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HillBilly Jim · Senior Member

RE: How Not To Remove A Coil Spring

Don Hodges · Senior Member

Jim an Anthony you boys better be careful or yoal will look like the ol hdg?!! He has had his snout broken two times allready an cracked once

�He lookes more like a (black PUG) now than a houn dog

�but hey it can always get worse, Just don;t go looking in any mirrows or shiny hubcaps, PS Jim at our age it don;t matter much anymore, but Anthony you need to be a lil more careful cause there is a whole world of beatiful young fisty�blondys/brunettes/ redheads/an black headed gals just waiting to be chased an caught

�just don't be in too big a hurry�to settle on the first one that strikes your fancy

�an loose out on all the� fun of the new future�chases, an enjoy being young

�cause getting old too quick sucks

�hdg

crittor52 · Senior Member

Jim hope you are feeling better today. Anthony feels good on his pain meds. He does miss some food though. He got so hungry for something other then liquids he made mac & cheese and slithered it down his throat. I guess you and Anthony have to beware of Thursday the 12th. [Smile]

HillBilly Jim · Senior Member

My face is always causing pain but it is usually to the people who have to look at it. From this side, it still looks good. Just have to stay away from�the mirrors for a while. The doctor told me that I need lots of naps. Good advise. I was following that long ago.

smileygrannie1 · Senior Member

Jim, so sorry to hear that you got hurt. Hope you are not in too much pain. ashamed

�Maybe you should rest for a week or two and not harass us girls. It might cause your face to hurt. biggrin

�Seriously, hope you are okay. Love ya buddy! Sorry to hear about Anthony also. Hope he is okay. Stay away from tools on Friday the 13th.

Rosie · Senior Member

Jeez - sorry about all the hurt faces.� Anthony joining up with the caveboys, huh?� Hope you all feel better!

HillBilly Jim · Senior Member

Chris - Sorry to hear about Anthonoy. Tell him the next time we get together we will have to compare war wounds and that I hope he heals fast and well.

crittor52 · Senior Member

Yesterday was a bad day for mechanicing. Anthony was changing the pitman arm for the steering on his truck when the 10 ton puller slipped and busted him in the teeth. It knocked one of his front teeth which was hanging by a nerve and fractured another. So its back to a liquid diet for him for a week.

Larry says, are you sure that Lady didn't just bust you between the eyes with a hammer??

Hope everyone mends ok.

HillBilly Jim · Senior Member

I was working on one of the trikes in the shop yesterday and made the mistake of removing the retaining nut from the coil spring on the rear struts without securing the spring with a spring compressor. Not a smart move. The spring let go and if I hadn't had my face in the way, it might have done some serious damage to the wall of the shop. Luckily, I did have my face in the way and particularly my nose. The spring careened off my nose and wound up harmlessly on the floor. A CAT scan revealed that although my nose was broken it would recover however it may now be located on the back of my head. That is probably a good thing because with all the swelling between my eyes I am sure there isn't room for it in its original position anyway. Just think, now I can be the first one to smell my own bodily emissions although I do kind of wonder how I am going to hold my sunglasses up. Never fear, I am on the mend and will be around to bug everyone for a long time to come.