Valentines day will always be special to me. I was left in an intersection after confronting a woman in a station wagon who was turned around backwards swatting at her unruly kids. She wasn't paying any attention to where she was going.
Then she sped off and left me, along with my motorcycle, lying in the street. My left leg was trashed and rebuilt without a lot of success. The bike also looked a bit worse for wear. Lots of rehab, and a $50,000 rebuild on the leg. I have more stainless steel in that leg than there is in my microwave. Naturally that price included intensive care and several surgery's. But not the months of rehab.
I built a crutch rack for my bike as soon as I could stop using a walker. Since my leg wouldn't bend, I just sat on the passenger section of the seat. That worked good enough to get me to the Sturgis Motorcycle rally that year. 1990.
You would think that I should be able to jump over cars with my bionic leg, but It doesn't even do that well even for walking.
I'll always remember Valentines day. It is one day I seldom if ever forget . And I really don't care for it that much.
