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karma
Oct 6, 2005, 5:48 PM
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Last Thursday, in a non-climbing related accident (mountain biking) I managed to break the fibula and chip the tibia on my right leg. Seeing as how I was getting ready to go on a climbing vacation, I thought I'd post up about it.
Basically, everything is pretty groovy. It doesn't hurt very much and for the time being I do not need surgery. Next Friday, when some of the swelling has gone down, when we'll do some more X-rays with me weighting my ankle. If things move we'll have to do surgery to install a plate and screws. If things stay put, I'm good to go in some sort of boot or cast and I'm on the road to recovery.
In the meantime I've been getting rides to work (I normally drive a standard) and then going home at night and doing a lot of reading. But, I need to stay in a positive mood and keep my spirits up. Last year I broke a whole host of bones in two other non-climbing accidents and got a bit depressed. Being depressed sucks, so I need things to make me laugh or generally keep me in a good mood.
I don't care how outlandish the ideas are, just felt like an open thread for goofy pictures, stupid ideas or things to do in the interim until I can climb again.
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rainontin
Oct 6, 2005, 5:53 PM
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http://www.princeton.edu/~ccaro/mist_or_ghost.html
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tallnik
Oct 6, 2005, 5:55 PM
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There was someone at my gym who climbed with a broken foot once it didn't hurt to move it.
They just stuck to easy routes and climbed with their good foot, not weighting the one in a cast.
Hope you can do something,
Cheers,
Nik
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veganboyjosh
Oct 6, 2005, 6:04 PM
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In reply to: http://www.princeton.edu/~ccaro/mist_or_ghost.html
ha. damn.
q. where does the president keep his armies?
a: in his sleevies.
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troutboy
Oct 6, 2005, 6:42 PM
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In reply to: Last Thursday, in a non-climbing related accident (mountain biking) I managed to break the fibula and chip the tibia on my right leg.
In reply to: Last year I broke a whole host of bones in two other non-climbing accidents and got a bit depressed.
Seems to me you should quit all these other activities and just climb :D
Just kidding, of course. Hope it heals well.
T
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asandh
Oct 6, 2005, 6:47 PM
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:)
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oldrnotboldr
Oct 6, 2005, 7:30 PM
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You could always rent Vertical Limit and Cliffhanger. These are usually good for a few laughs. Good luck!
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jammer
Oct 6, 2005, 7:35 PM
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He is also taking martial arts ...
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mtnbkrxtrordnair
Oct 6, 2005, 8:57 PM
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Hey, I once broke my ankle mountain biking. Can you give some details on how it happened? just curious.
If you're into martial arts, animation etc. (no I'm not going to direct you to the Realultimatepower ninja website) try this:
http://www.ninjai.com/
Get better quick, and I hope you don't need surgery like I did.
Cheers, Mike
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crgwhe
Oct 6, 2005, 9:24 PM
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A broke leg shouldn't automatically bar you from coming with us next week. Josh is coming and passes near Lewisville so you might can hitch a ride with him.
You can at least shout beta to those on the rock. That is of course if you can hike to the down climb area.....and complete the down climb off the cliff....and make the somewhat treacherous hike to the climbing site....and avoid the snake den....ok maby this isn't such a great idea after all.
If you were able to handle the recovery process of numerous bone breaks, this one break won't be crap. You are just board aren't you?
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chugach001
Oct 6, 2005, 10:06 PM
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This is my wife's favorite joke so I feel sort of safe retelling it here...
Little Jonny went to school for his first day and the teacher, Miss Prussy, said; "I'm going to remember each of your names and you need to remember my name. So everyone who can remember my name tomorrow will get a cookie.
So little Johnny got on the bus that afternoon saying; "Prussy, Prussy, Prussy" and his older brother said, "what are you doing?". Little Johnny explained that if he can remember his teacher's name he'll get a cookie. The older brother said, "well why don't you use word association and think of 'Pussy' with an R.
OK said Little Johnny, I'll do that. "Prussy, Prussy, Prussy".
The next day little Johnny went to class and Miss Prussy said; "I have fresh baked cookies, does anyone remember my name?"
"Ooh, ooh, I know, I know" said little Johnny waving his arm. "I know Miss Krunt".
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Hope that got a chuckle.
Jeff
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climbsomething
Oct 6, 2005, 10:40 PM
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Well, you could have broken your neck and paralyzed yourself. How's that?
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krisp
Oct 6, 2005, 11:17 PM
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I didn't see much, but from what I did see...SUPERFREAK!! That guy has too much free time!
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paganmonkeyboy
Oct 6, 2005, 11:39 PM
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psychiatrist : so, mickey - you wanna divorce the minster because she's crazy-
m: no ! I want a divorce because she's f**king goofy !
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diggum
Oct 7, 2005, 12:11 AM
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ah man...that BITES.
you can come to rocktown & watch me boulder if you want.
or to the red & watch me climb some good ol southern sandstone. :wink:
either way...i know that would do the trick.
sorry bout your leg.
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static_endurance
Oct 7, 2005, 12:29 AM
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Hey, sorry to hear about your leg. I gave myself a nice 3rd degree separation on my right shoulder, also from mountain biking, so i've been out since mid-september and will continue to be untill december. Just try and get out of the house, i've been travelling down to the gym with a friend of mine and have just been giving him rediculous boulder problems and just generally having fun. Just keep happy. (kinda easy for me to say, you're worse off than me)
Oh, and check out your x-rays. My hospital is burning the x-rays of my entire healing process onto CD, and they're going up on my wall. A nice little memento of sorts. :D
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dietmoxie_15
Oct 7, 2005, 1:22 AM
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There are many fun things I do that have to do with orderign pizza
1) Order a pizza without using the word pizza
2) Order a pizza using a speak-and-spell
3) Call your local pizza place and tell them your address then say 'just surprise me' and hang up
4) Order a pizza without using the word pizza
5) Order 52 pepperoni slices prepared in a fractal pattern as follows from an equation you are about to dictate. Ask if they need paper.
6) Tell them to put the crust on top this time.
7) If they repeat the order to make sure they have it right, say "OK. That'll be $10.99; please pull up to the first window.
8) Ask if you get to keep the pizza box. When they say yes, heave a sigh of relief.
9) Move the mouthpiece farther and farther from your lips as you speak. When the call ends, jerk the mouthpiece back into place and scream goodbye at the top of your lungs.
10) Learn to properly pronounce the ingredients of a Twinkie. Ask that these be included in the pizza.
11) Use expletives like "Great Caesar's Ghost" and "Jesus Joseph and Mary in Tinsel Town.
12) Learn to play a blues riff on the harmonica. Stop talking at regular intervals to play it.
13) If any of the above fail, simply state that the last guy let me do it.
Have fun recovering. I broke my tibia and fibia about 4 years ago when I was skateboarding. It was right after school started too it sucked really bad but I watched a lot of movies.
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ropeguy
Oct 7, 2005, 1:30 AM
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Cheer up bud,Person climbing next to us 4 days ago fell 50' ,gear pulled,hit ledge and will never walk again.................
http://www.indoorclimbing.com/cyberclimber/
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niccast
Oct 7, 2005, 2:57 AM
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A peanut walked into a bar and he was assaulted
A dyslexic man walked into a bra
A man walks into a bar with a slab of concrete and says I'll have a beer, and one for the road.
A man walks into bar, goes up to the bar and orders a drink. While he's waiting he hears, "I love what you've done with your hair." He looks around, but doesn't see anyone who might have said it. A couple minutes later he hears, "Have you been working out? You look fantastic." He looks down and realizes it's coming from the bowl of peanuts on the bar. When the bartender returns he asks what's with the peanuts, and the bartender answers, "Oh, they're complementary."
How many psychiatrists does it take to screw in a lightbulb?
-One, but the bulb has to want to change.
How many surgeons (or other egomaniacal group you want to pick on) does it take to screw in a lightbulb?
-One - he holds the bulb while the world revolves around him.
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amber
Oct 7, 2005, 3:55 AM
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i shattered my foot last summer on the FIRST day of a two-week road trip. .. so okieterry drove me home (1500 miles away -- i, too, have a stick shift. :?), and we drank beer instead of climbing .. oh, and he took his 'morning jog' up longs peak -- crazy guy. it was also the first week of a new house mate.
http://www.rockclimbing.com/...p.cgi?Detailed=43414
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Oct 7, 2005, 4:22 AM
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In reply to: *1) Order a pizza without using the word pizza *3) Call your local pizza place and tell them your address then say 'just surprise me' and hang up *4) Order a pizza without using the word pizza *6) Tell them to put the crust on top this time. *8) Ask if you get to keep the pizza box. When they say yes, heave a sigh of relief. *11) Use expletives like "Great Caesar's Ghost" and "Jesus Joseph and Mary in Tinsel Town. *12) Learn to play a blues riff on the harmonica. Stop talking at regular intervals to play it. *13) If any of the above fail, simply state that the last guy let me do it.
Dude you rock!
Just ordered 3 pizzas from Dominoes/Papa Johns/Pizza Hut and managed to do:
1&4 (easy);
3 ("1 large, whatever you got" they called back and I said the same thing and hung up, twice... = pepperoni) :righton:
6 (me:"can you...?" ans: "uhhh lemme check...sry no", me:"awww, they did at dominoes", ans: "let me check again", nope they couldn´t) :(
8 (my grl did it; even the pizza chick broke out in laughter, which she answered with a naive "oh, were you just being sarcastic?") :P
11 (friend started screaming at me in mock anger about what the fudge I wanted on the pizza. lasted +15 seconds!) :D
12 (with my grl playing guitar *yngwies:paganinis 5th caprice" and me telling the sales dude to hold on, while I listened for about 20 seconds... then dropping the phone to applaud and asking if he´d heard it. Should´ve asked her for an encore for the dude´s enjoyment :D:D).
*(by friend) order a round pizza, with round slivers of peperawnai; when they repeat "large pepperoni pizza", said "yeah, but a round pizza with round slivers of peperawnai". when they repeated order, emphasize you want round...with round slivers... if the employee isn´t diggin it, they´r guaranteed 2 spit in that pizza. :x :) :tinfoilhat:
** refer to employee by their first name and include it in your evry sentence, be all chummy "how´s your day been today?", ask for specials and what they´d recomend and which they like. after placing order and giving address, tell them you don´t know and will call back in X seconds; do so in exactly X seconds, ask if your original dude(ette) is there, when they answer say "hi again ..., sorry, I´m over here at (so and so´s) house and she forgot to tell me her address, you know how she is..."., repeat order, say "ok thank you (dude/ette). you have a nice night now". hang up. :angel:
no pizza place employees were hurt in the making of these calls (all 4 of mine were cackling and laughin´ their hairnets off :D ), any recreation of the above should keep in mind the underlined parts 1 & 2 and avoid pissing people off while they´re at work. :nono: :D :lol: :lol:
8^)
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