Model Boat Mayhem
Mess Deck: General Section => Chit-Chat => Topic started by: essex2visuvesi on October 25, 2010, 03:26:04 pm
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Had the first inch of snow here at the weekend
A little slip and an awkward landing resulted in 2 4 inch pins in my right hand for the next 6 weeks
broke the bone in my little finger just before the knuckle.
I knew I was in trouble when the Dr said "Hmmm that's an interesting fracture"
(http://i532.photobucket.com/albums/ee322/Essex2Visuvesi/25102010.jpg)
I guess building anything is out for the next few weeks :(
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Sorry to hear that Gary,...I hope you,re a Pally Duker,cause if you ain,t you,ll be needing a little help from your friends,
Wullie
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Too bad. Speedy recovery. We have first snow on the hills and minus 7 last night ! Time for the anti skid chains on the shoes :o
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Ouch!
You have my full sympathy. I went to the doctors a week or so ago about a very painful wrist, turns out I've had
De 'Quervain's tenosynovitis' for the last 6 months. It has got so bad recently, I couldn't move my hand yesterday.
However I found some very good advice on YouTube of all places!
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The cause of de Quervain's disease is not known. In medical terms, it remains idiopathic.
Some claim that this diagnosis should be included among overuse injuries and that repetitive movements of the thumb are a contributing factor, but there are no scientific data that support a link between hand use and de Quervain's. A common speculative cause or association today is typing on handheld devices, which has led to the condition being dubbed "Blackberry Thumb" O0.
Wullie
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The cause of de Quervain's disease is not known. In medical terms, it remains idiopathic.
Some claim that this diagnosis should be included among overuse injuries and that repetitive movements of the thumb are a contributing factor, but there are no scientific data that support a link between hand use and de Quervain's. A common speculative cause or association today is typing on handheld devices, which has led to the condition being dubbed "Blackberry Thumb" O0.
Wullie
is that the same as "playstation thumb"?
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In America, it's known as "Mommys thumb"?!?!? :embarrassed:
Essex2visuvesi hand is also known as "Swoon. I need to sit down just looking at it!" <:(
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Also known as "Washerwomans Sprain"..its a wonder more of us men don,t have it,seeing as how SWMBO,is the boss, {-),...well they like to think so
Wullie
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Also known as "Washerwomans Sprain"..its a wonder more of us men don,t have it,seeing as how SWMBO,is the boss, {-),...well they like to think so
Wullie
I hope you had permission to write that!!!!!!! {-)
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I wrote it when she was out, {-)
Wullie
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hope it heals quickly and without pain for you, My mother fell last year and ended up with a smith fracture in her wrist now has a steel plate and it doesn't like the cold weather :(
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hope it heals quickly and without pain for you, My mother fell last year and ended up with a smith fracture in her wrist now has a steel plate and it doesn't like the cold weather :(
lol then living in Finland is a bad move.... we're set to have our worst (coldest) winter in many many years :(
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lol then living in Finland is a bad move.... we're set to have our worst (coldest) winter in many many years :(
Thats Global Warming for you %% %% %%
Ned
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Hope your on the mend soon and its not your drinking hand, can you still model make with the other.
Regards, Sentry.
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Hope you get well soon, not much fun being in plaster, been there, done that this year! Bust Achilles in July and still suffering! {:-{ No snow here but plenty of rain...for a change...Dave... ok2
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Its only been a few days and im going mad. Cant do any building at all as i'm right handed. Struggle to even make a cup of tea :(
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Wullie
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Get the Film,..".All of Me"..with Steve Martin,it might Help,...but being a Pally Duker would have helped, {-)
Wullie
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I hope your on the mend soon and it was,nt your drinking hand can you still model make with the other.
Regards Sentry.
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Get the Film,..".All of Me"..with Steve Martin,it might Help,...but being a Pally Duker would have helped, {-)
Wullie
Speaking of Steve Martin films, when I was immobile I felt like his character in 'Dirty Rotten Scoundrels' when he was pretending to be the US war hero in the wheelchair! It drove me mad not being able to walk for seven weeks, very frustrating, Dave.. :-)
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I hope your on the mend soon and it was,nt your drinking hand can you still model make with the other.
Regards Sentry.
No drinking either due to the cocktail of painkillers and antibiotics :(
Note to self:-
Be more careful in the snow
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No need to delete it. It will apply to all of us at some point.....
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No need to delete it. It will apply to all of us at some point.....
{-) Great logic!
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About 4 inches in the last hour!
(http://i532.photobucket.com/albums/ee322/Essex2Visuvesi/DSCF0537.jpg)
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My Wife fell a couple of years ago and had 3 pins in her wrist, We still have them, they seem to be stainless steel, about 2 mm thick and the hook at one end ( So the Doctor has something to fix on when they were pulled out!!) looks as though it was bent by a Plumber!! pardon my ignorance, but what is SWMBO ? Is a Pally Duker the same as Dolly Push or Cackhanded?
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swmbo= SHE WHO MUST BE OBAYED.
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Still uncomfoortable... Had a checkup last friday and a change of cast
Grabbed a quick pic while the cast was off
(http://i532.photobucket.com/albums/ee322/Essex2Visuvesi/12112010.jpg)
another X ray and checkup on 8/12 so fingers crossed the 2 pins can come out and the cast
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Thats Global Warming for you %% %% %%
Perfectly true! Scientists have just come up with this one: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/11/101117114028.htm
The rule is - whatever the weather it's Global Warming (or their new one, Climate Disruption). Just keep paying for the grants with vastly increased fuel bills.
I wonder what the politicians will do when people start dying....
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My Wife fell a couple of years ago and had 3 pins in her wrist, We still have them, they seem to be stainless steel, about 2 mm thick and the hook at one end ( So the Doctor has something to fix on when they were pulled out!!) looks as though it was bent by a Plumber!! pardon my ignorance, but what is SWMBO ? Is a Pally Duker the same as Dolly Push or Cackhanded?
To be Cackhanded in general means to do things awkwardly or to be awkward, could meant left handed in some areas as well.
LB
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you could always build anticipation
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guess they aint just badly placed pins you were meaning to use for modeling ?
was going to say "pain is all in the mind" !
but thats bl##dy obvious ! and why it hurts .
hope its bearable and your festive season aint hampered.
get drunk,over eat,be merry and god bless.
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guess they aint just badly placed pins you were meaning to use for modeling ?
was going to say "pain is all in the mind" !
but thats bl##dy obvious ! and why it hurts .
hope its bearable and your festive season aint hampered.
get drunk,over eat,be merry and god bless.
I now know how the planks on my Phantom felt lol
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Sorry to hear of your misfortune Gary, get well soon, and please be careful.
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Get well soon, at least you have a free hand to open all your new modelling presents on Christmas. Leave a copy of Model Boat Magazine open to the item you want on the table and highlight your wish list, works for me. {-)
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Thanks for the replies guys!
Back in hospital on wed 8th and fingers crossed the pins will be out.
Ive managed to do a little modelling but not much.... made a start on my 1-35 scale BR-52 loco
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how much snow is there in the UK now. is it everywhere or certain areas
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How's your hand?
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It is all over from north of Scotland to south of England, more forecast today in N W Scotland. Good for the ski industry, this is my locality www.cairngormmountain.com Minus 20c in the village last night, minus 5c daytime yesterday , we are at North 57 further north than Moscow ! Of course chaos in the south of Englandshire where they call out the army if it freezes in the apple orchards of Kent. O0 {-) {-) %% ;D :D {-) :} Hows your mitt?
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Hi Essexto.... Are you by any chance left handed?
I ask this as I was taxi to a friend who had fractured fingers and wrist on his left hand after a fall in the house.
So two visits to the A & E, long waits, you know the story, but all of the 'arms in slings' were to the left arm / wrist.
I was curious as to how all (probably 15 or so) had a left arm injury. This was apart from a few leg problems.
Its very slippery out locally at the moment so take care everyone, gravity is very quick!
regards to all, Roy
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To be Cackhanded in general means to do things awkwardly or to be awkward, could meant left handed in some areas as well.
LB
The expression "Cackhanded" comes from Victorian days and the apprentices working in the mills. When they were locked in the dormitories at night, there were no washing facilities and the loo was a tub or bucket. They adopted the practice of using the right hand when eating and the left hand when for other tasks involving the use of the loo. Hence...........cackhand !!! O0 O0
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how much snow is there in the UK now. is it everywhere or certain areas...
Everywhere. In most places in the South East, where London and the bulk of the population is, we have only had a couple of heavy snow days, leaving about 4" of snow. But it has stayed cold, so the snow has not melted.
Why is this a problem, you ask? After all, this sounds like a light Christmas snowfall. Alas, the authorities firmly believe in Global Warming, and so were completely unprepared to grit and clear snow. Months ago, the Met Office had officially said it was going to be warm. By the time they got their equipment in place the snow had had two or three days to turn into a sheet of ice covering everything, the railways had to stop, the airports were closed, etc...
Things are, by and large, working now. But a lot of people took quite a heavy avoidable hit....