Author Topic: How was your day (Read 621294 times)

azguzzirep · « **Reply #1440 on:** April 15, 2017, 03:04:19 PM »

Gute Besserung!

German for "hope you feel better".

Chuck in Indiana · « **Reply #1441 on:** April 15, 2017, 04:08:17 PM »

Bought a couple of crawdad traps today. Dorcia's been complaining about them making volcanoes in her flower beds. Maybe at least we'll get some Etouffee out of it..

Cam told me how to kill them last year without poisoning the pond, but I like the catch and eat option.

twowings · « **Reply #1442 on:** April 15, 2017, 04:52:45 PM »

Glad you're on the mend, Nick! You've got a LOT more books to write so I can read them...

nick949 · « **Reply #1443 on:** April 18, 2017, 05:36:27 PM »

Simply marvelous dahlings. Following Bypass surgery on Thursday I was discharged today and am now home. Apart from a little cat scratch down my chest and a hole in my leg, I'm pretty much back to normal although it will be a couple of months before I can ride again.

Surgeons nurses and support staff were top notch, and even though I have zero medical insurance it cost me precisely nothing. Don't believe that rot governments might tell you about social medicine. It works.

Nick

Peter949 · « **Reply #1444 on:** April 19, 2017, 06:28:43 AM »

Excellent Nick ... good to hear that you are well and at home!

Peter

Testarossa · « **Reply #1445 on:** April 19, 2017, 08:37:21 AM »

Wonderful news, Nick. You have time to polish the bike beautifully before riding again.

Lannis · « **Reply #1446 on:** April 19, 2017, 06:35:43 PM »

Quote from: nick949 on April 18, 2017, 05:36:27 PM

..... and even though I have zero medical insurance it cost me precisely nothing....
Nick

Nick, Nick, Nick ... I'm really glad you're doing well, but wait till the anaesthesia wears off before you calculate about the "nothing" thing .... !

And that little "cat scratch" on the outside is hiding another "scratch" that's still curing ... don't ride till the doc sez so!

Lannis

Nic in Western NYS · « **Reply #1447 on:** April 19, 2017, 08:31:56 PM »

Way to go Nick, glad you'll be back in the saddle when the time is right.

Muzz · « **Reply #1448 on:** April 23, 2017, 03:18:44 AM »

Good to see you up and raring to go Nick.

nick949 · « **Reply #1449 on:** April 23, 2017, 06:39:25 AM »

Quote from: Lannis on April 19, 2017, 06:35:43 PM

Nick, Nick, Nick ... I'm really glad you're doing well, but wait till the anaesthesia wears off before you calculate about the "nothing" thing .... !

And that little "cat scratch" on the outside is hiding another "scratch" that's still curing ... don't ride till the doc sez so!

Lannis

I've been really,really lucky with pain - basically hardly any at all and have been off any pain meds for many days now. I put it down to my general level of health (I was walking up to 5 miles a day prior to the surgery - staying just below the angina threshold), and the consummate skill of the surgical team. The worst was the removal of the three plastic drain pipes from my chest. That was no fun at all.

Lannis, I take your advise about not riding (or much of anything else) too soon until cleared by the Doctor. The idea of re-cracking my sternum by accident isn't appealing at all. For now Planet Earth 2 and CNN provide about all the entertainment I can tolerate.

Nick

Lannis · « **Reply #1450 on:** April 23, 2017, 07:34:10 AM »

Quote from: nick949 on April 23, 2017, 06:39:25 AM

I've been really,really lucky with pain - basically hardly any at all and have been off any pain meds for many days now. I put it down to my general level of health (I was walking up to 5 miles a day prior to the surgery - staying just below the angina threshold) ....

Nick

Smart man to be aware of what your body can take, and realizing that the better your health is, the faster you'll come back from any operation or injury.

Since we're on the subject, how do you know where the "angina threshold" is? Sounds like "exploring the limits of traction" on a motorcycle ... there's only one way to know where the limit actually is ... !

Lannis

nick949 · « **Reply #1451 on:** April 23, 2017, 09:01:26 AM »

Quote from: Lannis on April 23, 2017, 07:34:10 AM

Smart man to be aware of what your body can take, and realizing that the better your health is, the faster you'll come back from any operation or injury.

Since we're on the subject, how do you know where the "angina threshold" is? Sounds like "exploring the limits of traction" on a motorcycle ... there's only one way to know where the limit actually is ... !

Lannis

Because I'm a long time hiker, have a very active occupation and have spent a lifetime putting my body under stress, as my arteries started to clog, my heart responded by growing a network of collateral arteries to take up the slack. For quite a while I had been conscious of a mild discomfort at the start of anything energetic which would gradually diminish if I continued......unti l late last year. It slowly got to the point where the angina wouldn�t clear if I continued to exert myself.

My walking prior to surgery was almost always on an abandoned railway line and the pace was gentle. I could tell even if there was the slightest grade, and modified my pace accordingly. The onset of my angina symptoms under these conditions was very progressive and predictable. And I was very careful.

However, as with everything, there was some risk, but I felt the benefits outweighed them. I was lucky and it's certainly not a strategy I'd recommend to anyone else.

Nick

Crossing the UK from coast to coast 2015 - Lake District

Lannis · « **Reply #1452 on:** April 23, 2017, 04:12:27 PM »

Nick, sounds like you've got a level of control on your body's condition that most people don't have or don't know how to get ... Puts you in a position to "Carry On"!

Thanks for the update.

Lannis

RANDM · « **Reply #1453 on:** April 23, 2017, 05:56:48 PM »

Glad things are progressing well Nic

nick949 · « **Reply #1454 on:** April 25, 2017, 12:24:51 PM »

Another great day. I just walked 1.1kms (0.68miles) around our block in the rain. OK, a feisty tortoise might have beaten me home, but it's a start.

I also bought a Convert from a friend. I'd been lusting after it for ages. No idea why - I just fancied it.

Nick

oldbike54 · « **Reply #1455 on:** April 25, 2017, 01:51:07 PM »

You are my hero Nick

Dusty

nick949 · « **Reply #1456 on:** April 25, 2017, 02:09:41 PM »

Quote from: oldbike54 on April 25, 2017, 01:51:07 PM

You are my hero Nick

Dusty

I'm a keyboard hero Dusty

oldbike54 · « **Reply #1457 on:** April 25, 2017, 02:27:48 PM »

Quote from: nick949 on April 25, 2017, 02:09:41 PM

I'm a keyboard hero Dusty

There are much worse things to be .

Dusty

Chuck in Indiana · « **Reply #1458 on:** April 25, 2017, 03:47:57 PM »

First day it hasn't been blowing 25 gusting to 35 all year. Flew the MonoColt and Mouser. Got most of the annual inspection done on Mouser, and gave her a much needed bath. Cleaned her belly. (yuck) Cleaned the bottom of her wings. (double yuck)
Serviced the Mighty V dub. :)

2017-04-25_11-43-40 by Charles Stottlemyer, on Flickr

Peter949 · « **Reply #1459 on:** April 25, 2017, 05:28:14 PM »

Hi Nick ... that is great that you were able to pick up a Convert in your area! One fellow in our OGR group has a convert for sale, and I am also very interested to purchase one. Hopefully one day you could ride it up to our Lavigne Rally?

Peter

balvenie · « **Reply #1460 on:** April 25, 2017, 06:40:51 PM »

Quote from: nick949 on April 25, 2017, 12:24:51 PM

I also bought a Convert from a friend. I'd been lusting after it for ages. No idea why - I just fancied it.
Nick

Ahhh

Retail therapy

Recommended for its Medicinal Properties, Nick?

Testarossa · « **Reply #1461 on:** May 04, 2017, 05:45:46 PM »

Turning into a country boy.

My daughter was here Tuesday thru Thursday, with her mother's car and a gallumphing four-year-old golden retriever who put some life into Gracie the old beagle and inspired great courage in Zorro the six-month-old tomcat. Cleo is on her way to New York and on to Israel for a couple of weeks before returning to Jackson, Wyo for the summer tourist season. We rode the Mille over to the Black Canyon, pushed and pulled by a 30-knot wind.

I got the irrigation pump running and laid out Gail's sprinkler system. Learned how to nurse a 20-year-old Sears riding mower into action, and cut the half-acre of bumpy lawn for the first time. This required taking down a section of fence so I'm now into fence repair using my safety wire skills. Gail giggles every time I do something farmer-like.

guzzisteve · « **Reply #1462 on:** May 04, 2017, 06:02:25 PM »

Storms today, gives me something to do. Clean up mess, good thing dog wasn't in the totaled pen, gotta cut down the other half too.

nick949 · « **Reply #1463 on:** May 04, 2017, 06:08:26 PM »

6.4kms (4 miles) today. A little sore where they stole my saphenous vein, but otherwise effortless. Hills? What hills?

Nick

Penderic · « **Reply #1464 on:** May 04, 2017, 06:23:25 PM »

Not bad!

Whoops! I go clean myself off now.

Northern Bill · « **Reply #1465 on:** May 05, 2017, 07:18:04 AM »

One of my passions is gardening so this continual rain is really great for the garden! Up here in Ontario things are turning green at a terrific rate so I am having a good day. As for riding, I seldom start riding in the rain so I won't be riding soon by the look of it.

tonUPRacer · « **Reply #1466 on:** May 05, 2017, 09:11:24 AM »

So far so good. rode into work about 45 degrees, pulled my first wheelie on Racer, found out 1st gear pulls them quite nicely!

Penderic · « **Reply #1467 on:** May 07, 2017, 02:09:44 AM »

Another great day!

Got some work done.

Undone.

I'm gone!

tris · « **Reply #1468 on:** May 07, 2017, 07:08:06 AM »

GREAT

I spent a happy hour and a half amongst the back roads of Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire playing Accelerate, Brake, Corner Repeat

guzzisteve · « **Reply #1469 on:** May 07, 2017, 09:51:29 AM »

Got the motor back in a Yamaha 650 VStar, all but 1 engine bolt. It's behind the evap box and to get it off the philips head screws are nfg. It may be deleted. He only puts on 2Kmi a year 3mi to work, not really a rider to go out riding more just commuting. Took 10yrs for it to stop running. At least it's getting an oil change.

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Author Topic: How was your day (Read 621294 times)

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