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Old 12-06-2013, 04:35 PM   #29
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You guys are dangerous to yourselves, and certainly worse than what I have done.

1st time - cut the tendon in my left thumb along the length. Bad enough for 2 hours of plastic surgery in New Jersey, then flew home to Toronto with a cast on my left hand. I got home about midnight, driving a stick shift Tercel with the fingertips of my left hand for steering while I shifted. My wife and I traded cars till I got the cast off. BTW, she didn't know about the injury till I walked into the bedroom with my arm up in the air.

2nd time - I'm coming home early on my Triumph Trophy. Light turns yellow, I hit the brakes, the back end comes up and starts to slide. Next thing I know is I'm at a 45° angle in the lane, both feet on the ground still atop the bike, thinking damn my left leg hurts. Must have been about 1/4 - 1/2" free play in the knee joint. Ride home about 6 miles. After dinner hop in the Honda Accord and drive the wife to Kitchener, about an hour away. Stick shift of course. Somewhere along the line she started to realize I'd messed up my knee. Turned out to be a torn ACL. Gear changes were somewhat interesting. Since then she has said we need at least one automatic transmission car. The Boxster is not it.
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