I see the PetrolHeads have decided to make some good from poor Hammy's
situation.

http://www.justgiving.com/PHRichardHammond

Clanger

"Ian Rawlings" <news05@tarcus.org.uk> wrote in message
news:slrneh384p.hoh.news05@desktop.tarcus.org.uk...
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/north_yorkshire/5365676.stm
>
> Jet car, bad crash, sent to neurological unit.
>
> I stopped watching top gear after the pathetically faked caravan
> sketch but at least he is/was a landy fan!
>
> --
> Blast off and strike the evil Bydo empire!


 
Chris Laing wrote:
> I see the PetrolHeads have decided to make some good from poor
> Hammy's situation.
>
> http://www.justgiving.com/PHRichardHammond
>
> Clanger
>
> "Ian Rawlings" <news05@tarcus.org.uk> wrote in message
> news:slrneh384p.hoh.news05@desktop.tarcus.org.uk...
>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/north_yorkshire/5365676.stm
>>
>> Jet car, bad crash, sent to neurological unit.
>>
>> I stopped watching top gear after the pathetically faked caravan
>> sketch but at least he is/was a landy fan!
>>
>> --
>> Blast off and strike the evil Bydo empire!

I just chucked £20 into the pot. I'm no charity giver, but something that could help any one of us in a
****sit is cool by me. Probably saved his life to be fair.

--
Ta!

Nige

Subaru WRX (54)
Land Rover Turbo Diesel 110 (G)
KTM 520 SX (2001)
Kawasaki ZZR 1100 (1994)


 

"Ian Rawlings" <news05@tarcus.org.uk> wrote in message
news:slrneh4da5.hoh.news05@desktop.tarcus.org.uk...
> On 2006-09-20, Derek <del.wattsnospambaby@ntlworld.com> wrote:
>
>> I think it may even be a requirement of the job - a grasp on sanity all
>> the
>> presenters of recent times seem to have owned a Landy excepting maybe
>> Tiff
>> Needell.
>
> Yeah but ISTR Hammond's was a lightweight, not a range rover or other
> luxury barge, which is different.
>
> --
> Blast off and strike the evil Bydo empire!

Quentin Willson former owner of a stage 1 109
I think jezza had a Rangie classic he has certainly championed them
seemingly forever and bags them each time they appear
James May has a 1970 Bentley T2 ( proper one) but has owned a landy
Hamster's landy Buster is a V8 ragtop not sure if its a lightweight?
The Stig - some say the Stig was built at Lode Lane or that he was an
experiment that got out of hand at the Heritage Motor Centre who can tell

Derek


 

"Austin Shackles" <austinNOSPAM@ddol-las.net> wrote in message
news:12s5h2hvldolpvven8u5sgv0n7qij1qu60@4ax.com...
> On or around Thu, 21 Sep 2006 17:12:35 +0100, "William Tasso"
> <SpamBlocked@tbdata.com> enlightened us thusly:
>
>>On Thu, 21 Sep 2006 13:26:43 +0100, hugh <hugh@[127.0.0.1]> wrote:
>>
>>> In message <op.tf72gf0bzlsmyr@c14468a.lan>, aghasee
>>> <number.one@center.court> writes
>>>> On Thu, 21 Sep 2006 09:22:40 +0100, Neil Brownlee
>>>> <n.brownlee@pccontrolNOSPAMsystems.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> AFAIK He has a Series One and a blinged up 110 (thanks to one of the
>>>>> Land
>>>>> Rover shows). Hope he recovers....
>>>>
>>>> The TopGear website states his condition is "stable".
>>>> http://www.topgear.com/content/news/stories/1112/
>>> Doesn't that just mean he's actually not currently dying.
>>
>>just? seems to me that 'not currently dying' is a good thing (tm)
>>
>>MMV
>
> heard "serious brain damage" earlier, so on balance, maybe dying instantly
> at the scene might have been better... mind, some brain damage is
> mostly-recoverable.
>
> I don't think we'll see him back on TG any time soon though, which is sad.
>
> --
> Austin Shackles.

They seem to change the report every couple of hours and injury to his brain
which I would guess to be concussion - brain damage is no hinderence to a
career anyway or parliament would be empty by now

Derek


 
On or around Thu, 21 Sep 2006 22:21:00 GMT, "Derek"
<del.wattsnospambaby@ntlworld.com> enlightened us thusly:

>They seem to change the report every couple of hours and injury to his brain
>which I would guess to be concussion - brain damage is no hinderence to a
>career anyway or parliament would be empty by now

yeah, last one was "significant" brain damage I think. Having seen it, it
can take a long time to get back to normal - think in years, rather than
months. The initial recovery tends to be reasonably rapid, but the rate
slows down.
--
Austin Shackles. www.ddol-las.net my opinions are just that
Satisfying: Satisfy your inner child by eating ten tubes of Smarties
from the Little Book of Complete B***ocks by Alistair Beaton.
 
Get well soon Richard.

For anyone counting, Richard's got both a 1956 Series 1 (a present from
his wife a couple of years ago) and a 110 V8 with lots of blingy bits
that used to be a fire tender. Mindy's also got a big yellow 110 G4
Special Edition.

Cheers,

Stu.

 
Heard on Radio 2 this morning that Clarkson called him a 'cr@p driver'
which raised a smile from Hammond. So grey matter is functioning to
some degree.

Neil

 

"bumble101" <bumble101@googlemail.com> wrote in message
news:1158925630.858633.313610@m73g2000cwd.googlegroups.com...
> Heard on Radio 2 this morning that Clarkson called him a 'cr@p driver'
> which raised a smile from Hammond. So grey matter is functioning to
> some degree.
>
> Neil
>

I just wish that the various reporters I listened to yesterday would not
continually say "he USED to do this or that, he WAS such and such". He is
not dead give the lad a chance. Come on Hamster!!


 
On or around Fri, 22 Sep 2006 12:49:54 GMT, "Cyberwraith"
<jfnfy4evr@ntlworld.com> enlightened us thusly:

>
>"bumble101" <bumble101@googlemail.com> wrote in message
>news:1158925630.858633.313610@m73g2000cwd.googlegroups.com...
>> Heard on Radio 2 this morning that Clarkson called him a 'cr@p driver'
>> which raised a smile from Hammond. So grey matter is functioning to
>> some degree.
>>
>> Neil
>>
>
>I just wish that the various reporters I listened to yesterday would not
>continually say "he USED to do this or that, he WAS such and such". He is
>not dead give the lad a chance. Come on Hamster!!
>

quite. He may yet recover fully, or enough to resume his former occupation.
This can happen with head injuries.
--
Austin Shackles. www.ddol-las.net my opinions are just that
In Touch: Get in touch with yourself by touching yourself.
If somebody is watching, stop touching yourself.
from the Little Book of Complete B***ocks by Alistair Beaton.
 
Austin Shackles wrote:
> On or around Fri, 22 Sep 2006 12:49:54 GMT, "Cyberwraith"
>>"bumble101" <bumble101@googlemail.com> wrote in message
>>
>>>Heard on Radio 2 this morning that Clarkson called him a 'cr@p driver'
>>>which raised a smile from Hammond. So grey matter is functioning to
>>>some degree.
>>
>>I just wish that the various reporters I listened to yesterday would not
>>continually say "he USED to do this or that, he WAS such and such". He is
>>not dead give the lad a chance. Come on Hamster!!
>
> quite. He may yet recover fully, or enough to resume his former occupation.

Given that he's always the one to get dumped into swimming pools in
sinking cars, zapped by lightning, and so on, some might suggest that
not much recovery is necessary.

Still, though, he always seems a fun bloke, and I do hope he makes a
full recovery quickly. If he did have to pull out of broadcasting he'd
be a great loss to TV.
 
On 2006-09-22, Austin Shackles <austinNOSPAM@ddol-las.net> wrote:

> quite. He may yet recover fully, or enough to resume his former occupation.
> This can happen with head injuries.

Well they can hardly say "he is", 'cos he quite plainly isn't right
now. While saying "he is" might be politically correct, it's
certainly the least accurate out of "is" and "was". Brain damage is a
nasty thing, I've seen it in two people I know, making a full recovery
is apparently rare even if the person looks and acts normal to most.

--
Blast off and strike the evil Bydo empire!
 
On 22 Sep, in article
<1158925630.858633.313610@m73g2000cwd.googlegroups.com>
bumble101@googlemail.com "bumble101" wrote:

> Heard on Radio 2 this morning that Clarkson called him a 'cr@p driver'
> which raised a smile from Hammond. So grey matter is functioning to
> some degree.

According to the description in The Yorkshire Post, there's no obvious
injury apparent, no broken bones, just a black eye.

There's a photograph that shows skid marks where the car veered off the
runway, and intermittent marks in the grass, suggesting it didn't stay
on the ground. Whatever else happened, the drag /chute was deployed.

Also in todays YP, an article by Frederic Manby wondering if Top Gear
has been getting out of control with the driving stunts, and there's a
sumour going around that Top Gear production staff were getting a bit
anxious about health and safety, with very long filming days and fast
vehicles.

That last is something I have some sympathy with. We do have rules on
driving hours for people such as HGV drivers.

Oh, and while it apparently didn't have the necessary official
observers, RH may have been breaking the British Land Speed Record.

What I want to see a welcome back edition of Top Gear, with RH
explaining how he's going to work up to a really fast car, before Andy
Green drives in to pick him up with a JCB. I want to know that, whatever
other problems he might be left with, he's still the same person.

--
David G. Bell -- SF Fan, Filker, and Punslinger.

"I am Number Two," said Penfold. "You are Number Six."
 
On Fri, 22 Sep 2006 14:03:58 +0100, Austin Shackles
<austinNOSPAM@ddol-las.net> wrote:

> On or around Fri, 22 Sep 2006 12:49:54 GMT, "Cyberwraith"
> <jfnfy4evr@ntlworld.com> enlightened us thusly:
>
>>
>> "bumble101" <bumble101@googlemail.com> wrote in message
>> news:1158925630.858633.313610@m73g2000cwd.googlegroups.com...
>>> Heard on Radio 2 this morning that Clarkson called him a 'cr@p driver'
>>> which raised a smile from Hammond. So grey matter is functioning to
>>> some degree.
>>>
>>> Neil
>>>
>>
>> I just wish that the various reporters I listened to yesterday would not
>> continually say "he USED to do this or that, he WAS such and such". He
>> is
>> not dead give the lad a chance. Come on Hamster!!
>>
>
> quite. He may yet recover fully, or enough to resume his former
> occupation.
> This can happen with head injuries.

There is plenty of evidence, even with quite large portions of the human
brain rendered useless, other parts of the brain 'learn' and take over the
missing functions.
 
On Fri, 22 Sep 2006 14:39:02 +0100, "David G. Bell"
<dbell@zhochaka.org.uk> wrote:

<snip>

> What I want to see a welcome back edition of Top Gear, with RH
> explaining how he's going to work up to a really fast car, before Andy
> Green drives in to pick him up with a JCB. I want to know that, whatever
> other problems he might be left with, he's still the same person.

You're one of the scripters at Top Gear, might as well admit it. LOL
 
On Fri, 22 Sep 2006 12:47:10 +0100, bumble101 <bumble101@googlemail.com>
wrote:

> Heard on Radio 2 this morning that Clarkson called him a 'cr@p driver'
> which raised a smile from Hammond. So grey matter is functioning to
> some degree.

"Top Gear's James May says he is convinced his fellow presenter Richard
Hammond is "perfectly intact" after a conversation at his hospital
bedside."

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/5371556.stm
 
On Wed, 20 Sep 2006 21:12:04 +0100, Ian Rawlings
<news05@tarcus.org.uk> scribbled the following nonsense:

>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/north_yorkshire/5365676.stm
>
>Jet car, bad crash, sent to neurological unit.
>
>I stopped watching top gear after the pathetically faked caravan
>sketch but at least he is/was a landy fan!

doesn't take long....

http://www.b3ta.com/board/6352534
--

Simon Isaacs

"Bad officials are elected by good citizens who do not vote"
George Jean Nathan (1882-1955)

ROT13 me....
 
On 2006-09-22, Simon Isaacs <crgreobebhtu4k4@ogbcrajbeyq.pbz> wrote:

> http://www.b3ta.com/board/6352534

Heh..

Quite surprising though that on the beeb website, hammond articles
have been the consistently most-read article since it happened. Goes
to show how much of a **** we give about the rest of the world ;-)

--
Blast off and strike the evil Bydo empire!
 
Bob Miller wrote:

||| I thought it was an early Series 2, BICBW.
||
|| According to the BBC profile
|| (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/5365792.stm) it's a 1957
|| Land Rover

<stands>
Corrected
</stands>

|| We all wish the Hamster well - at least he was doing what he loves
|| most. --

Indeed we do.

--
Rich
==============================

Take out the obvious to email me.


 
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