My sister used to be a county sheriff...so here goes the joke...are you on the inside looking out or on the outside looking in? LOL! :wink:

Right now I'm not sure. I had back surgery 14 weeks ago and will be off work for a minimum of 1 year. It is a job I love so right now, I guess I am on the outside looking in. :(

My surgery was a result of a work injury. Given my occupation, I really need to come up with a better story. I was taking out the garbage! :nopity: I managed to herniate 3 discs. Do you know how foolish that makes me feel??? :D

Yes I do. I am a landscape designer. About 4 years ago, I was just getting ready to start a huge commercial landscape job at an RV resort. I was out walking the two dogs. I had a cocker spaniel and a lab at the time (no cocker anymore :( ). It was early morning, and the place that I walked the dogs was up this little grassy knoll. As I was headed down the hill, I slipped (I do that!), and my left ankle went under and I heard this pop, pop. Oh, not good, I thought. I was about 50 feet from my RV. Dogs on leashes.

I tried to stand up...OUCH! Hmmm...not good. So, I hobbled...hop hop hop, hanging on to the trees, to the RV, threw to dogs inside and grabbed my truck keys, wallet and drove myself to the ER in this small town.

It's about 6:30 AM.

Yep, you guessed it. Broken ankle. And badly sprained, most likely torn ligaments. That was one pop.

I am by myself. DH is an airline pilot out on a trip. As usual. X-ray Tech is brutal with my ankle, has me in tears. It's Sunday. His day off. They can't set my ankle there, I have to go to Boise, 120 miles away. They've given me vicodin for the pain so 'officially' I can't drive :eek:

Since I am alone, they want to life flight me to Boise. NOT. Vicodin? I have MS, I take that stuff all the time. It doesn't do anything for me...yutz...

I convince the ER doc to release me in the care of another doc (whom he knows) to drive me home.

I spend the next 8 weeks in a blasted cast. Oh yeah. :eek:

Now, how am I gonna explain this? I've got a 55 acre job --- Rent a golf cart! :D

Got the job done. Won a huge award for the best landscaping of a new business for 3 counties!

So, yep BwithT, I understand! :hug: Long, hot summer with that stupid cast (and I have MS and of course, can't do steroids with a broken bone...)

Not even a job related injury! Dumb dumb dumb! The golf cart was fun tho! I kept it all summer, eventually bought it and terrorized the resort for 2 years! :D :D :D


I hope you get better soon! Find some fun things to do!

Not laughing at you,
 

I am laughing with you. I could sit and trade graceful stories 'till the cows come home. My PCP just shakes his head when he sees me coming. His favorite one was when I cut my finger to the bone trimming my christmas tree with a kitchen knife (you use what's handy). :rolleyes: He keeps telling me if I come in with another cut like that he is going to make my DH hide all my knives from me.

I think I will go over and join, and cause some type of major uproar. :D

Should I? Oh no! Not TireSlasher!!

My name alone would probably get me banned.

LOL! Do it, TS!! I did exactly that and it was highly amusing!:D

I think it's a good idea. He should be one of us! :D

Let's take bets on how many posts it will take for him to get banned!

:wink: :wink:

Sorry guys, I'm feelin' like a ragdoll - and a fuddy duddy one at that. :o Guess I've seen way too many friends destroyed in my lifetime, so I have a question for anyone here.....:(

Which is more important:

a) Health, compassion, truth
or
b) Destroying your enemies, by whatever means possible?

If, by some chance, your "enemies" decided to gather their forces and attack this board - would it be okay with you to see this board destroyed? :(

Kathy - At heart I know you are right, but it is still fun to talk about. :Thats-Funneh: And I did get my first nasty email from the administrator today, for inapropriate use of the report bad post feature. Lets get a life here. I reported my own redundant post that I knew the mod would scold me for. :Soapbox: What, were they mad because I pointed it out before they had a chance to publicly humiliate me?

Therefore: Tireslasher, Go for it! :partytime2: I say you can successfully get banned in 2 posts.

BwithT - Playing with your posts, huh? Shame on you for such a display :p I've been told it can make you go blind. :D

Yeah, I've been kicked around a time or two on boards too. For me, the worst was over 5 years ago when the TV advertised an "Ask the White House" site to ask a free question.

I asked my question, but then had another question. I guess we were only allowed one because when I submitted my second question, I got a big warning on my screen saying: "You can also e-mail us, using the left-hand sidebar on every page. We should warn you, though, that George Walker Bush is not amused by spam mail. He is the commander-in-chief of the United States Armed Forces. He will hurt you." :eek:

I just wanted a definition of "sacred land." Maybe we're only supposed to question people once, then leave it at that. Never even got an answer to my first question. I hear it's no longer a free site, but I ain't going back there. I wouldn't even send Tireslasher over there. :p

I hope you'll be able to find some help with your back on this site. Good people here. :)