Thanks everyone. I live on the Amite river so my house is on piers. I went to throw some trash off the porch an the hand rail gave away. Was going to fall so I jumped. 12' to the ground. That sudden stop hurt lol.

Sorry to hear this buddy , I'll call you as soon as I can .

You needs these.... you woulld have just bounced back up to the deck...


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Thanks Phragle. That's just what I need lol. I could have made it to the river with those. Thanks Sam I will talk to you soon. Artie

interestingly enough, skateboarding is great therape for a broken ankle. will help you recover some lateral strength, but i have the same issue constantly rolling the ankle.

broke my left ankle, skating. healed up & then 2yrs later broke the TIB and FIB (but not the ankle!), skating.
no more skating for me. :(

That sucks man, but it's why I welded mine in solid, 1x3 topcap on 2x2s withh 4x4 remesh as a screen . Bullitt proof with no movement, good airflow and visibility.
Hope for a speedy recovery!

buck35 just what I want to do. I'm glass in the porch adding a deck an that's just what I was planing to do. I want to spray nice auto paint also. Thank you brother.

Artie.......let's see now, you were 12 feet in the air and landed hard. That did some damage to your body in the areas of discs in your back, ankle problems and now one leg is shorter. Sounds like you might qualify for the board of HORBA.

Old school racing was full of similar stories. In one Cowes race the crew member on GHOST RIDER, went flying in the air and came back down and broke both ankles. This was the last of the era before bolsters. Since they had one hundred miles to go to the finish line and there was no option of getting out, he crawled into the rear corner of the cockpit and wedged himself in tight. He said he passed the time by counting the number of seconds the boat flew in the air. He would say out loud .....one thousand one...one thousand two.....one thousand three. He said that on two waves, he got up to one thousand five.

Yes, effort was worthwhile and they won the 1966 Cowes Torquay race. Driver was World Champion that year, Jim Wynne. Best wishes for a speedy recovery, look forward to seeing you out boating soon.

Ouch!! Get well soon!

Thanks Top Banana. I saw that Vidio. An just day before yesterday. I felt his pain x1 an the back. It really helps to hear from my brothers here o OSO. Thank you my friend. God Bless my brothers. It's times like this y'all can really help. Great jokes an real information. Go's a long way when your broke down. Thanks Brother. Ps. I'm old enough an broke up enough an I was there back in the old Al Copland days as a Safty boat. I 35 Cig . 420 TRS. like the way you think. My old motor home was the soba inspection sight. It was so funny when we took it on vacation I had a APBA sticker on the door of my motor home an everyone asked what kind it was. APPBA or what lol APBA. Fun days.