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On December 14th I turned 22 years old. To celebrate a couple friends and I went downtown drinking. We had a pretty good time, and got pretty drunk. By the end of the night we relized we couldn't drive back to the base so we got a motel to sleep it off.
Of course my ship was leaving in the morning and we didn't get our wakeup call. Worst of all my car was in another part of town so we had to go get it first. Thankfully when I got my car I still had an hour to get to the ship. Just a few hundred feet from the gate and that's when it happened.
I was in the right lane, a SUV swurved (sp?) in front me. I couldn't see above or around the fucker's oversized vehicle from my little car. Which is why I hate SUVs in the first place, they take up too much space and make it difficult for people in smaller cars. So anyway... the SUV moves back over to the left lane and when he does the rising sun blinds me for a few seconds. When I regain my vision all I can see is a huge black construction truck not moving and I couldn't move over to the next lane so I tried to stop to avoid hitting it unsucessfully.
The next thing I know it, the front end of my car is smashed up into the back of the truck and my right leg is pinned by the gas and brake pedals. An ambulance soon arrives and using the jaws of life tear off my door and slide me out of the car.
After arriving at Balboa Naval Hospital I learn my left ankle is broken and both bones in my lower right leg are broken. They put me to sleep for the surgery, and when I woke up I had two bulky casts on my legs and couldn't move.
It's been nearly 2 weeks since the accident, I'm able to move around more but I'm still confined to a wheelchair for the time being. In a couple weeks I should be able to get around a little bit on crutches. But it could be as long as 3 months before these things come off my legs and I can walk again.
I doubt the Navy will kick me out for medical reasons, if I'm lucky my legs will heal up enough where I can go back on a ship.
So that's about it from me. Hope you guys had a good Christmas, mine kinda sucked.
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Dude, that sucks, but I'm glad you're okay. If anything, I think this will prevent the Navy from ever letting you pilot the ship ... "Are you nuts, he'll crash into that tanker and then blame the sun..."
But at least you didn't have Siggy's Christmas ... he got kicked in the nuts a few dozen times by his little cousin, and now Siggy is "with" Bubba while he awaits his trial on the charge of murder.
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Get better soon Hobbes: then go out and run as many SUV's off the road as possible. Hate them fuckers.
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Get well soon and here's hoping the mobility comes back quickly.
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Actually, I have killed the little runt... yet.
Hobbes, that really sucks, but at least you're still alive. That could easily have been much worse. So, I'm glad that you're still here with us, but I'm sorry that this happened to you.
I posted a story here once a while back about my own car/bicycle accident when I was little kid. It fractured my femur and tibia, and it crushed my fibula. In the case of my tibia, it actually protruded from my skin. So, I know what you're going through.
After the casts come off, you're also looking at some time for physical therapy. I had to endure many months of that from my accident, but I was in a worse position than you are. You are fit, young man who will be able to move around on crutches a bit. Your leg strength should recover pretty quickly. Good luck.
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Damn it! I knew I should have proofread! I meant to say that I haven't killed the little runt.
Terrific. Now Jeff is going to hang that over me forever.
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I hope the accident was not classified as your fault. That would really suck.
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That's awful, Hobbes. You know you're not supposed to have this much fun for 22, don't you? You're supposed to get it out of your system for 21. Or something. Hope it isn't too painful. On the upside you can catch up on a lot of reading or possible videogames (though prolly not DDR, sorry). Get well soon.
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quote:Originally posted by Malnurtured Snay: Dude, that sucks, but I'm glad you're okay. If anything, I think this will prevent the Navy from ever letting you pilot the ship ... "Are you nuts, he'll crash into that tanker and then blame the sun..."
"It was my first day!"
hope you are feeling better Hobbes... does that mean that you haven't seen "The Return of the King"!?! Maybe you can get a day pass!
When you Americans say SUVs - do you mean "4 wheel drives"?
Again, hope you're feeling better and get well soon Hobbes.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year
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quote:Originally posted by AndrewR: When you Americans say SUVs - do you mean "4 wheel drives"?
Stupid Useless Vehicles
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People carriers, I think. Basically, "big cars".
I'm really sorry Hobbes. Still, you're alive, you'll recover, and that's the important thing.
Crazy American habits rear their heads again though. You go out to get drunk, and then realise you can't drive back? Tsk. Book a taxi in advance. There's a fair chance you'll still be drunk in the morning, and won't realise it.
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Damn. You Sailor Boys don't do anything piecemeal, do you? B)
Anyway, make a speedy recovery for us, eh?
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An SUV isn't necessarily a 4 wheel drive, as many cars now have 4 wheel drive... Basically an SUV is a vehicle that's based on a pickup (small or large) that can carry 5+ people.
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It stands for Sport Utility Vehicle. Think Jeep Cherokee (after the yuppies got hold of them); Ford Explorer, Expedition, and Excursion; Chevrolet Suburban and Tahoe... It was bad enough when a legitimate vehicle for hauling stuff and people around got co-opted by people who didn't feel safer in lesser vehicles -- and being incompetent, thus proceeded to cause the accidents they were afraid of -- but now every single freaking auto maker has at least one model of SUV. Mercedes, BMW, Volvo, Honda, Lamborghini. Hell, even Franco Sbarro did one. Oy.
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