dog does it again to Chief S itting Bull

[franksolich]

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Oh my.

Chief S itting Bull, the bird-smacking stoned red-faced primitive.

Redstone  (1000+ posts)      Fri Jul-01-11 05:34 PM
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Crappy happenings at casa Redstone

1) Mrs R fell asleep at the wheel on I-95 and destroyed her Volvo S60. Fortunately, since she was driving a Volvo, the car gave up its life to save hers, so she came out of it with "only" a left arm broken in several places. Both of the dashboard airbags deployed (though, curiously, not the side-curtain airbags, which is why she broke her arm). The car, amazingly, is nothing but a mangle from the front bumper to the base of the windshield, but all the doors still open! We should be able to part it out for a couple of grand on ebay. (Not that I give a damn about the car; all I care about is that she's OK.)

And we got a great deal on a 1992 (yes, 1992) Acura Legend for two grand to use for the time being - if you look at that car from 25 feet away, you'd swear it's not more than 5 years old. And, it being a Honda, at 146K miles it's only about halfway through its usable life. One-owner, California car, what a deal.

2) Promise me you won't laugh: The damn dog did it to me again. She sneaked up behind me while I was cooking dinner, I tripped over her again, and fell yet again. (I'm going to get her a collar with a bell like you get for cats so this doesn't happen again.) So now I'm home from two weeks in the hospital with a broken back (three vertabra) and three (more) broken ribs. But I have this cool exoskeleton-like brace that makes me look like Robocop and keeps the broken bone bits from grinding around, so I feel pretty good. (Though the five days in bed while they were making the brace, which is a custom item, were no fun at all.)

But we manage. She has only one arm to work with, given the cast, but I have one-and-a-half arms (the broken back obviated the shoulder surgery I need), so I've been able to take over the dishwashing and cooking (and have discovered that I'm still a pretty damn good cook), so I can still keep things going pretty well around the house.

If it ain't one damn thing, it's another damn thing. This time, it's two damn things. But we'll get through this, like we always have.

Suich  (1000+ posts)      Fri Jul-01-11 06:34 PM
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4. I was just thinking about you, Redstone!

...wondering how your mouth was healing.

Seems like that's the least of your problems now. Glad to hear Mrs. R. is ok. I think you better get a whole bunch of bells for your dog!

Hang in there!

Okay.  franksolich doesn't run into Chief S itting Bull as much as he'd like to.

Does anybody know what the bird-smacking stoned red-faced primitive did to his mouth?

[BlueStateSaint]

Does anybody know what the bird-smacking stoned red-faced primitive did to his mouth?

Got both feet--and someone else's fist--caught in it, maybe?

[franksolich]

Got both feet--and someone else's fist--caught in it, maybe?

Well, we do know that election night 2010, Chief S itting Bull went on a rampage and got beat up pretty badly.

It took the bird-smacking stoned red-faced primitive a couple of months to recover from that.

But the mid-term elections were some time ago, and surely he healed up from that.

What he did to his mouth more recently is a mystery.

[BlueStateSaint]

Well, we do know that election night 2010, Chief S itting Bull went on a rampage and got beat up pretty badly.

It took the bird-smacking stoned red-faced primitive a couple of months to recover from that.

But the mid-term elections were some time ago, and surely he healed up from that.

What he did to his mouth more recently is a mystery.

I wouldn't bet against my feeling, Coach.

[GOBUCKS]

I think they're still talking about his beating from November. Couldn't happen to a nicer guy.

TiT would be ashamed of his main man. You can get a loaded S60 for under 40K.

TiT's cars have sound systems that cost more than that.

[USA4ME]

Every primitive deserves a dog that can do what this dog has done.  Here's hoping the mutt keeps up the good work.

Keep an eye out for a wrecked Volvo S60 on ebay, or other places like it.

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[franksolich]

Every primitive deserves a dog that can do what this dog has done.  Here's hoping the mutt keeps up the good work.

Keep an eye out for a wrecked Volvo S60 on ebay, or other places like it.

You know, sir, Mrs. S itting Bull hits the bottle quite a bit; the bird-smacking stoned red-faced primitive has admitted as much.

One wonders if that had something to do with it.

Additionally, you know, sir, Chief S itting Bull hits the bottle quite a bit; he's admitted that too many times to count.

One wonders if that had anything to do with his tripping over the poor dog.

[DumbAss Tanker]

Actually I was wondering who was footing the massive orthopaedic surgery bills for these two walking hazards.

[GOBUCKS]

I doubt the dog has much at all to do with his falling down, unless it's the hair of the dog.
He sounds like Randi Rhodes, from Air America, who did a couple of sidewalk face plants due to uneven pavement.

[franksolich]

Actually I was wondering who was footing the massive orthopaedic surgery bills for these two walking hazards.

I've been wondering that too, but Chief S itting Bull's description of his financial affairs has always been pretty sketchy, and so it's difficult to determine if he's on the dole, or has some cash.

[USA4ME]

You know, sir, Mrs. S itting Bull hits the bottle quite a bit; the bird-smacking stoned red-faced primitive has admitted as much.

One wonders if that had something to do with it.

Additionally, you know, sir, Chief S itting Bull hits the bottle quite a bit; he's admitted that too many times to count.

One wonders if that had anything to do with his tripping over the poor dog.

I admit I rely on you and others to keep up with the vices of the primitives.  Thanks for the info on Mr & Mrs Al Cohol, and yes, they likely were stoned.

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[franksolich]

I admit I rely on you and others to keep up with the vices of the primitives.  Thanks for the info on Mr & Mrs Al Cohol, and yes, they likely were stoned.

There was one time--oh, about four years ago, when we were still at our old home--that Chief S itting Bull made a big deal, a really big deal, about joining Alcoholics Anonymous.....but that he was going to do it without getting God involved.

Obviously, that worked.....

[AllosaursRus]

Wonder if Mrs S itting Bull spent the night handcuffed to a hospital bed?

[BEG]

CaliforniaPeggy   (1000+ posts)             Fri Jul-01-11 07:30 PM
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9. Omigod, my dear Redstone!
   
You aren't just kidding! It surely is one thing or another damn thing.

I'm really astonished at the tenacity you both have. Thank goodness you have it!

I'm going to have to call you one of these days...

Please take care, and get well, OK?

My love to you both...

 

Redstone   (1000+ posts)           Fri Jul-01-11 09:39 PM
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17. This isn't the first time I've broken my back. But it may be the worst, given
   
that I'm not exactly a young man anymore. Although I have to say that the broken back doesn't hurt near as bad as the broken ribs do.

Mrs R's arm is not good. They had to install three plates because she broke her ulna AND her radius...but as I said, if she wasn't driving a Volvo, she may very well have died. Let's all give an applause of appreciation to the Swedes.

Christ, Peg, five years ago I had the world by the ass. I was making money hand over fist, and was able to buy the house that Mrs R considered her "dream house" (big mistake, but that's another story) without any worries about paying for it.

Now there are worries. But no matter; when I spent the last $600 I had to my name back in 1990 to fly Mrs R here from California to marry me, I had no doubt that I'd thrown the best roll of the dice. It's worked out pretty well...we're about even on savng one another's lives, not that I'm counting.

I gotta go to bed. They're trying Methadone for my pain (recommended by a nurse, not by an addict) and it's making me a bit goofy. They sai it's a bitch to withdraw from, but that's not a problem for me because my chronic pain will never go away so if it works I'll be taking it for the rest of my life.

Such is life. And Mrs R is alive (which is more important than me being so), so such life ain't half bad.\

Redstone

[BEG]

Redstone   (1000+ posts)           Fri Jul-01-11 10:12 PM
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21. I actually was thinking of posting some pictures of my robo-brace because
   
a lot of people have never seen one (it really grossed out my next-door neighbors)...maybe I'll do that tomorrow - or maybe not, bcause it's not real attractive, and I'd rather that you DU folks remember me in my unified (such as it's ever been since 1972) condition.

But thanks for asking.

Redstone

[GOBUCKS]

Christ, Peg, five years ago I had the world by the ass. I was making money hand over fist, and was able to buy the house that Mrs R considered her "dream house" (big mistake, but that's another story) without any worries about paying for it.

Even a DUmbass like Redstone could be self-supporting at the height of the Bush Prosperity.

[diesel driver]

Actually I was wondering who was footing the massive orthopaedic surgery bills for these two walking hazards.

He must have SOME money, since he talks about Volvos and Acuras.  Neither cars come cheap, and I don't think 2 grand for a 20 year old car is a bargain.

Hell, I got a 93 Buick 3 years ago for free.

[franksolich]

Oh my.

It seems the scar-faced Chief S itting Bull recyles accidents.

Redstone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Sun May-31-09 10:52 PM
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OK, who's had a more bizarre accident than the one I had the other night?
   
(This is actually pretty damn funny, so I won't be offended if anyone laughs.)

I was taking my dinner plate into the kitchen after dinner.

Something that doesn't seem too dangerous, yes?

But then I tripped over the blasted dog. The plate went down, with me following it chin-first just as it shattered on the floor (it happened so quickly I didn't even have time to get my hands down in front of me).

Mrs R ran over, and I sat up and asked her to just get me a Band-Aid, but then she pulled a piece of broken porcelain about the size of a guitar pick out of the cut on my chin. This, of course, was like un-kinking a garden hose, so I started spraying blood all over the kitchen floor, so she said, "Ah, no, no Band-Aid this time; I can see your chin bone at the bottom of the cut."

So I got to do the whole 911-ambulance ride thing, with the cervical collar and attendant concerned (and wonderful) EMTs, (even though they never turned on the siren, dammit).

It turned out to not be so bad, though, at least I didn't break any teeth, or take a piece of broken plate in the eye or neck, and no cervical-spine damage from snapping my head back so hard. Did collect concussion #5, but a mild one this time so I probably won't get very much more idiotic than I am now.

The doctor who sewed me up (total count: 11) (and pulled about a half-dozen pieces of porcelain about the size of #00 buckshot out of the cut) gave me all kinds of dire warnings about scarring because of the depth and width of the gash, but it turns out he's a better stitcher than he gives himself credit for.

Based on what he said, I thought I was going to have to grow my beard back, or do like the pirates and tell people "Ar,'twas a tough battle, it were, but ye need to be seeing the other two bloody sods who thought they could take on the likes o' me."

Fortunately, when we took the pressure bandage off to clean things up and switch to a regular bandage, it ended up not looking so bad at all. The cut is below the point of my chin, so only someone looking up at my face (hey, wait a minute, that would be just about everyone, given my height, wouldn't it?) would be able to see the scar very much.

I learned my lesson. From now on, I'm carrying anything breakable off to the side instead of in front of me.

And I'm painting the dog International Safety Orange as well.

I'll bet there are a few of you who can top that for a strange accident. Tell us about it.

Redstone

Redstone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Sun May-31-09 11:31 PM
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19. When I used to play basketball, my nose was a ball magnet, so I know how you felot on those occasions. Man, when you take a good shot to the schnozz, it's hard to do a damn thing except sit down, pinch your nose, and have tears running from your eyes, isn't it>

Last time I rode a horse, he didn't break my nose, but he deliberately rubbed my leg against an electric fence...then laid down on my leg until I punched him enough times to make him get off me.

I like animals, I really do, but THAT horse was pure evil.

Redstone

Redstone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Sun May-31-09 11:40 PM
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21. It's not the scar that's funny (God knows I have enough of them already); just the way this one happened.

Redstone

Redstone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Mon Jun-01-09 10:49 PM
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39. Well, I already take four Vicodin a day, so there were no new pain-goodies (besides which, the damn laceration has not hurt one bit throughout the whole process (even when the Novocaine wore off after the stitching), believe it or not. Just some itching, which is good because it denotes healing.

I like the new martial-art idea, though; maybe I could parlay it into national franchises.

Redstone

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[franksolich]

The scar-faced Chief S itting Bull, about a month before the above:

Redstone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Fri May-01-09 06:31 PM
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Oh, **** modern medicine. It just keeps getting worse.
   
Went to see the ******* neurologist yesterday (Nothing personal; he's a terrific doctor).

After going over the brain MRIs and seeing all the lesions, then doing the nerve-conduction tests, he's come up with the following diagnosis: "I'm not sure what's causing your balance problems and numb legs and feet."

Suspect #1: Nerve damage in the lower part of my spine from arthritis resulting from an old injury. He wants me to have another MRI to check that out. If that's the case, THEN what the **** do I do? Having had arthritis since I was a teenager, I became sensitive to ALL the NSAIDS; I can't even take Pepto-Bismol because of the salicydes.

And I am absolutely NOT letting anybody cut me again. Especially my spine. Those ****ing horrible shoulder surgeries I had left me with nothing but life-destroying chronic pain, which I complicated by using alcohol as an anesthetic for eight years. I've stopped doing that, but NOBODY takes a scalpel to me anymore.

Suspect #2: MS. The myelin delaminations and holes in my brain are in the right areas to be a contributory or major factor.

Suspect #3: Seriously ass-kicked and misaligned C3, which we already knew was responsible for the nerve damage in my left arm (part of the reason I can't play the guitar anymore). Another blasted MRI, probably.

Suspect#4: Lyme disease, though not likely because the holes in my brain from the Lyme aren't exactly where they'd affect my legs.

I'm ****ed.

And here I have a wife who tells me how much she loves me several times every day, but when I ask her to do something so simple as to just shoot me, will she DO it? No. No matter how many times I ask.

(That's a JOKE, people, OK?)

Redstone

Redstone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Fri May-01-09 08:24 PM
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7. Ah, well, it's been over a month since I fell down once and broke a rib and another time
   
when I broke my nose, so there's SOME good news, anyway.

Redstone

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There seems to be, uh, a problem here.

Redstone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Sat May-02-09 03:28 PM
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30. Well, not getting f'ed-up in the first place would have required me to not do things like jump out of perfectly good airplanes instead of landing inside them, climbing mountains that had a perfectly good road to the top on the other side, taking a job that put me in a combat zone because $1500 a month was a lot of money in 1972, getting hit by cars three times while riding a bicycle...

And yes, Mrs R has been a Godsend. I've stayed inside every airplane I've been in until it landed since I met her, at her insistence.

She's truly a saint to be able to put up with the likes of me, lunatic that I used to be (but no more, since I met her).

Redstone

But this earlier post, same campfire:

Redstone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Fri May-01-09 06:45 PM
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2. Hey, you know, it's pretty ****ing embarrassing to be only 55 years old (and look 40; my hair is still (naturally) black and I still have all of it, and to be tottering around in public using a cane.

Ah, **** it, anyway. It ain't cancer or heart disease, after all, so I shouldn't bitch.

Redstone

Where would someone born in 1954 have been involved in a combat zone?

And then at other times the scar-faced Chief S itting Bull alleged himself to be circa 60-61 years old, which would make sense.

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[AprilRazz]

I see the VRWC K-9 Corps is up and running. Someone give that good doggie a biscuit.

[Toastedturningtidelegs]

The scar-faced Chief S itting Bull, about a month before the above:

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There seems to be, uh, a problem here.

But this earlier post, same campfire:

Where would someone born in 1954 have been involved in a combat zone?

And then at other times the scar-faced Chief S itting Bull alleged himself to be circa 60-61 years old, which would make sense.

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I think he may be drinking again.

[franksolich]

I think he may be drinking again.

You know, sir, scar-face Chief S itting Bull would've probably been a lot better off in life if he'd followed the footsteps of his decent and honest forebears, and gone to work in a textile factory in New Hampshire once he was old enough; if he'd done that, the bird-smacking stoned red-faced primitive would be sitting on a pretty pile of retirement money now.

But no, he had these high-falutin' ideas about his "talents," his "genius," his worth.....

Look at where those silly ideas got him.

[Texacon]

I wonder why Redstone is having to do all that work?  With the money he should be making off his intellectual property deal he should have a couple of maids and a butler.

Maybe his intellectual property was only worth what his intellect is worth.

KC

[GOBUCKS]

DUmmy Redstone really faded away when TomInTib was tombstoned, I think in December 2008. Before that, as great lying buddies, they continually tried to outlie one another. (TiTtyboy always won.) Now, Redstone is kind of funny describing his drunken falls and pill addictions, but it's nothing like the good old days of reminiscing about their days as rock stars.

[Chris_]

That dog deserves a Congressional Medal of Honor.