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----- Original Message -----
From: Peter Ogilvie <konacoffee2@hotmail.com>
To: <lro@Works.Team.Net>
Sent: Saturday, May 26, 2001 4:03 AM
Subject: RE: LRO: Strong back was Transmission Removal
> 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 when it comes to Rovers. 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 paralysis and numbness. 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 Roveritis ruin your body, its already too late for the
> mind.
>
>
>
>
> >From: Easton Trevor A <trevor_easton@dofasco.ca>
> >Reply-To: lro@works.team.net
> >To: "'Peter Ogilvie '" <konacoffee2@hotmail.com>, "'lro@Works.Team.Net
'"
> > <lro@Works.Team.Net>
> >Subject: RE: LRO: Transmission Removal
> >Date: Fri, 25 May 2001 10:52:08 -0400
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >Personally, I'll pay the $200 for the hoist. I'll let the 'he man'
> >types
> >have all the fun of R&R'ing via the strong back method. 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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