Subj : Re: weather To : Barry Martin From : Nancy Backus Date : Fri May 01 2020 17:34:20 -=> Quoting Barry Martin to Nancy Backus on 23-Apr-2020 10:33 <=- NB>>> When it's a clean break, and no ligament tears, keeping it immobilized NB>>> in a boot can be enough once healing starts... Another friend at NB>>> church broke his ankle shortly after I broke mine, and he was able to NB>>> walk on his much sooner than I or Barb were... BM>> Lots of variables (as always). Closest I've done is sprain/strain my BM>> ankles and pretty much able to hobble on them immediately. Of course BM>> the boney supporting structure was intact, just the wrappings holding BM>> together was damaged. NB>> And had it been a bad enough sprain/strain, you might have had to NB>> reduce how much weight-bearing you gave it anyway.... BM> I did use a walking stick that night -- 'had' to go out for a birthday BM> party. Well, the only thing wrong was a tender and fat ankle! I did BM> avoid slopes: steps were safer as usually had a railing to hang on to. Railings can be very useful things to help stabilize.... ;) BM> (Was before having a cane and the one person we knew with a cane we BM> couldn't get a hold of until the next day.) Canes and walking sticks are pretty close to being the same thing, though.... A quad cane is a little more stable than either, though... NB>>>> Exactly... as long as you have your driving under control, what they NB>>>> think isn't particularly important.... BM>>> Plus if they should question it I have a valid reason: safety. BM>>> ...Probably won't be concerned about slippery road conditions until BM>>> next year: beginning of April, though has snowed, and essentially can't BM>>> go anywhere. NB>>> Yup... we're getting out of the season for that now... :) BM>> I don't know about that: the forecast is for windy conditions (up to BM>> 45-50 MPH) this afternoon (Easter Sunday) and some accumulating snow BM>> overnight. NB>> True... and this morning, the morning announcer was telling of scads NB>> of accidents that were happening due to the the icy roads.... didn't NB>> get a lot of snow, but it was pretty cold, and I guess the roads were NB>> pretty treacherous before the sun took care of the snowfall.... BM> Without the snow being present as a reminder a lot of drivers might BM> forget to slow down for those potentially icy conditions. Or just be oblivious.... ;) Now we shouldn't be getting snow, except as a rogue storm, though...... :) A friend of mine, stuck in Florida for now, was telling me that a Facebook friend of hers up here was telling her that we're to be getting snow this next week.... I really don't believe it, since the week out forecast is for highs in the upper 50s and the lows in the 40s... :) I did see, though, on the nationwide discussion that the upper Rockies were going to be getting some snow... maybe the friend confused Rochester with Rockies... they do start with the same three letters.... Or maybe it was a late April Fools joke... ;) ttyl neb .... Sorry, Officer, I didn't realize I was driving. --- EzyBlueWave V3.00 01FB001F * Origin: Tiny's BBS - http://www.tinysbbs.com (454:1/452) .