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Worst accident/illness thread?
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Broken big toe on left foot playing football on the beach while on holiday.
Broken middle, little toe left foot falling down stairs
Broken a rib from sparing a little heavy.
Broken all toes on left foot sparing on different occasions.
Countless scars on my hand from messing around with knives as a kids
big cut above eye from standing too close to someone playing golf when I was about 7, plenty stitches and tidy scarComment
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In one incident -
1 broken vertebra
1 crushed vertebra (they are partially soft you know)
1 displaced rib (it sits out of alignment with the others)
large gash to back of head
considerable soft tissue damage to chest which was still painful 6 months after.
I was very lucky with only the above and it changed my life by making me realise it is too short...Back at the coal faceComment
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Originally posted by al_cam View PostIn one incident -
1 broken vertebra
1 crushed vertebra (they are partially soft you know)
1 displaced rib (it sits out of alignment with the others)
large gash to back of head
considerable soft tissue damage to chest which was still painful 6 months after.
I was very lucky with only the above and it changed my life by making me realise it is too short...Last edited by Old Greg; 26 January 2011, 13:55.Comment
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Originally posted by al_cam View PostIn one incident -
1 broken vertebra
1 crushed vertebra (they are partially soft you know)
1 displaced rib (it sits out of alignment with the others)
large gash to back of head
considerable soft tissue damage to chest which was still painful 6 months after.
I was very lucky with only the above and it changed my life by making me realise it is too short...
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Originally posted by al_cam View PostI was very lucky with only the above and it changed my life by making me realise it is too short...And what exactly is wrong with an "ad hominem" argument? Dodgy Agent, 16-5-2014Comment
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As a pedestrian I got hit by a car at 19. Went through the windscreen headfirst (from the outside) and got flipped 30 feet over the top. Luckily landed feet first but still smashed up my leg which meant no more impact sport for me. Ankle in particular still not very pleasant to look at 30 years later.
Had a skiing accident, took out an instructor on a dry slope and broke three ribs.
My daughter accidentally smashed my nose against the wall whilst I was carrying her up the stairs as a child, broke and had to have all the cartilage rebuilt. Shame they didn't straighten it at the same time.
Many and varied home improvement injuries requiring stitches.
Two years ago I was having an unrelated scan in hospital and I found out that I've only ever had one kidney....my quagmire of greed....my cesspit of laziness and unfairness....all I am doing is sticking two fingers up at nurses, doctors and other hard working employed professionals...
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Originally posted by Lockhouse View PostMy daughter accidentally smashed my nose against the wall whilst I was carrying her up the stairs as a child, broke and had to have all the cartilage rebuilt. Shame they didn't straighten it at the same time.And what exactly is wrong with an "ad hominem" argument? Dodgy Agent, 16-5-2014Comment
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I managed to break 3 ribs, a collar bone and puncture a lung in a single accident flying a kite.
4 days in hospital and back to work (in agony) 7 days later.Science isn't about why, it's about why not. You ask: why is so much of our science dangerous? I say: why not marry safe science if you love it so much. In fact, why not invent a special safety door that won't hit you in the butt on the way out, because you are fired. - Cave JohnsonComment
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Not much. Never been seriously ill. Broke small finger playing football. Fell 20ft off a cliff once as kid and landed unharmed between two rocks. Fell off MC a few times and worst I ever got was a tiny hairline fracture.bloggoth
If everything isn't black and white, I say, 'Why the hell not?'
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