Too Old?

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...if a dark night puts you off, fuggedit.

It's more the increased likelihood of becoming further acquainted with
the cold, hard ground and A&E that puts me off... I can do cold, wet,
icy, foggy (I don't think I've done snowy yet) -- even after a painful
day of office work -- but bad weather seems to make people drive like
escaped mental patients.

Christopher Harrison wrote on 10/11/2006 19:40 +0100:

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Quoted message said:

...if a dark night puts you off, fuggedit.

It's more the increased likelihood of becoming further acquainted with
the cold, hard ground and A&E that puts me off...

Welcome to the world of having the gravel scrubbed out of your road
rash. Are you sure you understand what pro competitive cycling is like?

--
Tony

"Anyone who conducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using
his intelligence; he is just using his memory."
- Leonardo da Vinci

Tony Raven said:

Christopher Harrison wrote on 10/11/2006 19:40 +0100:

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

...if a dark night puts you off, fuggedit.

It's more the increased likelihood of becoming further acquainted with
the cold, hard ground and A&E that puts me off...

Welcome to the world of having the gravel scrubbed out of your road
rash.

And trying to get the sheets to unstick in the morning 😉

--
---
Marten

M-gineering said:

Tony Raven said:

Christopher Harrison wrote on 10/11/2006 19:40 +0100:

Quoted message said:

> ...if a dark night puts you off, fuggedit.

It's more the increased likelihood of becoming further acquainted with
the cold, hard ground and A&E that puts me off...

Welcome to the world of having the gravel scrubbed out of your road
rash.

And trying to get the sheets to unstick in the morning 😉

Just cut through them & let the next day's weather soak them off gently

Tony Raven said:

Welcome to the world of having the gravel scrubbed out of your road rash.

Oooooo. I pitched up at A&E once after a domestic accident involving
an electric plug exploding and was handed a tub of Swarfega and a
scrubbing brush. "Don't you clean it?" I asked. "No. It will hurt less
if you do it yourself." the nurse said.

They don't seem to apply the same logic to taking sticking plaster off
hairy limbs though :-(

Mike

Mike Causer said:

Tony Raven said:

Welcome to the world of having the gravel scrubbed out of your road rash.

Oooooo. I pitched up at A&E once after a domestic accident involving
an electric plug exploding and was handed a tub of Swarfega and a
scrubbing brush. "Don't you clean it?" I asked. "No. It will hurt less
if you do it yourself." the nurse said.

They don't seem to apply the same logic to taking sticking plaster off
hairy limbs though :-(

Hibiscrub and a nail brush. After that I bought a tube of topical
xylocaine for future incidents. At least id doesn't hurt then as you
scrub out the gravel.

I have however never needed it since.

Regarding the stickydressings thing - came down the miners track once
with a casualty registrar. She tripped and grazed her knee, or so she
thought having put a minor hole in her lycra tights.

Back at the car I suggested she take more of a look at it as it was
still bleeding through the lycra.

Careful reconstruction of tights into shorts revealed a split to the
kneecap . Nae bother, she grabbed a melonin patch, smeared suncream all
over it (stops it sticking she said so it is easier to get off later),
phoned a colleague to bring round a surgical stapler and set off. Said
she wanted to get home to get it stitched (stapled) ASAP to minimise
the scarring.

...d

Mike Causer said:

They don't seem to apply the same logic to taking sticking plaster off
hairy limbs though :-(

Electrocardiograms are particularly nasty if you have a hairy chest.
When I had one, the nurse had a sort of sadistic grin as she ripped
each of the electrodes from my chest along with a perfectly healthy
crop of hair.

Tom Crispin wrote on 11/11/2006 07:22 +0100:

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Electrocardiograms are particularly nasty if you have a hairy chest.
When I had one, the nurse had a sort of sadistic grin as she ripped
each of the electrodes from my chest along with a perfectly healthy
crop of hair.

They've always shaved little bald patches on my chest for that. Less
painful but looks funny afterwards

--
Tony

"Anyone who conducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using
his intelligence; he is just using his memory."
- Leonardo da Vinci

On Sat, 11 Nov 2006 09:26:10 +0000, Tony Raven <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

Tom Crispin wrote on 11/11/2006 07:22 +0100:

Quoted message said:

Electrocardiograms are particularly nasty if you have a hairy chest.
When I had one, the nurse had a sort of sadistic grin as she ripped
each of the electrodes from my chest along with a perfectly healthy
crop of hair.

They've always shaved little bald patches on my chest for that. Less
painful but looks funny afterwards

Hmmmm.... I quite like the thought of having my chest shaved by a
nurse. Was it a wet shave?

Tom Crispin wrote on 11/11/2006 09:50 +0100:

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On Sat, 11 Nov 2006 09:26:10 +0000, Tony Raven <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

Tom Crispin wrote on 11/11/2006 07:22 +0100:

Quoted message said:

Electrocardiograms are particularly nasty if you have a hairy chest.
When I had one, the nurse had a sort of sadistic grin as she ripped
each of the electrodes from my chest along with a perfectly healthy
crop of hair.

They've always shaved little bald patches on my chest for that. Less
painful but looks funny afterwards

Hmmmm.... I quite like the thought of having my chest shaved by a
nurse. Was it a wet shave?

That's for me to know and you to wonder ;-)

--
Tony

"Anyone who conducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using
his intelligence; he is just using his memory."
- Leonardo da Vinci

Tom Crispin said:

Quoted message said:

They've always shaved little bald patches on my chest for that. Less
painful but looks funny afterwards

Hmmmm.... I quite like the thought of having my chest shaved by a nurse.
Was it a wet shave?

It's not the erotic sensation that your fevered mind imagines. Three
quick swipes with a dry safety razor, and it's over before you've realised
what happened.

Mike

When I had an ECG, after my last meeting with the Tarmac (damn
caravaners!), whilst I did note the attractiveness of the nurse at the
time, it wasn't exactly at the forefront of my attention... More that
unconsciousness is a kind of weird sensation.

Maybe that's just me :P

Mike Causer said:

Tom Crispin said:

Quoted message said:

They've always shaved little bald patches on my chest for that. Less
painful but looks funny afterwards

Hmmmm.... I quite like the thought of having my chest shaved by a nurse.
Was it a wet shave?

It's not the erotic sensation that your fevered mind imagines. Three
quick swipes with a dry safety razor, and it's over before you've realised
what happened.

Mike

Mike Causer said:

Tom Crispin said:

Quoted message said:

They've always shaved little bald patches on my chest for that. Less
painful but looks funny afterwards

Hmmmm.... I quite like the thought of having my chest shaved by a nurse.
Was it a wet shave?

It's not the erotic sensation that your fevered mind imagines. Three
quick swipes with a dry safety razor, and it's over before you've realised
what happened.

See also "Vasectomy"

Tim

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Quoted message said:

It's not the erotic sensation that your fevered mind imagines. Three
quick swipes with a dry safety razor, and it's over before you've realised
what happened.

See also "Vasectomy"

8<
Been there, had it done by a big hairy chappie :-( )
Back on the bike in 3 days - not recommended!
Robert

BigRab said:

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Quoted message said:

It's not the erotic sensation that your fevered mind imagines. Three
quick swipes with a dry safety razor, and it's over before you've realised
what happened.

See also "Vasectomy"

8<
Been there, had it done by a big hairy chappie :-( )
Back on the bike in 3 days - not recommended!
Robert

Too much information, not an image I need with my morning coffee,
sheesh!

Laters,

Marz

Christopher Harrison said:

When I had an ECG, after my last meeting with the Tarmac (damn
caravaners!), whilst I did note the attractiveness of the nurse at the
time, it wasn't exactly at the forefront of my attention... More that
unconsciousness is a kind of weird sensation.

Unconsciousness is no kind of sensation. It's the gradual coming round
that's weird.

--
Dave...

BigRab said:

Quoted message said:

See also "Vasectomy"

8<
Been there, had it done by a big hairy chappie :-( )
Back on the bike in 3 days - not recommended!

Not the 2 brick method then?

--
Dave...

OK -- granted... Actually, I think it was the slipping into
unconsciousness that was more weird, to me: my hearing went first; then
my vision started to go fuzzy. It took about 10 seconds; during which I
could still hold a conversation and even be sarcastic 😉
Of course, they got their own back: turning me upside-down -- so the
blood went to my head, but disorientation was the last thing I wanted
-- and the aforementioned removal of ECG electrodes!... Poetic justice
:P

dkahn400 said:

Christopher Harrison said:

When I had an ECG, after my last meeting with the Tarmac (damn
caravaners!), whilst I did note the attractiveness of the nurse at the
time, it wasn't exactly at the forefront of my attention... More that
unconsciousness is a kind of weird sensation.

Unconsciousness is no kind of sensation. It's the gradual coming round
that's weird.

--
Dave...

On 13 Nov 2006 10:06:42 -0800, "dkahn400" <[email hidden]>

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BigRab said:

Quoted message said:

See also "Vasectomy"

8<
Been there, had it done by a big hairy chappie :-( )
Back on the bike in 3 days - not recommended!

Not the 2 brick method then?

It's a dirty job, but I volunteer with this chap:

http://www.thebikezone.org.uk/motorcarnage/mcimages/Baxter.jpg

Tom Crispin said:

On 13 Nov 2006 10:06:42 -0800, "dkahn400" <[email hidden]>
wrote:

Quoted message said:

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Not the 2 brick method then?

It's a dirty job, but I volunteer with this chap:

http://www.thebikezone.org.uk/motorcarnage/mcimages/Baxter.jpg

Join the queue.

--
Dave...