down but not out!!!!!

marravtr · Post by **marravtr** » Mon Nov 24, 2008 3:15 pm

working in the garage sorting thro a load of spares week last sunday, knocked a oil container over and made a small spill, gave it a quick wipe over with some rags and thought that'll do it

monday morning school run done, suns out, roads nearly dry thought i'll have a blat out for an hour or so

so open garage door steps in (with wet trainers on) goes butt over tit and snap!

to cut the story down spent all last week in hospital, broke my leg in 2 places, dislocated me ankle and now the proud owner of some titanium plate and 8 screws holding it all together, docs say i'll be in the cast for 8/10 weeks

gonna be a long winter this year! but roll on feckin summer is what i say

Hankie · Post by **Hankie** » Mon Nov 24, 2008 3:24 pm

That's bad news

Thought you were going to say you got oil on the tyres and had a Big Off, falling on yer butt in the garage doesn't sort of sound a very exciting way of busting yer leg (if there ever was one)

Anyways, hope you heal up soon M8

ChrisH

Post by **sirch345** » Mon Nov 24, 2008 3:46 pm

Sorry to hear that

Who would have thought you could have done all that damage so easily

Looking on the bright side (if there is one), better now than in the summer months

Wishing you a good recovery

Chris.

bikerpiker · Post by **bikerpiker** » Mon Nov 24, 2008 4:37 pm

Sounds painfull.....if it had happened at night when drunk you probably wouldn't have got hurt

Heal soon

marravtr · Post by **marravtr** » Mon Nov 24, 2008 4:54 pm

thanks for the well wishes

got me mate to move the tools i use most on the bike into the lower draw's in the chest, just got to rig up a wheelie board to sit on and push me'sen round the garage, aint gonna stop me tinkering

LotusSevenMan · Post by **LotusSevenMan** » Mon Nov 24, 2008 6:01 pm

Blimey. And that was BEFORE you got on the bike!!!!
Haven't you seen adverts about spillages?
http://www.bmf.co.uk/pages/bmf_main_pag ... age_id=701
Hope it heals well anyway.

Good luck.

alan · Post by **alan** » Mon Nov 24, 2008 6:32 pm

i feel your pain mate get well soon............ on another note maybe the accident happened for another reason as you say you was about to go for a blat.......................... i dunno but im very superstitious

wienetta · Post by **wienetta** » Mon Nov 24, 2008 6:43 pm

Had a slight mishap myself last year.

The worst thing was not being able to windsurf, play squash or go on the lifeboat for NINE months but I was back at work after 6 weeks. typical

Hope you get well soon.

RedStormV · Post by **RedStormV** » Mon Nov 24, 2008 6:51 pm

WOW they're cool pics!!!!

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alan wrote: i feel your pain mate get well soon............ on another note maybe the accident happened for another reason as you say you was about to go for a blat.......................... i dunno but im very superstitious

So says the Bionic Man! You felt his and about 2 dozen other folks pain to matey! A few of your 9 gone I reckon.

Queue the music ..............

Very superstitious, nothin' more to say,

Very superstitious, the devil's on his way,
Thirteen month old baby, broke the lookin' glass,
Seven years of bad luck, good things in your past
When you believe in things that you don't understand,
Then you suffer,
Superstition ain't the way...

Hey Marra! Sorry to hear about your accident mate, a real 'downer' bet you had a 'cracking' time in casualty with all them nurses fussing over you. Them's the 'breaks' but at least your bike's OK which is a big plus.

Gotta be worth some sympathy bonus points with the missus!

Guy I work with fell down bottom 2 steps at home last year, managed to rip his knee cap off, literally!!!! Was off work for months, so you see it's not necessarily the big accidents that cause big injuries.

FooK

stormingjoe · Post by **stormingjoe** » Mon Nov 24, 2008 7:10 pm

Would on OUCH! suffice? Hope it heals ok, strap it up in a couple of weeks and go far a spin, be summer by then.

Beamish · Post by **Beamish** » Mon Nov 24, 2008 7:17 pm

Shite luck there buddy

, hope it all mends well.

LotusSevenMan · Post by **LotusSevenMan** » Mon Nov 24, 2008 7:49 pm

Nice pix Wienetta!!!!

Rogues gallery of bike injuries? We all know the risks so..............

Mine not so clear, but taken 1-6-79.
This is a pic of the base of my skull with a broken odontoid peg (C2) locked with stainless steel wire to stabilise it along with some removed bone from my hip. The light colour 45* band at the top is the steel halo pinned to my skull to hold it all in place.

Did a cracking job there eh? Armco barrier meeting helmet means helmet snaps back, rips off and breaks my neck! Got me where the hangman's rope normally does its job.

http://www.wikiradiography.com/page/The ... iew?t=anon

Beamish · Post by **Beamish** » Mon Nov 24, 2008 8:19 pm

Hell fire LSM

Ride safe everyone we do not need any fresh piccies.

Fireman on a Storm · Post by **Fireman on a Storm** » Mon Nov 24, 2008 8:35 pm

Bloody hell mate, hope you repair soon.

Let this be a lesson to us all! DON'T TIDDY THE GARAGE it makes it a dangerous place!!!

Dean O · Post by **Dean O** » Mon Nov 24, 2008 8:53 pm

that's a freak mishap marra

I've had loadsa mishaps over the years but there's always been someone else around to blame, usually the missus. who's responsible for not drying the soles of yer shoes?