What happened (long)

Champ wrote:
On Mon, 18 Sep 2006 22:12:03 +0100, darsy wrote:

On Sat, 16 Sep 2006 10:35:11 +0100, Champ wrote:

On Fri, 15 Sep 2006 20:46:41 +0100, Andy Bonwick
wrote:

I get paid to fly in helicopters.

cnut.

it's not all roses for him though, at the end of the day he has to go
home and sleep with Adie.

Have you noticed how he seems to have aged since they married?

I think he may have lost some weight, too.

--
platypus

ooh, how I sighed

On Mon, 18 Sep 2006 14:13:08 -0500, tallbloke
wrote:

Ace wrote in news:6ahfg2lorbsa98sa3tughbdmn6a880b8tj@
4ax.com:

So, I'm barrelling along a lovely country road on my way to work -

Thanks again for all the GWSs, on here and elsewhere. It does make a
difference to know that folk are rooting for you, and nearly all the
comments here have been positive and make me glad to be back.

Bloody good to hear they've managed to fix everything up for you. I'm out of
my straightjacket now, and going to physio at the end of the month. I crushed
one of the thorassic vertebrae (No6) and will have a kink in my spine from
now on. They decided it wasn't bad enough to warrant a risky operation and I
guess I'm sort of relieved in a way. The op would have involved going in
through the thorax from the front as well as the back, and they said there
was a significant risk of damage to the spinal cord. To be honest though, the
specialist didn't go into too much detail about the problems I may have in
future with a 27 degree bend in my spinal column. I guess I'll just have to
deal with whatever posture readjustment I have to make.

****. Oh well, sounds like the surgery would have been more risky. I
was (sort of) given the option of no surgery, which would have meant
being flat on my back for a whole three months. The surgeon seemed to
feel that this was so obviously not desireable that of course I'd go
with the surgery. The risk in my case was lower, but still there, of
course. The pins were screwed in from the back only, but it's quite
scary seeing the length of the screws (about 4") going into my spine.

I nearly came a cropper yesterday, as it happens, when I slipped while
squatting down to get to a kitchen draw and lost my balance. Went
careering backwards and managed to catch myself on the kitchen table.
God knows what might have happened had I fallen onto my back :-o

But at least my spine will be straight - sounds like you're likely to
have back problems for the rest of your life. Let's hope it's not too
bad.

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Ace (brucedotrogers a.t rochedotcom)
Ski Club of Great Britain - http://www.skiclub.co.uk
All opinions expressed are personal and in no way represent those of the Ski Club.

platypus wrote:

it's not all roses for him though, at the end of the day he has
to go home and sleep with Adie.

Have you noticed how he seems to have aged since they married?

I think he may have lost some weight, too.

I feel sorry for Adie, with you buggers picking on her...

--
Cab :^) - argue's like a girl
GSX 1400
UKRMMA#10 (KOTL), IbW#015, BoB#4, POTM#3, SKA#1
email addy : ukrm_dot_cab_at_rosbif_dot_org
http://www.rosbif.org
The gingeometer: http://www.rosbif.org/ukrm/gingeometer/

Cab wrote:
platypus wrote:

it's not all roses for him though, at the end of the day he has
to go home and sleep with Adie.

Have you noticed how he seems to have aged since they married?

I think he may have lost some weight, too.

I feel sorry for Adie, with you buggers picking on her...

Cab, stealthier than a hyena

--
Hog
'96 *******12 '89 R100RS '81 XS650 '78 RD400

Hog wrote:
Cab wrote:
platypus wrote:

it's not all roses for him though, at the end of the day he has
to go home and sleep with Adie.

Have you noticed how he seems to have aged since they married?

I think he may have lost some weight, too.

I feel sorry for Adie, with you buggers picking on her...

Cab, stealthier than a hyena

I can't see it getting him anywhere, though.

--
platypus

ooh, how I sighed

Champ wrote:

On Mon, 18 Sep 2006 22:12:03 +0100, darsy wrote:

On Sat, 16 Sep 2006 10:35:11 +0100, Champ wrote:

On Fri, 15 Sep 2006 20:46:41 +0100, Andy Bonwick
wrote:

I get paid to fly in helicopters.

cnut.

it's not all roses for him though, at the end of the day he has to go
home and sleep with Adie.

Have you noticed how he seems to have aged since they married?

I've not met him face-to-face this year, but he's certainly got a lot
grumpier online.

--
d.

Grimly Curmudgeon wrote in
:

We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember tallbloke
saying something like:

Bloody good to hear they've managed to fix everything up for you. I'm
out of my straightjacket now, and going to physio at the end of the
month. I crushed one of the thorassic vertebrae (No6) and will have a
kink in my spine from now on. They decided it wasn't bad enough to
warrant a risky operation and I guess I'm sort of relieved in a way. The
op would have involved going in through the thorax from the front as
well as the back, and they said there was a significant risk of damage
to the spinal cord. To be honest though, the specialist didn't go into
too much detail about the problems I may have in future with a 27 degree
bend in my spinal column. I guess I'll just have to deal with whatever
posture readjustment I have to make.

Bloody 'ell.

Not-so-Tallbloke, then?

My back is bent, my eyes are dim.
I will not be going to the Gym.



--
tallbloke

Ace wrote in
:

On Mon, 18 Sep 2006 14:13:08 -0500, tallbloke
wrote:

To be honest though, the specialist didn't go into
too much detail about the problems I may have in future with a 27 degree
bend in my spinal column. I guess I'll just have to deal with whatever
posture readjustment I have to make.

****. Oh well, sounds like the surgery would have been more risky. I
was (sort of) given the option of no surgery, which would have meant
being flat on my back for a whole three months.

But at least my spine will be straight - sounds like you're likely to
have back problems for the rest of your life. Let's hope it's not too
bad.


I've had back problems since I lifted a big bronze casting onto a machine
'cos the crane driver was on his lunchbreak. That was when I was 22 and I
popped a disc, so I've had back problems for 20 years anyway. One more
won't make too much difference.

They've told me to stay off bikes and not to be heaving bikes around on
and off centre stands and stuff.

The pushbike I bought off ebay arrived today. :-)

--
tallbloke

In article ,
says...

They've told me to stay off bikes and not to be heaving bikes around on
and off centre stands and stuff.


Fair enough though.

The pushbike I bought off ebay arrived today. :-)


Does it have suspension

Mr Muck wrote in
.com:

In article ,
says...

They've told me to stay off bikes and not to be heaving bikes around on
and off centre stands and stuff.


Fair enough though.

The pushbike I bought off ebay arrived today. :-)


Does it have suspension


I also won a seatpost with built-in suspension and a set of bouncy forks
for the front which I can mount a disc brake on. Just waiting for all the
bits to come now. I had a little pedal round on it as it is though, and
it's a really high quality bike. 531 frame, mavic rims, new shimano
gearset and derailleur, weinmann brakes very light, and a bargain at £85.

Just need to make sure I don't hyperventilate and fall off the ****er...

--
tallbloke
"Property is nine tenths of the problem" - Dr Winston 'O' Boogie