Alg

How does he only break his ankles from the third floor?
Stirling Moss falls down lift shaft - Yahoo! Eurosport

dazzaturbo

just shows age catches up with everyone eventually

beemerboy

probably had the fall cushioned by his Hush Puppies

r32

The man is truly a legend, he can (or could) drive at amazing speed. I hope he recovers quickly.

David Lock

I am just old enough to remember him in action, racing at the same time as guys like Fangio. Got so close to being champion and was pipped at the post by Mike Hawthorn in about 1962. Hawthorn later died in a crash when he lost it on a corner on the A3 near Guildford.

Do hope he recovers fully and quickly. dl

ALi-B

iTrader: (1)

Props for having a lift in his own house.

No props for making sure its maintained and retrofitted with the current safety gizmos.

David Lock

Surely it can't be too difficult to fix doors so they can't be opened until the bloody lift is there?

dl

Funkii Munkii

Excuse my ignorance but "Props", means what? is it from the same school as "Simples" and ""My Bad" ??

J4CKO

iTrader: (1)

Glad he is basically ok and still with us, wouldnt be a fitting demise for a living legend, I suppose for someone who raced in that era, health and safety is a new fangled irrelevance.

A lot of the current racing drivers dont seem to have the strength of personality of Moss and his peers, might just be nostalgia or whatever but a lot seem a bit anonymous is comparison, I suppose Button seems to have a bit of attitude and a sense of fun.

Jamie

I think he was lift surfing the 1980s craze has come back

ALi-B

iTrader: (1)

Pre-dates simples by a long shot. Was even in use before the word chav became popular.


From a dialect known as Jive, IIRC; Urban Dictionary: jive

dig?

David Lock

Very few - James Hunt was in that old era of course

Never one to take himself too seriously, Hunt endeared himself to the British public with his charisma and charm and brought a whole new audience to Formula One in the mid 1970s. Despite his Formula One career only lasting six seasons Hunt remains one of the few drivers of the era to be widely remembered amongst the general public, in part due to his commentary career for the BBC, which he took up following his retirement and maintained until his death in 1993.

dl in nostalgic mood!

I seem to remember Hunt winning the championship when Niki Lauda, who had been injured earlier in the season, pulled out of the Japanese Grand Prix because of atrocious weather conditions. Hunt was one of the few to carry on

Leslie

He was certainly a star at driving. He was in the same class as all the really good drivers in that he was smooth as silk and well ahead of the car at all times. He had amazingly fast reactions and also his eyes could re-focus extremely quickly compared to the average. He was so unlucky not to get that World Chanpionship.

I was surprised at the description of Hunt's charisma and charm. I remember seeing him pan a marshall who was trying to help him at Crystal Palace after he stuffed his F3 car in the wall! He was a first class commentator alright, his experience added a lot to the GP commentaries with Murray Walker. Jim Clark and Jackie Stewart were as nice as anyone to meet and chat with. No side on them at all. Another pair of ultra smooth drivers. It was an education to watch Stewart taking the old Woodcote bend at Silverstone close to flat out in an F1 car. The others all had a big twitch at the discontinuity halfway round the bend but Stewart could be seen to anticipate it and make a small correction just as he reached it and the car never moved off line! No wonder he did so well. Real class.

Thats a hell of a fall down 3 stories. Amazing that Moss was not quite seriously injured. I have no doubt that he is impressing the nurses just like he always did in the old days!

Les

Leslie

Well Hunt was leading Lauda I seem to remember and the conditions were indeed truly dreadful. I imagine Lauda realised that he had no chance of passing Hunt and of course when he retired, Hunt had only to finish to win. Not surprising that he kept going. Due to the facial burns in his earlier accident, Lauda's vision was badly affected during the race which doubtless influenced his decision.

Les

urban

iTrader: (1)

I once fell about 40 foot and landed on both feet.

I passed out(not that long) and woke up still at the scene surrounded by paramedics
Maybe they woke me up?

I had severe sprains in both feet/ankles for about 48 hours
I was on crutches for about 3 weeks and I was unable to put too much pressure on them
And for about 3 or 4 weeks I randomly took severe back pains for a while until I moved
I used to also wake up from my sleep due to the pain

No broken bones though.

hux309

Props i believe is giving someone due respect and as ali b says it's from jive.

Anyway gratuitous airplaine clippy seeing as i love it.

YouTube - Airplane Jive Scene

Jamie

30ft old man very easy to bust ankles/bones

J4CKO

iTrader: (1)

How did you do that ?

Any lasting injuries.

urban

iTrader: (1)

Long story J4CKO.
But was on business in Malta when it happened
I remember the Maltese hospital doctors/paramedics holding my legs and pulling on my ankles.
They put my left foot/lower leg in a cast as they said it was broken - got home and went to hospital - no visible break and confirmed severe spraining.

Any lasting injuries - not really, guess I'm lucky
Left ankle in particular gets sore in very cold weather.