Schumacher critical after ski accident
 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-25545993

this is why I let my kids play "dangerous sports". because you never know where it's going to come from, but probably where you least expect it. Hope he recovers.

Yeah. Hope he is ok.

hmm... going skiing today.

funny that there's no thread on F1 or any 4-wheel motorsport (or if there is I haven't found it yet) yet Michael Schumacher makes a thread in here.
personally I can't stand the man as a driver but he still holds the all-time record of seven F1 WDCs, and despite my opinion of all his filthy tricks was a bloody good driver, one of the best ever.
for his sake and his wife and kids I wish him a full recovery - I'd be willing to bet that as soon as he wakes he'll be back to dishing out the orders to the medics as if they were his pit crew.

It's a little crazy, ain't it? All the insane fast driving, car crashes, motorcycle crashes...

...and he's damn near died from, essentially, falling over.

Falling over, at speed down a mountainside and slamming his head into a rock.

Apparently he's only alive now because of the helmet he was wearing. Had he not been wearing one he'd never have made it to the hospital. He's now in an induced coma whilst they oxygenate his brain and try to get the swelling down.

I really hope he comes through. I've always liked Schumacher.

I don't like him as a person because I find him very conceited, but I don't wish him harm.

Molasar, the Cellar is very yank-heavy, and only redneck yanks are into "motorsport" ;) :p: F1 just doesn't cut it here. We could get it on TV for a very brief time when we first moved here, but then they moved it to an expensive somewhat obscure channel so we learned to do without. if we need a thrill on wheels fix, we just go watch the locals try to navigate the multiple roundabouts that are popping up everywhere. :lol:

But a Schumacher headline cannot go unnoted

(expat Brit, but long-expatted)



is there anyone I missed offending with that post? the Aussies perhaps?

I have no thoughts about Schumacher, but the concept of living dangerously because the equivalent of a bus running over you may happen at any moment really doesn't make sense.

Assess the quantifiable risks connected with what you (or what you're committing your kids to do) are doing. If they're acceptable, and equally, if they're unacceptable, make your decision. But don't rely on the 'a bus may run over me tomorrow' theory. It's bullshit.

If you're making the decision for anyone but yourself, increase caution by a factor of at least ten. Preferably more. Because you're not the one who'll have to live with being quadriplegic.

I didn't realize he is The Stig. must have missed that.

Aw, Mom. :(


I find myself taking less risks in what I hope is the proper proportion to how much longer it takes me to heal.

I take more risks in proportion to how much longer I can reasonably expect to live. I don't presume to have the right to do that on behalf of others.

That gets tricky when your life expectancy in written on a yoyo for awhile.

What's the wait list like for sense of humor transplants? eh?

The media here was saturated with the "ongoing" news about Schumacher.
Personally I think there are more important things to report. But here on a forum, in a Sports thread, it's definitely justified.

Saying that, the media have moved on again - oh fickle! fickle!
We're back to Bulgarian/ Romanian immigrants.
I want to know more about Schumacher, please.

Sorry, didn't realize you were making a funny.