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Saddle Sore
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Saddle Sore
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I'm down for the season. bummer. cut down a tree and it fell across my lower leg (long story) and Friday I had surgery with the usual screws and awful pain. I'm in a drug induced fog. Have no insurance, so I had to pony up the full 9K before they would do it. Dumb accident, have cut thousands of trees precisely (I'm a certified arborist) and this one gets me. So now I get to tinker on Lola (when I can bear to stand) 
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Loquacious
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Loquacious
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we should do this every weekend!
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Adjunct
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Adjunct
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2013 Speedmaster Matte Black
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Bar Shake
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Bar Shake
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Shoulda stood on the limb.
Sorry to hear that Wade. Take care and heal up.
Contra todo mal, mezcal; contra todo bien, también
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Stickman Yogi
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Wow, double fargin' bummer Wade! What can I say... keep it wrapped in bubble wrap I guess. Hope you heal well and can also bear the financial strain.
Live to love, love to live.
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Should be Riding
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Should be Riding
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What hurts worse, the loss of paradise regained (riding season) or your leg? Get well soon Wade.
Blowing gravel off rural roads
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Loquacious
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Loquacious
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Your a certified arborist?Well what you choose to do in the privacy of your own home is......OH!, an Arborist!  Get better soon mate!
Dinosaur.
"Oh Man I only ride 'em.I don't know what makes 'em work". Donald "Oddball" Sutherland
"Don't let the bastards get you down". Kris Kristofferson
"I am only paranoid because everyone is against me". Larry [Frank Burns] Linville
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Worn Saddle
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Worn Saddle
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Cut a lot of trees myself. Trees can be wicked unpredictable. It happens, but I'm sorry for the luck, and in your case, just dumb, stinking bad luck. Hope you get better soon!
Fidelis et Fortis
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Loquacious
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Loquacious
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Yah, hope that mends quickly
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Fe Butt
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Fe Butt
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Sorry to hear that Wade. I'm lucky I am not with you or worse. I cut a huge pine tree down in front of my house and , like you, I have cut many many trees down precisely. I got lazy and didn't put any ropes on this one and the top of this one had broken and was laying over. Well that top hadn't broken all the way off and caught in the tree next to it causing the tree to swing in an arc and land on the power lines. I did the most stupid thing anyone can do, I stood under the tree the direction it was going , pushing on it , trying to make it fall the way I wanted! I stepped out of the way but so many things could have gone wrong and injured or killed me. I then dragged it off the lines with my truck. It was still pretty vertical when it caught the lines so no damage except a couple zip ties.
Hope you heal quickly.
I learned all I need to know about life by killing smart people and eating their brains.
Eat right ,Exercise ,Stay fit, Die Anyway!
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New Tires
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New Tires
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Wishing for your speedy and complete recovery, good luck!
Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats.
H. L. Mencken
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Loquacious
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Loquacious
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Here's to a quick recovery. 
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Learned Hand
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Learned Hand
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Make a crutch or a cane out of one of the limbs, and here's to quick recovery!
'04' Black America
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Oil Expert
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Oil Expert
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Get well soon bud, you had to pay 9k! man, i don't get that i really don't. What if you couldn't , they would not fix it for you?
2007 Speedmaster and miss it!
2013 T-Bird Storm and Luvin it!
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Loquacious
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Loquacious
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Man that sucks..... Get well soon Wade. Hope you get to burn that tree!!!!
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Saddle Sore
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Saddle Sore
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I'm looking for a nearby active volcano to throw that tree into. Mmmm , OxyContin sho is good. 
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Learned Hand
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Learned Hand
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Dude! Hate to read that. Hope you heal up soon!
Thom
I might be wrong, I sometimes am.
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Saddle Sore
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Saddle Sore
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Dang Wade I missed this earlier post. Sorry to here about your misfortune. Hoping for a speedy and full recovery. As it's been stated on many occasions here, we are family and friends if you need anything please speak up, even if it's just someone to mow the grass. Or ride your motorsickle, I can do that 
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Fe Butt
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Fe Butt
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Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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Check Pants
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Check Pants
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Best of everything with the healing process Wade. I suggest we agree to call a moratorium on BA.com ER visits this year  jh
"It's not what I say that's important, it's what you hear" Red Auerbach
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Saddle Sore
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Saddle Sore
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Or ride your motorsickle, I can do that
Lola's a monogamous girl ! But I dunno, she may take a walk on the wild side !
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Oil Expert
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Sorry to hear about the injuries (financial and physical). I hope you find a positive side to the experience and/or recovery time. Maybe you'll invent something or write a novel?
Cheers, Richard
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Learned Hand
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Learned Hand
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Well Wade, been awhile, how's the leg? Hope everything healed and you're walking without pain/limp.
'04' Black America
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Saddle Sore
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Saddle Sore
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I still has me a gimp. It just popped real loud and it hurt. It been too long fo' it to hurt like dat. I should seek medical attention when I get some mo' Monopoly money, ' cause I is a no inshaunce cash pay sorta guy ! But thanks fo' checkin wif me, stop by and we can get all likkered - up on Ethiopian beans and compare scars and stuff ! 
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Monkey Butt
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Monkey Butt
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Popped real loud? You shouldn't need more money. Treat it like warranty and they installed something wrong.
I try to aggravate one person a day. Today may be your day.
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