You know you live in Florida when...

[Cleo]

For about half that I could put in the circular driveway that I've been wanting.

What they really need is generators at the gas stations so that they can still pump when the power goes out. I had people coming by my place trying to bribe me to sell them fuel. Even had a friend and her two children show up in my driveway out of gas for their car so I ended up with her and her children staying with me too.

I think I'll see how my neighbor up the street makes out with his project before I even think of getting anything like he is putting in but having a generator big enough to run the central A/C is very appealing. Trouble is being able to store enough fuel to run for at least 3 weeks since getting refueled before that could be a problem.

I still can't believe how badly I've messed up my hand doing cleanup.

[Trev]

Damn, I didn't know you'd injured your hand, what happened to it?

[Cleo]

Originally Posted by Trev

Damn, I didn't know you'd injured your hand, what happened to it?

On day three of doing cleanup with about less then a half hour left to do I was picking up some broken roof tile from in front of my house when a piece fell off the roof hitting the back of my hand and severing the tendon that goes to the middle finger of my right hand, yes I'm right handed.

Ended up having emergency hand surgery and may need another surgery on it since spending another two weeks using my hand to pour fuel into a generator don't seem to have helped the healing tendon at all for some odd reason.

I just keep on thinking if only I had gotten the cheaper cement roof tiles instead the fancy clay tiles when I got a new roof last year the broken pieces wouldn't have been sharp enough to have cut me. lol

What really gets me is that we had spent two days using chain saws removing broken tree limbs and doing other dangerous stuff and then on day three when I'm just picking up little broken pieces of stuff I get injured.

[Trev]

Originally Posted by Cleo

On day three of doing cleanup with about less then a half hour left to do I was picking up some broken roof tile from in front of my house when a piece fell off the roof hitting the back of my hand and severing the tendon that goes to the middle finger of my right hand, yes I'm right handed.

Ended up having emergency hand surgery and may need another surgery on it since spending another two weeks using my hand to pour fuel into a generator don't seem to have helped the healing tendon at all for some odd reason.

I just keep on thinking if only I had gotten the cheaper cement roof tiles instead the fancy clay tiles when I got a new roof last year the broken pieces wouldn't have been sharp enough to have cut me. lol

What really gets me is that we had spent two days using chain saws removing broken tree limbs and doing other dangerous stuff and then on day three when I'm just picking up little broken pieces of stuff I get injured.

OUCH!

That just sucks big time. It's Murphy's law that dictates you won't cut your leg off with a chainsaw, but you'll bleed to death from a paper cut...

It's one of them things that will take months to heal as well, plus even after the next op (if you need it) you'll have physio to go through to get your hand functioning again.

[Cleo]

Originally Posted by Trev

OUCH!

That just sucks big time. It's Murphy's law that dictates you won't cut your leg off with a chainsaw, but you'll bleed to death from a paper cut...

It's one of them things that will take months to heal as well, plus even after the next op (if you need it) you'll have physio to go through to get your hand functioning again.

This splint is making me physco.

Yeah they already have me going to physical therapy once a week. When I was there this week there was a cop who got shot in the hand and they have her hand sewn to her belly for a skin graft and another guy who has one finger sewn to his palm for a skin graft after getting his finger caught in a steel beam he was installing so this injury doesn't seem so bad.

Yeah they say I will be making a full recovery but will be going through a few months of wearing a splint and having therapy. I'm just glad that I have decent insurance. Kind of sucks since winter here is when I normally start playing tennis again, bike riding and other outdoor type activities. Driving me crazy that I can't finish the project that I was working on in my backyard.

Hurricanes suck big slimy donkey dicks.