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Idlehands wrote:
> On 2024-10-14 12:13 a.m., Daniel70 wrote:
>> The Doctor wrote on 14/10/24 12:56 am:
> 
> <CHOP>
>>>
>> Reasonable guess, but no.
>>
>> I was going to spend Christmas 1977 with my Sister who was, at that 
>> time, living in Perth. I at that time was living in Melbourne.
>>
>> https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Melbourne+VIC/Perth+WA/ 
>> @-33.9073162,119.8026822,5z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1! 
>> 1s0x6ad646b5d2ba4df7:0x4045675218ccd90!2m2!1d144.9630576!2d-37.8136276! 1m5!1m1!1s0x2a32966cdb47733d:0x304f0b535df55d0!2m2!1d115.8616783! 
>> 2d-31.9513993!3e0?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI0MTAwOS4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D
>>
>> Saturday morning, mid-December, me and a friend, Vin, left Melbourne 
>> and drove and drove and drove.
>>
>> We slept in the car that night at Iron Monarch, SA, and then, on 
>> Sunday morning, our trip continued. We stopped for lunch at Ceduna, S.A.
>>
>> https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Iron+Monarch+Mine,+Iron+Knob+SA/ 
>> Ceduna+SA/@-32.6658806,134.0908155,8z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1! 
>> 1s0x6aa35fe33a501c99:0x1d033655671ab230!2m2!1d137.1394476!2d-32.752695! 1m5!1m1!1s0x2ab6a26341ff7995:0x57f4ec01d1dba562!2m2!1d133.6817145! 
>> 2d-32.1305851!3e0?entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI0MTAwOS4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D
>>
>> After lunch, we set out, sort of north-west'ish. About a half hour 
>> later the road curved to the left but I didn't.
>>
>> The cassette tape had run out so Vin had his head looking down towards 
>> his feet where the box of cassettes were, selecting a new one.
>>
>> A Semi-trailer coming the other way was in the dirt on his side of the 
>> single carriageway road, trying to get out of my way ..... but I still 
>> got him .... behind the Cabin.
>>
>> My car didn't have air-conditioning, so my window was down and I had 
>> my elbow sitting on the window-sill. The Truckie got on his CB radio 
>> to get an Ambulance out from Ceduna. When they were putting me into 
>> the Ambulance, they bumped my arm and it hurt so I tried to look at it 
>> but the Ambo guy said "No. No. Don't bother' so I passed out again.
>>
>> The Ambulance took me back into Ceduna, to the Doctors where they 
>> arranged a Air Ambulance flight. As they were loading me onto the 
>> plane, they again bumped my elbow and I tried to look at it but the 
>> Ambo guy again told me not to bother. It took me to a Hospital in 
>> Whyalla, where the Doctors amputated my Right Arm just above the Elbow.
>>
>> First I knew about it, lunch-time the next day, Monday, my Mum was 
>> walking into the Recovery room and I waved my stump in the air and 
>> said "Hey, Mum, look at this!!".
>>
>> On Boxing Day or the following day, I had to report into the 
>> Repatriation General Hospital at Heidelberg in Melbourne. When the 
>> Doctor came around doing his afternoon rounds he said there was not 
>> much they could do for me then so he discharged me.
>>
>> About a fortnight later, I was scratching the skin just in front of my 
>> right ear, the temple or thereabouts ... and scrapped out a chunk of 
>> glass which must have come from the Windscreen or something.
>>
>> It was that close!!
>>
>> Eighteen months later, June/July 1979, I made it to Perth .... via 
>> Sydney,Goondiwindi, Long Reach, Mt Isa, Darwin and Broome!
> 
> That's quite the adventure, could have easily cost you your life so I 
> guess an arm is a reasonable trade off I suppose.
> 
> 
you guess you suppose , LOL