Rsser's accident.

[rsser]

True.

'less the blade was loaded with raw chicken; onion juice also adds to the experience.

[artme]

Get into some of the Baroque music Ern. It is supposed to stimulate the mind - IN ALL THE DESIRABLE WAYS OF COURSE!

Glad to see you are improving so well>

[rsser]

Thanks artme.

I'm not a big fan of the Baroque, but the +1 is going to take me out to a live performance of the Goldberg Variations and real is always better than canned so we'll see.

[rsser]

Well, another chk with the hand therapist and there's no more progress, so 1.6 handed it remains.

Must say it's a b*gger. Have to stretch and strenghten but avoid pain; but the pain takes half an hour or more to kick in, so it's all guesswork.

Getting a good night's sleep remains hit and miss.

Anyway, went out to lunch today with another of the 'decked and wrecked' in the club and we enjoyably exchanged our tales of woe.

Meantime I've developed a taste for reading about Everest assaults. The authorised account of the expedition to find Mallory's and Irvine's bodies is a gem.

Have only been in the Himalaya once; 4,200m at Annapurna Base Camp, preceded by a day's trek of 1200m vertical to Machapuchare Base Camp; next day a short trek to ABC. Mind boggling views. And this was merely the start of expeditions to greater heights up there.

The books provide a kind of insight into why folk put themselves on the edge.

[mic-d]

Hi Ern,
Too, Charles Kingsford Smith and those Magnificent Men by Peter FitzSimons is a good long read giving an idea why people put themselves on the edge. Some idiosyncrasies in his grammar were a bit off-putting though...
keep your chin up...
cheers
Michael

[Grumpy John]

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Must say it's a b*gger. Have to stretch and strenghten but avoid pain; but the pain takes half an hour or more to kick in, so it's all guesswork.
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Not that my CT op compares in any way with your hand damage Ern, but after a couple of hours shed time earlier today my left hand is giving me hell ATM. It's a bit of an art to know when to stop so that the pain doesn't kick in a few hours later.

[Calm]

Hey John - as my 19YO daughter says to me

Suck it up princess

[rsser]

Yeah GJ. Just do a bit more each time from the pain-free base and then see what happens is the theory.

[Grumpy John]

Hey John - as my 19YO daughter says to me

Suck it up princess

Not complaining, just empathising. I'll not do it again O.K.

Yeah GJ. Just do a bit more each time from the pain-free base and then see what happens is the theory.

I don't think it is a matter of how long I'm using the hand for, more a matter of what I'm doing with it, i.e. stretching, pressing, gripping etc. I have limited grip strength at the moment so I'm using my non preferred hand for most things I do around the shed.

[Calm]

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I have limited grip strength at the moment so I'm using my non preferred hand for most things I do around the shed.

Dont you hold the VB with one hand while you take the top off with the other (two handed operation isnt it??

[Grumpy John]

Dont you hold the VB with one hand while you take the top off with the other (two handed operation isnt it??

Yes, and it hurts. But the VB acts as pain relief and so it's worth it .

[rsser]

FWIW a friend who had the snip took months to get grip back.

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I now have a strap that spirals from the hand up the forearm and around the elbow, to encourage twisting so that the palm will face upwards properly.

Not game to wear it in public yet.

Someone might drop a coin into the palm

[NeilS]

I now have a strap that spirals from the hand up the forearm and around the elbow, to encourage twisting so that the palm will face upwards properly.

Not game to wear it in public yet.

Someone might drop a coin into the palm

Or ask what your hourly rate is for a session? ....

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[Ozkaban]

Or ask what your hourly rate is for a session? ....

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[tea lady]

Meantime I've developed a taste for reading about Everest assaults. The authorised account of the expedition to find Mallory's and Irvine's bodies is a gem.

Have only been in the Himalaya once; 4,200m at Annapurna Base Camp, preceded by a day's trek of 1200m vertical to Machapuchare Base Camp; next day a short trek to ABC. Mind boggling views. And this was merely the start of expeditions to greater heights up there.

The books provide a kind of insight into why folk put themselves on the edge.

You're not planning a mountain assault are you? You can't go and get frost bite in 'em after you've nursed 'em back to health.

So why DO people put themselves on the edge? I find normal life enough of a challenge.