normally when there
> is a bicycle lane available, in daylight and on a straight road. Many
> cyclists in the UK are killed or injured when a lorry or an artic (“semi”)
> turns across them at a junction, but this seems less understandable.
>
> I’m 62 in April and the only increased checking of my health is for my flying
> for the RAF. I have an ECG every 6 months and a set of tests under stress
> (walking hard) every 2 years; I’m due my next one in April. I don’t think
> that I need any more driving tests of any sort until I’m 70.
>
> Chris
>
>> On 4 Mar 2016, at 18:41, Chris Trask <christrask@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> I spent most of Tuesday afternoon at our Department of Motor Vehicles
>> (DMV) getting my license renewed due to turning 65, which requires an eye
>> exam every five years. While I was sitting in the waiting area for my
>> number to be called, I thought about the whole idea about age just being a
>> number. For the most part it is, but there are times when you are reminded
>> that you are in fact a senior citizen.
>>
>> Of late, I've been reminded of many of the historical events that I've
>> lived through, such as living in France during the Berlin Wall, the Berlin
>> Airlift, the Algerian Uprising, the Secret Army Organization (OAS), John
>> Glenn orbiting the earth, then the Kennedy assassination(s), etc., etc. And
>> then many years later being part of the cleanup of Three Mile Island.
>>
>> And then along with my numerous near-misses while cycling, my mortality
>> was underscored when this showed up in the news this morning:
>>
>> http://tucson.com/news/blogs/police-beat/bicyclists-killed-driver-arrested-in-nw-side-crash/article_8efffa0e-e1c2-11e5-892e-8b0dd5c73a1c.html
>>
>> <http://tucson.com/news/blogs/police-beat/bicyclists-killed-driver-arrested-in-nw-side-crash/article_8efffa0e-e1c2-11e5-892e-8b0dd5c73a1c.html>
>
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