Ow!

[kneeshooter]

Last night instead of playing Badminton I spent it in A&E after having an Road Traffic Accident with a skip (whilst on my bicycle). If I get time to write it up in full gory details I will later - but in the meantime all I can say is "I love the NHS - the best legal floaty feeling I've ever had". Plus I have a new hole in my leg.

I'm such a brave soldier.

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skinfitz - could do with an instant messenger chat if you get a chance at some point later to help with some bridge building. Details should be on my profile page.

Now to hobble to work.

Comments

[jasontheknight.livejournal.com]

Shit man, hope you're ok - at least we can share injury stories over a pint though :)

[thirstypixel.livejournal.com]

Sorry to hear that :(

Get well soon, and all that.

[lupercal.livejournal.com]

Ouch! Get Well Soon!

[skinfitz.livejournal.com]

Is it ironic that when photographers have accidents there are never any pictures?

(Particularly with potentially comedic outcomes as is happening in the mental image I have of you ending up in a skip).

Actually if it's any consolation I once ended up on a car roof after a cycling accident.

Glad you are ok! I'll be around later tonight.

[karohemd.livejournal.com]

I wish somebody had taken photos of Johan van Roy throwing/kicking things at us...

[skinfitz.livejournal.com]

Hello? I think that needs a bit more explanation - do tell :)

[karohemd.livejournal.com]

At Black Celebration on Sunday during the Suicide Commando set, kneeshooter had a microphone thrown at him and later JvR kicked a monitor off stage (intentionally or not, probably just overenthusiasm rather than malice) and I was in the way. Thankfully, the monitor only scraped my knee and while it knocked the camera out of my hand onto the floor, no damage was done, either. Still a bit of a shock as those things are heavy...

[skinfitz.livejournal.com]

Blimey... perhaps JvR sabotaged kneeshooter's bike.

[karohemd.livejournal.com]

This is turning into a conspiracy...

[skinfitz.livejournal.com]

It would look like an accident too - 'cause of death: suicide' would be a dead giveaway.

[karohemd.livejournal.com]

*groans*

[rebby.livejournal.com]

Gebtle hugs and hope it gets better soon

[ruana1.livejournal.com]

Oh dear. I'm told skips can be vindictive sods.

[crm.livejournal.com]

congradulations on the new leg hole,
hope your fully mobile soon.

[karohemd.livejournal.com]

Hope it'll mend soon. :o(

[john-the-hat.livejournal.com]

Ouch!

You are indeed a brave soldier and hope you stop hobbling soon!

[mis-tique.livejournal.com]

awwww *hugs*

[feanelwa.livejournal.com]

Dude, that sucks. Did it come at you out of a side road without indicating?

I love the NHS too. I hope the leg heals fast for you!

[skinfitz.livejournal.com]

...incidentally a colleague tells me that skips must be either lit or coned so that they can be seen at night. If not you might be able to sue.

[kneeshooter]

Well, it clearly wasn't otherwise I wouldn't have hit it. Perhaps I'll make a comment to the council.

And will try to catch you online later. Ta.

[skinfitz.livejournal.com]

Well basically I reckon you could be looking at a few grand for this - top priority: get photos of the skip and surrounding area ASAP, maybe with a newspaper in shot for date purposes.

If you can prove negligence then you are in with a decent personal injury compensation claim I think.

[velvet-the-cat.livejournal.com]

Hope you're better soon.

[kantti.livejournal.com]

Oh dear! Ouch! Hope you're ok.

[deeply-spurious.livejournal.com]

Oh no, arguing with skips whilst on bike does not sound good for one's health - hope you weren't too shaken up and/or hurt...

[arachne.livejournal.com]

Ouch! Be well and stuff, and remember - any hole's a goal ;)

[ayrton-nix.livejournal.com]

kissy better xxx

[kissmeforlonger.livejournal.com]

Ow! Feel better soon!

[stelmaria-clg.livejournal.com]

*Adds another comment to make you look even more popular :P *

Sympathy and ouch.

Compensation culture bandwagon, here you come :)

Did they give you a pretty plaster with cartoon characters?

[toxicpixie.livejournal.com]

I was wondering if I'd hit owt coming back from my mothers last night... not much fun on the roads!

Hurrah for morphine! Hope it mends well & the bikes not mangled beyond repair :)

Nathan, the Toxic Pixie

[davefish.livejournal.com]

Plus I have a new hole in my leg.

Piercings are the new cool thing, and its nifty to do it in a new and experimental way. I'll wager all the best gothic kiddies will be cycling into skips next year.

(Hope you are feeling mostly okay now, and nothings too badly mangled.)

[wulfboy.livejournal.com]

Well you can still type coherently, so I feel safe laughing at your pain. Thus ...


... I laugh at your pain.

[irdm.livejournal.com]

Well, you're sorted for free - how is the bike?

The only time I ever had accidients on my motorised bicycle, the overwhelming thought as I interacted with the ground was "ARGH!!!! HOW MUCH FIXING WILL THE BIKE NEED!?!?!?!?!"

[nyarbaggytep.livejournal.com]

Poor thing. That is horrid, hope you are ok.

[liz-lowlife.livejournal.com]

Yikes!
Hope you're OK.

[liz-lowlife.livejournal.com]

Yikes!
Hope you're OK.

[okstoplaughing.livejournal.com]

show us the hole then....

[kneeshooter]

No :-P Changing the dressing just had me pause for a moment. It's not even a particularly neat stitching job.

[bacony.livejournal.com]

Poor darling. I hope you feel better soon. Luckily, leg scars make you look cool and dangerous, and only show up when you wear shorts.

[ikkleblacktruck.livejournal.com]

You have to watch out for those skips, they're notorious for suddenly leaping three feet to the right for no apparent reason. No, wait - that's cyclists ;P

I'm glad you're ok, but seriously, how could you ride into a skip? What on earth were you concentrating on?