Greetings and Salutations!
banglading shit on my shin while working on the boat on the fucking trailer hitch…. Note to self there is a trailer hitch on the new truck…. Even told myself while working on it but managed to still clown myself…. I blame Glenn filthy as he posted about a maze of trailer hitches earlier this weekend damn it.
you can’t really see it too well but it’s about the size of a grapefruit sticking out of my leg … I need to get it checked just because I have so many circulatory issues from the surgery rebuilding the knee from that VBEID back in the day… They’ll probably drain it so I’ll update as we go
BCE
Damn.
Is the trailer hitch ok?
I WAS JUST KIDDING! PUT THE HAMMER DOWN!
Sorry to hear that.
About the only way I will go into any medical care.
Some one with an MD thinks you are a waste of oxygen take them at their word.
Mr. Country- Glen Filthie probably put the “Crocs and Goofy Smirks” curse on you. He’s like that, you know.
Blood Flow issues (through or out) are #2 on my Do Not Pass Go – Go IMMEDIATELY To The ER list.
# 1 being Swelling In Any Place My Bathing Suit Covers… I had my junk swell ONCE and it has moved to the top of my list ever since that evening, let me tell you.
Shiiiiit, that’s a big ‘un. Closest I never got to that was rolling an ankle really bad back in high school, and that bastard swelled up to about cantaloupe size. Was all bruised up too, after a couple of days. Self treated by icing it and keeping it wrapped for several days, it went down on its own with no lasting damage, but hurt like hell for a few. And scoring an own goal on your own trucks hitch REALLY sucks.
BCE,
I can imagine the new and colorful invectives that you uttered spontaneously there. When you get home; try ice, elevation (of the leg) and GETTING SOME REST. Lord knows, you need it.
I really hate those unplanned fits of co-ordination, especially when I warned myself. Purple leg disease, ouch.
Store the darn thing under back seat,does not get stolen , don’t bust shims on it, won’t rust solid in hitch.
This right here. Ain’t no reason to leave hitches on trucks. If you’re not hauling, stow the hitch.
you don’t board a ferry with retards behind the wheel of rusted junk hoopties to get to and from town… i have the longest hitch i could find on the back of my rides, i even have a plug-in steel bumper. keeps the losers at bay and has worked as intended at least 5x now. put a bright tennis ball over the ball so you can see it better.
I generally leave my hitch stowed under the back seat when not in use. But I do install it sometimes when I know I’ll be parked somewhere an inattentive asshole might run into the back of the truck. Then they take all the major damage, and the hitch gets a few new scratches. I’ve been spared rear bumper/bed damage at least twice that I know of by having the hitch in.
I also have a chain vise that fits in the hitch receiver for times when I need to hold a piece of cast iron pipe for cutting in the field. It only gets brought out when I know I’ll be using it on a job.
We have those chain things too. Useful!
Mine is stored behind the seat. Those things are shin destroying monsters.
Wishing you a speedy recovery, BC.
Shooter
I do the same thing. Too many expletives thrown into the void.
Rest, ice, elevation.
Frozen vegetables work great, and they don’t melt all over you.
Ootch! That’s gonna hurt come winter. On the plus side, you’ll probably get taken care of better by the civvy docs than you would if you were still in the dot.mil and had to go to the pecker checkers.
“Take two motrin, change your socks, and walk it off”. Yeesh.
Ouch! I hope it looks worse than it is. Take care!
Draw a smiley face on it. Hope it’s nothing too serious, praying for ya bud.
Hope it turns out to be minor.