OT: Man this bites rump.

[tangman99]

Originally posted by Craig_08
Lol, you scared me when you said that you were only typing with your left hand.
No, in that particular scenario I would be typing with my right hand.
Damn Sammy, you've been up in arms lately. What's going on bud? You need one of my percasets?
I agree that safety is pushed a lot more now than when we were kids. I still remember hauling a$$ on my banana seat bike toward a picnic table top I was using as a ramp to jump 8 metal garbage cans. Hell, I did not know what a helmet was and don't remember ever seeing one in the store. Needless to say I landed on the last garbage can and remember flipping like a rag doll across the dirt. I somehow managed to get up and try to remove what seemed like 20 lbs of dirt out of my pants and drag my bike home with the front wheel bent in half but I was ok as usual.
My kids do wear helmets. My 14 year old hates it and my 8 month old just can't figure out what's on her head yet. I don't wear helmets or pads because I did not want to look like a 37 year old dork wearing a helmet and pads. But you know, in hind site I would have loved to had my elbow pads on when I fell. At least my arm would be ok now.
Florida recently got rid of mandatory helmet laws for motorcycles here also. When I was young, I hated wearing a helmet. Now that it's legal, I don't even consider the idea of riding without a lid. I guess we change and mellow out as we get older. Never swear you'll feel a certain way to the end because life and age has a funny way of educating you. My stupidest moment when I was young was getting in a bar fight with 3 guys at once over getting paid 5 dollars for a game of pool I just won. I just couldn't let it go and all three came at me with pool cues. I managed to grab a broom handle which I did put to pretty good use. I can't say I won, but I did leave the bar under my own power. Two of them didn't. Now that I'm older and wiser, I don't go in those types of bars at all anymore. It took me a few years to realize that I had a guardian angel that night.
So come on Sammy, lighten up a little. Stress relief exercises - picture the flowering opening, go to your happy place and Hakuna Matata. You know we love you dude .
EDIT: I had not read your last post before I wrote this.

 

[katara]

Sammy,no need to apologize..I do agree w/you on some level..that's why I'm such a camping freak..to get away from all this new world technology
I never thought I'd be a nagging parent figure.Hell, I ran away at 14 and never looked back and have always followed my own set of rules;funny how the love for a kid brings out the nagging old lady in me
Well, just you wait..you'll be personal bodyguard to your pride and joy soon enough Enjoy your weekend.

 

[wrassecal]

Sammy - In theory I TOTALLY agree with you. I hate any law that is "for my own protection" I think it's an invasion of my privacy. Thing is once you have your own kid, you look at them and that "oh my God, I'm responsible for this life" thing kicks in and we all turn into idiots with all the safety stuff we use. Course by the 3rd kid you've given a lot of it up and they're running around with about 1/3 of the safety stuff and doodads the first one had. They don't seem to get hurt any more often than the first one. Now that I think about it there hasn't been a piece of safety equipment yet my kids haven't figured out how to get around, get rid of or manage to lose so they didn't have to use it.
Tang- yep you should have worn the pads, I mean geez a 37 yr old rollerblading looks like a dork anyway, might as well have added the pads just kidding, hope the arm heals quickly

 

[mauldus]

kgrimes: Darvocet and beer..... hmmmmm... I wonder if we can do a funeral online!
It's his body, let him deal with it how he wants to.
TangMan, hope you're recovering well.

 

[sammystingray]

TangMan.....hahahahaha, you're giving me flashbacks now!! My two brothers and I had stupidly dangerous ramps set up everywhere. My moms house still has a dent where we had the ramp too close and I hit the siding with my head because we didn't figure stopping distance into it.
Wrasscal, I was smoking pot and having --- at the age these kids are riding bikes with helmits. You know what I mean.....only parents know what their kid needs, not some laws. I love the technology increases as time goes by, but notice they never remove laws......just add them......if it wasn't all about money, there wouldn't be some stupid fine for every minor infraction....When I have a kid, I want him to be a kid and have fun......not like I did maybe, but not in a government inflicted safety cocoon either. I suppose it does matter quite a bit where you live as far as the "rules" you have to deal out. Some places are quite a bit safer than others. I am just throwing out my thoughts.......I figure everyone else does what they feel is best....peace to all.

 

[wrassecal]

Originally posted by sammystingray
Wrasscal, I was smoking pot and having --- at the age these kids are riding bikes with helmits.
So was I but don't tell my kids or my parents... Oh, wait a minute, I thought you meant at Tangs age....just kiddin around Tang, hope you are recuperating well and getting a little laugh at the thread here

 

[tangman99]

It's all good guys! Yeah, I'm coming along fine. I threw the sling away the second day. It was driving me crazy. I can move it pretty well now that the swelling has left, but I can't turn my wrist left or right or lift anything or it feel like something is tearing loose. Not good.
Sammy - Dent in the house where you head hit... I think you just answered a lot of questions.

 

[sammystingray]

Who's Sammy?