>What did you break?

This is actually corrective for an old fall injury
that did not heal correctly.  Just by way of advising
a fellow homeowner, do NOT be tempted to climb up onto
a ten foot tall arbor/pergola in order to trim the
wisteria the way you have been doing it for the last
ten years; use a ladder this time instead.  You will
thank me for this.

I received the same NO WEIGHT BEARING warning and have
been trying my best to observe it, but the Westy
clutch actuation is pretty light.  Fortunately, I also
have an automatic vehicle on standby.

Stephen

--- Joy Hecht <jhecht@ALUM.MIT.EDU> wrote:

> Eh, I'm sorry to hear you're on crutches too.  I
> hope your shoulders are
> doing better than mine!  What did you break?
>
> Your van a manual or an automatic?  When they tell
> me "non-weight-bearing,"
> I believe them, and don't drive a manual.  At least
> not yet, I only broke
> this thing on Friday.  No pain-killers needed, but
> I'm not trying to put my
> foot on the clutch.
>
> Thank goodness it's ridiculously warm out and I can
> let my toes wiggle in
> the fresh air.
>
>
>
> Joy
>
>
> :::-----Original Message-----
> :::From: Vanagon Mailing List
> [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM] On Behalf
> :::Of Stephen Grisanti
> :::Sent: Sunday, January 14, 2007 2:20 PM
> :::To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> :::Subject: Re: blatant plea for sympathy (LVC!)
> :::
> :::>I can't drive my van now!!  Matilda is going to
> be
> :::>abandoned to the driveway!
> :::
> :::Stuff and nonsense!  Piffle and humbug!  I've
> been on
> :::crutches for four weeks now (four to go) with my
> left
> :::foot and calf in a cast, and immediately after
> reading
> :::your post I went out for a spin in the 4-speed
> Westy
> :::to be certain I was not missing something.
> Nothing to
> :::it, though I would not advise you try it if
> you're
> :::still on painkillers.
> :::
> :::Just be glad you don't live with the kind of
> person
> :::who brings home a kid's Tigger slipper, found in
> the
> :::alley during a dog walk, that she converts to a
> toe
> :::snood and insists that you wear it to cover your
> :::exposed tootsies.
> :::
> :::You're right, though, cast-and-crutches is a
> massive
> :::PITA for as long as it lasts.  Heal fast.
> :::
> :::Stephen
> :::
> :::
> :::--- Joy Hecht <jhecht@ALUM.MIT.EDU> wrote:
> :::
> :::> WAAAHHH!!  I can't drive my van now!!  Matilda
> is
> :::> going to be abandoned to
> :::> the driveway!
> :::>
> :::> (end of vanagon content...  :-)
> :::>
> :::> I am now the happy owner of two crutches, one
> big
> :::> fiberglass splint and one
> :::> broken foot bone.  It sucks!  All sympathy
> greatly
> :::> needed!!!  Who knew that
> :::> I could break my foot, just by being clumsy and
> :::> tripping on the curb???
> :::> Surely not I, especially not before I continued
> :::> walking another mile and a
> :::> half to where I was going!  Teach me to figure
> I
> :::> should get exercise by
> :::> walking all around town...
> :::>
> :::> I have at least figured out how to carry a bowl
> of
> :::> soup from the kitchen to
> :::> the dining room table on crutches without
> spilling
> :::> it.  And thanks to global
> :::> warming I don't have to contend with snow and
> ice on
> :::> my crutches.  And thank
> :::> goodness my Prius doesn't take two feet to
> drive,
> :::> and it's my left foot that
> :::> I broke!
> :::>
> :::> Yeah yeah, I know there are MUCH more serious
> :::> problems in the world.  But I
> :::> still want sympathy, please!!!!
> :::>
> :::> Now, should I really send this email, or just
> quit
> :::> bitching and hit the
> :::> delete key???  Oops, there goes the "send"
> button!
> :::>
> :::>
> :::>
> :::>
> :::> Joy
> :::>
> :::>
> :::>
> :::>
>
:::****************************************************************
> :::> Joy Hecht
> :::> now hobbling up and down the steps on crutches
> while
> :::>
> :::> Matilda is temporarily deserted in the driveway
> :::>
> :::> For musings about life traveling in the van or
> :::> living in one place:
> :::> http://www.joyhecht.net
> :::>
> :::>
>
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