Thread: PaulFLUS

Sounds like the best news possible. Wishing Paul Good Luck and a speedy recovery!

Shocked to hear of the accident but very happy the surgery went well. All the best wishes for a speedy recovery.

Bob

Aloha!

So glad the news is now better than expected. Heal well and fast Paul!


Lana ka manaʻo no ke ola wikiwiki.

(Best wishes for a speedy recovery in Hawaiian)

Best wishes Paul. Recovery can be a bear. Just stick with it.

I wish you a complete recovery.

I hope your recovery is fast and the pain manageable. My thoughts are with you.

Glad to hear the surgery went well. Hopefully you will have a smooth road back. Best wishes to recovering well.

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Sorry to hear this happened to you. I do wish you a solid recovery.

Man! I work on suspensions a lot and refuse to do anything I cannot do safely.
Even then, things get sketchy as dealing with springs. I work by myself and won't have any help should I screw up.
Still, things happen. May the outcome be the best.

Sometimes it is just not worth the risk...

I do hope all works out for the best and your finger works as it should.

As Tom said--Safety First.

This is a true story:

Way back in the late '80's or early 90's a guy I worked with told me that he'd bought his son a '69 Camaro for his upcoming 18th birthday and that he'd had it for about a month and within that month and only driving around town the front tires had worn into the steel cords and he wanted me to come over and look at it.

Once I got over to his place and opened the hood I told him that the frame was bent---------He asked how I could be sure by just taking a quick look and I showed him a stack of shims about an inch thick at the right of the left rear of the upper A-arm and the stack of shims at the opposite side's A-arm.

Then I jacked the car up and put jack stands under the frame and grabbed the steering rods and they wobbled around with no resistance at all. I then told him that the suspension was worn out and needed rebuilt before the frame could be straightened.

He was soooo pissed that he hadn't had me look at the car before he'd bought it.

So the son and I started to rebuild the front suspension. What I did was tear down the right hand side and reassemble it while the kid watched me and then I had him tear down the left hand side and then install the rebuilt parts while I supervised.

When the kid was putting the upper A-frame back in it was a very tight fit and apparently he hadn't noticed that I'd lubed the rubber pieces and then used a tapered punch to pry my A-frame into place and he was really struggling. NOTE: His biceps were about the size of my wrists and I don't have big arms.

Anyway he stopped pushing and slowly lowered his hands and the A-frame stayed in place.

He then turned to start to say "Roy, it won't go--------------------WHAM! That heavy upper A-frame dropped on the side of his head and face. While he was under the car moaning I calmly told him-----------------

"Chad, you have just learned a lesson that I could have talked about for hours and hours but what you just learned is to NEVER EVER LEAVE A PART WITHOUT HAVING IT SECURED".

That young man went on to become a Nuke Engineer on one of our subs, still has the Camaro and every time I see him I ask him what lesson he learned working on the Camaro and he repeats what I'd told him.

Sometimes Pain is the best Teacher.

Heel up, and remember what pain has taught you.