[Jon A.]

Man, reading that almost makes my head hurt.

I still have a pair of parallel scars on my right arm from a bike accident that occurred around 1987. I tried speeding up to get past another kid who was just pulling out onto the sidewalk and T-boned him. The concrete steps I fell onto were literally in rough shape due to lack of maintenance, much like the rest of the building. I had another bike accident around 1996 that didn't leave any scars that I know of, but I was holding a Tim Horton's cappuccino in one hand and steering/braking with the other. My front wheel hit a rut on an unpaved path with a slight grade and over the handlebars I went. That caused a few cuts, scrapes and a bad mood, *but* I managed to not spill the drink.