I rode bikes for a while many years back.. add my own stupidity to that of the drivers around me and im suprised im still here.
Last bike accident i came across was a guy going up a hill.. a car had come the other way and gone round a bus making him on the wrong side of the road.. hit the poor guy head on. I went to help and the guy was folded in half.. on his back... legs up around his head crotch flat with his stomach... had a completely snapped spine and died there and then. Poor guy.. i still cant get the image out of my head.. absolutely sickening.
The worlds full of stupid people and i wont put faith in any of them anymore as much as id like to ride a bike again..
...Anyway.. selling up?? NEVER.
I pull back from the machines now and again.. will walk away from a restore for up to a year as it will be doing my head in. I normally go and start something else then when im ready i go back again. Complete playfield repaints normally get to me, theyll take a couple of years to complete
I have had two of my close friends die in bike crashes when I was around 19/20, both from dipshit drivers in a time when the roads were a hell of a lot less popluated and somewhat safer. No way in the world would I ever own a bike in these times and neither will my kids unless they get a job and pay for it themselves, even if that happens I will not be happy and will do my best to talk them out of such a reckless, stupid decision and a huge waste of money.
I would sell my pin collection, albeit a small one but that would only be done to get some different /new games in the house.
