Thought this was a universal saying "Strong Back, Weak Mind." Not
necessarily true. I've got a weak back developed from working on Rovers.
Think the Rover infection was originally responsible for weakening mind, at
least rational reasoning. Muscling around heavy rover bits like blocks
eventually manifested itself as a ruptured disc. Hopefully carving up my
back will eventually cure the nerve damage from the disk problem.
Back problems are why I'm really down on playing King Kong with heavy parts.
No fun having your right leg go paralyzed. I can pin the disc rupture to
trying to lift one end of a bare engine block to clear a 1" step in my
garage. The initial paralysis went away almost as fast as it took me to hit
the ground. Unfortunately the damage had been done though its full
ramifications took a couple of years to show up. I was bothered by niggling
lower back problems/sciatica for a couple of years, thereafter. Then woke
up from a nap in January with excruciating pain in my leg that proceded to
creeping muscle paralysis and loss of feeling. 3 months after surgery I'm
walking without a limp but cannot make the leg move forward quickly. Looks
like my running days are over.
So yes, you can muscle around most of the parts on a Rover. Is it worth the
risk to your anatomy?? NO WAY!!!! The prospect of never walking again
without crutches makes you acutely aware of your own mortality. So be
prudent and don't let Roveritis ruin your body, its already too late for the
mind.
Aloha
Peter Ogilvie
Kona Coffee Rover
1970 88 soft top, 'huli' Mine since '84 but recovering
from exposure of the dark side.
1966 109 pickup 'slime' In my garage since '90, finally running.
1965 88 parts car, slowly sinking into the lava.
196? 88 hard top, possibly 'phoenix' if it rises, it will
certainly be from ashes or at least a pile of rust
>From: Easton Trevor A <trevor_easton@dofasco.ca>
>>You know what they say about the relationship of back strength to >>other
>>human attributes.
>So what do they say?
>Trevor "One ruptured disk, one shattered vertabra " Easton
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