The culprit
That one on the bottom was in my ankle.
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August 28th, 2012 at 11:40 am
*cringing*
Glad you are on the mend. Ouch.
August 28th, 2012 at 12:03 pm
That one what? I can’t for the life of me figure out what you are talking about. Will this be a “well duh” moment for me?
August 28th, 2012 at 12:09 pm
I’m guessing the end of that bolt caught your ankle when you sat the tongue down? Ouch.
August 28th, 2012 at 12:27 pm
Why aren’t you wearing high top work boots. I bet you ride a motorcycle in shorts and flip-flops. Wear the proper gear for the job (speaking from experience with the scars to prove it).
August 28th, 2012 at 2:03 pm
You look alright. Keep it up. The best quote I liked from “Conan the Barbarian” (the movie) was from some mean-looking black guy, “In my youth I searched for the riddle of steel. Do you know what the riddle of steel is, boy? Flesh is stronger than steel.”
August 28th, 2012 at 2:06 pm
And, BTW, now we agree on three things — liking dogs, .22s, and New Balance shoes.
August 28th, 2012 at 3:43 pm
That is not a proper storage location for hitch bolts.
August 28th, 2012 at 4:02 pm
How far from your ankle bone did it go in? Getting hit hard enough to shove that blunt surface into your leg would have done wonders to a bone.
August 28th, 2012 at 7:38 pm
+1 for work boots.
High top leather work boots … with steel toe caps.
August 28th, 2012 at 8:54 pm
@sendarius: +1! Can’t stress strongly enough how important good boots are. A friend of mine once stepped on a nail while wearing sandals on a job site. He pulled it out, wrapped it up, & didn’t see a doctor.
He has hemophilia. Later on, five days in the hospital to treat the infection, & $30,000 for bottles of platelets.
August 28th, 2012 at 9:45 pm
Must’ve been a fairly new trailer? Ankle-biter years can be the most difficult.
Jim
Sunk New Dawn
Galveston, TX
August 29th, 2012 at 7:17 am
Glad to hear you are on the mend…will go back and re-read how that trailer got loose in the first place…appreciate the chance to read and get the lesson without the pain…thanks for the post.
August 29th, 2012 at 9:21 am
May I suggest you post a similar picture with your foot encased in a high-top, steel toed boot?
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=37c_1300716480
Third video on the page is useful.
August 29th, 2012 at 1:23 pm
I heard about a guy doing construction work wearing steel-toed boots and a “fully-wet” 55-gal drum of something fell off the pallet and landed on his foot – and the “steel-toe” part caved-in and chopped off his toes. But New Balance tennies are no better than flip-flops.
August 29th, 2012 at 5:06 pm
Big +1 on high top, steel toed boots.
August 29th, 2012 at 6:07 pm
Honestly. I cannot believe you haven’t gone out and gotten yourself a decent pair of boots yet.
August 29th, 2012 at 10:45 pm
When I was 17, I worked for a swimming pool company. I was having to use the jack hammer to set a grade pin, because the drill had taken a shit. Long story short, jack hammer bits can fatigue, and shear. The dressing, for my big toe, was a feminine hygiene product, and duct tape. Running shoes SUCK for construction.