Uncle Punk

No surgery, the bones were close enough together to keep them from needing to go in and pin things. The follow up x-rays showed both knuckles are broken. I have to keep in immobile for six weeks so only scooter riding for me because I can't get gloves on. I have thought better of a different bike. The cheapest new 600 will cost me $6,900 plus tax and I only paid $6,500 for my 1K. It doesn't make much sense to sell now only to buy again in the spring. Must have been the drugs talking. I have been involved in the machining industry for over 25 years and for the first 15 I would have recommended you get into the profession but not today. If it weren’t for a little side business that my brother and I own, I doubt that I would have survived financially the past two years. You're welcome. Criticize all you want it was a stupid dumbfuck decision for me to put my hand in harms way like I did. I build, design and repair plastic injection molds so I hate production machining. I was on the last block of a multi-cavity job, there were a total of twenty-two blocks that were all slightly different and I set up programmed and cut each of them twice so I was pretty bored with the whole routine by the last block. The programs all ran different lengths of time and the machine would sit sometimes for a few hours before a block was changed or another program was ran. If the program ended at 4:00 AM it would sit until I got in the next morning but if it would stop at midnight I would run in (6 miles.) set up and start another block cutting. This last block I just happened to be sitting at the machine waiting for the block before it to finish because I had a lot of things to get done after the last block got set up and running, which was going to be for 4:30 plus or minus a few. The last cutter in the last program that ran cut for an hour at 24,000 RPM, even though we have a chiller on the spindle it still retains some heat. The first tool in the next program I was going to run ran at 4,000 RPM and all the tools are set after they have been heat soaked at the RPM they run at so I was concerned the first tool on the next program would cut deep because of the expansion from the heat still in the spindle from the last cutter. I decided it would be a good idea to call up another tool that wasn’t going to be used for a while to transfer some heat to it from the spindle. I made the tool change command, executed it and decided to see just how much heat the last tool that was cutting had in it to see how good of an idea I had trying to transfer some of that heat out so I reached up to touch the tool. WHAM, holy fucking shit I’m nailed to the tool by the tool changing arm. Poor decision. I was thinking so far ahead about what I needed to get done that I forgot to look back. The machine has a 24 pot tool carousel that was about half full of different tools, when you make a tool change the carousel rotates to each tool holder, pauses then goes on to the next one until the tool you call for comes up to the position to drop down for the arm to grab it and change it with the one in the spindle. I called up the last cutter that was used so the carousel didn’t rotate and pause like it would have if I would have called for any other tool. The tool dropped down and the arm started to make the tool change with my finger in its way. I don’t know how I could have gotten my finger in the way so quickly looking back at how fast this all took place. I will be fine in time and will see a lot of you guys at the motorcycle show this winter.

I am insured and running this through worker comp but our squads are volunteer and would have taken too long. The guys I called rent the other half of our building plus they weren't going to destroy the machine getting me out. I still need to use it to get this job out on time. I am done working in the shop for a while though which is no big deal right now I need to design our next job so I will be on the computer for a while.

Long story but Todd had it right I had it where it wasn’t supposed to be. I got it caught in a tool changer on a machining center. The damn thing had me trapped for a while before I remembered I had my cell phone with me. The guys I called to help get me out of the machine did a great job and are still picking steel chips out of their bodies. We tried to pry my finger loose but when the pry bar slipped the tool changer arm would clamp down on my finger again. We finally had to take the machine apart to get me free of it after I had to tell them where to find the tools in my shop to take it apart. Damn it seemed like it took forever.

I smashed my finger at work Friday and it looks like I might be done riding the rest of this season. I haven't rode since August 31st anyway and am thinking of letting my bike go to get another one in the spring. I find out Wednesday if I need surgery, since the bones are in about a dozen pieces. could be the drugs talking.

I would like to make it out for this; I know one of the guys competing. Thankfully I need to work because I'm too poor to get a trials bike right now. I love those bikes; they are the first bikes I rode by myself on. I got my love for bikes riding a trials bike and think it's a great way to learn bike control because you aren't trying to kill yourself like you do on them damn MX bikes.

That is funny and it's not. Mostly it's funny

That's because I'm a bad ass mother fucker, I think that will be my new name. Justin, I went by your house last night on the scooter and beeped at you. What are you driving now?

This reflects my own observations as well. I have put on thousands of miles solo and in groups and have yet to see an accident that wasn't the riders fault. (At least all that I can remember.) The accidents caused by automobiles are usually deadly so they tend to leave a bigger impression. I rode a cruiser for three years without a helmet and I currently ride a scooter without one, I always wear one on the sport bike when I go south to have some fun. I have weighed the risks vs. the rewards involving what I can control and I am okay with my decisions. I like to ride and can kind of relate the gear issue to a concealed carry issue in that carrying a full size firearm is a pain in the ass so we compromise and carry a sub-compact so we at least have some firearm on us. My ride to work is only six miles and it takes me about nine minutes to complete. If I geared up in boots, over pants, jacket, gloves and a helmet plus having to take them all off again when I get to the shop I have doubled my time spent in my commute. Instead I get on the scooter with sunglasses and ride within the speed limits on roads I am familiar with. I know the risks involved and am okay with them, at least I get to ride and scooters are a blast, don't judge me.

I have the fastest 150cc scooter from my house to work. No other scooters will challenge me on my commute because they all respect my authority.

I copied & pasted from a PDF that didn't have the lines numbered, somehow when I pasted the info line numbers appeared. I edited them out but you were lurking too quickly and read it before my edit. I will be in N.C. on the coast later in the month being tortured by having to stay in a beach house for four days. I would rather be at Deal Gap if I'm going to take the time off from working but it's a family event so I'm going. I plan to take the scooter to give myself some form of entertainment because I can get it there without a trailer so I started looking up N.C. helmet laws because I don't usually wear one when riding the scooter. I knew N.C. had a helmet law because I have been to the gap several times but thought I would look up the laws for any changes that might have taken place since my last visit along with concealed carry laws. The information I posted two posts back came from N.C. DMV.

NORTH CAROLINA MOTORCYCLE SAFETY FACTS Motorcycles represent about 2 percent of all registered vehicles in NC, but account for about 10 percent of all fatalities on our roads. As of Sept 1st of 2007, 63 % of all crashes involving motorcycles were single vehicle crashes (motorcycle only). Of those crashes involving other vehicles, over half (53%) were the fault of the motorcyclist. Of those motorcyclist at fault crashes 81% occurred when the rider crossed the centerline either while passing another vehicle or while negotiating a curve. Of those other vehicle at fault crashes 57% were failure to yield right of way at an intersection and 43% were turning left across the motorcycles path. The majority (82.7%) of motorcycle fatal crashes occurred because of the fault of the motorcyclist.

This is a poor standard as minimum criteria for a law. Thousands of people are killed in motor vehicle accidents every year; I doubt you wish to have everyone’s transportation away. Even though society as a whole knows the danger involved with transportation the rewards outweigh the risks just like those who choose to ride without a helmet they can justify their risks.

It certainly isn't me or anyone else from my area.

I rode the bike for three or four miles after the accident and it was fine. Buy that bike back or I will.

You broke four ribs? WTF, then you rode home 140 miles and didn't tell any of us you were hurt that badly. You have put on another 600 miles with the broken ribs? What's wrong with you boy? If you don't want that bike let me know I will take it, cover your deductable and put some money in your pocket.

I have bought back a bike from State Farm that I totaled and had no issues. Did they total your bike from the get off you had riding with us? That would be a perfect bike to buy back. Where was all the hidden damage? I thought it rode fine after the offroad trip.

Oh yeah, get some

If you are going with the trailer restraint you can forget about the wheel chock because it won't be needed at all. I would probably put another plate on the underside of the truck bed, it might be a bit overkill but worth the extra piece of mind. I buy the extra pins for buddy’s bikes I'm going to haul because for me it’s worth not having their bikes fall into my bike or into the trailer, the $80 is cheap if you compare it to a deductable for cracked up plastics from a trailer accident.

Don't they have internet in Pittsburgh? Good luck in school and don't forget your boots, you can wear them along with a mustache at Halloween so you will have a complete gigolo costume.

She's an evil bitch, be careful and have fun. http://www.ohio-riders.com/showthread.php?t=29234

I think I missed your point here, are you saying that when he defends a constitutional right for someone to be free to exercise that right he is being liberal and traitorous? Oh, I get it, you're saying that the people who claim to be conservative around here don't have any real conviction behind their beliefs when their idealism gets challenged by something that they don't like but doesn't violate what they claim to be a core value. Don't let me put words in your mouth though.

Everyone in the state who has their LCCH should spend time there because it does have a wealth of information. Not much for intelligent discussion but factual information is there to be had. I understand they have a structure that feeds their agenda quite well but the forums section really doesn't have much to offer for entertainment. The best free open discussions I have found about firearms and their related laws have been on motorcycle forums. The OFCC site is not unique in being heavily modded for a firearms related site, I haven't made it across one yet that wasn't too modded for my taste.

Fixed some of them for you. What kind of mamby pamby PC bullshit is this drivel?

I get on that site about once a month to look around but I never registered. They don't seem to value any debate so it just ends up sounding like a great big pat on the back cheerleading session. Great for the sites agenda but too white bread for anyone who likes to have their views challenged and posses the ability to defend a stance, plus they like to stay on topic way too much for my taste. I have also noticed a lot of self proclaimed experts who sound like idiots just repeating what they have read on the internet without any real world experience. Which is alright and it is what makes the internet interesting but the mods don't allow these people to be challenged so it's a pretty boring site.