Subject: Well that's a bit of a bastard! Mon Oct 16, 2023 9:35 pm
Got a call from Michael this morning, his hot water bottle split on him last night. Of course having no feeling in his legs he woke up this morning with severe burns. He's being taken to the burns unit in Sydney for skin grafts and will be 'Hors de Combat' for a while. Five days in Sydney at least so if you want work done? Sorry, our doors are shut for the time being. I can still organise parts etc. and do little stuff but Doc's orders is no heavy lifting or I'm liable to croak!
Street L'Innominato
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Subject: Re: Well that's a bit of a bastard! Mon Oct 16, 2023 9:59 pm
Aw shit, get well soon, Michael! Lift a beer, Pete.
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beetle GRiSO Capo
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Subject: Re: Well that's a bit of a bastard! Mon Oct 16, 2023 11:37 pm
I chatted with Pete offline. "Fuck" and "Arse" were some of the expletives.
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Clancy Nibbio
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Subject: Re: Well that's a bit of a bastard! Tue Oct 17, 2023 1:32 am
That's really fucked for Michael. Burns so bad that he needs skin grafts! Shit. Please pass on my wishes that he heals quickly.
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pjm GRiSO Capo
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Subject: Re: Well that's a bit of a bastard! Tue Oct 17, 2023 3:55 am
If he didnt have bad luck he would have no luck at all,Get well soon
Bill Hagan GRiSO Capo
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Subject: Re: Well that's a bit of a bastard! Tue Oct 17, 2023 5:32 am
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Well, that sure puts my whining -- before I read that -- about my too-pathetic-to-mention "woes" in perspective.
Please pass along our best wishes for a rapid and complete recovery.
Bill (& Kathi, to whom I just read your post.)
P.S. Kathi rarely (in fact, almost never) uses "bad words" as she calls them. Yet, her first on hearing the story was truly bad.
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JohnA GRiSO Capo
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Subject: Re: Well that's a bit of a bastard! Tue Oct 17, 2023 6:00 am
So very sorry to hear. Wish there was something we could do.
bioman GRiSO Capo
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Subject: Re: Well that's a bit of a bastard! Wed Oct 18, 2023 10:13 am
That is terrible news. Very sorry indeed. I wish him strength and a fast recovery.
lcjohnny GRiSO Capo
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Subject: Re: Well that's a bit of a bastard! Thu Oct 19, 2023 2:36 pm
Wishing Michael quick and clean healing.
Nobleswood GRiSO Capo
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Subject: Re: Well that's a bit of a bastard! Sat Oct 21, 2023 12:26 pm
Yeah, he didn’t need that. Best wishes for a quick, uneventful recovery. Can he get an electric blanket instead of something hot enough to inflict burns ?
80CX100 Carlotto
Posts : 26 Join date : 2023-10-06
Subject: Re: Well that's a bit of a bastard! Sat Oct 21, 2023 9:12 pm
Wth do you aussie's put in your hot water bottles,napalm? That sounds nasty.
Praying that Michael is doing ok & that he heals well & quickly.
Pete Roper GRiSO Capo
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Subject: Re: Well that's a bit of a bastard! Sat Oct 21, 2023 10:05 pm
80CX100 wrote:
Wth do you aussie's put in your hot water bottles,napalm? That sounds nasty.
Praying that Michael is doing ok & that he heals well & quickly.
It's not what's in the hot water bottle, it's where it gets onto if it bursts. Michael's a paraplegic, bust his back about five or six years ago in a bike crash and has no control or sensation to speak of below his sternum. The bottle burst on his legs, he couldn't feel it, hence the burns. Comes with the territory, along with a host of other shitty risk factors but it is what it is, no point in moaning about it.
Anyway he's been in contact, grafts are done. They would of sent him home if he lived in Sydney but because we're a pack of gurning, inbred, hayseeds who live in a *Remote* community he has to stay in until they deem him fixed up enough to go home without bursting or some such nonsense. If needs be I'll drive down early this week to deliver anything he needs, like whisky or non hospital food......
GuzziSteve Fra Cristoforo
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Subject: Re: Well that's a bit of a bastard! Sun Oct 22, 2023 6:44 am
Wow, just now saw this. Hope & pray Michael is going to be OK. I'd use something safer no leaks.
kindoy2 Tanabuso
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Subject: Re: Well that's a bit of a bastard! Sun Oct 22, 2023 8:37 am
Hope he recovers quickly..I have had extensive skin grafts on my legs ankles and other parts..long ago..it is no Fckn picnic I can tell you that!. Best wishes to him.
80CX100 Carlotto
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Subject: Re: Well that's a bit of a bastard! Sun Oct 22, 2023 10:18 am
Pete Roper wrote:
If needs be I'll drive down early this week to deliver anything he needs, like whisky or non hospital food......
Whisky might help take the edge off the pain,idk;you'll know he's feeling better if he asks you to sneak in a 'roo burger
Oz1200Guzzi Don Abbondio
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Subject: Re: Well that's a bit of a bastard! Mon Oct 23, 2023 1:17 am
Get back home soon Michael. fuck!
Clancy Nibbio
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Subject: Re: Well that's a bit of a bastard! Mon Nov 06, 2023 12:50 pm
Hey Pete, did Michael get released yet? How's his healing going?
Pete Roper GRiSO Capo
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Subject: Re: Well that's a bit of a bastard! Mon Nov 06, 2023 2:02 pm
Yeah, he's out. Can't work for a while yet for fear of infections etc but he's doing OK.
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Clancy Nibbio
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Subject: Re: Well that's a bit of a bastard! Tue Nov 07, 2023 12:40 pm
Subject: Well that's a bit of a bastard! 
Mon Oct 16, 2023 9:35 pm
he has to stay in until they deem him fixed up enough to go home without bursting or some such nonsense. If needs be I'll drive down early this week to deliver anything he needs, like whisky or non hospital food...... 
