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MsGoGoMoto · 09-28-2021, 10:16 PM

I took a pic of my shadow.
Time for me to drink some Geritol.

Buug959 · 09-29-2021, 05:36 AM

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Originally Posted by MsGoGoMoto

I took a pic of my shadow.
Time for me to drink some Geritol.

Got damn, your shadow is even taller than you are!

MsGoGoMoto · 09-29-2021, 05:57 AM

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Originally Posted by LemansE90335xi

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Originally Posted by MsGoGoMoto

I took a pic of my shadow.
Time for me to drink some Geritol.

Got damn, your shadow is even taller than you are!

That's shadow racism.

Chaddyshack · 09-29-2021, 08:22 AM

Used to have girls surround me .I was the Mann then

ipso_facto · 09-29-2021, 01:48 PM

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Originally Posted by upstatedoc

Saw that happen to a guy on the basketball court. His Achilles tendon looked like mush. Immediately told him he needed to go to the ER. He could barely walk. By any chance are you taking any antibiotics?

Appreciate the reply

Thankfully, it seems that my Achilles tendon is intact. I have an ultrasound booked for next week, to confirm. It looks to be a tear in the muscle between the tendon and the main calf muscle, gastrocnemius ... possibly the soleus. Ultrasound should determine. The boot is very annoying, I must say. I have to wear it in bed too

Re. antibiotics ... nope. The doctor advised to take 150mg of Aspirin every day, to help prevent the possibility of DVT.

M_Six · 09-29-2021, 02:48 PM

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Originally Posted by ipso_facto

Appreciate the reply

Thankfully, it seems that my Achilles tendon is intact. I have an ultrasound booked for next week, to confirm. It looks to be a tear in the muscle between the tendon and the main calf muscle, gastrocnemius ... possibly the soleus. Ultrasound should determine. The boot is very annoying, I must say. I have to wear it in bed too

Re. antibiotics ... nope. The doctor advised to take 150mg of Aspirin every day, to help prevent the possibility of DVT.

Just remember to wean yourself slowly off the aspirin when the time comes. I used to take a low dose aspirin daily on the recommendation of my former PCP. He retired and my new PCP thought the gastro risks of taking it outweighed any benefits, and I agreed. Still, he had me cut back to one tablet every other day for a couple of weeks and then every third day for a bit. Then off them completely. He was worried about a "bounce back" effect of coming off them cold turkey. Made sense to me and wasn't a big deal to do.

ipso_facto · 09-29-2021, 04:03 PM

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Originally Posted by M_Six

Just remember to wean yourself slowly off the aspirin when the time comes. I used to take a low dose aspirin daily on the recommendation of my former PCP. He retired and my new PCP thought the gastro risks of taking it outweighed any benefits, and I agreed. Still, he had me cut back to one tablet every other day for a couple of weeks and then every third day for a bit. Then off them completely. He was worried about a "bounce back" effect of coming off them cold turkey. Made sense to me and wasn't a big deal to do.

Thanks. I really appreciate the advice. I will take the same measures

King Rudi · 09-29-2021, 04:35 PM

Yep

JJ 911SC · 09-30-2021, 05:58 PM

If you get this...

Esteban · 09-30-2021, 06:53 PM

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Originally Posted by JJ 911SC

If you get this...

Ralph Nader's pet peeve. lol

3.0L · 09-30-2021, 08:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Esteban

Ralph Nader's pet peeve. lol

I think Ralph Nader's biggest pet peeve was the Chevrolet Corvair.

vreihen16 · 09-30-2021, 08:12 PM

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Ralph Nader's pet peeve. lol

...after the Corvair ended production!

Esteban · 09-30-2021, 08:19 PM

An old girlfriend of mine when I was a teenager owned a Corvair. That car was fun. Way more fun than my wife's Pinto.

Edit: neither one of them made me crash or exploded on me. Just lucky, I guess.

Esteban · 09-30-2021, 08:30 PM

The Corvair may have came first but Nader still hated the Pinto.

THE EXPLODING FORD PINTO

tom2021 · 09-30-2021, 09:46 PM

You can't stand watching violent movies anymore.

MsGoGoMoto · 10-01-2021, 07:47 AM

When you're trying to distinguish a small natural gas leak from your personal natural gas leak.
FOUND IT!

TopJimmy · 10-01-2021, 11:08 AM

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That's pretty awesome. My most memorable aviation moment was flying to Australia on the upper deck of a 747.

My most memorable aviation moment was an Emergency abort 3/4 of the way down the runway due to right engine failure on my way to China. Good news is, I had a spare change of underwear... the bad news was, it wasn't on my carryon...

We were in a 777 HEAVY and the plane shook like hell... Nothing happened, everyone was safe. When we got back to the terminal, I took a sharpie out of my bag and put a mark on the armrest of my seat. My business partner asked me whet I was doing... I told him they are not fixing right engine failure over night, if we get back on tomorrow and its the same plane, you're going by yourself...

You know they wiped off the Sharpie with alcohol and used the same plane…

3.0L · 10-01-2021, 11:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Esteban

An old girlfriend of mine when I was a teenager owned a Corvair. That car was fun. Way more fun than my wife's Pinto.

Edit: neither one of them made me crash or exploded on me. Just lucky, I guess.

My 1st car was a 1964 Corvair Monza. I bought it used in 1966. I had a lot of fun with that car including doing some careful tuning, added headers and dual exhaust.

wdb · 10-01-2021, 01:13 PM

Nader tried to do the same hatchet job on the VW Beetle but Road & Track stuffed a sock in it before he could do much damage. Nader was/is a manipulative liar and a fraud.

RelaxIN2 · 10-02-2021, 12:29 PM

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Originally Posted by TopJimmy

You know they wiped off the Sharpie with alcohol and used the same plane…

Had to ruin it for me, didn't you..!!

3.0L · 10-02-2021, 01:52 PM

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Originally Posted by wdb

Nader tried to do the same hatchet job on the VW Beetle but Road & Track stuffed a sock in it before he could do much damage. Nader was/is a manipulative liar and a fraud.

I think all Nader wanted to do is $ell his book.

When something seems fishy, follow the dollar.

sygazelle · 10-02-2021, 06:11 PM

...you click on this thread and then forget what you were going to write.

09-28-2021, 10:16 PM	#3653
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Esteban Major General 56062 Rep 7,241 Posts Drives: a slow car fast Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: SoCal iTrader: (0)	An old girlfriend of mine when I was a teenager owned a Corvair. That car was fun. Way more fun than my wife's Pinto. Edit: neither one of them made me crash or exploded on me. Just lucky, I guess. Last edited by Esteban; 09-30-2021 at 08:37 PM..
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Esteban Major General 56062 Rep 7,241 Posts Drives: a slow car fast Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: SoCal iTrader: (0)	The Corvair may have came first but Nader still hated the Pinto. THE EXPLODING FORD PINTO
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