Re: Pearls Before Swine: I Fear 80

On 5/28/24 13:38, Lynn McGuire wrote:

On 5/27/2024 8:40 PM, Robert Carnegie wrote:

On 06/05/2024 05:48, Lynn McGuire wrote:

On 5/3/2024 11:06 AM, Paul S Person wrote:

On Thu, 2 May 2024 23:49:46 -0500, Lynn McGuire
<lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:
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Pearls Before Swine: I Fear 80
    https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2024/05/02
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Me too.  Only 16 years away.

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2 years here.
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But I've never broken my arm. Or warn a cast. Knock on wood.

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I broke my right humorous 3/4 inch above the elbow (edge of the growth plate) when I was five.  Spent eight weeks in traction so they did not have to pin it.  Never had a cast.

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Late news I think: it's "humerus".
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humerus_fracture>

 Thank you for those horrible pictures.  I already lived the experience, I did not need to see those pictures.  I course I went and looked at them like an idiot.
 Lynn
 

I saw at least one closed humerus fracture when I was an EMT with BCFD. I don't need to see any others.
Ick
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