Frosty Posted August 11, 2021 Share Posted August 11, 2021 Welcome to AMERICA! I doubt your Grandson is terribly traumatized. A lot of that comes from not knowing what to do and feeling helpless in an emergency. He not only handled himself well, he took charge and handled the situation. He may be a little rattled, it can take adrenaline a couple hours to clear your system and longer for the fatigue poisons to clear. It doesn't mean more than that. Kids handle life threatening emergencies regularly, just knowing how to dial 911 is often enough to get them through in traumatized. Thomas, I'll be proud to have your Grandson at my back any day. He did GOOD! Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daswulf Posted August 11, 2021 Share Posted August 11, 2021 Thomas, I can't help but think that maybe you should be extra careful and find a good sitting position or have a helmet on hand to put on in those risky times. Not saying it's all forewarned but if there is a possibility, be safer. You know your conditions. No sense being macho about it when your kids and grandchildren would like to have you around as long as they can. Let alone everyone here. Let's delay the "hey, remember when Thomas said this" or Thomas used to say..." Take a little silly extra precaution and make the reaper work harder. Or, as I usually feel,when it is our time, it's our time. But staples in the head suck. So precautions help with the misery level. Lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TWISTEDWILLOW Posted August 12, 2021 Share Posted August 12, 2021 Daswulfs right, it kinda weirds me out thinking about it, I’d hate to think of of a time on ifi when new comers start asking who all The older hands In old post are! take extra care of yourself so we can see you posting decades from now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles R. Stevens Posted August 12, 2021 Share Posted August 12, 2021 I find a cane to be mighty helpful when ones back is “out”. Getting up from a chair, the side of the bed or gods forbid the toilet sucks less. Bad news about back injuries is that your back spasms to self splint, and in the future it’s likely to over react to minor strains. Most anti inflanitories don’t pas the blood brain barrier. Myself I live in meloxican and neirontin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted August 12, 2021 Author Share Posted August 12, 2021 Had a Dr appt for today; Dr called in sick and they suggested we drive an hour to an urgent care 50+ miles north. Looks like I will be going to the Local ER instead as I've already hit my co-pay limit this year, I'm going to fight to take my staples home with me and throw them in a billet for a *personal* blade... I'm expecting the ER Dr to just tell me I'm getting too old to be doing this stuff; well I've known smiths in their 80's and 90's so I think I have a while yet!...(My wife already has my forging buddies trained to watch out for my going low...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purple Bullet Posted August 12, 2021 Share Posted August 12, 2021 316L? The rest of that billet better be high grade! When they removed one of the screws from my ankle I thought about asking for it. But on second thought my skills don't include much work with stainless. I agree with the sentiments about your well being. Be well, be safe, but enjoy life! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted August 12, 2021 Author Share Posted August 12, 2021 Are you thinking that all billets have to be made into knives? Also 4 staples vs a bunch of HC steel; I doubt you can even see them! Hospital says to leave them in at least to Sunday now. Flexeril and a shot of a NSAID at the Dr's today. Going back to work Monday with "no lifting". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irondragon Forge ClayWorks Posted August 12, 2021 Share Posted August 12, 2021 My wife has a small hatchet that was gifted to her, made from a pattern welded billet. It's gorgeous and sharp as a razor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted August 12, 2021 Share Posted August 12, 2021 I was going to make a crack about muscle relaxants maybe helping with dealing with a college job but that'd be in poor taste. Remember, don't chew the tablets! Here's hoping sitting in an office chair won't be too much of a pain in the back side. You know when Das brought up prolonging our lives as we age, then Twistedwillow mentions a day when newbies reading the archives ask about where the old gang went reminded me of morning coffee some years before my brush with death. We were sitting at the counter talking about whatever the morning's subject was and one of the old guys asks out of the blue, "Where are the old timers?" Conversation stopped dead while we looked around and at each other. Expressions said nobody had thought about it but were taking notice. Then one of them, Mike Palmqu. . . said, "We ARE the old timers." The counter was pretty quiet for a little while as we thought about the "counter culture" members who'd passed away over the preceding years. It was a sobering thought. Mike passed away less than a year later and two more went in the next couple years. The restaurant changed owners and the breakfast club stopped meeting and I was one of the oldest at the time. I haven't tried to find a new breakfast club since the accident, a few of the old guys were meeting at the restaurant not far from here but wouldn't you know it one of the least pleasant of them all was at the table. It wasn't any fun anymore. <sigh> Be careful Thomas, I REALLY need guys around who can so handily best me at puns. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daswulf Posted August 13, 2021 Share Posted August 13, 2021 That's a scary thought that I might be one of the Old ones one day haha. I already feel in after 20 some odd years in a body shop. I try to see the new kids as me when i was starting out but they seem way less motivated and willing. I dunno. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted August 13, 2021 Share Posted August 13, 2021 The old guys all say that. We showed them didn't we? Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted August 13, 2021 Author Share Posted August 13, 2021 I'm supposed to teach Sept 4th; I'm probably going to have to get help loading and unloading and cut down on the "just in case someone wants to make a XYZ!" stuff. Cardinal Fang, Fetch the Comfy Chair! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teenylittlemetalguy Posted August 13, 2021 Share Posted August 13, 2021 4 minutes ago, ThomasPowers said: Cardinal Fang, Fetch the Comfy Chair! I do have to say that I honestly didn't expect that...8-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted August 13, 2021 Author Share Posted August 13, 2021 Good or else you would be a "Nobody"; as NO ONE expects the Spanish Inquisation! The muscle relaxants make me feel like someone is turning up the gravity on me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted August 13, 2021 Share Posted August 13, 2021 The older I get, the better I was! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted August 13, 2021 Share Posted August 13, 2021 The older I get the stronger gravity gets. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted August 13, 2021 Author Share Posted August 13, 2021 And the harder the ground gets! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted August 13, 2021 Share Posted August 13, 2021 The harder everything gets when your bounce by date expires! Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purple Bullet Posted August 13, 2021 Share Posted August 13, 2021 Mmmmmmm No. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted August 13, 2021 Share Posted August 13, 2021 Point. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irondragon Forge ClayWorks Posted August 14, 2021 Share Posted August 14, 2021 Nope, nope don't go there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purple Bullet Posted August 14, 2021 Share Posted August 14, 2021 Right! Falling down gets easier and easier. What did you THINK I meant? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TWISTEDWILLOW Posted August 14, 2021 Share Posted August 14, 2021 Well... Ima leave that one alone lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted August 14, 2021 Author Share Posted August 14, 2021 My wife drove me to the scrapyard today---She lets me wander around in a scrapyard but won't let me drive yet! She ended up getting something for herself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott NC Posted August 14, 2021 Share Posted August 14, 2021 What did she get? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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