Well hell… 47 years to get my first.

[bobzilla]

Broken bone that is. On One Lap last week we were at Road Atlanta trying to get a track walk in the rain in our razor scooters. Top of the esses heading down hit a rock or stick and got the death wobble as I’m picking up speed and decided to bail before I hit death speeds.

Hurt for but, swollen. We put ice in it and took Aleve and continued on. I even set 2 new personal best times at 2 different tracks. Here’s what I did on that Monday:



Drove another 3k miles and 6 more track events like this. It’s sore but not what I would call excruciating pain.

So I guess my bones aren’t as flexible as they were in my 20’s.

 

[Phil502]

Broken clavicle…… ouch

 

[DeadeyeChrista'sdad]

Pass.

 

[wagyu52]

Took me till 52
I got titanium replacements

 

[88E30M50]

Holy cow, I can't imagine doing track events with a harness pressing in on that. Other than that, hope the series was fun for you.

 

[Basher]

Dang, I always heard a broken clavicle was supposed to be super painful. Did they check out your head too, just in case?

 

[bobzilla]

Dang, I always heard a broken clavicle was supposed to be super painful. Did they check out your head too, just in case?

it was empty, which explains my love for korean race cars

 

[Ark]

Dang dude you got messed up.

 

[bobzilla]

Dang dude you got messed up.

I like to get my monies worth

 

[actaeon277]

Don't you know you're supposed to do that when you're younger and heal better?

I've lost track of broken bones. But fortunately most were fingers and toes.

 

[wcd]

By the time I was 24 I had my own hardware store, steel rod, plate screws, and wire in my left hip.

Yeah young and driven.

Hope you heal up quickly.

 

[BigRed]

Broken bone that is. On One Lap last week we were at Road Atlanta trying to get a track walk in the rain in our razor scooters. Top of the esses heading down hit a rock or stick and got the death wobble as I’m picking up speed and decided to bail before I hit death speeds.

Hurt for but, swollen. We put ice in it and took Aleve and continued on. I even set 2 new personal best times at 2 different tracks. Here’s what I did on that Monday:

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Drove another 3k miles and 6 more track events like this. It’s sore but not what I would call excruciating pain.

So I guess my bones aren’t as flexible as they were in my 20’s.

Scooters are dangerous.

 

[KokomoDave]

it was empty, which explains my love for korean race cars

My cousin probably made your Korean race car...

 

[spencer rifle]

Took me until 60. Fell over dismounting my bicycle, cracked a rib. I knew the doctor would say "Take it easy, maybe tape it up and take pain med. That'll be $300." So I skipped the doctor part and it healed. Used the saved money to buy silver.

 

[bobzilla]

My cousin probably made your Korean race car...

Rio was built out of the Ulsan plant in S Korea

 

[bobzilla]

Took me until 60. Fell over dismounting my bicycle, cracked a rib. I knew the doctor would say "Take it easy, maybe tape it up and take pain med. That'll be $300." So I skipped the doctor part and it healed. Used the saved money to buy silver.

Yeah I wish this one was that easy. Pain is definitely creeping in today.

 

[wagyu52]

Yeah I wish this one was that easy. Pain is definitely creeping in today.

One of my granddaughters ask me if my broken legs hurt, told her it stings a little but the crutches are cool. I reminded her that grandpa was tough as nails and should never be counted out.

 

[Hoosierdood]

Careful, old timer. Next time you might break a hip.

I’m 45 and never broken a bone. Unless you count a broken nose. But to be fair, I wasn’t the one who broke it. Someone else did that for me.

 

[Alamo]

I have been singularly lucky wrt broken bones (and I hope I didn’t just jinx myself by saying that).

The closest I’ve come, was that I cracked a bone in my thumb chasing a girl in 6th grade.

Recess was over and we were lined up outside the door, waiting to go back into class when the girl in line behind me snatched the hat off my head. Thinking she would run off with it I whirled around with my arm outstretched to grab her and my thumb jammed into the very top of her upper arm, right at the shoulder joint. Bad move, she was a very stout girl.

I still clearly remember the jet flame of pain that shot thru my thumb.

There was no ER in Nashville, Indiana in those days and I don’t suppose there is one now. ”EMS” was not a thing then either. I think the school nurse just called my mom and she took me to our family doctor in Nashville. He did his own x-rays and showed me on the film that I had a small crack in the bone, parallel to its long axis. He told me it was going to hurt for a while and gave me this plastic thing that fit over my thumb that kept me from banging it into things. I couldn’t believe how badly that hurt for such a small looking crack on the x-ray. I’m glad I haven’t broken anything bigger, although I did try (but failed) to break my skull on a tree one time but that’s another story.

 

[AndreusMaximus]

...although I did try (but failed) to break my skull on a tree one time but that’s another story.