Clorox Bleachman 2,435 Posted December 30, 2023 1 hour ago, RoverAndOut said: Grief is a strange thing. Imagine getting through his entire Formula One career with the worst injury being a broken leg, seeing him retire in 2006 and getting the rest of your life to enjoy time together, then watching him return for another 3 years and emerge unscathed again, breathing a sigh of relief only for him to smash his head on a rock barely 12 months later. His children were only teenagers when it happened, neurological damage/recovery is notoriously difficult to predict, how ever dire the circumstances seem, especially with the money and medical facilities and expertise he had at his disposal. I really don't see what is being gained 10 years on, but I suppose once the decision had been taken to keep him alive, how do you then make a decision to switch him off if you don't need to from a financial position? I would hope they had these conversations while he was still racing, and decided to keep him alive. It's not unheard of for drivers to end up in a similar position. Bruce Jacobi (4 years) Don Williams (10 years) 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RoverAndOut 4,746 Posted December 30, 2023 2 minutes ago, Clorox Bleachman said: I would hope they had these conversations while he was still racing, and decided to keep him alive. It's not unheard of for drivers to end up in a similar position. Bruce Jacobi (4 years) Don Williams (10 years) Not unheard of, but it's an interesting question. Is it something you make preparations for, or is it something you never talk about because if you did you'd never get in the car in the first place? Acceptance of the risk is part of racing, even more so in Schumacher's day. And you never think it's going to happen to you. (20 years between Senna and Bianchi of course, covering the vast majority of Schumi's career). But certainly you'd think they'd be more likely to have had a conversation about something like this than many other sportspeople. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Comped 529 Posted December 30, 2023 41 minutes ago, Clorox Bleachman said: I would hope they had these conversations while he was still racing, and decided to keep him alive. It's not unheard of for drivers to end up in a similar position. Bruce Jacobi (4 years) Don Williams (10 years) Daytona seems to have a lot of these sorts of deadly accidents. I'm not sure why... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BonScott 122 Posted January 9 He is just sitting there at the table like something out of Weekend at Bernie’s, the idea that he is having a steak and a glass of wine with Corrina and Mick is pure fantasy, if there was any good news about his health it would have been released by now from the family 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,975 Posted January 9 I imagine him a bit like this: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
One shot Paddy 1,206 Posted January 9 29 minutes ago, gcreptile said: Should this not be in the Jimmy Carter thread? 7 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Comped 529 Posted January 9 1 hour ago, The Old Crem said: Insofar as someone can probably prop him up to sit at a dinner table, that's probably true. But I doubt from what we've heard over the years and what I've been told that he is in any way doing anything under his own power. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sod's Law 447 Posted January 9 I'm still not convinced they don't just prop him up in bed with a tray on his lap and feed him through a spoon. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TQR 14,398 Posted January 9 Not being funny but toddlers can sit at the dinner table. They still need a Tommee Tippee bowl, a bib and some help. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
maryportfuncity 10,647 Posted January 9 Is it possible the voice recognition software misheard Herbert when he said Schumi could "shit" at the table? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Daredevil 1,189 Posted January 17 Expected to attend his daughter's wedding later this year! 4 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,975 Posted January 17 35 minutes ago, The Daredevil said: Expected to attend his daughter's wedding later this year! Wow, that would be a sensation. But I expect that there will be a tent that hides him. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bentrovato 1,088 Posted January 17 44 minutes ago, The Daredevil said: Expected to attend his daughter's wedding later this year! Will he be driving the limo? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,530 Posted January 17 Scenes if the last ten years have just been leading up to one big wedding reception speech prank. 9 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JonNgoat 150 Posted January 17 1 hour ago, gcreptile said: Wow, that would be a sensation. But I expect that there will be a tent that hides him. From the article: The family are in the process of hiring a security team that will ensure no photographs of the 55-year-old leak out. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Comped 529 Posted January 17 2 hours ago, gcreptile said: Wow, that would be a sensation. But I expect that there will be a tent that hides him. A sensation is an understatement of all understatements. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BonScott 122 Posted January 17 He will just be sat in a wheelchair staring into space, I doubt he even knows he has a daughter or what her name is, this is just symbolic nothing more Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Comped 529 Posted January 17 9 minutes ago, BonScott said: He will just be sat in a wheelchair staring into space, I doubt he even knows he has a daughter or what her name is, this is just symbolic nothing more Messaged a friend of mine who would have some idea, and he said this is essentially the best case scenario. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BonScott 122 Posted January 17 4 minutes ago, Comped said: Messaged a friend of mine who would have some idea, and he said this is essentially the best case scenario. Yeah I think it is just a case of Gina Marie would like her father to be there so the whole family together, I don’t think he has the awareness or mental capacity to understand anything of the occasion sadly, 100% a vegetable sadly, if he wasn’t then the family would have gone public with the news Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deathrace 1,171 Posted January 17 34 minutes ago, BonScott said: He will just be sat in a wheelchair staring into space, I doubt he even knows he has a daughter or what her name is, this is just symbolic nothing more Sadly he probably doesn't even know what his own name is. Just awful. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,141 Posted January 17 4 hours ago, gcreptile said: Wow, that would be a sensation. But I expect that there will be a tent that hides him. He won't be on show. Quote The wedding due to take place at a mansion owned by the family in Spain. The property was purchased by the Schumachers in 2017 from Real Madrid president Florentino Perez. It is already equipped with the specialist equipment needed to take care of Schumacher. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Brad252 807 Posted January 17 The last 10 years regarding Schumacher have shown even all the money in the world can't buy miracles. If it was me I'd take death over what it sounds like Schumacher's gone through since the accident. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sod's Law 447 Posted January 17 If he has multiple homes and he's moved between them regularly then the lengths his family must have gone through to hide him from any outdoor exposure must defy logic. Does he have to be shipped around in a crate? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Comped 529 Posted January 18 5 hours ago, Sod's Law said: If he has multiple homes and he's moved between them regularly then the lengths his family must have gone through to hide him from any outdoor exposure must defy logic. Does he have to be shipped around in a crate? An adapted van of some sort is likely depending on the distance... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
