Slid down a Railroad embankment this morning. More like slid then fell backwards onto my back while sliding on loose stone. My old skating/surfing balance might be gone - but my instinct to keep my head up kicked in. Hurt like hell. But I popped right up like it was nothing since I has a newbie with me. He yelled "are you okay?" I yelled back "oh yeah. No problem." The rest of the day and tomorrow should be fun.
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Any fall you can get up from, is a good fall.
This is especially true as you get OLDER!
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Loyal, post: 450472, member: 228 wrote: This is especially true as you get OLDER!
I hear that!
I did similar while boulder hopping across a trout stream a couple weeks ago. Hurt some the next day or two. No one saw, but it was a bit embarrassing anyway. My son and his buddy had gone downstream while I went upstream. If my son had seen his dad drop with arms & legs swinging and then bounce my butt off the boulder, I'd still be hearing about it on a regular basis.
Ibuprofen...before you start hurting. 😉
That is a cheap reminder of what pain feels like.
We tend to forget quickly.
BushAxe, post: 450471, member: 11897 wrote: Slid down a Railroad embankment this morning. More like slid then fell backwards onto my back while sliding on loose stone...
If they use the same size/ type of rock for ballast where you're at that they do here in Oklahoma you probably lost some blood.
paden cash, post: 450557, member: 20 wrote: If they use the same size/ type of rock for ballast where you're at that they do here in Oklahoma you probably lost some blood.
No blood. It was a mixture of stone size as the tracks approach a small trestle. I walked down the larger stone. But there was a pile of smaller loose stones about 6-10 ft from the toe. When I stepped on them they gave way ... and so did I. I was rushing a little more than normal as I could hear the train around the bend. The first thing that popped in my mind once I realized I wasn't dead and could walk - Folsom Prison Blues
"I hear that train a comin'
It's comin' round the bend
I ain't seen the sunshine since I don't know when" .... or something like that.
Back hurts and I'm on the road. So I am going to drink a beer, eat some dinner, take some vitamin "I" and go to bed.
On the funny side: My newbie got into the first aid kit today after scraping his finger on a briar. So I am pretty sure he's not going to cut it. But I couldn't help but laugh when he told me. Especially after the scare I had.
52 and still beastie! Well, we'll see tomorrow morning. Lol!
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Try this apparatus to reach those hard to get to places.
A Harris, post: 450568, member: 81 wrote: Try this apparatus to reach those hard to get to places.
Now that's funny!
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BushAxe, post: 450562, member: 11897 wrote: On the funny side: My newbie got into the first aid kit today after scraping his finger on a briar. So I am pretty sure he's not going to cut it. But I couldn't help but laugh when he told me. Especially after the scare I had.
RODMAN'S LOG ~
Day Twelve; Not sure how long I can go on carrying this old guy. Today he decides to venture farther off the beaten bath than ever. Subject to tripping and falling a lot, he's got two left feet and I can't let him carry any equipment or supplies. We finally got to a stopping place where I could dress a laceration, and had turned my back for only a minute, when I turned around he was gone. Apparently he fell down a gravel slope and didn't look too good after that. I doubt this guy shows up for work tommorrow. I don't know how long he can stay in business like this, he doesn't need a rodman, he needs a corpsman.
Going to email the folks at M??decins Sans Fronti??res and see if they have a program that can help him.
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R. J.: I resemble those remarks!
I have the "Gerald Ford" syndrome whereas I have the ability to trip over my own feet on a flat surface no less. Henceforth I have learned to "tuck and roll" prior to the unscheduled landing. :p
I am not sure that the part about working with someone meaning you have to pop right back up to show that you are OK is not the worst part. At least if I am alone I can lie ther and take stock, make a count, if you will, to see if anything feels out of place, catch my breath, then contemplate doing something so stupid as to try to stand up again, since being upright is the first step towards falling back down...
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I agree but, you fall off a horse, I simply fall off of me. So I can (usually ) become vertical once again after regaining consciousness. 😉
This is not PC, but one of the funniest things I've seen on site was the Benkleman beam truck driver falling backwards out of the cab, forming a crucifix shape in a reverse swan dive as he flew out, landing splat on his back on the basecourse that we were about to test, then curling up into a moaning ball. He didn't know I'd seen it happen but I found the irony that we were about to start a very important set of tests for a new motorway construction and he'd achieved this position, was so hilarious that I hid behind the truck, lent on it, and wept with laughter. After about 30 seconds of sobbing I peeked out to re-confirm that he was actually ok, still curled up moaning, and at the same time out the corner of my eye I saw that a group of about 10 shirt-and-tie big shots had arrived to witness the start of the testing. There was a few seconds of "crickets" as they surveyed the scene of me the engineer slumped crying behind the truck and the driver in a similar condition lying alongside it, before one of them said "We'll have to come back later, these clowns are obviously not ready" and they disappeared. It took both of us a couple more minutes to recover and the driver hobbled around to the back of the truck rubbing his elbow and still moaning and informed me that he'd just "tripped over". I didn't say anything but I did think to myself "no you f..n didn't just trip over".
