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Phillip Blanchard	Post subject: He wrecked? Posted: Tue Jul 27, 2004 1:28 pm
Joined: Sun Apr 07, 2002 1:01 am Posts: 8342 Location: Bethesda, Md.	CRAWFORD, Texas -- President Bush charged up punishing climbs and down steep dirt paths on his high-performance bike Monday, at one point sailing over the handlebars and landing flat on his back. The president dusted himself off from his fall on a treacherous descent, waved his medics away and kept rolling, a small cut on his knee and dirt on his back the only signs he had wrecked. He allowed that he was a bit shaken up. (AP)<p>***"Treacherous descent."***
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Oeditpus Rex	Post subject: Re: He wrecked? Posted: Tue Jul 27, 2004 1:34 pm
Joined: Mon Nov 17, 2003 1:01 am Posts: 1324 Location: N 36° 57' 9", W 121° 24' 2"	I didn't know Ari Fleischer had taken a job with AP.
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ADKbrown	Post subject: Re: He wrecked? Posted: Tue Jul 27, 2004 1:43 pm
Joined: Tue Apr 09, 2002 12:01 am Posts: 1286 Location: Saranac Lake, N.Y.	<blockquote><font size="1" face="TImes, TimesNR, serif">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by blanp: The president dusted himself off from his fall on a treacherous descent, waved his medics away and kept rolling, a small cut on his knee and dirt on his back the only signs he had wrecked. He allowed that he was a bit shaken up. (AP)<p>***"Treacherous descent."***<hr></blockquote><p>Yeah, really. Story makes it sound like he's riding down a mountain. Judging by the photo ops, his ranch is pretty damn flat. He probably "wrecked" on a fairly easy trail.
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Matthew Grieco	Post subject: Re: He wrecked? Posted: Tue Jul 27, 2004 1:46 pm
Joined: Mon Mar 10, 2003 1:01 am Posts: 2266 Location: New Jersey	There are actually a good number of hills on his ranch, judging by other photos I've seen. The photo ops with guests are generally on the flat area near the house.
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wirefly	Post subject: Re: He wrecked? Posted: Tue Jul 27, 2004 3:02 pm
Joined: Fri Jul 23, 2004 12:01 am Posts: 12	Deja vu? Seems like this has happened more than once, hasn't it? Or am I confusing this with the dump truck incident when he leapt out of harm's way, coming within inches of certain death ... or was that when he was rendered unconscious by the infamous killer pretzel? I can't keep it all straight. Why, again, were we so concerned about Cheney's "mild" heart condition?
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JonScribe	Post subject: Re: He wrecked? Posted: Tue Jul 27, 2004 5:52 pm
Joined: Thu Nov 21, 2002 1:01 am Posts: 356 Location: Everett, Wash.	[Chevy Chase] Alert Secret Service men wrestled the mountain bike to the ground.[/Chevy Chase]<p>[ July 27, 2004: Message edited by: JonScribe ]</p>
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ADKbrown	Post subject: Re: He wrecked? Posted: Wed Jul 28, 2004 1:49 pm
Joined: Tue Apr 09, 2002 12:01 am Posts: 1286 Location: Saranac Lake, N.Y.	<blockquote><font size="1" face="TImes, TimesNR, serif">quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by Matthew Grieco: There are actually a good number of hills on his ranch, judging by other photos I've seen. The photo ops with guests are generally on the flat area near the house.<hr></blockquote><p>There may be hills, but I still suspect "treacherous descent" is a bit of hyperbole. You can wipe out on any hill, treacherous or not. I would regard a treacherous descent as a steep, rocky trail on a mountain.
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