I have lost weight. Did strength training. But when simply sitting down at a hotel conference room table makes me an invalid for a week I am anxious for a permanent cure. Happens at least once a year anymore.
Sent from my iPhone > On Aug 30, 2019, at 3:27 PM, Brandon Yuchasz <li...@gogebicrange.net> wrote: > > Chuck, > I was recently listening to a podcast about back problems they brought up > that lots of people are walking around with herniated disks but don’t always > suffer symptoms. > Not saying not to take it serious because you should but maybe with a grain > of salt or two. > I can tell you from personal experience that losing 10 pounds and changing my > diet fixed my “weak” back. > > > From: AF [mailto:af-boun...@af.afmug.com] On Behalf Of Chuck McCown > Sent: Friday, August 30, 2019 4:10 PM > To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT saw a wreck yesterday > > Had a foster daughter get ejected and died at the scene. Her BF was belted > in. No injuries. She drove like a bat out of hell and never wore a belt > unless she was rinding with me, and even then it was a psychological battle > of the wills to enforcement. So it is a personal crusade of mine. > > In other news has my first MRI today. Was not expecting to get so hot. They > gave me a disk of images. Looks like I have 3 herniated disks. Official > news to come. I hear most radiology is done in India these days. > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Aug 30, 2019, at 2:54 PM, Chuck McCown <ch...@wbmfg.com> wrote: > > Saw that in the paper. Yeah, I remember the whole seat belt arguments. We > will get trapped in a burning car. One of the best ones were that said they > might need to bail out if the car was going over a cliff. I always look to > see if fatal wrecks involve ejection, they frequently do. No way to take > advantage of a century of auto safety improvements if you don’t stay inside > the fricken car. > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Aug 30, 2019, at 2:34 PM, Craig Baird <cr...@xpressweb.com> wrote: > > Came across a similar thing last Sunday. Drove past a wreck where a pickup > truck was upside-down about 100 feet off the highway. Later found out that > there were three vehicles in a line. Second vehicle was a U-Haul. Last > vehicle was this pickup. The pickup pulled out to pass. While it was > along-side the U-Haul, the U-Haul pulled out to pass as well. Guessing the > driver didn't check his mirror. The pickup veered off the road to avoid the > U-Haul hitting it. Problem was the shoulder was about three feet wide, and > then a 30 foot embankment. The pickup flipped a number of times and ended up > on the roof. There were five people in the pickup. Two in front, and three > in back. All three in the back seat were without seat belts. All three were > ejected. Two were life-flighted and the third was killed. Front seat > occupants were wearing seat belts and walked away with just bumps and > scratches. Didn't even go to the hospital. It's odd that back when I was a > kid, and they were talking about making a mandatory seat belt law, there were > lots of people up in arms over it. One of the common reasons I heard was "If > you're in a rollover, you're better off being ejected." Ummm... no. > > People who don't wear seat belts are either stupid or suicidal. > > Incidentally, they're still looking for the U-Haul driver, who didn't even > stop. They're assuming he was unaware of what was going on to the side and > behind him. In addition to wearing your seat belt, always be sure to check > your mirror before you pull out to pass. > > Craig > > > On Fri, Aug 30, 2019 at 11:55 AM dave via AF <af@af.afmug.com> wrote: > +100% > > > On 8/30/19 11:56 AM, ch...@wbmfg.com wrote: > I developed the habit when I was first learning to fly when I was 17 years > old. > I feel naked if I don’t click that seat belt. > > From: Sterling Jacobson > Sent: Friday, August 30, 2019 10:51 AM > To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT saw a wreck yesterday > > Wow. > > My kids get on my case if I’m not wearing mine, so we’re good here, but man > that is scary. > > From: AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> On Behalf Of ch...@wbmfg.com > Sent: Friday, August 30, 2019 9:58 AM > To: af@af.afmug.com > Subject: [AFMUG] OT saw a wreck yesterday > > Supervising the use of a large Vermeer Rock Wheel yesterday, heard a noise > from the street, looked over and saw a minivan airborne. Rotating in all > possible axes (axes is the proper plural of axis, I actually looked it up). > Watching for people to come flying out of the vehicle, I was dialing 911 > while trying to cross a very busy street. Van came to a rest on its side. A > man and his daughter came climbing out the back window. > > Superficial scratches. Shaken up, but largely unharmed. They had mounted > the curb and hit a fire hydrant. The hydrant came to rest half way from > where it was originally and where the car came to rest. > > Quite a scene normally seen in movies. End over end, spinning and rolling. > It must have been 6’ off the ground when I first saw it. > I feared the worst. For a time I was an EMT when I was young. Glad to have > had the training, did not like being an EMT. > > I would say seat belts saved them from certain critical injury and most > likely death. > > Hope everyone always wears their seat belts. > My wife is still with me due to wearing hers. > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com
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