Topic: long time no see

[Dusthawk]

Hey all!!!. Yeah I know its been a while but god what a couple of weeks its been. it seems like its been a few months but wow, only like two weeks. First, Rita blows her head, yep gotta do a complete top end rebuild. Then the whole nightmare with the hospital. Then, a friend calls up one day saying what am I doing that weekend, I say nothing, she says good, go to sounthwest airlines, you have a ticket waiting for you. So, I go to Reno to help her move for a weekend.

Now, to top it all off, Wednesday morning, I broke my ankle, CRAP!! Did I do something to piss off the gods or something? My riding is over for the year, guess I can put the extra time into Rita instead.

Ride a mile for me!

Peace and Long Rides

Jeff

[seaweb11]

Gods speed on the recovery Dusthawk. Fu*&in crap when the body breaks down.

Good excuse to sit in a lawn chair and drink margaritas all summer though

[dusterdude]

damnit man!!

[ProTeal55]

Sorry to hear about your broken ankle.
Being a semi-pro skateboarder I broke my ankles more than a few times, and know how bad it sucks..

I agree with Seaweb11, just sit back , elevate the ankle , and drink the rest of the summer away 

[mrbreeze]

Sorry to hear about all the bad luck there Jeff. Damn,when it rains it pours!Hope all comes together for you soon and hey....it was good meeting up with you in Berkeley....bike or no bike.Later dude.

[kghost]

Just outa curiosity how did you manage to break your ankle?

[Terry in Australia]

Sorry to see mate, I busted my ankle years ago, and it annoyed the hell outta me! I remember parking my hotted up Ford V8 in a handicapped parking space, and two little old ladies were giving me the evil eye until I hopped out and grabbed my crutches and started crutching towards them, it was amazing to see the transformation when they realised I wasn't just some young #$%* with no regard for the impaired? Take it easy mate, and get some of those crutches that go around your forearms, they're great for building up your muscles! Cheers, Terry.

[Dusthawk]

Its funny really, how I broke it. I was at work on a 12 hour shift and went to crouch down to fix one of the baggers. Well, I lost my balance and went to slide the right foot but I didn't know there was tape stuck to my shoe. Long story short, My ankle rolled and I collapsed on top of it. CRUNCH, you know the sensation when you bite into some gristle from a chicken leg??? Yep, thats what it felt like. Now, be honest, how many of you shuddered at that description? LOLOL When I went to the ER and said that to the nurse she turned seven shades of white, lololololol

As far as the crutches go, I am not co-ordinated enough to use them. I tried and the Doc almost had to splint my nose. Face first to the floor. Comedy of Errors Jeff, thats me.

Anyway, I got my hands on an aluminum cane and you can guess what I did once I got home. I went out and grabbed some masking tape and a rattle can and went to work. Now, I have a stylin Metallic Blue cane with chrome accents. I was at the Walgreens getting my Vicodan pills and this old guy hobbled up to me and offered $20 for it, I almost fell off my chair laughing. I just told him what I did and he said and I quote' Groovy, maybe I can do a psycodelic job on mine'.   I wanted to die laughing right there but the pharmacist was giving me the evil eye so I had to contain it.

Anyway, its time for my next goofy pill, I'll shout out later.

Peace and long walks,

Comedy of Errors Jeff

[prsman23@hotmail.c]

you are in too good of a mood for the shotty two weeks you've been happy. Pass the pills mr. and spread the love!

[mrbreeze]

Well...alriteeeee then Jeff!!!!!

[Klark Kent]

I am surprised there isn't a line of groovy accessories for the aging hippy class.  psycadelic canes, lavalamp bedpans.  adult diapers with your favorite classic rock band logos.  trach stems with roach clips?
you may have stumbled on a million dollar idea here DH.  see if you can work out a deal with the walgreens to carry your line of trippy (pun intended) canes- maybe they'd
 even pay you in happy pills. 
one can dream
feel better soon,
-KK

[ElCheapo]

Sounds like you need a "Gods of Speed" shelf. Not enough in your offerings? Have you been cheating them?  The first shelf in the shop will be an "Offerings to the Gods of Speed". I was thinking of screwing crazy stuff like exploded pistons and cranks to the walls here and there. Maybe I can counter some bad mojo. 

Crutches are also good for wackin people 

I crushed my right foot about 6 years back while working as a mix truck driver. I dropped a mixer chute section right on the bugger sharp side down from about 4-5 feet in the air while standing on 3 stone on a rough incline to pour a basement in an existing structure. Let's say went it happened I shreeked like a school girl. At first I could not even make a sound. You know you hurt it good when you cant even make a sound. I did find out that day more than 45 miles from home base and no radio contact and no cell, you can work long after you have been hurt. I put away the chute (about 50 lbs), washed the truck down, and drove 30 miles to my ex-girlfriends house so she could follow me back to home base. We got there I did the final rinse on the truck. And then hobbled out of the truck and she ran me to the hospital. Oh... it was also poring rain at the time when I was going from the truck to the car. She jerked my boot off as they were brand new ones and she new I was not going to stand for anyone cutting them off. She did it without warning me!!!!! 10 minutes later I was in the ER with the knowledge from the Doc that I had crushed my foot and broke it in 15 places!!! Gota love that morphine though, I turn into a talking fool.

Many years later I had to have my ankle fused at two joints. That added a new level of suck, my pain is EVERYDAY.

Did I mention the next load of crete showed up and that damn fool did not even help me out.

[bill440cars]

                          Jeff,

                               Hate to hear about your ankle man. You just hang tough, get that ankle and Rita
                      mended and get back to taking care of business, okay? I've been wondering where you
                      have been. Take care and I'll catch you later on, Bill