Obit: Francesca Anobile-sledge accident

Subject: Obit: Francesca Anobile
From: Spot
Date: 04 Feb 09 - 06:08 PM

Hallo All..

             I didn't know this lass but canna believe she didn't make it after fun in the snow..my heart goes out to her friends and family.. I have crazy daughters..it could've been one of mine.....    :-(
                   I wish I had words....

                         So sorry ...Spot...

Subject: RE: Obit: Francesca Anobile
From: maeve
Date: 04 Feb 09 - 06:22 PM

Spot is referring to this sad event in the UK:

Sledging/sledding accident

Subject: RE: Obit: Francesca Anobile
From: open mike
Date: 04 Feb 09 - 06:23 PM

here is some info about her and the accident..is a sledge like a sled?

it sounds like they were riding down a snowy hill on some roofing
material or on a car roof, so there was no way to steer or stop it.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/topics/weather/4512597/Sledge-tragedy-girl-Francesca-Anobile-had-everything-to-live-for.html

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article5655950.ece

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article5659778.ece

Subject: RE: Obit: Francesca Anobile-sledge accident
From: Gurney
Date: 05 Feb 09 - 01:42 AM

Dangerous things.
Commiserations to the family.
Mariska Hargitay, the actress,(S.C.U.) suffered a collapsed lung in a sledding accident, recently.

Subject: RE: Obit: Francesca Anobile-sledge accident
From: TRUBRIT
Date: 05 Feb 09 - 02:29 AM

Yes - sledge = sled......

Subject: RE: Obit: Francesca Anobile-sledge accident
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 05 Feb 09 - 06:42 PM

I shudder to think the close calls we had as kids sledding down steep streets on hills with cross streets and parked cars. People usually didn't drive when it was icy, but there were a few. And if you steered into a parked car, it could be deadly. More than a little blood was shed on those wintry afternoons. Another time I remember landing with such a thud on a mountain intertubing track (set aside for tubes at an area ski slope) that I gave it up right there--I realized if I'd landed just a little differently I'd have broken my neck.

SRS

Subject: RE: Obit: Francesca Anobile-sledge accident
From: heric
Date: 05 Feb 09 - 07:29 PM

No way in the world I'm giving it up, though risks there may be. Christmas was awesome.