Hey, has anybody seen “S. Hadid” (1435mm) lately?[;)]
MC - surely you know that we find you anything but boring. I was reading Houston Ed’s reply with interest and then I got to yours (hard couples) and cracked up laughing! Would like to hear from you more often!
Brian/CW - pretty soon it will be the rare person that hasn’t had one or both knees “redone”…
H Ed - I will e-mail you what the Driver thinks about doctors and pain. It isn’t fit for human consumption.
Q - I have found a couple of items I can get through w/o getting too lost. Trouble is, I am so limited in the subject matter, I have trouble following most of the threads too far. But, I keep making a stab at it.
Lunch - I am ready! [tup]
CW,
25 years ago, way back in the bad ole days when I wore a lot of black leather and rode motorcycles…discovered that when you drive a KZ 1000 into the rear end of a Chevy pickup, the truck wins.
Got a new knee out of the deal, along with a new nose…(which is much better looking than the old one, trust me) plus various assorted broken arms and stuff…
Here’s a safety message for all of you who ride…if you don’t wear a helmet, you’re nothing but an organ donor waiting to happen!
Spent a year in and out of hospital and therapy learning to walk again, had a cane for about two years…managed to put up with the knee grinding for a long while…too long in fact.
Q, I am sure it was as much the doctor’s technique as the injection itself, but having a needle that big slid between the plastic knee cap and the steel knee was not my idea of a pleasant afternoon, even with the Novocain injections numbing up most of the site…but the joint relief was almost immediate.
This type of stuff was still a new thing back then, along with the laser surgery, and the non invasive things they can do today.
Give them a few more years, and complete replacement of any joint will be as routine as a visit for a check up…
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Gee, I 'm not sure if I should be glad to be having the knee replacement surgery, or what!! Apparently, they thought my knees were too far gone for the cortizone shots, or anything else, to do first! Brian, tell Joanie I’m praying for her!! Ed, how long ago did you have that done?!?!
For lunch and supper today, I’ve fixed Italian spaghetti w/meatballs, and Italian spaghetti w/meat sauce (PLENTY of meat in the sauce, too), along with garden salads and Italian bread, garlic and regular breadsticks, an
Mookie, I thought we were ALL well educated in trains, or are we all still in “Training”!?[:-,] (that doctors name is what sounds boring!)(or scary)
All this talk about several people and knee replacements is scaring me. I’m not sure whether to buy earplugs or the walker first. (and I have a problem with my right knee, the one I broke several years ago, and have a pinched nerve on that side.)
(Kathie Kube had broken her knee right before mine got broken. She had to have surgery then, I didn’t.)
After CW get hers “fixed” I think, guess I should make a trip to the doctor myself.
(uh, nothing new, been procrastinating for several years)
(Ed, what’s the sound a small cannon makes when it goes off?)
Mutt - I am a’gonna guess you sound like a bowl of Rice Krispies when you walk, at first…
…Ed…Did you give up on the motocycle…? Sounds like you experienced a rather serious accident.
That sounds familiar…I dropped 1450 lbs on my left knee doing the leg press about 7 years ago. Took me that long to get back to 1125 today for 5 reps. If I have to get knees replaced, I’m getting hydraulic ones!
afternoon
busy at work. they are looking for volunteers to work this weekend not to many are crossing the line.A truck had a close shave in town today.he decided he could fit between csx and the M&W on the southside.It is a split railroad crossing where there is a patch of road between the 2 sets of tracks.the M&W train missed him by less than a foot.the driver probably had to check his pants at the next stop.
brian glad Joanie is doing better.matt and i get new eyeballs on saturday.cw will take whatever for supper please.it is friday.
stay safe
joe
Joe, need new eyeballs myself! Just putting off going for an eye check-up.
Have containers in the fridge, ready for you and Lance to take to work tonight.
Warmer bar is replenished with both kinds of spaghetti, and the garlic breads. Desserts are in the cooler.
Everyone have a great evening, and enjoy your supper!!
Only the “Crackle” and “Pop”; if anything goes “Snap” I know I’m in very big trouble!!
Joe, was by the one overpass here in our city today that gets over tall trucks, guess what?!
there was one there STUCK!! (actually don’t know what he was carrying, but was one good can opener. (other than the news, (TV or paper) I think thats the first time I’ve actually witnessed a vehicle stuck there.
Good Friday morning to one and all!! Very nice and “cool” this morning, we’re at about 68 to 70 degrees. Our high today is to be about 86, with much less humidity. Going to be a good day!!
Coffee, fresh juices, tea and lemonade are freshly made.
On the counter, you’ll find all kinds of doughnuts and danish, bagels and bear claws.
Since it’s going to be so nice outside today, think I’ll fire up the grill, and instead of a FRIDAY FISH FRY, we’ll make it a FRIDAY FISH GRILL.. Does that sound all right you everyone?!?! (Of course, I’ll still deep fry the fries and hush puppies.)
Now, I think I’ll take a couple of chocolate covered, cream filled longjohns and my coffee, and head out to the garden.
Quentin,
I rode once after that, about three years later…just managed to get around the block, and back into my buddies driveway before the creeping willies got me…never been on one since, and don’t miss it at all.
Walt and CW…remember, this was 25 years ago, back when music still came on real albums, and a desk top PC meant the CPU was big enough to use as a desk!
Lots of neat stuff has been invented since then, and joint replacement surgery had advanced to the point they can fix a lot of problems with nothing more than a little laser work.
My father in law had a hip replaced two years ago, and if you didn’t know about it, you couldn’t tell from the way he walks and acts.
A month of every other day Physical therapy and that was that…no pain, no complaints, no cane or walker, he loves it…
good morning
CW thanks for breakfast.I’ve seen my share of trucks stuck and see the driver and ask them what were you thinking? also have seen some parked in a parking lot close to the tracks and say I know what happened!!! yes its friday and with the holiday do not need to be back until monday night.willy has the weather machine on nice.off to due chores.
stay safe
joe
Good morning from hot Sacramento, CA! It’s supposed to be 103° F. today. [xx(]
Hope you folks make lots of cold drinks.
Ed, we definitely remember 25 years ago. (fortunately, or unfortunately)
We still have LPs & 45s (records, not guns) and two 8 track players, with several tapes that are still usable. (and a 45 adaptor.)
I’m not sure what surgery CW will have, but there is a new joint “thingy” out now that can be used, and is approved by the FDA. (Foolish Doctors Association)
(No offense to any doctors that read this forum, but I have a low opinion of most!)
Joe, there are actually two overpasses that regularly get hit here in Louisville.
Bionic Dan?! [%-)]
…Walt: With your mentioning of the 45’s etc…reminds me and got me to thinking {just now}, I should reconnect my {pretty good}, turntable and make it available to play some records.
Haven’t played records here for years.
I have a package of 45’s {that I’ve never played}, that I received from a friend when his mom died several years ago that has an assortment of music…Especially, one performer that I really liked {way back then}, and haven’t heard for years…Ken Griffin, orgain music.
One of these days…and I’ve been telling myself I’m going to do that for some time now…maybe I’ll get it connected again. I guess I just took it out of the system as CD became the dominant and figured I’d not use it {the turntable}, anymore…We’ll see.
Plus, I do have a box fitted with 45’s of that bygone time that is still here and available to play…
And yes, the turntable can play 45’s or 33’s…with fine tune adjustments for needle weight and table speed.
26 years ago, I dropped a cool 3 grand for a complete Marantz system…dual cassette player/recorder, dual reel to reel ¾ inch tape player recorder with an equalizer for both tape players; turntable, AM/FM receiver, pre amp and main amp, plus a mixing board…quad ceiling height speakers.
Best sound system I have ever heard, you could wake up the devil with it…and today I can buy a really good CD player for what a turntable needle will cost me.
Still got the rack of albums though…just can’t seem to let them go.
ooo - this is right up my alley -
Hang on to old things. I have an English Bulldog that my Grandfather had as a doorstop - it was made in the 1930’s, wood composite and just found out that they are very rare. He is in pristine condition and while I have no plans to sell him, I will definitely leave notes for my heirs so someone doesn’t just say it is nothing and toss it.
Yep!
To me a 45 is something you shoot…seriously tho, my folks have loads of records that are already willed to me (WOO HOO!) and I have a turntable. Some of those records are worth money…too bad I won’t sell!