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On Monday, 18 September 2017 16:07:14 UTC-3, justan wrote: Keyser Soze Wrote in message: On 9/18/17 2:29 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote: John H Wrote in message: To get on the house roof I don't need a ladder. Can climb out a bedroom window and then have access to entire roof with a step stool. I don't do house roofs either. If I get four feet from the edge, severe vertigo sets in. :-) I remember the time I spent in Thunder Bay, Ontario, one week. Really, really, really cold. And I saw crews shoveling snow off the roofs of houses. Was told the home insurance companies paid for those crews because it was a lot cheaper than replacing roofs that collapsed from the 4' or more of snow load on them. There was four to five feet of snow on the ground, too, so I guess if the guys on the roofs fell off, they're be more likely to suffocate in a snow bank than get seriously injured in a fall. :) Amazingly, one night I was there when it snowed at least a foot, and the next morning, early, the union rep from the local arrived on time to pick me up. The streets had already been cleared. The snowbanks along the curbs were huge. I drove a rental to Thunder Bay once. Did what I had to do, and got out. Kanada in the winter is for the birds. -- x ----Android NewsGroup Reader---- http://usenet.sinaapp.com/ As I've said many times, Justine...it's no country for girliemen! Yet Donella won't leave. I have a few friends whose Scottish ancesters come to America via Nova Skosha. Would you call them girly men? -- x ----Android NewsGroup Reader---- http://usenet.sinaapp.com/ |
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On 9/18/2017 2:53 PM, Keyser Soze wrote:
On 9/18/17 2:29 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote: John H Wrote in message: **To get on the house roof I don't need a ladder. Can climb out a bedroom window and then have access to entire roof with a step stool. I don't do house roofs either.* If I get four feet from the edge, severe vertigo sets in.** :-) I remember the time I spent in Thunder Bay, Ontario, one week. Really, really, really cold. And I saw crews shoveling snow off the roofs of houses. Was told the home insurance companies paid for those crews because it was a lot cheaper than replacing roofs that collapsed from the 4' or more of snow load on them. There was four to five feet of snow on the ground, too, so I guess if the guys on the roofs fell off, they're be more likely to suffocate in a snow bank than get seriously injured in a fall.** :) Amazingly, one night I was there when it snowed at least a foot, and the next morning, early, the union rep from the local arrived on time to pick me up. The streets had already been cleared. The snowbanks along the curbs were huge. You've certainly lived an exciting life. |
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On 9/18/2017 3:14 PM, John H wrote:
On Mon, 18 Sep 2017 14:29:22 -0400, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: John H Wrote in message: To get on the house roof I don't need a ladder. Can climb out a bedroom window and then have access to entire roof with a step stool. I don't do house roofs either. If I get four feet from the edge, severe vertigo sets in. :-) I'll bet it's not vertigo. Most likely it's illyngophobia. I'll let you look it up. I realized I sufferred from same when I took a motorcycle ride in the French Alps when I was about 63. It also kicks in in places like the Grand Canyon, Canyonlands, anywhere there is a drop...including the high part of my roof. I'm OK if I get on my butt and inch my way to the edge. Sounds like what I experience. One of the Florida houses had a two story high main living room with an overhead fan mounted from the ceiling. The blades where dirty and I borrowed my neighbor's super high step ladder figuring I'd climb up an clean them. When I got to where I could reach the fan blades an overwhelming feeling of dizziness and nauseousness overcame me and I had to clutch the ladder and close my eyes otherwise I felt I would pass out and fall. It has happened on ladders of lesser height as well, even last year when cleaning the gutters and I was only 3/4 of the way up on a 12 foot stepladder. It's weird because I've flown small airplanes and even a helicopter with a big, 360 degree view bubble for a windshield. Never bothers me, even practicing stalls and having the airplane start to fall out of the sky. But a 12 foot ladder? No freakin' way. |
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On 9/18/17 7:35 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 9/18/2017 2:53 PM, Keyser Soze wrote: On 9/18/17 2:29 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote: John H Wrote in message: **To get on the house roof I don't need a ladder. Can climb out a bedroom window and then have access to entire roof with a step stool. I don't do house roofs either.* If I get four feet from the edge, severe vertigo sets in.** :-) I remember the time I spent in Thunder Bay, Ontario, one week. Really, really, really cold. And I saw crews shoveling snow off the roofs of houses. Was told the home insurance companies paid for those crews because it was a lot cheaper than replacing roofs that collapsed from the 4' or more of snow load on them. There was four to five feet of snow on the ground, too, so I guess if the guys on the roofs fell off, they're be more likely to suffocate in a snow bank than get seriously injured in a fall.** :) Amazingly, one night I was there when it snowed at least a foot, and the next morning, early, the union rep from the local arrived on time to pick me up. The streets had already been cleared. The snowbanks along the curbs were huge. You've certainly lived an exciting life. You think spending a business week in the height of winter in a small city in Canada is exciting, eh? I was impressed by the great number of Native American place names in the area, though I don't remember any of them. Oh, and a Finnish restaurant where we had some interesting meals. |
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On Mon, 18 Sep 2017 14:53:08 -0400, Keyser Soze
wrote: Amazingly, one night I was there when it snowed at least a foot, and the next morning, early, the union rep from the local arrived on time to pick me up. The streets had already been cleared. The snowbanks along the curbs were huge. === That happens routinely in the "Lake Effect Snow Belts" on the south side of Lake Ontario and Lake Erie. Even small towns budget millions for snow removal. --- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. http://www.avg.com |
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Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 9/18/2017 3:14 PM, John H wrote: On Mon, 18 Sep 2017 14:29:22 -0400, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: John H Wrote in message: To get on the house roof I don't need a ladder. Can climb out a bedroom window and then have access to entire roof with a step stool. I don't do house roofs either. If I get four feet from the edge, severe vertigo sets in. :-) I'll bet it's not vertigo. Most likely it's illyngophobia. I'll let you look it up. I realized I sufferred from same when I took a motorcycle ride in the French Alps when I was about 63. It also kicks in in places like the Grand Canyon, Canyonlands, anywhere there is a drop...including the high part of my roof. I'm OK if I get on my butt and inch my way to the edge. Sounds like what I experience. One of the Florida houses had a two story high main living room with an overhead fan mounted from the ceiling. The blades where dirty and I borrowed my neighbor's super high step ladder figuring I'd climb up an clean them. When I got to where I could reach the fan blades an overwhelming feeling of dizziness and nauseousness overcame me and I had to clutch the ladder and close my eyes otherwise I felt I would pass out and fall. It has happened on ladders of lesser height as well, even last year when cleaning the gutters and I was only 3/4 of the way up on a 12 foot stepladder. It's weird because I've flown small airplanes and even a helicopter with a big, 360 degree view bubble for a windshield. Never bothers me, even practicing stalls and having the airplane start to fall out of the sky. But a 12 foot ladder? No freakin' way. New an airline pilot years ago who was afraid of heights. Said the airplane did not bother him. |
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On Mon, 18 Sep 2017 15:29:44 -0400, John H
wrote: I did that in the pool once and it took a year to get over it Did you bust the heel bone (calcaneus)? The ER doc said surgery with screws and plates. I'm hoping she was exaggerating. But, the more I read about it, the less I like it! I was afraid that was what it was but it was just a severely smashed planar tendon. They talked about doing a lot of stuff but I just wore cross trainers for about a year instead of my boat shoes and it got better. I still get a twinge now and then but I am basically OK. |
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On Mon, 18 Sep 2017 19:47:25 -0400, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote: On 9/18/2017 3:14 PM, John H wrote: On Mon, 18 Sep 2017 14:29:22 -0400, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: John H Wrote in message: To get on the house roof I don't need a ladder. Can climb out a bedroom window and then have access to entire roof with a step stool. I don't do house roofs either. If I get four feet from the edge, severe vertigo sets in. :-) I'll bet it's not vertigo. Most likely it's illyngophobia. I'll let you look it up. I realized I sufferred from same when I took a motorcycle ride in the French Alps when I was about 63. It also kicks in in places like the Grand Canyon, Canyonlands, anywhere there is a drop...including the high part of my roof. I'm OK if I get on my butt and inch my way to the edge. Sounds like what I experience. One of the Florida houses had a two story high main living room with an overhead fan mounted from the ceiling. The blades where dirty and I borrowed my neighbor's super high step ladder figuring I'd climb up an clean them. When I got to where I could reach the fan blades an overwhelming feeling of dizziness and nauseousness overcame me and I had to clutch the ladder and close my eyes otherwise I felt I would pass out and fall. It has happened on ladders of lesser height as well, even last year when cleaning the gutters and I was only 3/4 of the way up on a 12 foot stepladder. It's weird because I've flown small airplanes and even a helicopter with a big, 360 degree view bubble for a windshield. Never bothers me, even practicing stalls and having the airplane start to fall out of the sky. But a 12 foot ladder? No freakin' way. I don't seem to have the problem. I can just forget I am 15 feet in the air and do my job. I am pretty careful setting up my ladder and I usually have a bail out plan (something I can grab, a soft place to land or something) The trick ends up turning a fall into a jump if you know you are going down and hope for the best. |
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On Monday, 18 September 2017 17:47:28 UTC-3, justan wrote:
True North Wrote in message: On Monday, 18 September 2017 16:07:14 UTC-3, justan wrote: Keyser Soze Wrote in message: On 9/18/17 2:29 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote: John H Wrote in message: To get on the house roof I don't need a ladder. Can climb out a bedroom window and then have access to entire roof with a step stool. I don't do house roofs either. If I get four feet from the edge, severe vertigo sets in. :-) I remember the time I spent in Thunder Bay, Ontario, one week. Really, really, really cold. And I saw crews shoveling snow off the roofs of houses. Was told the home insurance companies paid for those crews because it was a lot cheaper than replacing roofs that collapsed from the 4' or more of snow load on them. There was four to five feet of snow on the ground, too, so I guess if the guys on the roofs fell off, they're be more likely to suffocate in a snow bank than get seriously injured in a fall. :) Amazingly, one night I was there when it snowed at least a foot, and the next morning, early, the union rep from the local arrived on time to pick me up. The streets had already been cleared. The snowbanks along the curbs were huge. I drove a rental to Thunder Bay once. Did what I had to do, and got out. Kanada in the winter is for the birds. -- x ----Android NewsGroup Reader---- http://usenet.sinaapp.com/ As I've said many times, Justine...it's no country for girliemen! Yet Donella won't leave. I have a few friends whose Scottish ancesters come to America via Nova Skosha. Would you call them girly men? -- x ----Android NewsGroup Reader---- http://usenet.sinaapp.com/ No silly, I'm calling y'all a girlieman. |
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True North Wrote in message:
On Monday, 18 September 2017 17:47:28 UTC-3, justan wrote: True North Wrote in message: On Monday, 18 September 2017 16:07:14 UTC-3, justan wrote: Keyser Soze Wrote in message: On 9/18/17 2:29 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote: John H Wrote in message: To get on the house roof I don't need a ladder. Can climb out a bedroom window and then have access to entire roof with a step stool. I don't do house roofs either. If I get four feet from the edge, severe vertigo sets in. :-) I remember the time I spent in Thunder Bay, Ontario, one week. Really, really, really cold. And I saw crews shoveling snow off the roofs of houses. Was told the home insurance companies paid for those crews because it was a lot cheaper than replacing roofs that collapsed from the 4' or more of snow load on them. There was four to five feet of snow on the ground, too, so I guess if the guys on the roofs fell off, they're be more likely to suffocate in a snow bank than get seriously injured in a fall. :) Amazingly, one night I was there when it snowed at least a foot, and the next morning, early, the union rep from the local arrived on time to pick me up. The streets had already been cleared. The snowbanks along the curbs were huge. I drove a rental to Thunder Bay once. Did what I had to do, and got out. Kanada in the winter is for the birds. -- x ----Android NewsGroup Reader---- http://usenet.sinaapp.com/ As I've said many times, Justine...it's no country for girliemen! Yet Donella won't leave. I have a few friends whose Scottish ancesters come to America via Nova Skosha. Would you call them girly men? -- x ----Android NewsGroup Reader---- http://usenet.sinaapp.com/ No silly, I'm calling y'all a girlieman. They were smart not to stay. You, not so much. What do you expect from a weakling who needs a power assist tongue wheel to push his little 14' aluminum boat around his little 4000 sf house lot. In summation, who cares what a bowlegged, girlish, dumb, beer swilling weakling from crime city Kanada has to say. PS: Good luck with your house painting. We'll be watching, via maps, how the job progresses over the next several years. -- x ----Android NewsGroup Reader---- http://usenet.sinaapp.com/ |
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On Mon, 18 Sep 2017 19:47:25 -0400, "Mr. Luddite" wrote:
On 9/18/2017 3:14 PM, John H wrote: On Mon, 18 Sep 2017 14:29:22 -0400, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: John H Wrote in message: To get on the house roof I don't need a ladder. Can climb out a bedroom window and then have access to entire roof with a step stool. I don't do house roofs either. If I get four feet from the edge, severe vertigo sets in. :-) I'll bet it's not vertigo. Most likely it's illyngophobia. I'll let you look it up. I realized I sufferred from same when I took a motorcycle ride in the French Alps when I was about 63. It also kicks in in places like the Grand Canyon, Canyonlands, anywhere there is a drop...including the high part of my roof. I'm OK if I get on my butt and inch my way to the edge. Sounds like what I experience. One of the Florida houses had a two story high main living room with an overhead fan mounted from the ceiling. The blades where dirty and I borrowed my neighbor's super high step ladder figuring I'd climb up an clean them. When I got to where I could reach the fan blades an overwhelming feeling of dizziness and nauseousness overcame me and I had to clutch the ladder and close my eyes otherwise I felt I would pass out and fall. It has happened on ladders of lesser height as well, even last year when cleaning the gutters and I was only 3/4 of the way up on a 12 foot stepladder. It's weird because I've flown small airplanes and even a helicopter with a big, 360 degree view bubble for a windshield. Never bothers me, even practicing stalls and having the airplane start to fall out of the sky. But a 12 foot ladder? No freakin' way. Likewise. I'm bothered by what would happen if I *did* pass out. If in an airplane or surrounded by a fence, then there's no fear. Strange. |
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John H Wrote in message:
On Tue, 19 Sep 2017 01:07:20 -0400, wrote: On Mon, 18 Sep 2017 15:29:44 -0400, John H wrote: I did that in the pool once and it took a year to get over it Did you bust the heel bone (calcaneus)? The ER doc said surgery with screws and plates. I'm hoping she was exaggerating. But, the more I read about it, the less I like it! I was afraid that was what it was but it was just a severely smashed planar tendon. They talked about doing a lot of stuff but I just wore cross trainers for about a year instead of my boat shoes and it got better. I still get a twinge now and then but I am basically OK. In this case there's no doubt the bone is broke in a few places. But it's not dislocated, so maybe screws won't be necessary. I'll know a lot more this afternoon when the Doc has looked at the X-rays. Hopefully all you will need as a cast so the bones can mend by themselves. Good luck. -- x ----Android NewsGroup Reader---- http://usenet.sinaapp.com/ |
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On Tuesday, 19 September 2017 10:59:43 UTC-3, justan wrote:
True North Wrote in message: On Monday, 18 September 2017 17:47:28 UTC-3, justan wrote: True North Wrote in message: On Monday, 18 September 2017 16:07:14 UTC-3, justan wrote: Keyser Soze Wrote in message: On 9/18/17 2:29 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote: John H Wrote in message: To get on the house roof I don't need a ladder. Can climb out a bedroom window and then have access to entire roof with a step stool. I don't do house roofs either. If I get four feet from the edge, severe vertigo sets in. :-) I remember the time I spent in Thunder Bay, Ontario, one week. Really, really, really cold. And I saw crews shoveling snow off the roofs of houses. Was told the home insurance companies paid for those crews because it was a lot cheaper than replacing roofs that collapsed from the 4' or more of snow load on them. There was four to five feet of snow on the ground, too, so I guess if the guys on the roofs fell off, they're be more likely to suffocate in a snow bank than get seriously injured in a fall. :) Amazingly, one night I was there when it snowed at least a foot, and the next morning, early, the union rep from the local arrived on time to pick me up. The streets had already been cleared. The snowbanks along the curbs were huge. I drove a rental to Thunder Bay once. Did what I had to do, and got out. Kanada in the winter is for the birds. -- x ----Android NewsGroup Reader---- http://usenet.sinaapp.com/ As I've said many times, Justine...it's no country for girliemen! Yet Donella won't leave. I have a few friends whose Scottish ancesters come to America via Nova Skosha. Would you call them girly men? -- x ----Android NewsGroup Reader---- http://usenet.sinaapp.com/ No silly, I'm calling y'all a girlieman. They were smart not to stay. You, not so much. What do you expect from a weakling who needs a power assist tongue wheel to push his little 14' aluminum boat around his little 4000 sf house lot. In summation, who cares what a bowlegged, girlish, dumb, beer swilling weakling from crime city Kanada has to say. PS: Good luck with your house painting. We'll be watching, via maps, how the job progresses over the next several years. -- x ----Android NewsGroup Reader---- http://usenet.sinaapp.com/ You are an amusing little girl, Justine. The Yukon 15 was 2 boats ago. I've had the Legend 16 Xcalibur and now the Bayliner BR 17 since then. I've got the staging set up on the west side of my house now as we speak and will be getting back at it as soon as things dry up on Thursday. |
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True North Wrote in message:
On Tuesday, 19 September 2017 10:59:43 UTC-3, justan wrote: True North Wrote in message: On Monday, 18 September 2017 17:47:28 UTC-3, justan wrote: True North Wrote in message: On Monday, 18 September 2017 16:07:14 UTC-3, justan wrote: Keyser Soze Wrote in message: On 9/18/17 2:29 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote: John H Wrote in message: To get on the house roof I don't need a ladder. Can climb out a bedroom window and then have access to entire roof with a step stool. I don't do house roofs either. If I get four feet from the edge, severe vertigo sets in. :-) I remember the time I spent in Thunder Bay, Ontario, one week. Really, really, really cold. And I saw crews shoveling snow off the roofs of houses. Was told the home insurance companies paid for those crews because it was a lot cheaper than replacing roofs that collapsed from the 4' or more of snow load on them. There was four to five feet of snow on the ground, too, so I guess if the guys on the roofs fell off, they're be more likely to suffocate in a snow bank than get seriously injured in a fall. :) Amazingly, one night I was there when it snowed at least a foot, and the next morning, early, the union rep from the local arrived on time to pick me up. The streets had already been cleared. The snowbanks along the curbs were huge. I drove a rental to Thunder Bay once. Did what I had to do, and got out. Kanada in the winter is for the birds. -- x ----Android NewsGroup Reader---- http://usenet.sinaapp.com/ As I've said many times, Justine...it's no country for girliemen! Yet Donella won't leave. I have a few friends whose Scottish ancesters come to America via Nova Skosha. Would you call them girly men? -- x ----Android NewsGroup Reader---- http://usenet.sinaapp.com/ No silly, I'm calling y'all a girlieman. They were smart not to stay. You, not so much. What do you expect from a weakling who needs a power assist tongue wheel to push his little 14' aluminum boat around his little 4000 sf house lot. In summation, who cares what a bowlegged, girlish, dumb, beer swilling weakling from crime city Kanada has to say. PS: Good luck with your house painting. We'll be watching, via maps, how the job progresses over the next several years. -- x ----Android NewsGroup Reader---- http://usenet.sinaapp.com/ You are an amusing little girl, Justine. The Yukon 15 was 2 boats ago. I've had the Legend 16 Xcalibur and now the Bayliner BR 17 since then. I've got the staging set up on the west side of my house now as we speak and will be getting back at it as soon as things dry up on Thursday. Now you are definately going to need that power wheel. -- x ----Android NewsGroup Reader---- http://usenet.sinaapp.com/ |
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True North Wrote in message:
On Tuesday, 19 September 2017 10:59:43 UTC-3, justan wrote: True North Wrote in message: On Monday, 18 September 2017 17:47:28 UTC-3, justan wrote: True North Wrote in message: On Monday, 18 September 2017 16:07:14 UTC-3, justan wrote: Keyser Soze Wrote in message: On 9/18/17 2:29 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote: John H Wrote in message: To get on the house roof I don't need a ladder. Can climb out a bedroom window and then have access to entire roof with a step stool. I don't do house roofs either. If I get four feet from the edge, severe vertigo sets in. :-) I remember the time I spent in Thunder Bay, Ontario, one week. Really, really, really cold. And I saw crews shoveling snow off the roofs of houses. Was told the home insurance companies paid for those crews because it was a lot cheaper than replacing roofs that collapsed from the 4' or more of snow load on them. There was four to five feet of snow on the ground, too, so I guess if the guys on the roofs fell off, they're be more likely to suffocate in a snow bank than get seriously injured in a fall. :) Amazingly, one night I was there when it snowed at least a foot, and the next morning, early, the union rep from the local arrived on time to pick me up. The streets had already been cleared. The snowbanks along the curbs were huge. I drove a rental to Thunder Bay once. Did what I had to do, and got out. Kanada in the winter is for the birds. -- x ----Android NewsGroup Reader---- http://usenet.sinaapp.com/ As I've said many times, Justine...it's no country for girliemen! Yet Donella won't leave. I have a few friends whose Scottish ancesters come to America via Nova Skosha. Would you call them girly men? -- x ----Android NewsGroup Reader---- http://usenet.sinaapp.com/ No silly, I'm calling y'all a girlieman. They were smart not to stay. You, not so much. What do you expect from a weakling who needs a power assist tongue wheel to push his little 14' aluminum boat around his little 4000 sf house lot. In summation, who cares what a bowlegged, girlish, dumb, beer swilling weakling from crime city Kanada has to say. PS: Good luck with your house painting. We'll be watching, via maps, how the job progresses over the next several years. -- x ----Android NewsGroup Reader---- http://usenet.sinaapp.com/ You are an amusing little girl, Justine. The Yukon 15 was 2 boats ago. I've had the Legend 16 Xcalibur and now the Bayliner BR 17 since then. I've got the staging set up on the west side of my house now as we speak and will be getting back at it as soon as things dry up on Thursday. The west side? Is that the side that looks toward the mainland? -- x ----Android NewsGroup Reader---- http://usenet.sinaapp.com/ |
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On Tuesday, 19 September 2017 11:51:17 UTC-3, justan wrote:
True North Wrote in message: On Tuesday, 19 September 2017 10:59:43 UTC-3, justan wrote: True North Wrote in message: On Monday, 18 September 2017 17:47:28 UTC-3, justan wrote: True North Wrote in message: On Monday, 18 September 2017 16:07:14 UTC-3, justan wrote: Keyser Soze Wrote in message: On 9/18/17 2:29 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote: John H Wrote in message: To get on the house roof I don't need a ladder. Can climb out a bedroom window and then have access to entire roof with a step stool. I don't do house roofs either. If I get four feet from the edge, severe vertigo sets in. :-) I remember the time I spent in Thunder Bay, Ontario, one week. Really, really, really cold. And I saw crews shoveling snow off the roofs of houses. Was told the home insurance companies paid for those crews because it was a lot cheaper than replacing roofs that collapsed from the 4' or more of snow load on them. There was four to five feet of snow on the ground, too, so I guess if the guys on the roofs fell off, they're be more likely to suffocate in a snow bank than get seriously injured in a fall. :) Amazingly, one night I was there when it snowed at least a foot, and the next morning, early, the union rep from the local arrived on time to pick me up. The streets had already been cleared. The snowbanks along the curbs were huge. I drove a rental to Thunder Bay once. Did what I had to do, and got out. Kanada in the winter is for the birds. -- x ----Android NewsGroup Reader---- http://usenet.sinaapp.com/ As I've said many times, Justine...it's no country for girliemen! Yet Donella won't leave. I have a few friends whose Scottish ancesters come to America via Nova Skosha. Would you call them girly men? -- x ----Android NewsGroup Reader---- http://usenet.sinaapp.com/ No silly, I'm calling y'all a girlieman. They were smart not to stay. You, not so much. What do you expect from a weakling who needs a power assist tongue wheel to push his little 14' aluminum boat around his little 4000 sf house lot. In summation, who cares what a bowlegged, girlish, dumb, beer swilling weakling from crime city Kanada has to say. PS: Good luck with your house painting. We'll be watching, via maps, how the job progresses over the next several years. -- x ----Android NewsGroup Reader---- http://usenet.sinaapp.com/ You are an amusing little girl, Justine. The Yukon 15 was 2 boats ago. I've had the Legend 16 Xcalibur and now the Bayliner BR 17 since then. I've got the staging set up on the west side of my house now as we speak and will be getting back at it as soon as things dry up on Thursday. The west side? Is that the side that looks toward the mainland? -- x ----Android NewsGroup Reader---- http://usenet.sinaapp.com/ We are the mainland....although we are on a peninsula (old original city) attached to a bigger peninsula (Chebucto) which is itself attached to a really big peninsula (Nova Scotia). Get it? |
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On Tuesday, 19 September 2017 11:51:17 UTC-3, justan wrote: True North Wrote in message: On Tuesday, 19 September 2017 10:59:43 UTC-3, justan wrote: True North Wrote in message: On Monday, 18 September 2017 17:47:28 UTC-3, justan wrote: True North Wrote in message: On Monday, 18 September 2017 16:07:14 UTC-3, justan wrote: Keyser Soze Wrote in message: On 9/18/17 2:29 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote: John H Wrote in message: To get on the house roof I don't need a ladder. Can climb out a bedroom window and then have access to entire roof with a step stool. I don't do house roofs either. If I get four feet from the edge, severe vertigo sets in. :-) I remember the time I spent in Thunder Bay, Ontario, one week. Really, really, really cold. And I saw crews shoveling snow off the roofs of houses. Was told the home insurance companies paid for those crews because it was a lot cheaper than replacing roofs that collapsed from the 4' or more of snow load on them. There was four to five feet of snow on the ground, too, so I guess if the guys on the roofs fell off, they're be more likely to suffocate in a snow bank than get seriously injured in a fall. :) Amazingly, one night I was there when it snowed at least a foot, and the next morning, early, the union rep from the local arrived on time to pick me up. The streets had already been cleared. The snowbanks along the curbs were huge. I drove a rental to Thunder Bay once. Did what I had to do, and got out. Kanada in the winter is for the birds. -- x ----Android NewsGroup Reader---- http://usenet.sinaapp.com/ As I've said many times, Justine...it's no country for girliemen! Yet Donella won't leave. I have a few friends whose Scottish ancesters come to America via Nova Skosha. Would you call them girly men? -- x ----Android NewsGroup Reader---- http://usenet.sinaapp.com/ No silly, I'm calling y'all a girlieman. They were smart not to stay. You, not so much. What do you expect from a weakling who needs a power assist tongue wheel to push his little 14' aluminum boat around his little 4000 sf house lot. In summation, who cares what a bowlegged, girlish, dumb, beer swilling weakling from crime city Kanada has to say. PS: Good luck with your house painting. We'll be watching, via maps, how the job progresses over the next several years. -- x ----Android NewsGroup Reader---- http://usenet.sinaapp.com/ You are an amusing little girl, Justine. The Yukon 15 was 2 boats ago. I've had the Legend 16 Xcalibur and now the Bayliner BR 17 since then. I've got the staging set up on the west side of my house now as we speak and will be getting back at it as soon as things dry up on Thursday. The west side? Is that the side that looks toward the mainland? -- x ----Android NewsGroup Reader---- http://usenet.sinaapp.com/ We are the mainland....although we are on a peninsula (old original city) attached to a bigger peninsula (Chebucto) which is itself attached to a really big peninsula (Nova Scotia). Get it? Details. Skosha looks like an island until you zoom in really close and see a tiny wisp of land tying it to New Brunswick. What is there, 1 road tying Skosha to the mainland? -- x ----Android NewsGroup Reader---- http://usenet.sinaapp.com/ |
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Keyser Soze Wrote in message:
justan wrote: True North Wrote in message: On Monday, 18 September 2017 17:47:28 UTC-3, justan wrote: True North Wrote in message: On Monday, 18 September 2017 16:07:14 UTC-3, justan wrote: Keyser Soze Wrote in message: On 9/18/17 2:29 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote: John H Wrote in message: To get on the house roof I don't need a ladder. Can climb out a bedroom window and then have access to entire roof with a step stool. I don't do house roofs either. If I get four feet from the edge, severe vertigo sets in. :-) I remember the time I spent in Thunder Bay, Ontario, one week. Really, really, really cold. And I saw crews shoveling snow off the roofs of houses. Was told the home insurance companies paid for those crews because it was a lot cheaper than replacing roofs that collapsed from the 4' or more of snow load on them. There was four to five feet of snow on the ground, too, so I guess if the guys on the roofs fell off, they're be more likely to suffocate in a snow bank than get seriously injured in a fall. :) Amazingly, one night I was there when it snowed at least a foot, and the next morning, early, the union rep from the local arrived on time to pick me up. The streets had already been cleared. The snowbanks along the curbs were huge. I drove a rental to Thunder Bay once. Did what I had to do, and got out. Kanada in the winter is for the birds. -- x ----Android NewsGroup Reader---- http://usenet.sinaapp.com/ As I've said many times, Justine...it's no country for girliemen! Yet Donella won't leave. I have a few friends whose Scottish ancesters come to America via Nova Skosha. Would you call them girly men? -- x ----Android NewsGroup Reader---- http://usenet.sinaapp.com/ No silly, I'm calling y'all a girlieman. They were smart not to stay. You, not so much. What do you expect from a weakling who needs a power assist tongue wheel to push his little 14' aluminum boat around his little 4000 sf house lot. In summation, who cares what a bowlegged, girlish, dumb, beer swilling weakling from crime city Kanada has to say. PS: Good luck with your house painting. We'll be watching, via maps, how the job progresses over the next several years. More insults from pussyboy flajim, the coward. -- Posted with my iPad Pro Insulting maybe. True, of course. Far different from your standard fare of lying insults. Ask Donnieella how many years it took him to complete the last paint job on his house. Which, if memory serves, was completed about 5 years ago. -- x ----Android NewsGroup Reader---- http://usenet.sinaapp.com/ |
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On Tue, 19 Sep 2017 03:16:12 -0400, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote: On 9/18/2017 10:52 PM, wrote: On Mon, 18 Sep 2017 14:53:08 -0400, Keyser Soze wrote: Amazingly, one night I was there when it snowed at least a foot, and the next morning, early, the union rep from the local arrived on time to pick me up. The streets had already been cleared. The snowbanks along the curbs were huge. === That happens routinely in the "Lake Effect Snow Belts" on the south side of Lake Ontario and Lake Erie. Even small towns budget millions for snow removal. --- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. http://www.avg.com I've spent a total of months in Canada on projects over the years. Never saw snow like they get in Rochester, New York though. One of my longest day trips to the University of Rochester lasted over a week. Snow started and I couldn't get out. === Heh, welcome to Upstate NY. Wonderful weather for a few months in the summer, not so much the rest of the year. It's a good place to be from. :-) |
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True North wrote:
On Tuesday, 19 September 2017 10:59:43 UTC-3, justan wrote: True North Wrote in message: On Monday, 18 September 2017 17:47:28 UTC-3, justan wrote: True North Wrote in message: On Monday, 18 September 2017 16:07:14 UTC-3, justan wrote: Keyser Soze Wrote in message: On 9/18/17 2:29 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote: John H Wrote in message: To get on the house roof I don't need a ladder. Can climb out a bedroom window and then have access to entire roof with a step stool. I don't do house roofs either. If I get four feet from the edge, severe vertigo sets in. :-) I remember the time I spent in Thunder Bay, Ontario, one week. Really, really, really cold. And I saw crews shoveling snow off the roofs of houses. Was told the home insurance companies paid for those crews because it was a lot cheaper than replacing roofs that collapsed from the 4' or more of snow load on them. There was four to five feet of snow on the ground, too, so I guess if the guys on the roofs fell off, they're be more likely to suffocate in a snow bank than get seriously injured in a fall. :) Amazingly, one night I was there when it snowed at least a foot, and the next morning, early, the union rep from the local arrived on time to pick me up. The streets had already been cleared. The snowbanks along the curbs were huge. I drove a rental to Thunder Bay once. Did what I had to do, and got out. Kanada in the winter is for the birds. -- x ----Android NewsGroup Reader---- http://usenet.sinaapp.com/ As I've said many times, Justine...it's no country for girliemen! Yet Donella won't leave. I have a few friends whose Scottish ancesters come to America via Nova Skosha. Would you call them girly men? -- x ----Android NewsGroup Reader---- http://usenet.sinaapp.com/ No silly, I'm calling y'all a girlieman. They were smart not to stay. You, not so much. What do you expect from a weakling who needs a power assist tongue wheel to push his little 14' aluminum boat around his little 4000 sf house lot. In summation, who cares what a bowlegged, girlish, dumb, beer swilling weakling from crime city Kanada has to say. PS: Good luck with your house painting. We'll be watching, via maps, how the job progresses over the next several years. -- x ----Android NewsGroup Reader---- http://usenet.sinaapp.com/ You are an amusing little girl, Justine. The Yukon 15 was 2 boats ago. I've had the Legend 16 Xcalibur and now the Bayliner BR 17 since then. I've got the staging set up on the west side of my house now as we speak and will be getting back at it as soon as things dry up on Thursday. What are you going to buy next to park in your driveway all year? |
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On Tue, 19 Sep 2017 03:12:42 -0400, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote: On 9/19/2017 1:14 AM, wrote: I don't seem to have the problem. I can just forget I am 15 feet in the air and do my job. I am pretty careful setting up my ladder and I usually have a bail out plan (something I can grab, a soft place to land or something) The trick ends up turning a fall into a jump if you know you are going down and hope for the best. I doubt all the preparedness in the world would prevent the feeling I get on a ladder or on a roof, especially near the edge. I've been told it's really an anxiety attack. I've tried the mind over matter thing, willing myself not to freak out but when it hits all you can do is wrap your arms around the ladder and close your eyes until it passes. I never had a problem climbing onto a roof but, for years, I had trouble getting back on the ladder to get down. I just worked on it and now I am fine with it. When I was inspecting I made a point of climbing up to see things. It kept the sparkys on their toes because they assumed nobody would look at anything that was had to get to. |
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On Tue, 19 Sep 2017 10:23:20 -0400, John H
wrote: On Tue, 19 Sep 2017 01:07:20 -0400, wrote: On Mon, 18 Sep 2017 15:29:44 -0400, John H wrote: I did that in the pool once and it took a year to get over it Did you bust the heel bone (calcaneus)? The ER doc said surgery with screws and plates. I'm hoping she was exaggerating. But, the more I read about it, the less I like it! I was afraid that was what it was but it was just a severely smashed planar tendon. They talked about doing a lot of stuff but I just wore cross trainers for about a year instead of my boat shoes and it got better. I still get a twinge now and then but I am basically OK. In this case there's no doubt the bone is broke in a few places. But it's not dislocated, so maybe screws won't be necessary. I'll know a lot more this afternoon when the Doc has looked at the X-rays. The VA must be living in the 20th century. The girl shot several xrays of my foot and seconds later the doc was looking at them on his computer. (turning, zooming and all the other computer tricks) |
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On Tue, 19 Sep 2017 14:51:47 -0400,
wrote: On Tue, 19 Sep 2017 03:16:12 -0400, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: On 9/18/2017 10:52 PM, wrote: On Mon, 18 Sep 2017 14:53:08 -0400, Keyser Soze wrote: Amazingly, one night I was there when it snowed at least a foot, and the next morning, early, the union rep from the local arrived on time to pick me up. The streets had already been cleared. The snowbanks along the curbs were huge. === That happens routinely in the "Lake Effect Snow Belts" on the south side of Lake Ontario and Lake Erie. Even small towns budget millions for snow removal. --- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. http://www.avg.com I've spent a total of months in Canada on projects over the years. Never saw snow like they get in Rochester, New York though. One of my longest day trips to the University of Rochester lasted over a week. Snow started and I couldn't get out. === Heh, welcome to Upstate NY. Wonderful weather for a few months in the summer, not so much the rest of the year. It's a good place to be from. :-) The strange thing is Endicott/Binghampton is not that far away and the weather is fairly moderate for up north. The lakes don't seem to affect it that much. I spent Oct-Dec up there in 80, working at the support center. I went home for Christmas and never went back. It was still to "up north" for me. |
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On 9/19/2017 9:32 PM, wrote:
On Tue, 19 Sep 2017 10:23:20 -0400, John H wrote: On Tue, 19 Sep 2017 01:07:20 -0400, wrote: On Mon, 18 Sep 2017 15:29:44 -0400, John H wrote: I did that in the pool once and it took a year to get over it Did you bust the heel bone (calcaneus)? The ER doc said surgery with screws and plates. I'm hoping she was exaggerating. But, the more I read about it, the less I like it! I was afraid that was what it was but it was just a severely smashed planar tendon. They talked about doing a lot of stuff but I just wore cross trainers for about a year instead of my boat shoes and it got better. I still get a twinge now and then but I am basically OK. In this case there's no doubt the bone is broke in a few places. But it's not dislocated, so maybe screws won't be necessary. I'll know a lot more this afternoon when the Doc has looked at the X-rays. The VA must be living in the 20th century. The girl shot several xrays of my foot and seconds later the doc was looking at them on his computer. (turning, zooming and all the other computer tricks) Not unusual though. The VA offered me an ultrasound scan as a general screening for guys my age. They are looking for the risk of an abdominal aortic aneurysm which can be deadly because there are no symptoms and if the artery bursts it's usually fatal because you can't get to the hospital in time. The lab tech (quite the cutie!) probably tested guys all day and then later a doc reviewed all the test scans. The VA is pretty good about this stuff. They follow up with a phone call later and then a letter in the mail with the results. I was fine. No risk of an aneurysm. |
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On Tue, 19 Sep 2017 21:37:17 -0400, wrote:
On Tue, 19 Sep 2017 14:51:47 -0400, wrote: On Tue, 19 Sep 2017 03:16:12 -0400, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: On 9/18/2017 10:52 PM, wrote: On Mon, 18 Sep 2017 14:53:08 -0400, Keyser Soze wrote: Amazingly, one night I was there when it snowed at least a foot, and the next morning, early, the union rep from the local arrived on time to pick me up. The streets had already been cleared. The snowbanks along the curbs were huge. === That happens routinely in the "Lake Effect Snow Belts" on the south side of Lake Ontario and Lake Erie. Even small towns budget millions for snow removal. --- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. http://www.avg.com I've spent a total of months in Canada on projects over the years. Never saw snow like they get in Rochester, New York though. One of my longest day trips to the University of Rochester lasted over a week. Snow started and I couldn't get out. === Heh, welcome to Upstate NY. Wonderful weather for a few months in the summer, not so much the rest of the year. It's a good place to be from. :-) The strange thing is Endicott/Binghampton is not that far away and the weather is fairly moderate for up north. The lakes don't seem to affect it that much. I spent Oct-Dec up there in 80, working at the support center. I went home for Christmas and never went back. It was still to "up north" for me. === The lake effect snow belt is only about 20 miles wide depending on wind angle. I spent a winter in Ithaca once and it seemed almost tropical by comparison to my home town 50 miles to the north. Ice storms were more of a hazard on the Ithaca hills. |
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On Tue, 19 Sep 2017 21:26:52 -0400, wrote:
I never had a problem climbing onto a roof but, for years, I had trouble getting back on the ladder to get down. === What helps me is to extend the ladder 4 or 5 feet above the roof line so you've got something to grab onto before you get to the edge. --- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. http://www.avg.com |
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On Tue, 19 Sep 2017 23:41:58 -0400,
wrote: On Tue, 19 Sep 2017 21:26:52 -0400, wrote: I never had a problem climbing onto a roof but, for years, I had trouble getting back on the ladder to get down. === What helps me is to extend the ladder 4 or 5 feet above the roof line so you've got something to grab onto before you get to the edge. Now that I have the trick down, it is just as easy for me to have about 1 rung above the roof line and I go directly over it. I got used to the drill when I was only going up one story above my deck in Maryland. Before that it was a 2 story with a 4' basement wall below that and it was just spooky on a cheap 3 piece extension ladder, 20 some feet up. |
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On Tue, 19 Sep 2017 10:27:48 -0400 (EDT), justan wrote:
John H Wrote in message: On Tue, 19 Sep 2017 01:07:20 -0400, wrote: On Mon, 18 Sep 2017 15:29:44 -0400, John H wrote: I did that in the pool once and it took a year to get over it Did you bust the heel bone (calcaneus)? The ER doc said surgery with screws and plates. I'm hoping she was exaggerating. But, the more I read about it, the less I like it! I was afraid that was what it was but it was just a severely smashed planar tendon. They talked about doing a lot of stuff but I just wore cross trainers for about a year instead of my boat shoes and it got better. I still get a twinge now and then but I am basically OK. In this case there's no doubt the bone is broke in a few places. But it's not dislocated, so maybe screws won't be necessary. I'll know a lot more this afternoon when the Doc has looked at the X-rays. Hopefully all you will need as a cast so the bones can mend by themselves. Good luck. Back from the doc. Only one break, but it goes from the top almost to the bottom and then bends back towards the back of the bone. The entire bone is broken, but not much displaced. Therefore he thinks surgery will not be necessary. He'll know more after a CT scan on Thursday. Right now he's thinking 2-3 months in the boot with no weight on the foot. Am investing in one of these: https://washingtondc.craigslist.org/...311653608.html Maybe I can motorize it later. Probably outrun a Ducati! |
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On Wednesday, 20 September 2017 02:27:49 UTC-3, wrote:
On Tue, 19 Sep 2017 23:41:58 -0400, wrote: On Tue, 19 Sep 2017 21:26:52 -0400, wrote: I never had a problem climbing onto a roof but, for years, I had trouble getting back on the ladder to get down. === What helps me is to extend the ladder 4 or 5 feet above the roof line so you've got something to grab onto before you get to the edge. Now that I have the trick down, it is just as easy for me to have about 1 rung above the roof line and I go directly over it. I got used to the drill when I was only going up one story above my deck in Maryland. Before that it was a 2 story with a 4' basement wall below that and it was just spooky on a cheap 3 piece extension ladder, 20 some feet up. When I used to get up on the main roof, I would throw a 100' climbers rope up over the roof and tie it off to the deck on the opposite side. I also had an 8' piece of old garden hose inserted at the mid point of the rope to guard against chafe at the roof ridge. I started off with a climber's harness and then moved up to a proper safety harness that was attached to the climbing rope through various climbing devices. I also use the harness anytime I'm above 18 feet (height of eaves trough) |
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On Wednesday, 20 September 2017 02:27:49 UTC-3, wrote:
On Tue, 19 Sep 2017 23:41:58 -0400, wrote: On Tue, 19 Sep 2017 21:26:52 -0400, wrote: I never had a problem climbing onto a roof but, for years, I had trouble getting back on the ladder to get down. === What helps me is to extend the ladder 4 or 5 feet above the roof line so you've got something to grab onto before you get to the edge. Now that I have the trick down, it is just as easy for me to have about 1 rung above the roof line and I go directly over it. I got used to the drill when I was only going up one story above my deck in Maryland. Before that it was a 2 story with a 4' basement wall below that and it was just spooky on a cheap 3 piece extension ladder, 20 some feet up. Oh yeah...I also have good quality 2 piece Grade 1 extension ladders. The 36 footer is getting a bit heavy to handle at 80 pounds. |
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On Tue, 19 Sep 2017 21:32:01 -0400, wrote:
On Tue, 19 Sep 2017 10:23:20 -0400, John H wrote: On Tue, 19 Sep 2017 01:07:20 -0400, wrote: On Mon, 18 Sep 2017 15:29:44 -0400, John H wrote: I did that in the pool once and it took a year to get over it Did you bust the heel bone (calcaneus)? The ER doc said surgery with screws and plates. I'm hoping she was exaggerating. But, the more I read about it, the less I like it! I was afraid that was what it was but it was just a severely smashed planar tendon. They talked about doing a lot of stuff but I just wore cross trainers for about a year instead of my boat shoes and it got better. I still get a twinge now and then but I am basically OK. In this case there's no doubt the bone is broke in a few places. But it's not dislocated, so maybe screws won't be necessary. I'll know a lot more this afternoon when the Doc has looked at the X-rays. The VA must be living in the 20th century. The girl shot several xrays of my foot and seconds later the doc was looking at them on his computer. (turning, zooming and all the other computer tricks) No VA involvement. I was taken to a nearby hospital ER. The radiologist provided a written description and a CD with the pictures to the attending doc in ER. She inserted the CD and showed me what she thought were fractures. She thought one 'L' shaped fracture was two smaller fractures. I'll see if I can post a picture of the X-ray just for the hell of it. The second pic is a crop showing just the fracture. Imagine an 'L' tilted clockwise about 20 degrees. We'll see if this works. |
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On Wednesday, 20 September 2017 09:33:24 UTC-3, John H wrote:
On Tue, 19 Sep 2017 10:27:48 -0400 (EDT), justan wrote: John H Wrote in message: On Tue, 19 Sep 2017 01:07:20 -0400, wrote: On Mon, 18 Sep 2017 15:29:44 -0400, John H wrote: I did that in the pool once and it took a year to get over it Did you bust the heel bone (calcaneus)? The ER doc said surgery with screws and plates. I'm hoping she was exaggerating. But, the more I read about it, the less I like it! I was afraid that was what it was but it was just a severely smashed planar tendon. They talked about doing a lot of stuff but I just wore cross trainers for about a year instead of my boat shoes and it got better. I still get a twinge now and then but I am basically OK. In this case there's no doubt the bone is broke in a few places. But it's not dislocated, so maybe screws won't be necessary. I'll know a lot more this afternoon when the Doc has looked at the X-rays. Hopefully all you will need as a cast so the bones can mend by themselves. Good luck. Back from the doc. Only one break, but it goes from the top almost to the bottom and then bends back towards the back of the bone. The entire bone is broken, but not much displaced. Therefore he thinks surgery will not be necessary. He'll know more after a CT scan on Thursday. Right now he's thinking 2-3 months in the boot with no weight on the foot. Am investing in one of these: https://washingtondc.craigslist.org/...311653608.html Maybe I can motorize it later. Probably outrun a Ducati! What's with the "Cute burgundy color!" description.... |
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On Tue, 19 Sep 2017 21:50:34 -0400, "Mr. Luddite" wrote:
On 9/19/2017 9:32 PM, wrote: On Tue, 19 Sep 2017 10:23:20 -0400, John H wrote: On Tue, 19 Sep 2017 01:07:20 -0400, wrote: On Mon, 18 Sep 2017 15:29:44 -0400, John H wrote: I did that in the pool once and it took a year to get over it Did you bust the heel bone (calcaneus)? The ER doc said surgery with screws and plates. I'm hoping she was exaggerating. But, the more I read about it, the less I like it! I was afraid that was what it was but it was just a severely smashed planar tendon. They talked about doing a lot of stuff but I just wore cross trainers for about a year instead of my boat shoes and it got better. I still get a twinge now and then but I am basically OK. In this case there's no doubt the bone is broke in a few places. But it's not dislocated, so maybe screws won't be necessary. I'll know a lot more this afternoon when the Doc has looked at the X-rays. The VA must be living in the 20th century. The girl shot several xrays of my foot and seconds later the doc was looking at them on his computer. (turning, zooming and all the other computer tricks) Not unusual though. The VA offered me an ultrasound scan as a general screening for guys my age. They are looking for the risk of an abdominal aortic aneurysm which can be deadly because there are no symptoms and if the artery bursts it's usually fatal because you can't get to the hospital in time. The lab tech (quite the cutie!) probably tested guys all day and then later a doc reviewed all the test scans. The VA is pretty good about this stuff. They follow up with a phone call later and then a letter in the mail with the results. I was fine. No risk of an aneurysm. My doc found my abdominal aortic aneurysm during a routine physical. He put my hand on my stomach and said 'feel this'. I said I felt my heartbeat. He said I shouldn't be able to feel it there. Ultrasound scan showed it to be expanded to about 4.5cm. Normal size is about 2.5cm. We monitored, but within a year it had gotten to 6.5cm, which is when it got repaired. Plastic tubing. Smokers are more at risk for these than non-smokers, so don't start smoking! |
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On 9/20/2017 8:54 AM, John H wrote:
On Tue, 19 Sep 2017 21:50:34 -0400, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: On 9/19/2017 9:32 PM, wrote: On Tue, 19 Sep 2017 10:23:20 -0400, John H wrote: On Tue, 19 Sep 2017 01:07:20 -0400, wrote: On Mon, 18 Sep 2017 15:29:44 -0400, John H wrote: I did that in the pool once and it took a year to get over it Did you bust the heel bone (calcaneus)? The ER doc said surgery with screws and plates. I'm hoping she was exaggerating. But, the more I read about it, the less I like it! I was afraid that was what it was but it was just a severely smashed planar tendon. They talked about doing a lot of stuff but I just wore cross trainers for about a year instead of my boat shoes and it got better. I still get a twinge now and then but I am basically OK. In this case there's no doubt the bone is broke in a few places. But it's not dislocated, so maybe screws won't be necessary. I'll know a lot more this afternoon when the Doc has looked at the X-rays. The VA must be living in the 20th century. The girl shot several xrays of my foot and seconds later the doc was looking at them on his computer. (turning, zooming and all the other computer tricks) Not unusual though. The VA offered me an ultrasound scan as a general screening for guys my age. They are looking for the risk of an abdominal aortic aneurysm which can be deadly because there are no symptoms and if the artery bursts it's usually fatal because you can't get to the hospital in time. The lab tech (quite the cutie!) probably tested guys all day and then later a doc reviewed all the test scans. The VA is pretty good about this stuff. They follow up with a phone call later and then a letter in the mail with the results. I was fine. No risk of an aneurysm. My doc found my abdominal aortic aneurysm during a routine physical. He put my hand on my stomach and said 'feel this'. I said I felt my heartbeat. He said I shouldn't be able to feel it there. Ultrasound scan showed it to be expanded to about 4.5cm. Normal size is about 2.5cm. We monitored, but within a year it had gotten to 6.5cm, which is when it got repaired. Plastic tubing. Smokers are more at risk for these than non-smokers, so don't start smoking! I was a smoker for years but have all but given it up as of about 4 years ago. I confess though, that once in a great while when I am with someone who smokes, I'll bum one from him and light up. I know I shouldn't but it feels sooooooo good. I have to redouble my commitment not to smoke afterwards. |
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On Wed, 20 Sep 2017 08:33:24 -0400, John H
wrote: On Tue, 19 Sep 2017 10:27:48 -0400 (EDT), justan wrote: John H Wrote in message: On Tue, 19 Sep 2017 01:07:20 -0400, wrote: On Mon, 18 Sep 2017 15:29:44 -0400, John H wrote: I did that in the pool once and it took a year to get over it Did you bust the heel bone (calcaneus)? The ER doc said surgery with screws and plates. I'm hoping she was exaggerating. But, the more I read about it, the less I like it! I was afraid that was what it was but it was just a severely smashed planar tendon. They talked about doing a lot of stuff but I just wore cross trainers for about a year instead of my boat shoes and it got better. I still get a twinge now and then but I am basically OK. In this case there's no doubt the bone is broke in a few places. But it's not dislocated, so maybe screws won't be necessary. I'll know a lot more this afternoon when the Doc has looked at the X-rays. Hopefully all you will need as a cast so the bones can mend by themselves. Good luck. Back from the doc. Only one break, but it goes from the top almost to the bottom and then bends back towards the back of the bone. The entire bone is broken, but not much displaced. Therefore he thinks surgery will not be necessary. He'll know more after a CT scan on Thursday. Right now he's thinking 2-3 months in the boot with no weight on the foot. Am investing in one of these: https://washingtondc.craigslist.org/...311653608.html Maybe I can motorize it later. Probably outrun a Ducati! Will they let you use that on the green? |
Yo Bill...to take the heat off
On Wed, 20 Sep 2017 05:42:00 -0700 (PDT), True North
wrote: On Wednesday, 20 September 2017 02:27:49 UTC-3, wrote: On Tue, 19 Sep 2017 23:41:58 -0400, wrote: On Tue, 19 Sep 2017 21:26:52 -0400, wrote: I never had a problem climbing onto a roof but, for years, I had trouble getting back on the ladder to get down. === What helps me is to extend the ladder 4 or 5 feet above the roof line so you've got something to grab onto before you get to the edge. Now that I have the trick down, it is just as easy for me to have about 1 rung above the roof line and I go directly over it. I got used to the drill when I was only going up one story above my deck in Maryland. Before that it was a 2 story with a 4' basement wall below that and it was just spooky on a cheap 3 piece extension ladder, 20 some feet up. Oh yeah...I also have good quality 2 piece Grade 1 extension ladders. The 36 footer is getting a bit heavy to handle at 80 pounds. I really do not miss multi story houses. I can get off my roof without a ladder if I need to. I keep an old aluminum ladder propped up in a back corner anyway so it is quick access when I need to get up there. That was handy during a lull in the storm because I could give my roof a quick peek without any real effort. |
Yo Bill...to take the heat off
On Wed, 20 Sep 2017 05:50:26 -0700 (PDT), True North wrote:
On Wednesday, 20 September 2017 09:33:24 UTC-3, John H wrote: On Tue, 19 Sep 2017 10:27:48 -0400 (EDT), justan wrote: John H Wrote in message: On Tue, 19 Sep 2017 01:07:20 -0400, wrote: On Mon, 18 Sep 2017 15:29:44 -0400, John H wrote: I did that in the pool once and it took a year to get over it Did you bust the heel bone (calcaneus)? The ER doc said surgery with screws and plates. I'm hoping she was exaggerating. But, the more I read about it, the less I like it! I was afraid that was what it was but it was just a severely smashed planar tendon. They talked about doing a lot of stuff but I just wore cross trainers for about a year instead of my boat shoes and it got better. I still get a twinge now and then but I am basically OK. In this case there's no doubt the bone is broke in a few places. But it's not dislocated, so maybe screws won't be necessary. I'll know a lot more this afternoon when the Doc has looked at the X-rays. Hopefully all you will need as a cast so the bones can mend by themselves. Good luck. Back from the doc. Only one break, but it goes from the top almost to the bottom and then bends back towards the back of the bone. The entire bone is broken, but not much displaced. Therefore he thinks surgery will not be necessary. He'll know more after a CT scan on Thursday. Right now he's thinking 2-3 months in the boot with no weight on the foot. Am investing in one of these: https://washingtondc.craigslist.org/...311653608.html Maybe I can motorize it later. Probably outrun a Ducati! What's with the "Cute burgundy color!" description.... What part don't you understand? |
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