Skin regeneration

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Good god, the children of today. I'm not unique or unusual in having raced with broken bones. I've had to assist riders onto bikes - and catch and lift them off after races too.
Getting your licence is IMPORTANT - just harden up and do it petal.

...I didn't want act the 'old hard cunt', routine, but you did it for me Greg...I can't remember how many times I kept racing or turned up the next week with smashed ribs or fucked shoulder and swung the leg over the bike...OP, do you really want to get your licence and ride, or not...I've told my kids to clean shit like that up and get back outside on their pushbikes...

[Madness]

I had gloves but I always thought that they can make things worse by getting caught.

Next time I will wear gloves for sure.

Yeah, nah. Gloves and rotating machinery is a general no-no.

[george formby]

...I didn't want act the 'old hard cunt', routine, but you did it for me Greg...I can't remember how many times I kept racing or turned up the next week with smashed ribs or fucked shoulder and swung the leg over the bike...OP, do you really want to get your licence and ride, or not...I've told my kids to clean shit like that up and get back outside on their pushbikes...

S'funny you should mention ribs and shoulders. I've been suffering with an intermittent pulled muscle in my back and finally decided to do something about it.

Off I toddle to a very good masseuse, not Thai, and after half an hour she has traced my muscle problem in the back to damaged shoulder muscles, a possible broken collar bone, (the injured shoulder is an inch higher than the other) and two, possibly three, broken ribs. Historical damage which I've never been aware of. I always thought I was exceptionally lucky not have broken a bone or two considering how many times I've visited the scenery.
Not that lucky after all I guess.
Reckon I could have babies!

[sugilite:Me]

Summat like real aloe vera .

I second this - amazing stuff. Go to a plant store and grab a good sized one. Break a piece off, slit it down the sides and apply the goo. Twice a day will do it, no more or it will dry out and crack the new skin. I don't cover the wound with anything if I can help it - being exposed to the air will accelerate the healing no end. The aloe vera kills infection and stops it weeping. I poo pooed it when my ex and I received identical gravel rash, I used conventional medicine and it got worse, hers improved immediately. I finally relented and tried it and instant success!

[Paul in NZ]

Fuck me.... I ground a solid half inch off my thumb by protecting m metalflake purple gas tank from the road with my hand... cut a few tendons too... Moved the clutch to the other side... Rode to work and got run over by a moron in a Mk2 Zepher... I remember laying in the gutter and looking up at the underneath of the Zepher and though - 'I wish I caught the bus'... Ring them and explain - its hard enough as it is...

[mossy1200]

Had a Bennett's fracture and cast from elbow to fingers with thumb up hitchhiking style once.
Got bored while on acc so I drove to Dunedin from Oamaru and traded my car on a FZR1000 and road it home.

[george formby]

I second this - amazing stuff. Go to a plant store and grab a good sized one. Break a piece off, slit it down the sides and apply the goo. Twice a day will do it, no more or it will dry out and crack the new skin. I don't cover the wound with anything if I can help it - being exposed to the air will accelerate the healing no end. The aloe vera kills infection and stops it weeping. I poo pooed it when my ex and I received identical gravel rash, I used conventional medicine and it got worse, hers improved immediately. I finally relented and tried it and instant success!

I always keep a lump in the fridge through the summer. Brilliant on sun burn, scratches, stings, summer wounds lol. Be good for the op, too. Manuka honey helps get the skin growing back and kills infection. Exceedingly good stuff.

Great stuff. I love war stories threads.

[jafagsx250]

Yeah. I've gone from doing nothing for safety as a 20 year old through to now where I'm wearing ear protectors, safety glasses/goggles, dust mask, gloves whenever warranted and using a wee RCD when using electrical cutty things. RCD was really only because I saw it cheap one day and thought I should probably have one just so could say I use one. Damned thing probably did save me one day when I cut through the extension cord while using electric hedge clippers. Was very sobering to find the clippers had stopped working because the RCD had tripped then followng the cable back to find a big cut in it with wires exposed. Yay for ATGATT beyond bikes!


You've probably heard some people saying that sort of thing to justify not wearing the gear but safety gear will seldom make things worse. It's a bit like those few people who won't wear a car seatbelt and justify it by saying it would be dangerous if they finished up submerged somewhere and couldn't release the belt.

I always use grade 5 ear plugs and all the other stuff. Just thought that spinning stuff and gloves don't mix dye to stories about getting a de gloved hand.

I also used am rcd as my mum insisted when I was trimming the hedge and it saved my life as I cut the cable.

...I didn't want act the 'old hard cunt', routine, but you did it for me Greg...I can't remember how many times I kept racing or turned up the next week with smashed ribs or fucked shoulder and swung the leg over the bike...OP, do you really want to get your licence and ride, or not...I've told my kids to clean shit like that up and get back outside on their pushbikes...

My brother jumped on the chance to profit from my stupidity so he'll be doing it and I'll pay for another go next time they're doing one.

I would do it but it is a fair amount of money to throw away just because I'm trying to be a hard man.

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[jafagsx250]

Prezactly.

Just clutch lessshift on the way up and stamp on the lever for downs. The examiner will hardly tell the difference and commend you for your authoritive riding style. Maybe.

I ride a hyosung (prepares to be flamed) so it's not as though the clutch less gear shifts will make it more clunky. Of you change gear high in the Rev range it just clunks and sounds like the gearbox will give up on life after any moment.

[Katman]

......just because I'm trying to be a hard man.

It doesn't sound like it.

[jafagsx250]

It doesn't sound like it.

I'm a wimp just like all of the other millennial born babies.

[swbarnett]

Damned thing probably did save me one day when I cut through the extension cord while using electric hedge clippers. Was very sobering to find the clippers had stopped working because the RCD had tripped then followng the cable back to find a big cut in it with wires exposed.

RCDs are useful but most of the time they don't have any effect on the type of accident you describe. Without an RCD the cutting tool does the same job. The time it takes to cut the cord is too short to do any damage to the operator. I've seen a cord caught up in a skilly and such like before RCDs existed with no harm done to the operator. One incident I was directly involved in. I was wiring a plug on to a cord and I wanted to see how long I needed it to be so I plugged it in and ran the cord. The dumb thing was that I subconsciously turned the socket on then proceeded to cut the cord with my Swiss army knife. Huge orange flash and a gouge almost all the way through the knife. I felt nothing. Unplugged the cord and finished the job.

[F5 Dave]

Curious part of the brain saying ` bet this would be more exciting if. . . `

[jasonu]

Curious part of the brain saying ` bet this would be more exciting if. . . `

Up early Dave...

[jafagsx250]

I passed in case any of you were wondering. Finger was not an issue. Did it with pass masters in south Auckland. Didn't fuck up my u turns which is nice.

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