How have you put your back out?

[Cliff Rogers]

Back (pun) to the question, sorry your thread got hijacked Al & no one is giving you any sympathy, I know what it's like, crook back that is, not lack of sympathy.


I actually put my back out throwing paper when I was 18. :eek:

I was unloading a pallet of paper for the RAAF school of Radio Library.
They had parked a pallet load of paper as close as they could get it to the door & a handful or troops had formed a bucket brigade to unload the paper into the library & onto the shelf. I was the first in the chain so I was picking up the catons & throwing them to the next bloke. As the pile worked down, I had to bend down further each time to get the next box. I was grabbing boxes & tossing them up & sideways to the next bloke without standing up first.... F'n snap. wam bam thank you mam, down I went in a pile of.... paper. Hospital for a week, haven't been the same since.

[journeyman Mick]

How have I put my back out? Oh let me count the ways
1) walking along with a scaffolding plank on one shoulder, it started tipping forward so I shrugged my shoulder to shift it back in mid stride - crunch!, was in pain for a few months.
2) got forced off the road and clipped by a drunk driver, my car rolled 3 times :eek: gave me a permanent weak point in my lower back which gives intermittent pain.
3) 2 of us lifting a steel girder truss onto a scaffold - exceeded my SWL crunch!, got a bulging disc from that one.
4) bent down to pick something up one day and lower back went out on strike for about 20 minutes, couldn't straighten out and there was no one around

There's probably more, but if there's one thing worse than my back it's my memory Hang in there Al! and seriously, find something else to do, my neighbour (blocklayer) has just had surgery on both his shoulders, you don;t want to stay on the tools past your use by date.

Mick

[joez]

I put my back out once by sneezing!!!! Boy was that a bad week, my wisdom teeth also decided to come out that same week.


Joe

[JDarvall]

Nah Outback, what gives you that idea?

Tomorrow is another day ......................
with any luck I'll have someone's resignation on my desk by COB

Why wait for him to resign ? If your the boss, why don't you just fire him ?

Or ,,,,,is it the truth he's just to valuable ?

Not to blow my own trumpet, but I don't stuff around at work, not because I want to be the bosses pet, but because I hate my job that much I just want to get it done, so I can get the **** out of there as soon as possible.

So I crapstirr my boss heavily all the time. Love it. Because I don't care if I loose my job or not, and I know he knows just how hard it is to find someone willing to do such a **** job. Love watching this complete tight ars* get all hot and bothered, like he's going to explode when I stirr him. One day he's going to throw a punch. And when that happens, I'll have every excuse in the world to let him have it...

But your not like my boss , are you Major. I can tell, your sort of bloke who keeps his cool. The sort of bloke that resolves disputes with lollypops.

[Ashore]

Lucky it was raining all day in Melbourne, so I would have had the day off anywho.
Al

Lucky it was raining in melbourne, you mean that sometimes it dosen't,
By the way , like the brides nighty.







Useless infomation for the day

Alexander Graham Bell's wife and mother were both deaf .

[Iain]

Back on topic, carting a 40kg bag of concrete on the wheelbarrow, taking it off, barrow tips, and I grab the bag, yowee, gotcha.
Couldn't bend sit or sleep for a week

[RufflyRustic]

Sitting skewed on the lounge, relaxing on the lounge in a wierd position - no I was by myself - woke up the next morning still skewed, couldn't turn my head back to straight, yeeeeoooooowwww! double that when I went to the chiropractor to get straightened. have since re-arranged the lounge.
RufflyRustic

[Gumby]

Al, the Chiro did nothing for mine. If it goes, I go to the Osteo - he's a bloody genius and fixes it straight away.

[flea1607]

Trying to open the lid of the scrap bucket :eek: Chiro is a miracle worker

[silentC]

Stepped onto a train once and my neck went 'ping'.

Got out of the building industry because of a bad back. Lifted a couple of acros onto my shoulder once and the lower back crunched. Started going to a chiro but was getting withdrawal symptoms if I hadn't had the back cracked for a couple of days, so I stopped. Osteo had a go at it a couple of years later but never did any good.

It plays up every now and then but works itself out eventually. About once or twice a year it gets so bad I can't sit down. Only lasts for a day or two. Usually when there's something I really want to get done.

[Dr Dee]

25 years ago building an extension to the then house. Had welded up a clearspan beam and was trying to get it into place myself when 3 people were required (young & indestructable = stupid). Bang - herniated L4/L5 disc (low back). Took ages to fix and has always been a problem since.

Last year sitting in front of one of these keyboard driven machine - piece of paper fell to floor - leant over sideways to pick it up - bang.

Paper is really dangerous stuff - picked a fresh piece the other day and it ran through the webbing between my middle fingers - sliced in a surprisingly long way and bled for ages. Very sore and slow to heal - I think it leaves micro fibres in there which inhibit healing. Sympathy ??

Watch out for paper.
cheers

[Paper Artist]

Yes, paper cut is occupational hazard. People not realise, paper very dangerous in wrong hand. You leave to professional!!

[ozwinner]

I wasnt looking for sympathy, dont give it, dont expect it.

Went to Chiro again today as the tighness had eased, he set my mind at ease by telling me I might have a bulger.

Ill show him.

Al :eek:

[MajorPanic]

Why wait for him to resign ? If your the boss, why don't you just fire him ?

Or ,,,,,is it the truth he's just to valuable ?
.............
But your not like my boss , are you Major. I can tell, your sort of bloke who keeps his cool. The sort of bloke that resolves disputes with lollypops.

To be able to fire him he needs to, (A) steal, or (B) throw a punch, or (C) abuse a customer!
It's OK though he thinks I'm fair in my dealings......... (he is not real bright! )
Our orginisation has 33,000 employees. So firing someone is extremely hard work!!

Todays news:

Oummmmmmmm, the universe is a wonderful place.... be at one with yourself!!!! my back feels better already!!
Arrived @ work today to find a neatly hand written resignation on my desk.
Oummmmmmmm.............

[Auld Bassoon]

You know what you all need.

Lolly pops. They solve all problems.

No kidding. Hand them out to the staff and have one yourself. Have a big belly laugh. They'll work harder because you won't look like such a cranky bugger........ :eek:

Similar. I use muffins & coffee. If the team's not working well together (or with a different group), and I can't cajole them into behaving as a team with a common objective, I take the whole bunch out for muffins & coffee (or similar).

Works most of the time, because everyone gets to know about each other's issues & whatnot.

If it doesn't work, I just calmly suggest that they might like to explain to my boss why stuff isn't happening. That's generally enough to get even the most recalcitrant s&d onto the right track:eek:

Cheers!