Ouch. Fuck.

[Stephen Packer]

I'd parked my bike on a sloped bit of pavement, about 6 foot clear behind
with a step down (about 3") right behind the rear wheel,

Got on it and paddled it backwards, slipped over the step and gathered a
bit of pace... then the bike just stopped moving.

Simultaneously my right leg started SCREAMING at me. I'd crushed it
between a pillar (made out of an old bit of train track) and the bike's
footrest. Fuck.

6 hours or so on and it's still hurting, Suspect I won't be doing any
exercise tomorrow.

Shame really because I'm picking up the new Honda and had planned
to go green-laning but there's no fucking way I'm squeezing my leg
into MX Boots.

[Mark Olson]

So who's the keeper of the Daft Injuries [...] list these days?
I haven't been keeping track.


--
FJR1300A, GL1000, KLR650A6F, EX250J9A, Vespa Ciao

[The Older Gentleman]

Mark Olson <ols...@tiny.invalid> wrote:

> So who's the keeper of the Daft Injuries [...] list these days?

DIAABTCOD

Daft Injuries Above And Beyond The Call Of Duty

I was KotL. Still have it *somewhere*.

This doesn't qualify. Not when put up against people who electrocuted
themselves with AA batteries, or had wardrobes fall on them twice, or
who licked car battery terminals "to see what would happen".



--
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Guzzi Le Mans Mk.2; CD200x2, CB400F, Suzuki Address
More secure garages needed....
neil underscore murray at fastmail dot fm

[WUN]

On Thursday, September 26, 2019 at 7:04:09 PM UTC+1, Stephen Packer wrote:

> Simultaneously my right leg started SCREAMING at me. I'd crushed it
> between a pillar (made out of an old bit of train track) and the bike's
> footrest. Fuck.
>
> 6 hours or so on and it's still hurting, Suspect I won't be doing any
> exercise tomorrow.

GWS, YCC.

--
WUN

[Pipl]

On Thu, 26 Sep 2019 21:05:33 +0100, totallyde...@yahoo.co.uk
(The Older Gentleman) wrote:

>Mark Olson <ols...@tiny.invalid> wrote:
>
>> So who's the keeper of the Daft Injuries [...] list these days?
>
>DIAABTCOD
>
>Daft Injuries Above And Beyond The Call Of Duty
>
>I was KotL. Still have it *somewhere*.
>
>This doesn't qualify. Not when put up against people who electrocuted
>themselves with AA batteries, or had wardrobes fall on them twice, or
>who licked car battery terminals "to see what would happen".

Ooh! do really old ones count? Like welding under a car and having a
red-hot blob of fizzing metal enter an ear, not once but twice in the
space of as many minutes, resulting in a perforated eardrum?


--

-Pip

[AJH]

On 26/09/2019 21:38, Pipl wrote:
> Ooh! do really old ones count? Like welding under a car and having a
> red-hot blob of fizzing metal enter an ear, not once but twice in the
> space of as many minutes, resulting in a perforated eardrum?
>

and proving it by holding your nose under water and blowing bubbles

AJH

[Mark Olson]

I once unwittingly released full fuel system pressure from the fuel
filter on the underside of my Ford Ranger pickup. Directly into
my ear-hole.

Jesus that hurt. There was a quick visit to the Urgent Care clinic
where they proceeded to squirt ice cold water at nearly the same
pressure level onto my inflamed eardrum. If I had known what their
'remedy' was going to be, I would have saved myself the aggravation
and expense and simply flushed it myself with warm soothing water at
low pressure.

[Krusty]

Stephen Packer wrote:

> Simultaneously my right leg started SCREAMING at me. I'd crushed it
> between a pillar (made out of an old bit of train track) and the
> bike's footrest. Fuck.
>
> 6 hours or so on and it's still hurting, Suspect I won't be doing any
> exercise tomorrow.

CC.

> Shame really because I'm picking up the new Honda and had planned
> to go green-laning but there's no fucking way I'm squeezing my leg
> into MX Boots.

Just shout if you need someone to run it in for you.

--
Krusty

[Pipl]

On Thu, 26 Sep 2019 23:39:38 +0100, AJH <ne...@loampitsfarm.co.uk>
wrote:

Never did that - I was advised by my GP to avoid getting it wet.
Blowing my nose was a weird sensation.

--

-Pip

[AJH]

It was how I discovered the damage having passed it off as minor. I did
pass several hearing tests at work since.

AJH

[Gyp]

On 27/09/2019 07:45, Krusty wrote:

> Just shout if you need someone to run it in for you.

I'm nearer.

Marginally.

If I start from the right place.


--
Gyp

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[Paul Carmichael]

On 26/09/2019 22:05, The Older Gentleman wrote:
> Mark Olson <ols...@tiny.invalid> wrote:
>
>> So who's the keeper of the Daft Injuries [...] list these days?
>
> DIAABTCOD
>
> Daft Injuries Above And Beyond The Call Of Duty
>
> I was KotL. Still have it *somewhere*.
>
> This doesn't qualify. Not when put up against people who electrocuted
> themselves with AA batteries, or had wardrobes fall on them twice, or
> who licked car battery terminals "to see what would happen".

Bit of overlap with the OMF, nicht wahr? I got an OMF number for burning all hair off my
face when testing a starter motor on a freshly charged battery, or was it for blowing
myself up whilst adjusting a distributor on an engine badly flooded with petrol. Or could
it have been for when I hit a spanner with a 2lb hammer and it bounced into my eye? I
could list many other such incidents, but the Segovia scales have me somewhat occupied at
the moment.

--
Paul.

https://paulc.es/
https://asetrad.org

[Mark Olson]

Oh I forgot the time I had removed the intake manifold from a 1967
Buick V-8 and draped all the spark plug wires into the Vee. Then,
I cranked the engine over, with the ignition system (and fuel pump)
working fine...

Cue copious flames, to be put out rather quickly by dad wielding the
garden hose. No injuries other than to my pride. Car was undamaged
and soldiered on after a bit of cleanup and an oil change to get rid
of the water in the sump.

[Stephen Packer]

On Saturday, 28 September 2019 17:17:14 UTC+1, Gyp wrote:
> On 27/09/2019 07:45, Krusty wrote:
>
> > Just shout if you need someone to run it in for you.
>
> I'm nearer.
>
> Marginally.
>
> If I start from the right place.

Well, thanks for the kind offers.

I've spent most of the day cutting fucking hedges and in that
time the swelling on the calf has gone down and the bruise
has come out. I think I'll be alright to ride it tomorrow
afternoon.

Besides which... as it was the ex-demonstrator I see no point
in running it in, it's been thrashed from mile zero no doubt.
Adequate amount of power for what I want I *think*. We will
see.

[Champ]

On Thu, 26 Sep 2019 11:04:08 -0700 (PDT), Stephen Packer
<stephen...@gmail.com> wrote:

>I'd parked my bike on a sloped bit of pavement, about 6 foot clear behind
>with a step down (about 3") right behind the rear wheel,
>
>Got on it and paddled it backwards, slipped over the step and gathered a
>bit of pace... then the bike just stopped moving.
>
>Simultaneously my right leg started SCREAMING at me. I'd crushed it
>between a pillar (made out of an old bit of train track) and the bike's
>footrest. Fuck.
>
>6 hours or so on and it's still hurting

Only "hurting"? I was sure this was going to be another "I broke
another bone" post.

Must try harder
--
Champ
neal at champ dot org dot uk

I don't know, but I been told
You never slow down, you never grow old

[Sqirrel99]

Champ wrote:
>> 6 hours or so on and it's still hurting
>
> Only "hurting"? I was sure this was going to be another "I broke
> another bone" post.
>
> Must try harder

When I sustained a compound fracture of my tibia (bone sticking out
through skin) the doctor in A&E asked how much it hurt 'on a scale
from 0 to 10, where 0 is no pain and 10 is the worst pain you can
imagine'.

I said 'about 2 or three' since I can image some things that would
hurt a lot more (100% third degree burns, etc.) and my leg didn't
hurt that much unless I tried to move it.

[Stephen Packer]

On Monday, 30 September 2019 10:21:04 UTC+1, Champ wrote:
> On Thu, 26 Sep 2019 11:04:08 -0700 (PDT), Stephen Packer

> Only "hurting"? I was sure this was going to be another "I broke
> another bone" post.
>
> Must try harder

I think I've carried my fair share of broken bones (can't even
remember how many... thinks... left leg twice, right leg twice,
left wrist, right shoulder, left humerus. Plus sundry ribs and
fingers.

So... I don't think I do need to try harder. I think others
need to do their share; not you since I think you're probably
ahead of me in one of your accidents alone.

Anyway... new bike for greenlaning plus my solitary nature (and
aversion to wearing body armour) plus time to greenlane is bound
to end up with an injury or two soon.

[Adie]

http://web.archive.org/web/20070213035428/http://www.ukrm.net/clues/kotl/DIAABTCOD.html

I still have the original files somewhere.

Adie.

[YTC#1]

On 01/10/2019 07:17, Adie wrote:
> http://web.archive.org/web/20070213035428/http://www.ukrm.net/clues/kotl/DIAABTCOD.html
>
> I still have the original files somewhere.
>

Just how wide is Grimley's tongue !



--
Bruce Porter
"The internet is a huge and diverse community but mainly friendly"
http://ytc1.blogspot.co.uk/
There *is* an alternative! http://www.openoffice.org/

[Champ]

On Mon, 30 Sep 2019 07:34:58 -0700 (PDT), Stephen Packer
<stephen...@gmail.com> wrote:

>On Monday, 30 September 2019 10:21:04 UTC+1, Champ wrote:
>> On Thu, 26 Sep 2019 11:04:08 -0700 (PDT), Stephen Packer
>> Only "hurting"? I was sure this was going to be another "I broke
>> another bone" post.
>>
>> Must try harder

>I think I've carried my fair share of broken bones (can't even
>remember how many... thinks... left leg twice, right leg twice,
>left wrist, right shoulder, left humerus. Plus sundry ribs and
>fingers.

I think I know where some of this thread is going to go know... :-)

>So... I don't think I do need to try harder.

Blimey, this is potent bait I've got here!

>I think others
>need to do their share; not you since I think you're probably
>ahead of me in one of your accidents alone.

Actually, my big one only broke 6 bones, but one of them was my femur,
which is always non-trivial.

>Anyway... new bike for greenlaning plus my solitary nature (and
>aversion to wearing body armour) plus time to greenlane is bound
>to end up with an injury or two soon.

I look forward to the post! Make sure your mobile is set up to do
usenet, so you can update us from A&E

[Bruce Horrocks]

On 01/10/2019 08:47, YTC#1 wrote:
> On 01/10/2019 07:17, Adie wrote:
>> http://web.archive.org/web/20070213035428/http://www.ukrm.net/clues/kotl/DIAABTCOD.html
>>
>> I still have the original files somewhere.
>>
>
> Just how wide is Grimley's tongue !

Forked?


--
Bruce Horrocks
FJR1300AS

[TMack]

On Thu, 26 Sep 2019 11:04:08 -0700, Stephen Packer wrote:

> I'd parked my bike on a sloped bit of pavement, about 6 foot clear
> behind with a step down (about 3") right behind the rear wheel,
>
> Got on it and paddled it backwards, slipped over the step and gathered
> a bit of pace... then the bike just stopped moving.
>
> Simultaneously my right leg started SCREAMING at me. I'd crushed it
> between a pillar (made out of an old bit of train track) and the bike's
> footrest. Fuck.
>
> 6 hours or so on and it's still hurting, Suspect I won't be doing any
> exercise tomorrow.

When I came off the Pegaso about about two months ago, I got a crushed
lower leg as well as a sprained ankle. The crush injury is now about 90%
recovered but it was REALLY painful for the first two weeks after the
accident. The ankle sprain is about 80% recovered - I have almost lost the
limp but it still hurts a fair bit if it is extended/flexed too far. I
reckon I should be back to normal in another month or so. The good news is
that when the swelling finally went down enough to get a motorcycle boot
on again (a couple of weeks ago), it was actually quite helpful because of
the support it provided.

--
Tony
FJR1300, Aprilia Pegaso 650 ie, BSA Bantams x2, 1954 BSA C10

[Salad Dodger]

On Mon, 30 Sep 2019 11:31:36 +0100, Sqirrel99
<secret.s...@gmail.com> wrote:

>When I sustained a compound fracture of my tibia (bone sticking out
>through skin) the doctor in A&E asked how much it hurt 'on a scale
>from 0 to 10, where 0 is no pain and 10 is the worst pain you can
>imagine'.
>
>I said 'about 2 or three' since I can image some things that would
>hurt a lot more (100% third degree burns, etc.) and my leg didn't
>hurt that much unless I tried to move it.

I think my estimate in A&E was, "about 27".
--
Salad Dodger
1690 FLHTK;GL1800D
Previously ...
CB1300SA8;GL1800A6;GL1500SEV;CBR1100XXX;
CBR1000FL;CBX1000Z;GPz750R;Z750E1;Z650C2;
KH500A8;KH250B3;TS250c;TS185c.

[Brownz (via Gurgle Gruppez)]

Reminds me of my first job after leaving skool, I worked at a place called Breaking Bikes (known to some of this parish). Shit job but filled a gap before I started my apprenticeship at AERE. I managed to sneeze whilst siphoning a petrol tank and apparently blew a fine mist of petrol from my nose and ears, thus sort of demonstrating how Mr Bosch came up with the idea for replacing the carburettor.

[Colin Irvine]

On Thu, 03 Oct 2019 02:03:51 -0700, Brownz (via Gurgle Gruppez) wrote:

> Reminds me of my first job after leaving skool, I worked at a place
> called Breaking Bikes (known to some of this parish). Shit job but
> filled a gap before I started my apprenticeship at AERE. I managed to
> sneeze whilst siphoning a petrol tank and apparently blew a fine mist of
> petrol from my nose and ears, thus sort of demonstrating how Mr Bosch
> came up with the idea for replacing the carburettor.

<g>

--
Colin Irvine
FJR1300A

[The Older Gentleman]

Brownz (via Gurgle Gruppez) <browni...@googlemail.com> wrote:

> Reminds me of my first job after leaving skool, I worked at a place called
Breaking Bikes (known to some of this parish). Shit job but filled a gap
before I started my apprenticeship at AERE. I managed to sneeze whilst
siphoning a petrol tank and apparently blew a fine mist of petrol from
my nose and ears, thus sort of demonstrating how Mr Bosch came up with
the idea for replacing the carburettor.

Would have been even funnier if you'd been smoking at the time.

[AJH]

On 11/10/2019 07:25, The Older Gentleman wrote:
> Would have been even funnier if you'd been smoking at the time.

Would it?

AJH

[Chris Bartram]

On 26/09/2019 21:05, The Older Gentleman wrote:

> This doesn't qualify. Not when put up against people who electrocuted
> themselves with AA batteries,

*unlurks*

I'd love to hear that one in detail.

[The Older Gentleman]

From memory, pocketful of change and keys on a big keyring, and somehow
the batteries managed to short-circuit themselves and give him a nasty
burn.

[petrolcan]

In article <1ofgk3v.tp98mx6zs6reN%totallyde...@yahoo.co.uk>, The
Older Gentleman says...

>
> Chris Bartram <ne...@delete-me.piglet-net.net> wrote:
>
> > On 26/09/2019 21:05, The Older Gentleman wrote:
> >
> > > This doesn't qualify. Not when put up against people who electrocuted
> > > themselves with AA batteries,
> > *unlurks*
> >
> > I'd love to hear that one in detail.
>
> From memory, pocketful of change and keys on a big keyring, and somehow
> the batteries managed to short-circuit themselves and give him a nasty
> burn.

That was Christofire, right?

[WUN]

It was, and I think it was a PP3, not AAs. Two nicely exposed electrodes and 9v.

Toasty.

--
WUN

[The Older Gentleman]

Blimey. Some good memories there.