Hi, I'm Tink

[tink]

Sorry about missing this, coulda&nbsp;sworn&nbsp;I had. Guess I belong to to many forums.<br />&nbsp;Anyway I am in northwest Ga. and I am 47 years old. I am disabled now for 9 years due to a motorcycle crash due to someone&nbsp;else s&nbsp;fault. I am a class AM, CDL holder with many years and miles of driving experience under my belt (along with a healthy belly lol). I have always been an outdoors kind of guy working as a Heavy Equipment operator and Mechanic on all types of vehicles from Motorcycles to heavy trucks.&nbsp;<br />My right leg is a train wreck and I go under the knife again for the 15th time on the 31st of this month.<br /><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v162/fineswinecycles/broken leg/dadsnewknee001.jpg?t=1318223424" alt="" /><br />That is what my leg looks like now, more or less, the implant keeps coming lose.<br />&nbsp;I was an avid "Biker" prior to that crash, here's my scooter that died that day.<br /><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v162/fineswinecycles/harley/springer_01a.jpg" alt="" /><br /><br />and this is my Pan head that is a member of the family, built her from scratch,<br /><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v162/fineswinecycles/harley/pan_up_close.jpg" alt="" /><br /><br />and lastly this is me.<br /><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v162/fineswinecycles/harley/Oct1736.jpg" alt="" /><br /><br />Its an older pic, my daughter in that pic just turned 20 a few days ago.&nbsp;<br /><br />So that is pretty much me in a nut shell. My last name is Tinker and we Tinkers are well known to be gypsies. My parents full timed RVed for many years and I was a&nbsp;motorcycle&nbsp;nomad for a good while in my youth. I&nbsp;don't&nbsp;know just where my marriage is headed but I want and need my van/RV to be able to support me or us in a Bug Out situation if the need&nbsp;arises&nbsp;plus the ability to live on my own if we&nbsp;continue&nbsp;in our currant course.&nbsp;<br />I hope any advise I can offer will be of help but beware I do have a highly active sense of humor and will post an obvious bullshit&nbsp;response&nbsp;to a question on occasion. no personal attack will be meant by this. If I aim to attack someone personally it would be done via PM and directly. I&nbsp;don't&nbsp;play those kind of internet games.&nbsp;

 

[mockturtle]

<span id="post_message_1274445544">If I aim to attack someone personally it would be done via PM and directly.</span>

<br /><br />Welcome!&nbsp; If I see any PMs from you, I won't open them.&nbsp;<img src="../images/boards/smilies/biggrin.gif" alt="" align="absmiddle" border="0" />

 

[tink]

Please dont be like that, I am a big ol' teddy bear. Someone would have to go waaaaaaay out of their way to piss me off to the point of any kind of retaliation, I was just trying to clarify that sometimes humor has a hard time finding its way through the keyboard.<img src="../images/boards/smilies/biggrin.gif" alt="" align="absmiddle" border="0" />

 

[mockturtle]

I'm inclined toward levity, myself, and it sometimes gets me into trouble. ;-)

 

[Seraphim]

Lol - there seems to be a&nbsp;trend here for 'humorous' people.<br /><br />Not me, of course.<br /><br />Good luck with the upcoming surgery.&nbsp; Hope they get it fixed permanantly this time.<br /><br />Teddy Bear? That nickname might stick....

 

[Guest]

Nice bikes and welcome to you Tinker...I love that you are from traveler stock....good on you brother...<br />bri

 

[tink]

thanks for the well wishes and the welcome, I think my "wandering bone" must be in my left leg because I still want to roam.

 

[BigBlue]

Good Luck with everything !! Nice bike by the way that's an accomplishment in itself !

 

[tink]

Thanks Big Blue.<img src="../images/boards/smilies/smile.gif" alt="" align="absmiddle" border="0" />

 

[VanTrekker]

<br />Nice to meet you, Tink!&nbsp; <br /><br />It's always fun to have someone in here with a good sense of humor.... Sometimes we get too hung up worrying about solar panels and charge controllers.&nbsp; <br /><br />This is supposed to be fun and I think you'll keep us laughing and smiling.&nbsp; <br /><br />I found some funny things to post but thought I'd better put up something clean.&nbsp; <br /><br /><br /><img src="http://www.demotivers.com/uploads/2011_02/12/8076_22_500_Its-Good-To-Have-A-Sense-Of-Humor.jpg" alt="" /><br /><br /><br />V.T.

 

[tink]

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[sl1966]

Hi &amp; Welcome Tink! Hope your surgery goes well.<br /><br />

 

[tink]

thanks guys, counting down hours now. I will probably be scarce for a few days but I will have my netbook with me. While&nbsp;rehabbing&nbsp;I will likely bug the **** outta ya'll.<br /><br />shameless plug but for those of you with a wry sense of humor JUOT.net is my usual hangout on the web. It is an off topic forum where one needs a thick skin but it really is a great community of folks once you get to know them.

 

[Mortisha]

Hello Tink.... good luck to you for a great recovery. Wishing you all the best HuggZ

 

[tink]

Thanks "Tish" my dear [in my Gomez Adams voice]

 

[swankiewheels]

Wow, Tink, and I thought my knee xrays were scary!&nbsp; Wish you the best.&nbsp; I think your goals are on track.

 

[tink]

Thanks. I am 6 days post-op now and doing great, pain is very manageable and my ROM is doing great to. (range of motion) starting a month of 3 a week PT's come&nbsp;Monday&nbsp;and getting a stationary bike tomorrow so I can just spin my wheels lol.<br />I sure will be glad when I can get off of these pain meds, they make my foggy brain even furrier.&nbsp;

 

[swankiewheels]

Great news, Tink.&nbsp; Good luck with the PT.&nbsp; I had a couple years of PT with two total knee replacements and two shoulder surgeries.&nbsp; One day the dr said "You can now do whatever you want to do..." so I bought a kayak and have since kayaked 40 states and plan to do all 50.&nbsp;&nbsp; I lived a long time already, but no one ever told me I could "do whatever I wanted to do" before.&nbsp; Keep fighting, never give up.

 

[VanLifeCrisis]

Hello tink, that is a tough break (ha), i hope you get back in form soon.&nbsp; My brother in law was hit by a drunk driver head on and snapped his forearm above his wrist.&nbsp; Sucks cause he was a really strong guy and was into lifting weights and stuff, and he really relied on his strength his whole life but its coming back slowly.&nbsp; He can use the hand normally, but hes still got to work on the strength of it.&nbsp; But its amazing how resilient we are.&nbsp;