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Post by Alanović on Nov 16, 2016 14:46:26 GMT
Bloody good job you ditched the Lancer when you did. Did I miss a meeting or have you still got it? Don't recall a For Sale thread.....
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Post by Hofmeister on Nov 16, 2016 14:48:44 GMT
Well, some notes from my raspberry diary. Yesterday we got mrs Nog driving the volvo. Initially she wasn't prepared to, "Too big" she say. However the promise of cake and retail therapy saved the day there, she is now happy (Hmm quite nice actually) with and driving the barge. So the dog can now be transported to places of exercise. Tick Yesterday Mrs nog went to hospital to a: apologise for my behaviour in walking out, and b: pick up my meds and discharge letter. I have oramorph when needed, calcium tablets, and more paracetamol than you can shake a stick at. 28 heperin injections in a box, 1 taken daily. Interesting at last to see the actual description in English of what happened. Fractured neck of Femur. Looking it up didn't realise how serious it could be and how many people suffer permanent or long term mobility impairment afterwards. Shocked me a little I can tell you. I was pretty blasé about the whole thing. Yesterday I did 300 yards on crutches. So we then went and did some gentle retail therapy and cake. Now i can use crutches like long john silver, ie not working the bad leg. You can get quite a rapid pace up and do reasonable distances like this, but I suspect at the cost of being permanently crutch dependent. So my crutch use, where ever possible is just for stability, not support. I was going to try the escalator on crutches, Mrs Nog pleaded with me not to show her up like that, and wisely I took the lift. Today, more of the same. I am now delighted with myself in that I can now walk (only a short distance) with one crutch.! woo hoo I shall be driving the Volvo in 7 days or less I think. Same injury as me then. I was non weight bearing and off driving for 6 weeks. Fortunately Miss B was at home and acted as chauffeuse in exchange for use of my car at other times. The biggest issue with crutches was risk of one losing grip. Never fell but had a couple of nasty near misses and jarring which was worse due the collar bone break - that was more painful than the hip. Using the tube was a 'mare. Only went to work once on crutches, rest of my phased return ewas working at home with a secure VPN laptop. Never any fears of being crutch dependent but used a folding walking stick for a while after coming off them. Beware of any limp becoming habitual; I failed that one. My daughter still calls me Hobbles. I'd check with your doc before driving to avoid any potential embarrassment. I broke the thing on the 3rd November so was on crutches and non weight bearing for 7 days (quite active too) before the op. So I had muscle memory from walking like that, and now they want me to be weight bearing after the op, and that is playing havoc with my knee and my gait. The dog has earned a place at the national obedience finals on 10th December and I intend to be there competing crutch free. Six weeks is not an option. By far the biggest danger with crutches is wet tiles.
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Post by Hofmeister on Nov 16, 2016 14:51:47 GMT
Bloody good job you ditched the Lancer when you did. Did I miss a meeting or have you still got it? Don't recall a For Sale thread..... The Lancer kind of went in the same shady deal as the Volvo appearing. Laddo had the volvo, he couldnt afford it. He lost his job, and he could afford it even less. So I paid off his outstanding finance, took the volvo and gave him the lancer and paid 6 months tax on it for him. None if it was planned, it was emergency expediency. If you are job hunting, you need a motor.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 16, 2016 16:56:22 GMT
Just be bloody careful you don't drive into anything. That will send shockwaves up your leg with potential implications that you do not even want to think about.
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Post by WDB on Nov 16, 2016 17:35:41 GMT
Tell your insurer too, if only so they can say - as mine did - that as long as you've not suffered a permanent change and you've been passed fit by a qualified professional (physio in my case) they really aren't interested.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 16, 2016 21:27:44 GMT
Bloody good job you ditched the Lancer when you did. Did I miss a meeting or have you still got it? Don't recall a For Sale thread..... The Lancer kind of went in the same shady deal as the Volvo appearing. Laddo had the volvo, he couldnt afford it. He lost his job, and he could afford it even less. So I paid off his outstanding finance, took the volvo and gave him the lancer and paid 6 months tax on it for him. None if it was planned, it was emergency expediency. If you are job hunting, you need a motor. You're a good father. I hope he gets work soon. Is he qualified/expert in anything specific?
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Post by Hofmeister on Nov 16, 2016 21:50:22 GMT
The Lancer kind of went in the same shady deal as the Volvo appearing. Laddo had the volvo, he couldnt afford it. He lost his job, and he could afford it even less. So I paid off his outstanding finance, took the volvo and gave him the lancer and paid 6 months tax on it for him. None if it was planned, it was emergency expediency. If you are job hunting, you need a motor. You're a good father. I hope he gets work soon. Is he qualified/expert in anything specific? Yes I am, far too good. And yes he has a new job, starts next week. He'll still be crap with money tho, most of todays younger generation appear to be.
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Post by Humph on Nov 16, 2016 22:01:53 GMT
Now that he's got another job, he'll maybe be sniffing round getting his Volvo back before long...?
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Post by Hofmeister on Nov 16, 2016 22:16:31 GMT
Now that he's got another job, he'll maybe be sniffing round getting his Volvo back before long...? It will cost him, and there is no way I want the Lancer back after he has had it. Poor thing.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 16, 2016 23:05:54 GMT
Has someone else told you that? Because it took me nearly three weeks to feel sure enough that I could put my full force through my right hip on to the brake pedal. (Mrs B1 rode reluctant shotgun as I did some trial emergency stops.) And I hadn't broken anything. Its an Auto, so Left Braking as per HJ advice, plus it has EBA and City Driving Brake alert. And in breaking news.. "Dog receives award for taking control of runaway Volvo after Surrey pensioner accelerates towards crowd of school children". When asked to comment all that Fifi2 would say is: "Well, he's getting quite old and has dodgy hips but we've grown quite fond of him. He's responding well to training so it would be a shame to have him put down now".
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Post by Avant on Nov 17, 2016 17:33:23 GMT
More dangerous still if the schoolchildren were in a bus......
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Post by Humph on Nov 17, 2016 17:48:21 GMT
No one would drive into a bus would they? I mean they're pretty big, highly visible, relatively slow moving things. Can't imagine how anyone could fail to notice that there was something that obvious in the way.
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Post by Hofmeister on Nov 17, 2016 18:01:07 GMT
No one would drive into a Kerb would they? I mean they're pretty big, highly visible, relatively slow moving Stationary things. Can't imagine how anyone could fail to notice that there was something that obvious in the way. There, corrected that for you.
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Post by Humph on Nov 17, 2016 18:33:39 GMT
Twas but a glancing blow.
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Post by Hofmeister on Nov 17, 2016 18:39:41 GMT
Twas but a glancing blow. swinging
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