Author Topic: Uncle Ernie vs Gravel (Read 11463 times)

Blue Ridge Wheeltor · **on:** June 07, 2011, 02:33:52 am

Gravel won.

Heal quick you old fart.

GreenMachine · **Reply #1 on:** June 07, 2011, 02:35:39 am

what happen?

Blue Ridge Wheeltor · **Reply #2 on:** June 07, 2011, 02:47:24 am

Hit gravel, went down, bruised.
I told him he needs a Gold Wing trike.

GreenMachine · **Reply #3 on:** June 07, 2011, 02:51:13 am

he's not a kid anymore..gotta hurt..gravel has a way of saying hello...hope he's okay..

r80rt · **Reply #4 on:** June 07, 2011, 02:57:33 am

Damn the bad luck, heal up quick.

Anon · **Reply #5 on:** June 07, 2011, 03:43:20 am

Ouch!

Get better quick Uncle Ernie. No more getting into a tussle with gravel or pavement, etc!

Eamon

Blue Ridge Wheeltor · **Reply #6 on:** June 07, 2011, 03:53:09 am

When I told him to "hit the road", I didn't mean literally...

Ice · **Reply #7 on:** June 07, 2011, 07:26:20 am

Uncle crunchy, I hope the rash heals quick.

2bikebill · **Reply #8 on:** June 07, 2011, 08:29:37 am

likewise Unc - hope it aint too sore. Feet up, bottle of beer, couple of Codeine, few days off, is my advice

bike all right...? $:-\$

1Blackwolf1 · **Reply #9 on:** June 07, 2011, 11:16:18 am

Crashing sucks..have had a few bouts with road rash myself. But remember chicks dig scars. Mend quick and get back on the horse that threw you.

Andy · **Reply #10 on:** June 07, 2011, 01:44:13 pm

Aw - suxxors. Get well, soon, man. It's too early in the season for such nonsense.

single · **Reply #11 on:** June 07, 2011, 03:13:10 pm

Garvel has bit me a coupla times,no shame in that.Heal up,at least you are not whining about it.

GreenMachine · **Reply #12 on:** June 07, 2011, 03:22:54 pm

When I told him to "hit the road", I didn't mean literally

You a bad man...that was witty as hell and I laughed but glad to c he's okay

boggy · **Reply #13 on:** June 07, 2011, 03:56:32 pm

Forget about Uncle Ernie... HOW IS THE BIKE!?!

Just kidding. But seriously. How is it?

Hopefully he gets a nice souvenir scar to show off to the ladies.

cyrusb · **Reply #14 on:** June 07, 2011, 05:40:55 pm

Hey, maybe it could be classified as a "Bullet Wound"?

olhogrider · **Reply #15 on:** June 07, 2011, 06:36:11 pm

Quote from: cyrusb on June 07, 2011, 05:40:55 pm

Hey, maybe it could be classified as a "Bullet Wound"?

single · **Reply #16 on:** June 07, 2011, 11:53:05 pm

Really like the Bullet wound thing.

GreenMachine · **Reply #17 on:** June 07, 2011, 11:59:56 pm

yes that was creative and e a battle wound sounds much better vice getting gored in the ass by a bull or spasming out and falling into gravet. That's what I'm gonna say if it happens to me

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UncleErnie · **Reply #18 on:** June 08, 2011, 01:25:55 am

Bernie must be the most efficient publicity machine ever...

Lovely day rambling around the hills. Mostluy open country with some dips into gorges. Hilly and very winding, sometimes getting into fairly tight turns.
So, I was going down an incline awith a gorge on the left and cliff on the right, looking ahead at a turn I know is tighter so I apply some brake and just at that monoment hit a strip of gravel that had washed down from the cliff.

The bike kept chugging while on it's side and I managed to crawl over and turn it off. Oil was gushing from somewhere- I pray it was coming out of the vent tube and not a cracked case. I haven't been able to bend over enough to really check the bike out yet. Mostly cosmetic stuff like a HL ring and turn sigmals (I hope).

Something happened to my left-side ribs and it REALLY hurts to couph, blow my nose, etc. I'm using my stomach muscles more now to protect my ribs and so most of my upper torso is sore. The bummer is- I can't lay down.
My left inside shin has the bigest freaking hematoma I've ever see. the whole leg from the knee down is totally swollen and the meatoma istelf is alarming. Huge. Deep purple. I trust this will all pass with time.
I'm too old for this crap... Thinking maybe I should get a CB125 or something extra light.

GreenMachine · **Reply #19 on:** June 08, 2011, 01:31:15 am

thank god u okay..some of us took the opportunity to make light of your debacle but i c we weren't told the rest of the story...r u going to the doc?

Blue Ridge Wheeltor · **Reply #20 on:** June 08, 2011, 01:47:18 am

We weren.t makinhg light of the situation, but knowing he was okay lent itself to some unescapable puns.
I told him to go to the doctor, but he is too stubborn. Damn old fool. He needs to get checked out. I tried to tell him they'd only do a physical evaluation, not mental, so he'd slip by.
Bruised but not broken, Uncle Ernie prefers to suffer with his bullet wound rather than seek assistance.

n1acguy · **Reply #21 on:** June 08, 2011, 02:44:36 am

Me thinks you should go to the Doc with all that bruisin goin on.
Don't want to hear about a clot takin you out.
Glad you're OK other than the ribs and bruises. Makes me hurt just hearing about it.

GreenMachine · **Reply #22 on:** June 08, 2011, 03:01:23 am

indeed.. we don't want anything serious to happen with ya..whats the big deal to at least get looked at...antibiotics and antiflammatory might ease your pain...u know we just having fun with some of your ways...but in reality we like your methods to madness..

scoTTy · **Reply #23 on:** June 08, 2011, 03:06:25 am

for our Uncle... arlo... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g266Uwp6ZnI

boggy · **Reply #24 on:** June 08, 2011, 05:12:01 am

None of that sounds too pleasant. Glad you can stand, even if you can't lie down. That's preferable in these circumstances, I think. Still, I'll pray for a hot nurse.

prof_stack · **Reply #25 on:** June 08, 2011, 05:41:26 am

Get thee to a doctor! Please!!

Arizoni · **Reply #26 on:** June 08, 2011, 05:56:01 am

Yes Uncle Ernie. Get your butt (and the rest of you) to a doctor.
He needs to check you out, especially the bruises and the ribs.

You really don't want a clot to break loose and go floating around in your system. That's what killed my Father in Law.

Andy · **Reply #27 on:** June 08, 2011, 01:58:57 pm

Now listen up. When it comes to doctors and hospitals, I'm as bad as they come. Even here in the land of free health care, I let my health card expire, having no plans to make use of it.

But the injuries you describe need to get looked at, guy. My NON MEDICAL opinion is you've got one or more cracked, hopefully not broken, ribs and, at the very least, bruised bones in the leg.

That's a best-case, and even those can present complications left untreated.

Anti-inflammatories are your friend - and so are we.

Bill Harris · **Reply #28 on:** June 08, 2011, 05:31:28 pm

Uncle Ernie,

Go see a doctor and take care of your self! You will heal faster and be back riding your motorsickle sooner.

I think this needs repeating. I like it. This one is for you Uncle Ernie. Once more! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g266Uwp6ZnI

Cheers,
Bill

The Garbone · **Reply #29 on:** June 08, 2011, 05:52:42 pm

Anyone have Ernies address? We could just call an ambulance and have it go pick him up..

GreenMachine · **Reply #30 on:** June 08, 2011, 05:54:34 pm

all i c is crusiethedarkness. net......

cyrusb · **Reply #31 on:** June 08, 2011, 07:59:40 pm

See the doctor, at the very least you'll get some good painkillers.

Gromit42 · **Reply #32 on:** June 08, 2011, 10:06:55 pm

Go to the DOC!!! Took a spill similar to yours years ago on a Honda 750...No I don't have the bike any longer, I prefer my rig.

The bruise can look seriously nasty but what could be happening inside it is worse...blood clots...Not something to mess with. Ribs can heal but you do need to get yourself to the doctor to ultrasound the leg if nothing else.

kim

Blue Ridge Wheeltor · **Reply #33 on:** June 09, 2011, 12:31:52 am

With him being a diabetic and having other health issues, his bullet wounds might be more severe.
If anything happens to him, who will I have to harass? he owes it to me to get checked out and better.
He says he "doesn't have the money" to see a doctor. he can always go to the ER and speak with a spanish accent, or find a clinic.
If he realizes his bruised ribs will interfere with his hugging trees, perhaps we can convince him to seek help.
If he doesn't seek help, I may be forced to post his accident on adv forum, and let them jump on him.

Get to the doctor Ernie.

Andy · **Reply #34 on:** June 09, 2011, 12:49:40 am

If we need to take up a collection, I'll throw in.

GreenMachine · **Reply #35 on:** June 09, 2011, 01:20:21 am

so will i

The Garbone · **Reply #36 on:** June 09, 2011, 02:18:16 am

Quote from: Andy on June 09, 2011, 12:49:40 am

If we need to take up a collection, I'll throw in.

I can chip in....

Blue Ridge Wheeltor · **Reply #37 on:** June 09, 2011, 02:46:13 am

Hmmm, this could have legs.
Take up a collection, and any money left over... we get him some crash bars...

scoTTy · **Reply #38 on:** June 09, 2011, 03:51:34 am

how U feeling 2Nite UnC?

It's not the going fast, it's the sudden stops that will get you

1Blackwolf1 · **Reply #39 on:** June 09, 2011, 04:30:48 am

I agree go see Doc pronto..have broke or bruised all my ribs. Not worth taking a chance with it. Maybe you have a county health office that charges based on income..or maybe you have a friend that's a PA or something. But I'll tell you for certain you need to breath as deep as you can so you don't get pneumonia, they don't wrap you up for busted or bruised ribs anymore.

Keep us posted.

Blue Ridge Wheeltor · **Reply #40 on:** June 10, 2011, 07:56:51 pm

3 days and not a peep. Hope he is okay.

The Garbone · **Reply #41 on:** June 10, 2011, 08:07:26 pm

Quote from: Blue Ridge Wheeltor on June 10, 2011, 07:56:51 pm

3 days and not a peep. Hope he is okay.

You should go bye his place with your ural thing and drag his ass to the doctor...

Rick O'Shea · **Reply #42 on:** June 11, 2011, 02:25:20 am

You got some worried bros out here E. WTF? you OK? Have I gotta ride over to A'ville to check on ya? Smokin' joe

Blue Ridge Wheeltor · **Reply #43 on:** June 11, 2011, 02:09:34 pm

When the Uncle moved last year, he didn't give me his new address (must have slipped his mind), and he has always avoided giving me his phone number of the place he is staying.
For him to be off the forum for multiple days is worrying,

Bill Harris · **Reply #44 on:** June 12, 2011, 08:10:49 pm

Uncle Ernie,

How are you doing? Let us know how you're doing? Keep us informed, my friend.

Cheers,
Bill

Okie Enfield · **Reply #45 on:** June 14, 2011, 03:08:22 pm

Any word on how Unc is? $:-\$

GreenMachine · **Reply #46 on:** June 14, 2011, 06:31:35 pm

not a peep...no one seems to have his physical address or a way to call to c how he is doing....I hope he is okay and if he is /fantastic ,assuming he's improving and well, he's being a real shitbird keeping us in the lurch as if we don't worry enough about our machines and other events.
Uncle: Pls give us a sign that u r okay...just a small jester will do...

The Garbone · **Reply #47 on:** June 14, 2011, 06:37:45 pm

Anyone know his full name? There are ways...

Ice · **Reply #48 on:** June 14, 2011, 08:27:35 pm

Wondering if the A-Ville sheriffs would check on him for us as a public service.

The dealership where he bought his bullet should have his full name on the sales invoice on file.
With that information, their police computers and a stop by the post office for updated mailing address, a deputy should be able to go check on him. for us.

modified to add the following*

copied from the A-ville P.D. website

Contact Information
Asheville Police Department
Interim Chief Wade Wood
Location: 100 Court Plaza, Asheville, NC, 28801
Mailing: P.O. Box 7148, Asheville, NC 28802
Office Hours: 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m., Monday-Friday
Non-emergency: (828) 252-1110
Chief’s Office: (828) 259-5885 / 259-5901
Chief's E-mail: wwood@ashevillenc.gov

Anyone know the dealership he bought his Bullet from or the shops he does business with ?

Blue Ridge Wheeltor · **Reply #49 on:** June 14, 2011, 08:34:41 pm

The dealership went out of business.
He is living with someone, so someone is aware of how he is.
I checked the obituaries. Morbid, I know, but had to check.
I made a list of all his friends. One I can't locate, and the other I am running down now.
Maybe some news tonight.

Blue Ridge Wheeltor · **Reply #50 on:** June 14, 2011, 08:41:59 pm

and he no longer lives in the city of Asheville. $:-\$

Blue Ridge Wheeltor · **Reply #51 on:** June 14, 2011, 09:06:34 pm

My stealth detective skills have located the infamous Uncle Ernie. Info being gathered as I type. Will report in a new thread in a bit.

Andy · **Reply #52 on:** June 14, 2011, 09:07:55 pm

This is good!

Ice · **Reply #53 on:** June 15, 2011, 12:28:35 am

Many Thanks B.R.W.

n1acguy · **Reply #54 on:** June 16, 2011, 04:12:36 am

Quote from: scoTTy on June 08, 2011, 03:06:25 am

for our Uncle... arlo... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g266Uwp6ZnI

Now that sure made me flash back