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Sun, 02/10/08 • comments (8)

Bandaged

My scraped-up arm annoyed me all night, and was still bleeding a little this morning. I did a quick check for deep cuts, but didn't find any. Actually, this is pretty typical for me. When I was a kid, skinned knees would ooze lymph for days, and that's pretty much what's happening now.

So I hit up the drug store for some real first aid stuff, and bandaged my arm properly. No bad for a one-handed effort!

Everyone's going to think I got tattooed.

Jeez, the things I'm getting good at...

Update: results of bandaging with gauze were unsatisfactory: dry gauze sticks to wounds, even when applied over antibiotic gel, as advised in several first aid resources I found online. Don't believe everything you read, kids.

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Woah there, Cowboy! Nice job on the epidermal ablation. That bandage is lookin' good. I hate with a passion that feeling of freefall when the bike (or motorcycle) gets out from under you. I've fishtailed once on my motorcycle and I can tell you that I'd have shit my pants if my ass wasn't busy trying to hold onto the saddle with all it's might. Good that the rest of you is ok.
Eller | 02/11/08 7:49AM
Damnit. sed -i 's/it's/its/g'
Eller | 02/11/08 7:50AM
ERROR: Unterminated string literal.

:P

I'm sure the total-arm bandage is overkill, but it works really well. I'm hoping that tonight I can swap it for a few extra large band-aids. I will, obviously, post pics of that as well.

raser | 02/11/08 10:36AM
I finished that last comment, and realized that I'd just assumed that you came out of that fishtail with the rubber side down. You OK?
raser | 02/11/08 10:37AM
Sorry about leaving that hanging there. Yes, the rubber stayed on the road in lieu of my ass. It was a little bit of a swimmer on wet roads when I downshifted before that 10th street jog under the RR bridge near Eigenmann. I've read that the stock tires are crap on wet roads, now I have the experience to back that up. I'm planning on getting some after-market treads that do better in mixed conditions.
Eller | 02/11/08 3:23PM
Will: sed -i 's/it\'s/its/g' work better. It's been a while since I've gotten me some /bin/sed luvin'.

Which reminds me:

$ cat /opt/pizza /opt/soda > /tmp/dinner | /bin/chowdown --motherbears

Eller | 02/11/08 3:27PM
I have to admit I'm rusty too. sed -i "s/it's/its/g" worked fine. (Note enclosing double quotes.)

Glad to hear you stayed upright. There's nothing like that OH SHIT moment... everything becomes so clear for a second, and you fully appreciate the trouble you've gotten yourself into.

Oh, and: if (bankBalance > 0) { buyTix(); } I'll have to see. Been too long, dude.

raser | 02/11/08 5:56PM
Excellent, I'm looking forward to:

/home/craser$ chroot -g hematite /user/bloomington /bin/bash

Ok, too much geek. Remember to get two tickets, ya hear!

Eller | 02/12/08 6:07PM
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