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Cesar R M

Cesar R M

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MySmallWorldof4 said:
Oh. I thought you were talking about the old fashioned wall or window units that you can pick up at a regular appliance place. Yeah, those are expensive. We have a home warranty and keep it specifically if the central air/heating ever goes. I don’t want to shell out 10k.
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10k for a wall unit? what the hell.
It costs like 800 USD to install an inverter wall one (with the A/C unit price indluded) here in my country.
Central ones are different of course..
 
21stamps

21stamps

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Goofyernmost said:
What a contrast from that to my first major childhood accident.

I was riding my bike along with a friend. My father ran a trucking company with a drive way all the way around the main barn (truck garage). The back part was gravel. My friend and I decided it would be fun to race. Something that my parents had specifically banned from my ever doing. Anyway, I was leading and went around a corner in the back and hit a good sized stone that grabbed the front wheel of my bike, flipping the front wheel into the ----I direction from where I was heading. The bike stopped instantly and I went over the top of the handle bars and landed on my forehead. I remember bouncing on my head three times and the next thing I remember is waking up with the bike in front of me and my head on the seat.

I remember coming to and being the most relaxed that I could ever remember being before (or since) and then I moved my arm. As soon as I did, the pain hit me. My legs were all skinned and bleeding, my elbows and hands were the same. I had this hug bruise on my stomach and my head hurt something awful. Dilemma, I couldn't tell my parents about it because I was forbidden to race my bike. At least now, I reasoned, I was still alive, but, if they found out, they would kill me.

It was the middle of summer and all of a sudden I was wearing long sleeve shirts and long pants and (thankfully I had hair back then so) I just combed my hair over the mess. After two days of stealth behavior, I noticed that the bruise had become a hard lump and I finally panicked and confessed. They took me to the ER and determined that the lump was a blood clot. I don't remember what they did about it, but, I'm still alive 60 years later so whatever it was, it was successful.

Moral of the story... be glad that he screamed. I said nothing, but, it could have been fatal. I was 10 at the time. Looking back, however, it would explain some of my current behavior.
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Oh wow!!!! I would have killed you for not telling me!! ;)

I’m glad you were alright!!


I actually told my son a similar story last night, after applying for the Mother of the Year award by calling my kid a wimp. I too flipped over my handlebars.. I was 8 or 9, our street was on a hill, it did have sidewalks though, unlike my house now.
I was on one side of the street on a sidewalk, a friend on the other side on that sidewalk.. we were racing down the steep hill.
Well, I hit an uneven part of the pavement and went flying. I still have scars on my knees and hands from it, broke my nose, sprained my wrist, scrapes everywhere, also had a concussion. I can still remember it vividly.
I’ll try to find the photo and post it. I’m in the bathtub with my arms crossed showing all of the scrapes, my eyes are both black and blue, forehead cut, and just all around miserable looking.

I do make my son wear a helmet when riding a bike or scooter at a park.. but I don’t make him at home, didn’t think he’d have an accident on a flat driveway.. especially one that was just repaved this past Fall.
 
Goofyernmost

Goofyernmost

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21stamps said:
Oh wow!!!! I would have killed you for not telling me!! ;)

I’m glad you were alright!!


I actually told my son a similar story last night, after applying for the Mother of the Year award by calling my kid a wimp. I too flipped over my handlebars.. I was 8 or 9, our street was on a hill, it did have sidewalks though, unlike my house now.
I was on one side of the street on a sidewalk, a friend on the other side on that sidewalk.. we were racing down the steep hill.
Well, I hit an uneven part of the pavement and went flying. I still have scars on my knees and hands from it, broke my nose, sprained my wrist, scrapes everywhere, also had a concussion. I can still remember it vividly.
I’ll try to find the photo and post it. I’m in the bathtub with my arms crossed showing all of the scrapes, my eyes are both black and blue, forehead cut, and just all around miserable looking.

I do make my son wear a helmet when riding a bike or scooter at a park.. but I don’t make him at home, didn’t think he’d have an accident on a flat driveway.. especially one that was just repaved this past Fall.
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No such things as bike helmets back in the days when we built real men! ;):D I did make my daughters wear a helmet, but, secretly, in spite of what happened, I told myself repeatedly that if I had been forced to wear one of those weird tear shaped helmets, I would never have ridden a bike. :angelic: I suppose that does prevent any bicycle accident from happening.
 
Cesar R M

Cesar R M

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SteveBrickNJ said:
That makes sense. Even here 10 years is considered good. In Mexico that would be amazing, yes?
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indeed, I think the average cycle is like 6-8 years for AC units.

Since the temps difference is pretty big (we get up to 43C on summer with a thermal feel of 45C)
the pipes expanding and contracting is a big problem (as most houses are concrete, compacted concrete or reinforced concrete.)
So the first thing that fails is usually the tubing and the moving parts.
 
StarWarsGirl

StarWarsGirl

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Cesar R M said:
oh.. you fell?
I was here imagining that you had to go down the stairs in a very comical way, so you wouldnt hurt your ankle more.. :facepalm:
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Nope. Walked out to my garage, fell down the steps, landed on the concrete. Bruised my right arm and hurt my back. My mom and her friend who was over came running. My dad sat in his chair, unconcerned. My dad is actually a cat. Or a Vulcan.
 
21stamps

21stamps

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Goofyernmost said:
No such things as bike helmets back in the days when we built real men! ;):D I did make my daughters wear a helmet, but, secretly, in spite of what happened, I told myself repeatedly that if I had been forced to wear one of those weird tear shaped helmets, I would never have ridden a bike. :angelic: I suppose that does prevent any bicycle accident from happening.
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Ha ha!! I just referenced how “no one cared about our safety” the other day, to @StarWarsGirl I think.

You would like my father.

2 years ago, when T was 6, they took him to a lake house in Tennessee, which is nothing new.. but- I receive this from my son on the second day-

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Here’s T and my nephew on the tube (although this is not during the time referenced in the text)

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Apparently, later on another boat passed them, and my dad thought they would enjoy speeding over the waves.

Well, my son couldn’t hold on at one point, went airborne, flew up and flipped backwards, hitting the back of the tube, and then at that point- went up about 5 feet in the air and landed in the water.
Dad had to turn the boat around and go back to retrieve him.

Oh I was sooo ANGRY after my mother told me that story.

I called my mom and then had her put my dad on the phone so I could yell at him. “You took my son out of town!! You have to keep him safe!! No more tubing without an adult with him!! And don’t drive so fast!”

Father- “If you want to put helmets and pads all over your kid and shield him from fun, fine. You’re his parent. However, I’m his grandfather, and I’m not going to shield him from the same experiences that you were fortunate enough to have. He loved it. I had you on a tube younger than he is now, a much smaller, much less safe (in a sarcastic tone) one that what they make today. Your mother and I raised 3 children and have 5 grandchildren, I think you can trust us with your child. Let the boy have fun on the lake.”
 
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