Freaking Heck! Dangit Dangit!
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billjarrett
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Bring it up to the Democrats, maybe we can get those curbs regulated so they aren't allowed to do that to you again.
WilliamC
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Tough it up man, you still have one good leg. HOP! 
Seriously though, hope you mend soon. Ice it up, make sure it isn't broken.
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True story, when I was 14 I fell off my bicycle. Not going fast or anything, just popped a wheelie and slid off of the seat. Put my feet down and my left foot twisted counterclockwise under me. I tore my anterior cruciate ligament completely in half, and the bottom part of my leg from the knee down was 180 degrees backwards. I remember thinking I'd never seen anyone's leg bent like that. After a minute or two of just lying there I picked up the leg, rotated back into position until it popped back into place. Within seconds the knee swelled up like a pumpkin. I got up, tried putting the tiniest bit of weight on the leg and BAM right down on the ground again. Absolutely no stability in my leg at all. Got up again, now my leg was essentially locked straight out. Picked up my bike and rode home on one foot.
Long story short I ended up hopping and on crutches for a few weeks until the swelling went down. When I was 17 I had reconstructive surgery to graft a new piece of tissue to replace the missing ligament, which had long since atrophied. I remember the Doctors that looked at it saying it was the worst case of whatever specific type of injury I had that they had ever seen. Ended up keeping me out of the Air Force for medical disability, the knee is still a little lose in the joint.
I'm not quite so stupid anymore
Seriously though, hope you mend soon. Ice it up, make sure it isn't broken.
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True story, when I was 14 I fell off my bicycle. Not going fast or anything, just popped a wheelie and slid off of the seat. Put my feet down and my left foot twisted counterclockwise under me. I tore my anterior cruciate ligament completely in half, and the bottom part of my leg from the knee down was 180 degrees backwards. I remember thinking I'd never seen anyone's leg bent like that. After a minute or two of just lying there I picked up the leg, rotated back into position until it popped back into place. Within seconds the knee swelled up like a pumpkin. I got up, tried putting the tiniest bit of weight on the leg and BAM right down on the ground again. Absolutely no stability in my leg at all. Got up again, now my leg was essentially locked straight out. Picked up my bike and rode home on one foot.
Long story short I ended up hopping and on crutches for a few weeks until the swelling went down. When I was 17 I had reconstructive surgery to graft a new piece of tissue to replace the missing ligament, which had long since atrophied. I remember the Doctors that looked at it saying it was the worst case of whatever specific type of injury I had that they had ever seen. Ended up keeping me out of the Air Force for medical disability, the knee is still a little lose in the joint.
I'm not quite so stupid anymore
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Grandson of Liberty
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Rub some dirt on it.
Don't you want to tell your grandkids about the time you, on a broken leg, singlehandedly won the election for Ron Paul?
Don't you want to tell your grandkids about the time you, on a broken leg, singlehandedly won the election for Ron Paul?
Spirit of '76
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Sorry to hear that. You'll be back to canvassing in no time.
exer51
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HOLY CRAP, that's the best idea ever. I should get a fake cast and go around on crutches when i do my precinct. Think of how many people would be like "Holy shit this kids dedicated, maybe I should check this guy out".
electronicmaji
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print out phone lists and call instead.
ValidusCustodiae
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This guy's never heard of crutches?
don't want to be disingenuous. better break a leg first.
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LOL ! Sue the city for your medical and time expenses, then buy more signs & donate to the campaign with it.
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exer51
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BAH! I've only ever broke 1 finger in my whole life... No intention of breaking my leg right now. I don't have health insurance because I'm 22 and it's a ripoff/scam and I figure I could put all that dough to much better use. I'd rather just pretend to break my leg, but pretend VERY WELL so no one will ever know.
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You've earned my respect just for breaking away from this apparent need for health insurance! I'm so sick of people assuming only poor people don't have health insurance. Put it in a god damned savings account! A company exists only if it can profit! If I cost more to keep alive then in all the time I lived, I've obviously failed.
Ooh! The sympathy!
I think there's a sympathy vote waiting to happen if you grab a set of crutches and go around that way. It'll teach you how to use 'em real fast, too!
Just imagine the level of commitment you'd communicate to the people you talk to?
<sigh>
Heal well!
I think there's a sympathy vote waiting to happen if you grab a set of crutches and go around that way. It'll teach you how to use 'em real fast, too!
Just imagine the level of commitment you'd communicate to the people you talk to?
<sigh>
Heal well!
exer51
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Health insurance is RIDICULOUS. Me and my dad dropped it when we moved from California to Washington because they don't have Kaiser up here, which is who we'd always had. It was like 700 a month IIRC... Since then I've had to spend... err 200-300 bucks at a doctors office. I got pink eye once, and that's all in 6 years. He's had to spend a grand or 2. Grand total for saving=$40,000+++.
PLUS with Health Savings Account tax benefits it's even better. Often times you can get an employer to put money into a HSA which then becomes YOUR MONEY. They're just like 401Ks except zero taxes on money pulled for health reasons. Why ANYONE gets insurance is beyond me. It's just peoples cowardly, sheepish mentality I guess.
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