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Skriven 2011-05-06 13:32:16 av Nancy Backus (1:261/1381.0)
  Kommentar till text 10147 av RUTH HANSCHKA (1:123/140)
Ärende: Re: NEW WHEELS  10430
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-=> Quoting RUTH HANSCHKA to GLEN JAMIESON on 01 May 11  17:10:08 <=-

 -> fascinating from an engineering aspect.  Kevin found an Internet site
 -> which showed videos of several alternative methods of preparing and
 -> fitting the protheses.  I tried in vain to show these to some of the
 -> nearest and dearest, but they couldn't face the sight of blood and
 -> bits of bone flying around as the socket in the pelvis was machined,
 -> and the hammering home of the spike on the metal ball into the end of
 -> the femur after the worn bit had been sawn off.  Wooses!
 ->  
 RH> I've seen video of similar stuff.  It's equal parts of "eww ick bloody
 RH> mess" and fascinating.  It's even odds which reaction wins out on any
 RH> given day.  A lot of women are the same way; a of guys pass out.(LOL)
 
Depends on how strong the stomach is... and how well one can detach from
the gore and focus on the process... :)  When I broke my ankle, I asked
for, and was given, copies of the X-rays showing the break and then the
subsequent healing.  I never thought of them as blood and gore, just
interesting, but a girlfriend of mine just couldn't even look at them
when she came to visit...  "EWWWW" was her reaction...  Guess I have
more of a medical bent than she...  ;)

 -> An unwanted complication occurred last Wednesday evening as a car
 -> crashed through my side fence and into the corner of my house, causing
 -> extensive cracking to two double brick walls of the kitchen.  That is
 -> going to cause difficulties, cooking while remedial work is done.  The
 -> insurance evaluator said she will have to get a structural engineer to
 -> survey the damage and specify what has to be done.  All this will take
 -> quite a long time, I fear.
 RH> -
 RH> On the upside, the car crashed into your house and not into you.  I
 RH> have multiple friends with permanent damage from collisions; it's a lot
 RH> easier to fix the house.  Probably cheaper too.  This also may mean you
 RH> get a brand new kitchen courtesy of the insurance. 

As long as the insurance doesn't cheat him...

ttyl         neb

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