Yay for 2010! Start as you mean to go on.....

[AXrescuer]

Went out to get car defrosted, slipped on ice and now have nice gash on back of my head. Should really go to the hospital but I'm too pissed off and moreover too fecking embarrassed.So, I sit here with thumping headache and tea towel wrapped round noggin feeling sorry for meself.

[Milford Cubicle]

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[retrogeezer]

You should still go to the docs to get it checked out fella. Loads of people slip on ice mate.I went over on my ankle last feb in ice, foot just went underneath me. Fortunately the car parked next to where I slipped was ther to slow my fall a little but my ankle hurt for months.

[Mr_Bo11ox]

Sue the council!!

[Father Ted]

Sue the council!!

Sue God, he clearly has it in for you...

[Guest]

Does anyone remember that advert with the heavy-set bloke going on about you having an accident at work in a slightly stern voice? I always felt a bit threatened by him, like he was going to cause me to have an accident at work, one involving me falling into a knuckleduster or something.

[Milford Cubicle]

[AXrescuer]

What a day. 4 hours in casualty, a massive lump and 4 sutures. No concussion luckily but jeez, I wish someone would cut me a bit of slack for once. :roll:As Rodney Trotter once said "I've got this 'orrible feeling that if there is such a thing as reincarnation, knowing my luck, I'll come back as me!"Would love to sue the poxy shitty council where I live but sadly I fell while still in my garden!

[retrogeezer]

Would love to sue the poxy shitty council where I live

Could you actually sue the council if you fell on an icy path then?

[AXrescuer]

Would love to sue the poxy shitty council where I live

Could you actually sue the council if you fell on an icy path then?

Yeah, they get done by someone every time it's icy as it seems there's very rarely any gritting done on our pavements.

[Cavcraft]

Soz to hear your start to 2010 hasn't been EPIC.

[Rod/b]

Would love to sue the poxy shitty council where I live

Could you actually sue the council if you fell on an icy path then?

Yeah, they get done by someone every time it's icy as it seems there's very rarely any gritting done on our pavements.

Fuck me, is it beyond people to take a bit of responsibility for themselves these days?

[Mr H Sceptre]

What a day. 4 hours in casualty, a massive lump and 4 sutures. No concussion luckily but jeez, I wish someone would cut me a bit of slack for once. :roll:As Rodney Trotter once said "I've got this 'orrible feeling that if there is such a thing as reincarnation, knowing my luck, I'll come back as me!"Would love to sue the poxy shitty council where I live but sadly I fell while still in my garden!

Sue your wife/girlfriend/housemate/parents (delete as applicable)

[AXrescuer]

Would love to sue the poxy shitty council where I live

Could you actually sue the council if you fell on an icy path then?

Yeah, they get done by someone every time it's icy as it seems there's very rarely any gritting done on our pavements.

Fuck me, is it beyond people to take a bit of responsibility for themselves these days?

I agree. But it's the old uns I feel for. Couple of years back an old dear took a tumble in front of us, she went down like a ton of spuds. Poor love was out cold, bleeding from her nose/mouth. She'd tripped on a loose kerb covered by snow, I gather she got around £500 for her two month stay in the hospital.

[Mr_Bo11ox]

I must sound like a right miserable old bast. but i still feel for the council there! If they have to start coughing up a monkey every time an old dear slips on the snow then thats a problem.

[VWPowered]

we woke up to an inch of snow again this morning...gotta be careful out there, tis slippery

[trigger]

I feel over the other week in the ice, 6 of us lads walking into town from mine for the works Christmas meal and it had to be me who slips arse over tit on the way down the hill, Even some random old man on a pushbike started laughing at me who was going past My leg hurt for days!.You don't have a lot of luck do you AX, How's your... little chap... these days after the zip incident?.

[Guest]

I must sound like a right miserable old bast. but i still feel for the council there! If they have to start coughing up a monkey every time an old dear slips on the snow then thats a problem.

Have to agree with that, all this money comes out of a taxpayer-funded pot which could go on something else.I can totally see the idea behind claiming for hitting a pothole or tripping over a loose paving slab, but for the local authority to be responsible for someone slipping on the ice is just too much. Even if they have the time and resources to grit all the paths it doesn't mean people won't slip.Some stuff is just bad luck!

[Hudsonpie]

I agree. But it's the old uns I feel for. Couple of years back an old dear took a tumble in front of us, she went down like a ton of spuds. Poor love was out cold, bleeding from her nose/mouth. She'd tripped on a loose kerb covered by snow, I gather she got around £500 for her two month stay in the hospital.I agree, saw an old boy fall over in town. He went down quite heavily and was visibly shaken and his wife was really worried. I was staggered that I was the only one who stopped to help, and no one seemed the least bit concerned. In fact some of the fuckers looked disgusted that the old boy might have been blocking the pavement for a couple of minutes.

[Mr Lobster]

I slipped and fell in the ice about three years ago, Fell really heavilly and dislocated my shoulder which REALLY FUCKING HURT. Still get some pain from it now occasionally.Didn't sue though as I took the view that it was my fault and should have been more careful.

[whitevanman]

I slipped and fell in the ice about three years ago, Fell really heavilly and dislocated my shoulder which REALLY FUCKING HURT. Still get some pain from it now occasionally.Didn't sue though as I took the view that it was my fault and should have been more careful.

I agree, Whilst a sensible, mature grown up and pragmatic view..................its also why we will never have any money.....we dont rip people off !!!!

[Torsten2001]

^^^WHS, why is it the councils fault if we can't use a bit of eye/foot co-ordination

[dollywobbler]

Old people get doddery, we all fall over in the ice. If the council left bear traps and open pits all over the place, then they'd deserve a little light litigation. Otherwise, deal with it! Yes, I'm sure it's traumatic when you're older - it's not very nice when you're younger! (as I know having had a really nasty fall in a car park in 2008 - made me feel like a little child falling over in the playground!) It happens. You can't always blame someone - yet today, it has to be SOMEONE'S fault.I once worked in a solicitors. One person was trying to sue for trauma caused by a bad haircut (a bloke who'd just shaved the bad haircut away) and one woman was trying to sue Ford because when she crashed, she got a little bit burnt by the airbag going off. Ford should have disconnected her airbag and let her smash her face into the steering wheel.

[Milford Cubicle]

I remember someone on another forum crashing a Ford Mondeo quite badly, but the airbags didn't go off (because the sensors weren't triggered in the impact I guess). It rolled over a couple of times but he only received a couple of bruises. He was going on and on about Ford Mondeos being unsafe because the airbags didn't go off.What's wrong with these people? He's just been in a major car crash, escaped with bruises but complains about the car being unsafe.

[Guest Tony Hayers]

Does anyone remember that advert with the heavy-set bloke going on about you having an accident at work in a slightly stern voice? I always felt a bit threatened by him, like he was going to cause me to have an accident at work, one involving me falling into a knuckleduster or something.

Ah, I remember that ad

[Pillock]

I went over last week on black ice and smacked my hip into the floor, which has just come out as a huuuuge bruise.1st Jan my GF took a tumble walking the dogs, knackered both her wrists. Not broken but the schafoid thingie apparently may be fractured, which takes a while to show on X-Rays so has to go back in a week or so. So she's walking around with two wrist supports on and can't do much at all.

[Guest]

Does anyone remember that advert with the heavy-set bloke going on about you having an accident at work in a slightly stern voice? I always felt a bit threatened by him, like he was going to cause me to have an accident at work, one involving me falling into a knuckleduster or something.

Ah, I remember that ad

That's the one. I find the bit about "no risk" difficult to believe. I imagine he's all smiles until he's had a few whiskies, then before you know it the mood turns sour, you get coshed around the back of the head by one of his heavies and wake up in a warehouse full of counterfeit tobacco, handcuffed to an old radiator. It's not worth it!

[AXrescuer]

I feel over the other week in the ice, 6 of us lads walking into town from mine for the works Christmas meal and it had to be me who slips arse over tit on the way down the hill, Even some random old man on a pushbike started laughing at me who was going past My leg hurt for days!.You don't have a lot of luck do you AX, How's your... little chap... these days after the zip incident?.

Tis fine now Thanks.

[pompei]

I think AXR will be praying he's not in Groundhog Day today.

[AXrescuer]

Today is good, no injuries as yet.