Idiot Proof
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From: Craig on 22 May 2010 17:47 I'd planned on going riding last weekend. Stuff came up and I couldn't make it. I planned on going today but ended up spending a good portion of the day in the ER with my wife (she's OK), so that didn't happen. Rescheduled for tomorrow, and went down to the garage to get things in order. And dropped a metal loading ramp on my sandal-clad foot. Looks like riding may be out tomorrow too. Proof that I'm still an Idiot. Craig
From: Whelan - '02 200exc (x2) & '04 MTD 38 on 22 May 2010 20:07 > And dropped a metal loading ramp on my sandal-clad foot. Looks like > riding may be out tomorrow too. Where's the picture?
From: john on 22 May 2010 22:15 each time i idiot proof something they build a better idiot... usually i test run my own machines harder than the folks at work.. but occasionally they rise to the challenge and surprise me with some unforeseen option. then again i did jump off the roof with a bed sheet parachute as a kid john "hey ya'll watch this" "Craig" <googlegroupmail(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message news:f67215d2-71aa-4640-bdfc-45a3eb69f197(a)m4g2000vbl.googlegroups.com... > I'd planned on going riding last weekend. Stuff came up and I couldn't > make it. I planned on going today but ended up spending a good portion > of the day in the ER with my wife (she's OK), so that didn't happen. > Rescheduled for tomorrow, and went down to the garage to get things in > order. > > And dropped a metal loading ramp on my sandal-clad foot. Looks like > riding may be out tomorrow too. > > Proof that I'm still an Idiot. > > Craig
From: WW on 22 May 2010 22:51 "Craig" <googlegroupmail(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message news:f67215d2-71aa-4640-bdfc-45a3eb69f197(a)m4g2000vbl.googlegroups.com... > I'd planned on going riding last weekend. Stuff came up and I couldn't > make it. I planned on going today but ended up spending a good portion > of the day in the ER with my wife (she's OK), so that didn't happen. > Rescheduled for tomorrow, and went down to the garage to get things in > order. > > And dropped a metal loading ramp on my sandal-clad foot. Looks like > riding may be out tomorrow too. > > Proof that I'm still an Idiot. > > Craig I must be your twin idiot. Was unloading railroad ties and tripped backwards. Tie landed on leg between ankle and knee. Crushed down to the bone. Damn that hurt. Took long time to heal and get nerves to return. WW
From: Craig on 23 May 2010 22:59
On May 22, 8:07 pm, "Whelan - '02 200exc (x2) & '04 MTD 38" <yo...(a)sisna.com> wrote: > > And dropped a metal loading ramp on my sandal-clad foot. Looks like > > riding may be out tomorrow too. > > Where's the picture? Not much to see, just some plain old bruising. It hurt like heck last night, but was good enough to ride today. Dodged a bullet, I think. As I was getting ready to load up, my wife expressed interest in coming along. Only she didn't feel like riding, just wanted to go for a ride on the back, like the "good old days." So the XR went back in the garage and out came her XT225. We drove 1.5 hours or so up to Wharton State Forest in NJ and had a fine time bottoming the suspension on some of south Jersey's finest unimproved roads. Conditions were perfect. It had rained overnight and earlier today, and was just letting up as we geared up. No dust, little sugar sand (south Jersey is all sand) and no hot sun. Really couldn't have asked for better conditions for the task at hand. Not the ride I had planned, but it ended up being great fun. Craig |