That's the sound my collarbone made when I hit the ground yesterday morning.
I was riding my bike (a 2000 Honda VFR800), and ran wide going up the on ramp to the highway, hit the grass and went down hard. Dunno why I ran wide, wasn't going too fast, didn't hit any sand or oil, and its a route I've taken hundreds of times. Guess I'll have to chalk it up to a momentary lapse of concentation.
BTW, broken collarbones suck. The thing is in three pieces, and the ER doc said he wasn't going to even set it, just let it heal as is. So I get to wear a "shoulder immobilizer", which looks suspiciously like a sling to me. Its painful, but not nearly as bad as the disc I herniated a couple years back.
So... anyone read any good books lately? Looks like I'm going to have a lot of time on my hands.
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I broke mine playing Ice Hockey years ago. Hurt like hell, we were playing at a lake that was accesible only by Quads. The ride out of the pit was not pleasant.
Funny enough I was just going to try to start a thread on books cause I have a list that I'm looking for and I was wondering if any of them were any good,
A SHORT HISTORY OF NEARLY EVERYTHING BY Bill Bryson
The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran
The Autobiography of Malcom X
Jesus: Son of Man by Kahlil Gibran
Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
If any one has read any of these let me know, looking to broden my horizon.
A SHORT HISTORY OF NEARLY EVERYTHING BY Bill Bryson
The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran
The Autobiography of Malcom X
Jesus: Son of Man by Kahlil Gibran
Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
If any one has read any of these let me know, looking to broden my horizon.
Black Jewels Trilogy by Anne Bishop.
It's a big book so I don't know if you'll want to pick it up.
But sorry to hear about your accident. Get mended soon.
Edited, Aug 7th 2006 at 1:03pm EDT by Thumbelyna
It's a big book so I don't know if you'll want to pick it up.
But sorry to hear about your accident. Get mended soon.
Edited, Aug 7th 2006 at 1:03pm EDT by Thumbelyna
I bought a copy of Jared Diamond's Guns, Germs & Steel which I've heard people rave about but I'm having a hell of a time getting interested in it by page 70. I'm interested in the premise but Jared's writing itself is about as scintillating as the back of a shampoo bottle.
The premise itself is a treatise about why certain civilizations and cultures advanced more rapidly through the course of human history and development and therefore gained the advantages when it came to warfare and colonization.
The premise itself is a treatise about why certain civilizations and cultures advanced more rapidly through the course of human history and development and therefore gained the advantages when it came to warfare and colonization.
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Wow. Regular ol' Joph fan club in here.
I will dumb this down a little bit.
Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal
If you can read this without laughing, then you have no soul.
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Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal
If you can read this without laughing, then you have no soul.
~Rock
Make sure they keep a good eye on that! I have one half less a collarbone on the right as the left due to an imcompetent doctor deciding to let it heal on it's own. It didn't heal properly (being pregnant didn't help) and had to be removed! Tendons and ligaments for my shoulder/arm are held in place via holes in various bones. Worst part, when one of those ligaments snaps, feels like someone popped me with a rubberband right under the ear. (and that can't be fixed)
Thumbelyna Quick Hands wrote:
Black Jewels Trilogy by Anne Bishop.
It's a big book so I don't know if you'll want to pick it up.
It's a big book so I don't know if you'll want to pick it up.
Heh, I just started rereading that last night.
Also check out George R.R. Martin, Kate Forsyth, Rhapsody, by Elizabeth Haydon, and Dagger Spell, along with its 15 books after, by Katherine Kerr
Edited, Aug 7th 2006 at 1:37pm EDT by DSD
Wow that sucks man. Best luck to you!
As for books you can always fall back on forum history:
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The Out of Topic Book List
As for books you can always fall back on forum history:
The Asylum Book List
The Out of Topic Book List
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I bought a copy of Jared Diamond's Guns, Germs & Steel which I've heard people rave about but I'm having a hell of a time getting interested in it by page 70. I'm interested in the premise but Jared's writing itself is about as scintillating as the back of a shampoo bottle.
/QFT. I managed to slog my way through that book a little bit at a time. The theory was excellent, but the user interface was a bit lacking. I would recommend it for the insightful logic, but only in small doses unless you are trying to put yourself to sleep.
To the OP, good luck with the collarbone. I have a friend who broke his three times, all while riding bikes or quads. Keep in mind that it could be worse. I knew of a woman that broke both wrists during a mountain bike race. Imagine trying to dress, eat, drive, or sh*t with two casts. It's a good thing her boyfriend was a trooper.
I still can't get enough of Richard Russo. Right now I'm halfway through The Risk Pool, his second book. I seem to be going about his works backwards; I'll have to find his first, Mohawk, sometime.
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Wow, that sucks.
On a related note, do you plan to continue riding a bike after it's healed? Or are you going to become a car person?
On a related note, do you plan to continue riding a bike after it's healed? Or are you going to become a car person?
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About a heaven in Alberta
Where they've got all hell for a basement"
But I hear a tale
About a heaven in Alberta
Where they've got all hell for a basement"
I'll definitely keep riding. I'm absolutely miserable when I can't ride for any extended period of time. And apparently I'm miserable to live with as well. After My wife and I first got married I gave up my bike. She got so sick of my moping that she made me go out and buy another one.
This wasn't the first time I've gone down on a bike, and probably won't be the last. This the only time I suffered anything other than bumps and bruises though.
Thanks for the well wishes and reading suggestions. I'll definitely check them out.
Edited, Aug 7th 2006 at 9:20pm EDT by Deathwysh
This wasn't the first time I've gone down on a bike, and probably won't be the last. This the only time I suffered anything other than bumps and bruises though.
Thanks for the well wishes and reading suggestions. I'll definitely check them out.
Edited, Aug 7th 2006 at 9:20pm EDT by Deathwysh
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Damn, sounds painful! Hopefully you aquired some sweet pain killars. Broke my arm once as a kid, some bigger kids beat me up. Snapped in 3 places, like a twig. Sounds like a collar bone would be a lot worse, like a rib. Can't reall apply direct pressure to all side for comfort. Did you hear about Tom Green almost getting his dead on? Your story makes me think of him making his way to the hospital in South america, while his broken ribs are scratching together. grrrreeeeeeaaach! Makes my spine tingle in that bad way. GL with your recovery. Heard that when you have tough body breaks like that, it's best to not move at all.... Guess that kinda goes without saying thoe. ^^-
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Damn, sounds painful! Hopefully you aquired some sweet pain killars. Broke my arm once as a kid, some bigger kids beat me up. Snapped in 3 places, like a twig. Sounds like a collar bone would be a lot worse, like a rib. Can't reall apply direct pressure to all side for comfort. Did you hear about Tom Green almost getting his dead on? Your story makes me think of him making his way to the hospital in South america, while his broken ribs are scratching together. grrrreeeeeeaaach! Makes my spine tingle in that bad way. GL with your recovery. Heard that when you have tough body breaks like that, it's best to not move at all.... Guess that kinda goes without saying thoe. ^^-
Bummer on the fall. My son and I just about went down on Sunday out on Del Puerto Canyon Road around a 20 mph hairpin curve. The line I choose took me right over a 6' long and 2' wide stretch of gravel/sand that had fallen off a cliff on the right side of the road. We were toolin' along prolly around 35-40 mph came up on it blind since it was around the turn. Jon, my son, on a 2001 VFR incidentally, went wide into the oncoming lane and I went over it and chose to go wide and stop on the shoulder of the opposite lane rather than lay it down.
Gravel and sand suck.
Fortunately, this road has very few vehicles other than hardcore motorcyclists looking to hit the twisties hard, so there is very little traffic and nobody in the oncoming lane at the time. *Whew.*
I'm always thinking about the time when I might crash, but in the meantime I ride. Besides, it'll never happen to me, right? Right!
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Gravel and sand suck.
Fortunately, this road has very few vehicles other than hardcore motorcyclists looking to hit the twisties hard, so there is very little traffic and nobody in the oncoming lane at the time. *Whew.*
I'm always thinking about the time when I might crash, but in the meantime I ride. Besides, it'll never happen to me, right? Right!
Totem
Robin Hobb farseer trilogy, a rather depressing and painfull read yet enjoyable in a faintly masocistic way.
Besides the pain the main charicter goes through will make your own suffering a little easier.
If you like that move onto The chronicals of Thomas Covanent the unbeliever for a truely painful and heartwrenching read.
Besides the pain the main charicter goes through will make your own suffering a little easier.
If you like that move onto The chronicals of Thomas Covanent the unbeliever for a truely painful and heartwrenching read.
One thing that would be useful for makign book suggestions: what do you like to read usually? I can suggest lots of books, but if you hate sci fi, it's all for naught.
Broken collar bones look like they hurt. My brother snapped his in high school wrestling. He was not amused. Get well soon
Broken collar bones look like they hurt. My brother snapped his in high school wrestling. He was not amused. Get well soon
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You could always pick up Maddox's book. I've been meaning to read it, but I'm scared that if I do, I might actually laugh, and people like Maddox should not be encouraged.
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But then again, you have to be able to read on the level of the average 5th grader in order to understand its principles. If this precludes you from benefitting from this fantastic offer, I can send you the audio book instead although it is somewhat more expensive.
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