Carey Hines needs sympathy note

Did anyone here know about Carey's recent "bump". Seems he has broken his knee from what Kevin tells me. Drop him a note and I am sure he will feel better.

Happy Trails,
Dusty and the Lovely Miss Sharon

Thanks for the info, Dusty. I just spoke to Carey and he apparently fell out of his truck (hope he wasn't driving at the time :-) and caught his pants leg on the bumper, causing him to wrench his knee and tear some ligaments. The docs aren't yet sure if he'll need to get it scoped. For the time being he'll be finding comfort in his pain meds.

i feel for u carey, i tore a lig in my knee and it was painful, had to wear an articulating knee brace for months . time heals all. thank god for vicodan with beer shooters.rest up.

Very best wishes, Carey.

At least you'll know when it's gonna rain from now on. I've got a few barometric joints myself, it sucks ! ! !

Heal up,

TC

Best of luck for a quick recovery, Carey.

Ditto what Cory said!!!

Carey hope you are OK...

The one replacement part you don't have on the shelf?????

Take advantage of it...Kick back....Get well and easy on the meds....

Get well soon...(as if you had a choice)

Hey Clumsy....HEEL

Mike Cochrane: Looks like you've got a Chevy Intake valve stuck in your leg!

Carey! So many times I've just managed to avoid something like that and thought nothing of it. Then, later on, I do something WAY dumber and it gets back at me and I'm STILL paying for it years and years later.

Best of luck recuperating, guy. Don't try to over-do it!

gn

Sucks to get old eh' Carey? Dad needs you 100% :)
Seriously, feel better soon ~ Alan

ARE YOU ON DOPE?.....THEN GIVE ME SOME!


Hope you feel better real soon!

~WB

Hope its the left knee. We can compare scares next year. Throw the crutches over the hill. (Thats the worst pain of all) Tom

Aww crap, Carey. Hope you mend quickly.

Damn!!! I was just getting ready to order a 550 and now Carey's out of commission!! Oh well, I guess I won't do it afterall. ;)

Get well soon Carey! We may have work to do in the future.

Thanks guys. I am back at the shop, on crutches. I have another trip to the orthopedist next week and we'll see what he recommends. I am still hoping to hear something like "heal on its own"...

DAMN! That sucks!
Get well!!
Remember; Pain is just weakness leaving the body.. Without it you never really know if your alive..

Really?

God.....I must be SO alive!

Give 'em Hell, Carey! Take care of the leg, though and don't over do it!

gn

Maybe the doc will say "That'll buff out"

CAREY
GET YOU ASS BETTER
I MIGHT NEED MORE CARB COVERS

Heal soon - ya need to come up with better story than "I was sober and fell out of my truck" though. I was washing a boat years ago, slipped and fell out (on dry land) but belt caught on line cleat. Friend with me was mowing lawn and couldn't hear my cry. After hanging upside down for what seemed like 1/2 hour, I undid belt and fell to ground pants-less. Sure glad no one had a camera! Had I been hurt - I would have come up with better story - or at least one involving numerous beers.

I dunno Greg, that's a pretty good story right there.

Hahaha.
OK, the full story. I pickled up a pair of 356C cab bumpers from the painter's and as I was leaving he said "I decided to take next week off, see you on Monday". No problem, right? So... unloading the bumpers at my shop, out of the back of my truck, I stepped off the truck bumper and my right pants leg caught on the hitch. I managed to get my left on the ground, but the bumper rack had me well over-centered and I was falling. Rather than throw (or drop) the rack, I pulled it to my chest and let my body kinda roll to the ground. Bumpers to my chest and steel rack digging into my shin I heard a "crack" like a bundle of twigs being broken and I actually saw a white light as my knee blew sideways. So... there I am, laying in the middle of my driveway with one leg bent sideways, one leg hanging off the hitch, and 2 bumpers in a bench press position about a foot off the ground... After what seemed like 20 minutes I managed to get the rack off of me (and YES I saved the bumpers) and crawl into my truck and make my way to the ER.
I felt like I had to share, as every time I read that I "fell out of my truck" all I could picture in my head was the town drunk opening his car door and falling out into his driveway, too drunk to walk.

bumpers in question are pictured below:

Damn, Carey!
Hope it sounds worse than it was...
I had my knee scoped a month ago.
I wish you as speedy a recovery as I had.
Good luck!

I still like the "town drunk" angle, but now you're a hero, so it won't stick ;-)

Hope the doc has good news.

PS - The 356C cab is gorgeous. I particularly love the natural wood-grain hood prop.

Hero? He fell out of his truck, blew out his knee to save a frigging bumper....Maybe I'm wrong...

Wolfgang - luckily is was your belt and not your 'boys' that got hung up on that cleat!!!

I fell and broke my hip trying to save the cheap notebook computer I was carrying.

Hey Carey , It all sounds like a likely story to me . Anyway have as many people wait on you as possible. Hope you are feelin' better. Tom

I'm sorry to hear that Cary But just take care of the knee. and let it heal.

I hope you don't have to much discomfort.

I know some of your pain I have arthritis in my feet legs and back This cold weather is awful.. It hurts worse this year..

I also like your car lift, Mr Vestal has the same lift in His shop and I wish I had a place for one here. It sure helps I have been lucky he lets me use it when he's not real busy.

" Chassis lift..."Mama's going to be way unhappy ~

Carey,

I have heard that "crack" where stuff starts coming apart inside. I don't know about white light, but I twisted my ankle so bad once that when the bindings in there started to give way, they took some bone with them and I heard it all -- had a little bone fracture too. Will never forget that sound. Happened back in my late teens. Fast fwd some 40+ years to a year or so ago and I go to the podiatrist because I have a sore toe (something about gout I think) and he takes X-rays of both feet and says "You spraied that ankle pretty bad once, huh??". Made me wonder what all my old softball injuries are going to look like if I ever get to 90.

Anyway, sorry to hear of your accident, and sounds like you might well have killed yourself if it had been a one-point landing on your noggin. Please take it easy and do not rush things. Unlike these wonderful cars, the human body can fix itself, sort-of and if you let it. Glad you saved the bumpers however . . .

PS: I am now just noticing the dates here, and this is all old news, pretty much -- happened in July??. I guessing he's all healed up by now -?-

Kelly, it's almost Feb, wiggle the white wire on your flux capacitor :)

Cary, how long is the 2x4 you use to hold the hood up on the black speedster? Looks like a good solution.