Nomadicalpirate Posted June 2, 2005 Share Posted June 2, 2005 you've all heard the stories, and i'm sure you've noticed the check box next to the word "Amputations" on your employment forms. But how many of us (you) have had serious injuries whilst upon the waters? it get's talked up alot in the galley/coffee room/shipping crate but the worst I've ever seen(as it happened) or experienced is perhaps being belted with a stray spar here and there. So tell us your tales of woe, anything greater than a broken finger will do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackjohn Posted June 2, 2005 Share Posted June 2, 2005 This didn't happen onboard, but it did happen during an event. At the first Howard Pyle Festival, while setting up camp, a piece of rotten driftwood hidden in the beach managed to imbed itself in the top of my foot. A good 5mm worth broke off and stayed in my foot. But the shoe, I mean show, must go on! I spent the rest of the day hobbling about, toughing it out. By day's end, my foot was swelling with an infection. A few days later I was finally able to squeeze that bit, as well as a teenier bit, out of my foot. Then I went to the doc for some anti-biotics. I suspect, if it had been the 18th century, I may have lost the foot. The moral of the story... maybe GoF has the right idea about getting shoes first. I was wearing sandals at the time... My Home on the Web The Pirate Brethren Gallery Dreams are the glue that holds reality together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Jacob Badger Posted June 3, 2005 Share Posted June 3, 2005 Only one 'event' I can recall from bein' aboard (apart from the usual 'bangin' me noggin on the hatch lid).....after the anchor being snagged on a discarded fishin' net in Cardigan bay. Me first mate an' I jumped in the what was freezin' cold murky waters (january!! brrrr!) t' cut said net orf....dew t' the coldness off the waters, me hands weren't workin' t' well an' cut through the net an' me thigh at the same time......ouch!....6 inch scar...an' a week of fever.....naught nice I can tells ye... Yes, it be pointy…..and ye be at the wrong side o’ it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capnwilliam Posted June 5, 2005 Share Posted June 5, 2005 How did this topic end up in Ports o' Call, mates? Sounds more like a Rabble Rousing topic. Capt. William "The fight's not over while there's a shot in the locker!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Jacob Badger Posted June 5, 2005 Share Posted June 5, 2005 Don't be lookin' at me mate.....nobody saw me right.......I was elsewhere...hurr hurr Yes, it be pointy…..and ye be at the wrong side o’ it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nomadicalpirate Posted June 7, 2005 Author Share Posted June 7, 2005 It's in Ports o' call because i've got the brains of a stewed fish, If you know how to move it, be my guest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diego Santana de la Vega Posted June 7, 2005 Share Posted June 7, 2005 I was playin linebacker in college when this southpaw quarterback (After I had already had a knock down and an interception) threw a pass through me right thumb and bent it back into a new place it'd never seen afore nor since! Kinda wierd as I played with it's new movement there on the side lines I showed it to me coach and he taped it and sent me back in on the next defensive series. Then too I had a half back hold me turn me around and the full back planted his helmut into my (shoulda been fused thirty five years ago) lower back discs. (twas the last game in pads I played) Love begins with a smile, grows with a kiss, and ends with a knife in your back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dorian Lasseter Posted June 7, 2005 Share Posted June 7, 2005 Hrmmmm.... "Pyratey" type injuries I've incured... I've the luck o' steppin on three nails stickin' outa planks. (3 seperate occasions) I've been shot just above m' right knee wi'a scattergun. I've a sword slash scar on m' left cheek... on m' face... barely see it now... My brudder tried ta throw me off a dock inta th' water n' missed... kinda... I half landed on the edge of th' dock an' a raised nail head tore inta m' left inner knee... Left a nice jagged scar... I had the knuckle o' m' left hand ring finger crushed by a sword blow... I've 'ad three rapiers (ok, epees) broken on me... none drew blood tho.... All I c'n 'member at present... Truly, D. Lasseter Captain, The Lucy Propria Virtute Audax --- In Hoc Signo Vinces Ni Feidir An Dubh A Chur Ina Bhan Air "If I whet my glittering sword, and mine hand take hold on judgment; I will render vengeance to mine enemies, and will reward them that hate me." Deuteronomy 32:41 Envy and its evil twin - It crept in bed with slander - Idiots they gave advice - But Sloth it gave no answer - Anger kills the human soul - With butter tales of Lust - While Pavlov's Dogs keep chewin' - On the legs they never trust... The Seven Deadly Sins http://www.colonialnavy.org Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pirate Petee Posted June 7, 2005 Share Posted June 7, 2005 bloody Serbian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Jacob Badger Posted June 8, 2005 Share Posted June 8, 2005 Dorian.....Three epees!!.....now thats just greedy!! Petee.....served have we sah?....... Yes, it be pointy…..and ye be at the wrong side o’ it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dorian Lasseter Posted June 8, 2005 Share Posted June 8, 2005 Me? Greedy? Nay... just got inta lotsa swordfights... None o' that modern style... All elizabethan swordplay.... Funny tho.... alla the tymes I's fought wi' live steel cutlass' I's was never hurt (Knock on me wooden leg) Truly, D. Lasseter Captain, The Lucy Propria Virtute Audax --- In Hoc Signo Vinces Ni Feidir An Dubh A Chur Ina Bhan Air "If I whet my glittering sword, and mine hand take hold on judgment; I will render vengeance to mine enemies, and will reward them that hate me." Deuteronomy 32:41 Envy and its evil twin - It crept in bed with slander - Idiots they gave advice - But Sloth it gave no answer - Anger kills the human soul - With butter tales of Lust - While Pavlov's Dogs keep chewin' - On the legs they never trust... The Seven Deadly Sins http://www.colonialnavy.org Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pirate Petee Posted June 8, 2005 Share Posted June 8, 2005 Aye, served as an infantry soldier in the army. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogue Mermaid Posted June 8, 2005 Share Posted June 8, 2005 I have an interesting similar topic story. I work for a boating magazine called Nor'easter that runs around the Maryland/Delaware/Pennsylvania/and some of Virginia area. Years before I started here someone found a prostetic leg floating in the Chesapeake and for some reason turned it into us. For about a year they ran an ad that said, "Attention One Legged Boater, We Have Your Leg" My boss still has the leg in his office. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dorian Lasseter Posted June 8, 2005 Share Posted June 8, 2005 RM, That's rather amusin'.... inna twisted way.... Truly, D. Lasseter Captain, The Lucy Propria Virtute Audax --- In Hoc Signo Vinces Ni Feidir An Dubh A Chur Ina Bhan Air "If I whet my glittering sword, and mine hand take hold on judgment; I will render vengeance to mine enemies, and will reward them that hate me." Deuteronomy 32:41 Envy and its evil twin - It crept in bed with slander - Idiots they gave advice - But Sloth it gave no answer - Anger kills the human soul - With butter tales of Lust - While Pavlov's Dogs keep chewin' - On the legs they never trust... The Seven Deadly Sins http://www.colonialnavy.org Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogue Mermaid Posted June 8, 2005 Share Posted June 8, 2005 There isn't much about this office that isn't twisted Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dorian Lasseter Posted June 8, 2005 Share Posted June 8, 2005 So, since th' leg has been there fer so long, what kinda salary is it gettin'? Truly, D. Lasseter Captain, The Lucy Propria Virtute Audax --- In Hoc Signo Vinces Ni Feidir An Dubh A Chur Ina Bhan Air "If I whet my glittering sword, and mine hand take hold on judgment; I will render vengeance to mine enemies, and will reward them that hate me." Deuteronomy 32:41 Envy and its evil twin - It crept in bed with slander - Idiots they gave advice - But Sloth it gave no answer - Anger kills the human soul - With butter tales of Lust - While Pavlov's Dogs keep chewin' - On the legs they never trust... The Seven Deadly Sins http://www.colonialnavy.org Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogue Mermaid Posted June 8, 2005 Share Posted June 8, 2005 I think it gets paid in dust. Lots of dust. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt DaggezEber Posted June 12, 2005 Share Posted June 12, 2005 When I was 18 someone shoved a main gouch threw me right hand. It hit between bone and muscles and really did not hurt all that much when it happened. An hour later at the hospital, my hand started to curl uncontrolibly and it got extremely painful. The major vain was missed, but the tendens were scared a bit. I'm 32 now and after typing a little bit. My wrist and hand start to make crakling noises. I can still feel the blade as it came to rest. It left a nice scar on the back of my wrist and jsut bellow the thumb. I did take real fencing lessens again years later. Life is only for the one that is not afraid to die. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capnwilliam Posted June 13, 2005 Share Posted June 13, 2005 For what it's worth, Dorian, I've had a fencing foil broken on me: no blood, thank God. Fencing (Olympic, and SCA) also aggravated my knee problems (arthritis). So, I can't do it any more. For what it's worth, mates, I'm going to move this topic to Rabble Rousing. Of course, I'm going to do about 50 other things, all of which I've ben meaning to do for awhile, before I do this one. So don't look for it to disappear from Ports O' Call overnight. Capt. William "The fight's not over while there's a shot in the locker!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pew Posted June 13, 2005 Share Posted June 13, 2005 As an intern with the Md Natural Resources Police on the SAR Dive team, we had the dubious honor of fishing out jumpers who swan dive off the Chesapeake Bay bridge who then resurface after 4-5 months underwater. One particular fellow had been in the Bay for approx 5-6 months. As we lowered the Stokes basket and put him in, he began to "drain" through the wire mesh as he was lifted to the boat. Worst call ever. (Or maybe it was the guy who been run over by a propeller . . . ) Anyways, it was the worst I'd seen. , Skull and Quill Society , The Watch Dog "We are 21st Century people who play a game of dress-up and who spend a lot of time pissing and moaning about the rules of the game and whether other people are playing fair." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desert Pyrate Posted September 9, 2005 Share Posted September 9, 2005 Well, having spent more than a bit of time as a tall ship sailor (2nd Mate Ketch Royaliste, Deckhand Brig Lady Washington), I have my share of injuries. Luckily, none too bad: prudence is always in the mind of sailors. I have a wicked scar on my leg (not an exciting story, just a metal box with a sharp edge). A little scar on my arm accrued at some point on Royaliste. At least one concussion from Royaliste's main boom (since removed; we run loose-footed now). Countless nasty cuts, bruises, scrapes, burns, etc. What's interesting now is my hands. After a couple weeks of not being aboard, they're starting to lose their calluses... always looks like I've got some sort of skin condition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cpt Sophia M Eisley Posted September 9, 2005 Share Posted September 9, 2005 All these injuries sounds so...ouch! I have a few that I endured either from clumsiness, or from trying to avoid more serious injury. Below my left knee, I have a scar from falling and slamming into metal edging in the family front yard when I was ten. On my right kneecap, I have a scar from when I fell out of a bunkbed at the Air Force Academy (I didn't go there...my boyfriend at the time smuggled me in). When I fell out of the bunk, I landed in the "proposal position", and the rough carpeting scraped the first layer of skin clean off. And he had no first aid kit (d'oh!). On my left wrist, I have a scar (complete with stitcch marks) after I banged it on the remnants of a towel bar in my previous shower. I ended up with what doctors call a ganglion cyst (bible cyst - in olden days folks used to try to pop these with bibles, and other large, heavy books) that showed up on the injury site a few weeks later. It grew, I sought medical attention as it was making my hand a bit tingly. I went through various treatments in an attempt to remove it (i.e. popping and a cortisone shot). They finally took it out during surgery (arm numbed up with a "Bier block"), and after that, I had this lovely scar, and limited mobility in my wrist for a few years. Perhaps we'll meet again under better circumstances. ---(---(@ Dead Men...Tell No Tales. Welcome, Foolish Mortals... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt. Morgan Posted September 12, 2005 Share Posted September 12, 2005 I'm with Petee... Dirty ol' band of Iraqis thought it would be funny to fire some mortars at me an' my boys... I took the brunt of the explosion, which took off most of the calf muscle on my right leg, severed the artery, broke about two dozen bones in my foot, leg and right arm, and tossed random and assorted bits of surplus Soviet shrapnel about the rest of me... unfortunately, the bandits didn't live to brag about it... too bad... Touche' Ship's Marksman & Crab Fiend Pyrates of the Coast "All the skill in the world goes out the window if an angel pisses in the flintlock of your musket." "Florida points like a guiding thumb, To the southern isles of rumba and rum, To the mystery cities and haunted seas, Of the Spanish Main and the Caribbees..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain_MacNamara Posted September 17, 2005 Share Posted September 17, 2005 I've posted this before in this forum, but here goes... I have alot of scar tissue... only some of it is external, like the: 4" one on me left wrist from a bone-carving accident. one from when my left thumb was 75% severed. both knees and right elbow, all fractured in a motorcycle accident. right ribcage, where they had to put a tube in my lung. left temple where I fractured my skull in the car wreck... speaking of that, bring us to the internal scar tissue... scar tissue in the esophogus where it was ripped completely out scar tissue on my heart, where it was nicked by one of my ribs scar tissue in both lungs, where they were punctured by my ribs scar tissue in my sternum, where is was broken in half scar tissue in my right shoulder, where my collarbone was broken in 3 places and ripped up the muscle tissue as well scar tissue and adhesions in the chest cavity from all the ribs snapping free of the sternum scar tissue in my liver, kidneys and spleen, where they were perforated from a very hard impact with the ground All the internal injuries happened in one car wreck in 1998... was driving angry and too fast in the rain, and ended up flipping a 4 door car end over end 5 times... fractured my skull on the driver's side window, busting it out when the car hit the ditch before it flipped... knocked me unconscious is the only reason I survived at all. elbow hit the seat belt release and I flew out the back glass, and the car hit me as it flipped, catapulting me 120 feet in the air... then I belly-flopped on the ground and the car landed on me on it's last flip, and came to a rest on it's side right by me. My lungs and stomache filled with blood, and my heart and respirations stopped. Then I was revived, and the first hospital was going to send me home to die in a familiar enviornment. My family insisted on taking me to a different hospital, where I spent 4 days and then walked out of the hospital under my own power. I have bad headaches alot now... among other problems. Captain of the Iron Lotus It is the angle that holds the rope, not the size of the hole. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rummy3 Posted September 21, 2005 Share Posted September 21, 2005 Well, I wanted to share my son's scar. Quite ugly - the result of a slice from a box cutter. http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/la_woman00/d...231.jpg&.src=ph Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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