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As for the old age part of the equation, I will enter my sixth decade of life this October (hopefully). As for the wisdom part, my next story is proof that seeing a great many sunrises does not impart wisdom. I recently sold the building that housed our family bar since my father opened it in 1946. It had a LOT of memorabelia and stuff in it. I worked for two solid weeks getting things cleaned out. I was probably within an hour or two of being finished when I decided to climb up on an eight foot ladder and attempt to detach a 3X5 flag off the wall. When I finally broke that nail loose, my balance was also thrown off and I fell those eight feet down onto a concrete floor. The impact drove my tibia down into my ankle joint and pretty much shattered the end of my tibia. That was last Friday. Saturday morning they did surgery and tried to put my bones back together with a couple of metal plates and some screws. So now, this decidely un-wise 59 year old will be sitting on the couch/bed with his foot elevated the recommended ten inches for the eight to twelve weeks that the surgeon said it would take for my leg to heal. I hope I can hit the short end of his estimate because school will be starting back up in eight weeks. At least I only had to take two sick days since we were almost at the end of our 13-14 school year when I fell.

Anyway, just having a bunch of years under your belt definitely does NOT make you wise. Remember that when making your future decisions. It looks like I will have plenty of time to contemplate my poor decision.

lilclyde54 wrote:As for the old age part of the equation, I will enter my sixth decade of life this October (hopefully). As for the wisdom part, my next story is proof that seeing a great many sunrises does not impart wisdom. I recently sold the building that housed our family bar since my father opened it in 1946. It had a LOT of memorabelia and stuff in it. I worked for two solid weeks getting things cleaned out. I was probably within an hour or two of being finished when I decided to climb up on an eight foot ladder and attempt to detach a 3X5 flag off the wall. When I finally broke that nail loose, my balance was also thrown off and I fell those eight feet down onto a concrete floor. The impact drove my tibia down into my ankle joint and pretty much shattered the end of my tibia. That was last Friday. Saturday morning they did surgery and tried to put my bones back together with a couple of metal plates and some screws. So now, this decidely un-wise 59 year old will be sitting on the couch/bed with his foot elevated the recommended ten inches for the eight to twelve weeks that the surgeon said it would take for my leg to heal. I hope I can hit the short end of his estimate because school will be starting back up in eight weeks. At least I only had to take two sick days since we were almost at the end of our 13-14 school year when I fell.

Anyway, just having a bunch of years under your belt definitely does NOT make you wise. Remember that when making your future decisions. It looks like I will have plenty of time to contemplate my poor decision.

Ouch! Here's hoping you heal fast.

lilclyde54 wrote: So now, this decidely un-wise 59 year old will be sitting on the couch/bed with his foot elevated the recommended ten inches for the eight to twelve weeks that the surgeon said it would take for my leg to heal.

Just think about all the free time you'll now have to learn new things. Like skydiving. Or mountian climbing.

Seriously, I'm sorry to hear this and we hope you get better soon.

Ouch, indeed! Hope you get better soon!

And, for future reference, if you're going to start BASE jumping, you need to start with a taller building!

Double ouch! Your fall didn't have anything to do with intelligence, just balance.

Owwwie!


Feel better soon...



you old fool

lilclyde54 wrote:I will enter my sixth decade of life this October (hopefully).

I'm surprised our Bored nitpickers haven't fixed that for you yet....

Here's something to hopefully ease your pain a bit...

lb13

Soon lilclyde and I will join Godzilla in this category


sex·a·ge·nar·i·an (sĕk′sə-jə-nâr′ē-ən)
n.
A person who is 60 years old or between the ages of 60 and 70.
adj.
1. Being 60 years old or between the ages of 60 and 70.

makes me feel a little friskier

get well soon.

littlebeast13 wrote:

lilclyde54 wrote:I will enter my sixth decade of life this October (hopefully).

I'm surprised our Bored nitpickers haven't fixed that for you yet....

Here's something to hopefully ease your pain a bit...

lb13

found it!

littlebeast13 wrote:

lilclyde54 wrote:I will enter my sixth decade of life this October (hopefully).

I'm surprised our Bored nitpickers haven't fixed that for you yet....

Here's something to hopefully ease your pain a bit...

lb13

I noticed it, but didn't want to add insult to injury. And I'm in denial myself about entering my seventh decade soon.

And... Found It!

Ouch!

Here's another hope it all heals "faster than that".

Ouch!

What a way to get ES to draw an avatar for you!

Get healed soon!

I'm sorry about your injury and hope you make a speedy recovery. I'm also sorry that you're losing the family bar. I send condolences on both situations.