Very sad :(

[birdy]

Just heard from Robs sister, via Liz, that Rob has been breathn unassisted now for 5 days, and has been taken outa intensive care. Stick with it mate, baby steps will get you there.

[NiqueNaque]

Birdy,How do you eat an elephant??One bite at a time......wish Rob the best from me, I curse him to be a fine upstanding man!!Cheers,Nic.

[Brian]

Rob"s taking real big bites Nick. There is no doubt about it, Rob will walk !

[GraemeMonro]

I don"t doubt you Brian, That is great news.Graeme.

[Dewie]

Birdy
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[birdy]

Nuthn much yet mate.Iv heard sum things through the vine, like how he"s plan"n on setn up his gyro so"s he can fly it with just his tunge . [ how the frig do you spell tung??? >]But i recon he"ll have use of a few more body parts before long.

[Dewie]

Thanks Birdy,

[Des Garvin]

[ how the frig do you spell tung??? ]Tongue like most spelin not eazy. Great to see that Rob is still workin on how to get his want list in order. I wish him the best.Cheers Des can"t spell Garvin( I"m like Birdy, married a dictionary.) ;D

[asra]

[ how the frig do you spell tung??? ]Tongue like most spelin not eazy. Great to see that Rob is still workin on how to get his want list in order. I wish him the best.Cheers Des can"t spell Garvin( I"m like Birdy, married a dictionary.) ;D They are both correct. Tung is a nut that they extract oil from. Any body who ever used it knows that Tung oil is pretty handy in certain circumstances

[birdy]

Its a f@#* crule world. Anatha young bloke died just a few miles over the boundery, champion little bloke who"d work the pants off anyone twice his size.I was sposed to be there too, but was over the other boundery instead. >Maybe if id taken this job................. ???Stacked his quad in the mountains chasen moos.VERY small conselation, it was quick, broken neck.If there is a god, he"s realy run a root this time. >Seems only the very best cop it early. :"(

[NiqueNaque]

"Seems only the very best cop it early."Mr Bird,I see your consolation prize, but it doesn"t remove the fact that some worthy bloke has died, no matter what it is a tragedy when you consider the human potential lost with such a bloke, salt of the earth.. sorry to hear it.But!... I"m also wondering what this says about me.. or indeed Mr Bird. Seems I must be crap... been here 46 years and evaded Dr Death so far..Cheers,Nic.

[joew]

Its a f@#* crule world. Anatha young bloke died just a few miles over the boundery, champion little bloke who"d work the pants off anyone twice his size.I was sposed to be there too, but was over the other boundery instead. >Maybe if id taken this job................. ???Stacked his quad in the mountains chasen moos.VERY small conselation, it was quick, broken neck.If there is a god, he"s realy run a root this time. >Seems only the very best cop it early. :"(Sorry to hear that David, please accept my condolences and pass onto his family!Is there a God? I don"t know Birdy, but, when I meet Him/Her, I will have a few words to say, and I"m afraid, most of them will be un-publishable!! > > > >

[Mark Horan]

Them Quads bikes is dangerous,mate of mine has been flat on his back for seven weeks, tipped a quad over sprayin tussocks, broke his back. he"ll walk again, but I doubt ride a quadbike.I tipped one of mine over on a mountain ridge just before christmas, a rock rolled out from under the front wheel and it slewed sideways down the hill (1000 ft, pretty good hill)There was no stopping it and thankfully, when it did dig two tyres in, it flipped over the top of me and kept going, and going and going and going..... finally stopped 3/4 down the hill against an old tree and a blackberry bush!there"s a reason they call em quad bikes.Mark.

[birdy]

Turns out it wasnt the bike that caused it, he was just on one at the time.Plenty of speculation, and sum inconsistansies................... but its not good either way. >Just startn to sink in, Im realy go"n to miss the little bloke. He"s the sorta bloke you look forward to catchn up with at local dog fights. He had bigger balls n anyone i know. Could starp him on the biggest bull and he wouldnt bat n eyelid. Would stand up to anyone who called him short.Its go"n to be hard flyn past "that" hill wen i head over tmorrow........................ to finish off wot he started.

[bones]

Sorry to hear about "our" mate, also sorry i missed your called last night, damn working 26hrs straight is getting hard on this not so young body, try and ring you tonight.