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Floyd R. Turbo

(26,549 posts) Wed Mar 6, 2019, 08:11 PM Mar 2019

When I was a kid I injured myself sledding, falling off my bike and playing rafter tag. Now I get

hurt standing up, sleeping the wrong way, and sneezing!

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When I was a kid I injured myself sledding, falling off my bike and playing rafter tag. Now I get (Original Post) Floyd R. Turbo Mar 2019 OP

It hurts just to hear you say that!! InAbLuEsTaTe Mar 2019 #1

Life... Snackshack Mar 2019 #2

I need to learn how to walk again. Not only that, I hurt my knee a year ago too and after applegrove Mar 2019 #3

Well, to be honest, when you were a kid the front bike wheels were six feet tall. dameatball Mar 2019 #4

Yes! One day on my way to work I realized I couldn't so I rode the rest of the way in GemDigger Mar 2019 #5

Sneezing is the worse. Hurts my shoulders. Lochloosa Mar 2019 #6

WHat is rafter tag? Amaryllis Mar 2019 #7

I don't know, volstork Mar 2019 #8

I envisioned running around on roof rafters in an attic...really safe! Amaryllis Mar 2019 #11

That's what I was thinking, too. volstork Mar 2019 #13

Like regular tag but played on rafters in barns, stables, etc. Last kid up was it. If you touched Floyd R. Turbo Mar 2019 #15

I thought it had to do with chasing turkeys around ProudLib72 Mar 2019 #17

Not to be crude but.. hibbing Mar 2019 #9

An old timer (I'm not quite there but I can see it from where I am) I use to work with MLAA Mar 2019 #10

A child is made of rubber BlueSpot Mar 2019 #12

..also bending down and tying my shoes. kairos12 Mar 2019 #14

I still don't know what rafter tag is. Ron Obvious Mar 2019 #16

See #15! Floyd R. Turbo Mar 2019 #18

InAbLuEsTaTe

(24,122 posts)

1. It hurts just to hear you say that!!

Reply to Floyd R. Turbo (Original post)

Wed Mar 6, 2019, 08:12 PM

Mar 2019

Bernie & Elizabeth 2020!!!
Welcome to the revolution!!!

Snackshack

(2,541 posts)

2. Life...

Reply to Floyd R. Turbo (Original post)

Wed Mar 6, 2019, 08:17 PM

Mar 2019

It’s a viscous cycle.

applegrove

(118,689 posts)

3. I need to learn how to walk again. Not only that, I hurt my knee a year ago too and after

Reply to Floyd R. Turbo (Original post)

Wed Mar 6, 2019, 08:21 PM

Mar 2019

it began to heal I had forgotten how to get into the bathtub. My muscle memory was gone.

dameatball

(7,398 posts)

4. Well, to be honest, when you were a kid the front bike wheels were six feet tall.

Reply to Floyd R. Turbo (Original post)

Wed Mar 6, 2019, 08:26 PM

Mar 2019

GemDigger

(4,305 posts)

5. Yes! One day on my way to work I realized I couldn't so I rode the rest of the way in

Reply to Floyd R. Turbo (Original post)

Wed Mar 6, 2019, 08:48 PM

Mar 2019

and told them I was leaving because I blew out my rotator cuff. The boss asked me what I did. My response was "I went to sleep".
My back goes out on a sneeze if it catches me off guard or reaching to put the blinds up.

Lochloosa

(16,066 posts)

6. Sneezing is the worse. Hurts my shoulders.

Reply to Floyd R. Turbo (Original post)

Wed Mar 6, 2019, 08:55 PM

Mar 2019

Amaryllis

(9,524 posts)

7. WHat is rafter tag?

Reply to Floyd R. Turbo (Original post)

Wed Mar 6, 2019, 09:38 PM

Mar 2019

volstork

(5,402 posts)

8. I don't know,

Reply to Amaryllis (Reply #7)

Wed Mar 6, 2019, 09:59 PM

Mar 2019

but it sounds really safe!

Amaryllis

(9,524 posts)

11. I envisioned running around on roof rafters in an attic...really safe!

Reply to volstork (Reply #8)

Wed Mar 6, 2019, 10:59 PM

Mar 2019

volstork

(5,402 posts)

13. That's what I was thinking, too.

Reply to Amaryllis (Reply #11)

Thu Mar 7, 2019, 11:57 AM

Mar 2019

Right up a 14-year-old's alley!

Floyd R. Turbo

(26,549 posts)

15. Like regular tag but played on rafters in barns, stables, etc. Last kid up was it. If you touched

Reply to Amaryllis (Reply #7)

Thu Mar 7, 2019, 07:54 PM

Mar 2019

anything below the beams you were out.

ProudLib72

(17,984 posts)

17. I thought it had to do with chasing turkeys around

Reply to Floyd R. Turbo (Reply #15)

Thu Mar 7, 2019, 08:40 PM

Mar 2019

Tag involving turkeys might have been safer.

hibbing

(10,098 posts)

9. Not to be crude but..

Reply to Floyd R. Turbo (Original post)

Wed Mar 6, 2019, 10:01 PM

Mar 2019

I think I pulled a muscle while finishing a #2.

Peace

MLAA

(17,298 posts)

10. An old timer (I'm not quite there but I can see it from where I am) I use to work with

Reply to Floyd R. Turbo (Original post)

Wed Mar 6, 2019, 10:41 PM

Mar 2019

once said ‘At my age if you want to play, you gotta play hurt!’

BlueSpot

(855 posts)

12. A child is made of rubber

Reply to Floyd R. Turbo (Original post)

Wed Mar 6, 2019, 11:39 PM

Mar 2019

Ever seen a 50 year old rubber band? There ya go.

kairos12

(12,862 posts)

14. ..also bending down and tying my shoes.

Reply to Floyd R. Turbo (Original post)

Thu Mar 7, 2019, 06:54 PM

Mar 2019

Ron Obvious

(6,261 posts)

16. I still don't know what rafter tag is.

Reply to Floyd R. Turbo (Original post)

Thu Mar 7, 2019, 08:16 PM

Mar 2019

Sorry, I'm grumpy because I can't stop coughing and I pulled a muscle in my arse.

Floyd R. Turbo

(26,549 posts)

18. See #15!

Reply to Ron Obvious (Reply #16)

Thu Mar 7, 2019, 08:51 PM

Mar 2019

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