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06-22-08, 07:31 PM
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Get Some!!!!!
ROAD RASH!!!! 
Well, its official! I have had my first "Commuting fall". I was coming home today (4pm) and had the good fortune to miss the severe thunder shower that had just passed over the hospital. So, I had a full rear tire (BTW, I got a new PUMP!!!!!!
) and was FLYING along (for my fat rear end, anyways 
). I came upon some rail road tracks...... Can you see where this is going? Most everyday, I cross these tracks twice and never have so much as a hiccup! Today I was focusing on SPEED (almost 17mph 
). This particular track curves in the road (allowing a train from a manufacturing facility access to the main line). Well, my front tire went one way, I went the other and ..........
The left knee, before clean up!
The Left Elbow, before clean up!
The Right Thigh (My right leg cam down HARD on the top tube.... Hurst almost as much as my back
)
This is going to bruise BAD tomorrow!
Well, its official! I have had my first "Commuting fall". I was coming home today (4pm) and had the good fortune to miss the severe thunder shower that had just passed over the hospital. So, I had a full rear tire (BTW, I got a new PUMP!!!!!!
) and was FLYING along (for my fat rear end, anyways ). I came upon some rail road tracks...... Can you see where this is going? Most everyday, I cross these tracks twice and never have so much as a hiccup! Today I was focusing on SPEED (almost 17mph ). This particular track curves in the road (allowing a train from a manufacturing facility access to the main line). Well, my front tire went one way, I went the other and ..........The left knee, before clean up!
The Left Elbow, before clean up!
The Right Thigh (My right leg cam down HARD on the top tube.... Hurst almost as much as my back
)This is going to bruise BAD tomorrow!
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"A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently and die gallantly. Specialization is for insects." -Robert A. Heinlein
06-22-08, 07:32 PM
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The Left knee after clean up!
The left elbow after!
The knee and elbow don't really hurt, just "tight" as the skin starts stitching itself back together..... My right thigh is SORE as all get out! That's gonna be annoying for a long while.... Now my back is the problem.... I pulled an intercostal muscle (the one's between your ribs). Its the same one I tore fifteen years ago playing HS football (God, am I that old**********
) and its gonna be REAL FUN to live with....
See ya on the flip side..... er, never mind
The left elbow after!
The knee and elbow don't really hurt, just "tight" as the skin starts stitching itself back together..... My right thigh is SORE as all get out! That's gonna be annoying for a long while.... Now my back is the problem.... I pulled an intercostal muscle (the one's between your ribs). Its the same one I tore fifteen years ago playing HS football (God, am I that old**********
) and its gonna be REAL FUN to live with....See ya on the flip side..... er, never mind
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"A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently and die gallantly. Specialization is for insects." -Robert A. Heinlein
06-22-08, 07:45 PM
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Oh, the bike is FINE! The ole' girl had her handlebars pointing the wrong way (or was the front wheel pointing the wrong way?) and with just a little "umph" that was fixed, and I was on my way home..... The rear deraileur (sp??? I'm not french, come on!) is making more noise than usual.... I tried fiddeling with the the adjuster at the shifter, but that didnt seem to help too much.... I'll get it up on my stand (home made 
) and check it out tommorow.....
Forgot to mention the helmet! It has a nice "rail road track sized" dent right where one of my skull sutures would be! If not for my $50 Trek helmet, I would probably have been back at work, and not on the clock (I work in the ER.... Its a JOKE PEOPLE!).
I need a beer! Too bad none are in the house.....
) and check it out tommorow..... Forgot to mention the helmet! It has a nice "rail road track sized" dent right where one of my skull sutures would be! If not for my $50 Trek helmet, I would probably have been back at work, and not on the clock (I work in the ER.... Its a JOKE PEOPLE!
). I need a beer! Too bad none are in the house.....
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"A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently and die gallantly. Specialization is for insects." -Robert A. Heinlein
06-22-08, 07:48 PM
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Dude!
That's gonna be sooooo sore after you relax and it stiffens up! Glad you're basically all right though...
Ride on!
That's gonna be sooooo sore after you relax and it stiffens up! Glad you're basically all right though...
Ride on!
06-22-08, 07:50 PM
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Took 800mg Ibuprophin (Motrin/ Advil.... Same stuff). Its some left over prescription strenght stuff I had from the Marines..... GRUNT CANDY!!!!
Yeah, I'm gonna be REAL sore tommorow..... Oh well. Thats life..... I still have to RIDE out to Gary tommorow to go register for fall semester. THAT's gonna be fun!
Yeah, I'm gonna be REAL sore tommorow..... Oh well. Thats life..... I still have to RIDE out to Gary tommorow to go register for fall semester. THAT's gonna be fun!
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06-22-08, 08:02 PM
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Dooh!!!! I Lost My Multi Tool Out Of My Camelback!!!!! Argh!!!!!!!!
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06-22-08, 08:08 PM
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Aha. Now I see why bikers shave their legs. There actually is a real reason for it, namely, easier cleanup after a fall.
06-22-08, 08:09 PM
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06-22-08, 08:58 PM
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No kidding..... I see people in the ER all the time with broken bones..... I'm SOOO lucky to have never broken anything more than a finger..... or that little bone in my knee.... or the spinus process on my T-7 vertabret....... Yep, nothing serious!
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"A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently and die gallantly. Specialization is for insects." -Robert A. Heinlein
06-22-08, 09:21 PM
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Don't write it off so fast there, Bro...
I do some part time consulting work that takes me into medical practices to work on computer networks. A couple of weeks ago I got a call that required me to go to one of my client practices... and the office manager's only question was "Are you on your bike today?" She's been a long time friend of mine, so I thought that she'd once again express her concern for my safety. I told her that I was on the bike that day, and that I'd come at closing time so as not to get in the way of their patients.
Well... I arrived later that afternoon about 15 minutes after closing. It was strange that so many of the office staff was still there... but we chatted for a couple of minutes as they filtered out to their cars. As she passed on her way out, my friend chuckled and told me "You know they stayed just to see your legs."
Don't discount the power of the razor!
I do some part time consulting work that takes me into medical practices to work on computer networks. A couple of weeks ago I got a call that required me to go to one of my client practices... and the office manager's only question was "Are you on your bike today?" She's been a long time friend of mine, so I thought that she'd once again express her concern for my safety. I told her that I was on the bike that day, and that I'd come at closing time so as not to get in the way of their patients.
Well... I arrived later that afternoon about 15 minutes after closing. It was strange that so many of the office staff was still there... but we chatted for a couple of minutes as they filtered out to their cars. As she passed on her way out, my friend chuckled and told me "You know they stayed just to see your legs."
Don't discount the power of the razor!
06-22-08, 09:28 PM
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Don't write it off so fast there, Bro...
I do some part time consulting work that takes me into medical practices to work on computer networks. A couple of weeks ago I got a call that required me to go to one of my client practices... and the office manager's only question was "Are you on your bike today?" She's been a long time friend of mine, so I thought that she'd once again express her concern for my safety. I told her that I was on the bike that day, and that I'd come at closing time so as not to get in the way of their patients.
Well... I arrived later that afternoon about 15 minutes after closing. It was strange that so many of the office staff was still there... but we chatted for a couple of minutes as they filtered out to their cars. As she passed on her way out, my friend chuckled and told me "You know they stayed just to see your legs."
Don't discount the power of the razor!
I do some part time consulting work that takes me into medical practices to work on computer networks. A couple of weeks ago I got a call that required me to go to one of my client practices... and the office manager's only question was "Are you on your bike today?" She's been a long time friend of mine, so I thought that she'd once again express her concern for my safety. I told her that I was on the bike that day, and that I'd come at closing time so as not to get in the way of their patients.
Well... I arrived later that afternoon about 15 minutes after closing. It was strange that so many of the office staff was still there... but we chatted for a couple of minutes as they filtered out to their cars. As she passed on her way out, my friend chuckled and told me "You know they stayed just to see your legs."
Don't discount the power of the razor!
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Master Guns Crittle, You out there??
"A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently and die gallantly. Specialization is for insects." -Robert A. Heinlein
06-22-08, 10:09 PM
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Good to hear that you came out okay...Sorta. Add wooden bridges to your list too. Watch out for wooden bridges. They get slick when wet. WHOOOSH! As long as you don't have to make sudden stops, you're okay.
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06-23-08, 05:20 AM
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06-23-08, 07:17 AM
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"A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently and die gallantly. Specialization is for insects." -Robert A. Heinlein
Master Guns Crittle, You out there??
"A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently and die gallantly. Specialization is for insects." -Robert A. Heinlein
06-23-08, 07:42 AM
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Ohhhhh.... sorry... I was thinking selfishly! I'll forward the list to you immediately!
There are a couple of the ladies that would prolly be worth your commute down here... and they seem to be drawn to spandex like moths to a flame...
There are a couple of the ladies that would prolly be worth your commute down here... and they seem to be drawn to spandex like moths to a flame...
06-23-08, 08:03 AM
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your roadrash is a badge of honor
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All your wounds are at least two feet from the heart ... you will be fine. More importantly, glad to hear your bike was OK.
