I just took a terrible fall outside......

Sean Reynolds

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Tue Dec-09-03 09:56 PM
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I just took a terrible fall outside......

Was taking out the garbage when I slipped on some ice. I flew up into the air and landed hard on my back. Not only is my butt in pain, I scraped my arm something fierce and it BURNS right now.

Fucking ice.

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ComerPerro

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Tue Dec-09-03 09:57 PM
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1. Is this because the lounge broke?

I bet it is. You got up to take out the trash because there was no lounge, right? Right?

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Sean Reynolds

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Tue Dec-09-03 09:58 PM
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5. Pretty much.

Can I sue DU?

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ComerPerro

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Tue Dec-09-03 10:09 PM
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13. You would be suing yourself

Sue DU and then donate to cover the settlement...

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Myra

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Tue Dec-09-03 10:38 PM
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17. Hell yeah sue DU! I'll testify for you (for a 50/50 split - wink)

Oh wait a minute, we'd just be sueing for the money we all donated. Never mind.

New plan! Read Free Republic, then take out the trash (which includes Free Republic), and sue them!

Hey, mend fast and take care.

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ScreamingMeemie

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Tue Dec-09-03 09:57 PM
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2. Ouch! Hope you didn't hit your head. Major healing vibes

coming your way..Bad ice, Bad!!

Hugs, Laura

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Sean Reynolds

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Tue Dec-09-03 09:58 PM
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7. I didn't hit my head, but came close.

Thanks! :)

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Rowdyboy

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Tue Dec-09-03 09:57 PM
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3. And that, my friends, is what I like about the

South...72 degrees and raining!

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Capn Sunshine

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Tue Dec-09-03 10:30 PM
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15. Hell yes!

here it was 75 and clear ....in Deeeeeeeeeeeeeep South
of California.....

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catzies

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Tue Dec-09-03 10:36 PM
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16. It's true! Out my window I saw the islands,,,

..it was gorgeous and clear and 70 degrees on the coast!

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Blade

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Tue Dec-09-03 10:39 PM
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18. You guys suck.

jk. :(

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Blade

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Tue Dec-09-03 09:58 PM
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4. The cold weather sucks...

I nearly broke my tailbone last year from falling on my ass due to ice.

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Fridays Child

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Tue Dec-09-03 09:58 PM
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6. Not trying to be funny but get some ice on that butt.

Really.

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YNGW

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Tue Dec-09-03 09:59 PM
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8. Two Words:

Medic Alert

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Sean Reynolds

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Tue Dec-09-03 10:04 PM
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11. Help, I've fallen and I can't get up.

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Valerie5555

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Tue Dec-09-03 10:00 PM
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9. My sympathy

Edited on Tue Dec-09-03 10:01 PM by Valerie5555

Winter gotta love it, probably *NOT* since ice is only beautiful until you slip on it and bruise your knee (like I did last February) or your ass.

That and the damn snowboarders seem to take over the ski hill and you may run the risk of one of them *shmucking* into you when you ski.

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niyad

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Tue Dec-09-03 10:03 PM
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10. take a LONG soak in the tub with epsom salts, take ibuprofen, and get

Edited on Tue Dec-09-03 10:04 PM by niyad

vitamin E on the scraped arm. you are going to be sore for several days, so keep the ibu's handy. good luck, and healing thoughts coming your way (and believe me, I know how you feel, just recovered from a nasty fall myself.

if there is an herbal or organic store anywhere around you, get calendula (pot marigold) and some muslin bags or cheesecloth. put the calendula in the muslin and fix it so that the bathtub faucet runs through it while filling the bath. soak in it as warm as you can stand it for about 30 minutes (twice a day if you can) this is going to take out the bruising and reduce the swelling.

good luck

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johnnie

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Tue Dec-09-03 10:07 PM
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12. Or....

Take a few valium, drink a 5th and hit the hay..lol. J/k, good advice niyad.

And I hope you don't hurt for too long. I hate falling these days. It takes 3 times as long to not hurt.

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Prisoner_Number_Six

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Tue Dec-09-03 10:22 PM
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14. As long as you didn't take one of MINE, that's okay.

Just don't take one again. First, borrow the fall to see just how terrible it is. If after taking it you find you don't like it, you see, you can always give it back!

Simple, really...

:evilgrin:

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Cha

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Tue Dec-09-03 10:53 PM
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19. OUCH!

I almost broke my ribs on ice when I first came to New York! I hate it!

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AlFrankenFan

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Tue Dec-09-03 11:06 PM
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20. Ow! Damn

Gotta be more careful, hope you feel better.

Speaking ofI fell off a bench today when trying to put my heavy backpack on and scraped my knee and left elbow up. Knee still hurts. Note to self: need more sleep and more energy or less stuff in backpack.

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geniph

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Wed Dec-10-03 06:06 PM
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21. Friend of mine broke her tailbone that way

and man, the tip of that little coccyx is a delicate little sucker that takes forever to heal! You break that, you can forget about sitting without pain for the next few weeks. She had to carry this foam-rubber ring that looked like an inflatable toilet seat around with her. She was quite embarrassed by it, as everyone assumed she had hemorrhoids, not a broken tail.

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