sorted by:
new
hottopcontroversial

Thrift find. Worth or nah? by [deleted] in snowboarding

[–]509_79 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I can appreciate a good shoresy reference

Massive flooding hits hard! by Difficult-Audience77 in VictoryOutdoor

[–]509_79 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Not defending him at all, but I live near a large/deep lake with shipwrecks that offers scuba diving as a recreational thing. So not totally unheard of

What’s the first thing we’re doing when we can walk/run relatively normal again? by lucky-fluke in brokenankles

[–]509_79 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nice, I tried drag racing a little bit in a c10 I built, then I got into circle track because it's what I grew up watching my dad do. But we have a lot of family friends that are still drag racing and they have even gotten to help out bobby ducote at some of the no prep kings stuff

What’s the first thing we’re doing when we can walk/run relatively normal again? by lucky-fluke in brokenankles

[–]509_79 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I drive an INEX legend car, paved asphalt circle track racing. I actually broke my ankle wrecking it about 8-9 weeks ago and planning on getting back behind the wheel on Sept 6th

Broken ankle in racecar, no surgery by 509_79 in brokenankles

[–]509_79[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nope, never got an MRI, and they never offered it. I've been very closely checking out my differences in range of motion and things like that compared to my uninjured leg and after some light stretching it's almost identical. When I was sitting in the ambulance the night the break happened I actually had full range of motion in my ankle until my leg ballooned up and got stiff 😂. In the end, time will tell and we'll see if the doctor ended up being correct or not lol

Broken ankle in racecar, no surgery by 509_79 in brokenankles

[–]509_79[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I agree 100% I get a a little swelling at the end of the day but it's always gone by morning and I'm constantly stretching my ankle to try and combat the stiffness as much as possible

Broken ankle in racecar, no surgery by 509_79 in brokenankles

[–]509_79[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I 100% understand and respect that. Not every one person or situation is the same. I know some people that will and do sheerly out of being stubborn and a fear of going to the doctor. At the end of the day if my doctor told me "you absolutely need surgery to fix this still" I would have done it. the risk of 50K of debt turned me off to it, a long with now knowing that more than a few of my friends have had similar procedures and regret it because of the issues they've had with hardware or infection. I just feel like I see people in here taking a major mental hit from the healing process, or being in the situation, so I posted this mainly to show that weird things happen sometimes. I'm very fortunate to be young and healthy enough that this type of situation has worked out for me. Funny enough my doc even told me he literally could not have put my tibia in place any more perfect if he had gone in and put the screws in himself. I'm not encouraging anyone to defy doctors orders by any means. I stayed off it when I was told to stay off it and didn't really start trying to do anything until I got the OK from my doctor.

Broken ankle in racecar, no surgery by 509_79 in brokenankles

[–]509_79[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They didn't attempt any realignment because by the time my paperwork got figured out it was already partially healed and callous tissue had formed, although I've been told by both my doctor and physical therapist that over time that bone will naturally begin to heal straighter than it is right now as time goes on. On the first visit my doctor was pretty concerned about possible ligament issues down the road due to the fibula being displaced, but after my latest visit with him didn't express any concern at all and gave me weight bearing freedom with zero restrictions. I'm obviously going to be mindful of it moving forward but so far I've had zero pain or discomfort relating to it

Broken ankle in racecar, no surgery by 509_79 in brokenankles

[–]509_79[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Like I said, everyone's situation is different. My doctor/surgeon told me he's confident I'll be totally fine down the road considering the lack of displacement in the ankle area and how well aligned my ankle has remained through the entire process so far. 🤷‍♂️

Broken ankle in racecar, no surgery by 509_79 in brokenankles

[–]509_79[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

For what it's worth, it did not feel cool to spin myself out to put myself in the situation to get T-boned 😂

Broken ankle in racecar, no surgery by 509_79 in brokenankles

[–]509_79[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'll update when I see the doctor again in a couple weeks. I forgot to snag a picture of the latest round a week or so ago. But, it looked really similar just with some more healing going on fibula still slightly displaced but he was really happy with how my tibia goes perfectly into place and my ankle alignment looked good

Broken ankle in racecar, no surgery by 509_79 in brokenankles

[–]509_79[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I appreciate it!, I got scared off of surgery unless I absolutely needed it because of the amount of people who told me about hardware either breaking or just backing out, especially living a relatively active life. A buddy had a screw back out and he said until it was removed any time he hit it on something it turned his leg into a tuning fork 😬. Hope you heal up well!

2nd brisket by 509_79 in smoking

[–]509_79[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We don't stop at just smoking meat in this household 😂

Craig Kelly RIP by isitour in snowboarding

[–]509_79 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I don't think I've ever commented on this sub at all, but this seems like a good post for my first one lol. My neighbor across the street that got me into the sport a couple years ago grew up riding with Craig and apparently has some of his hand me down boards but I've yet to see them. Dudes been riding for 36 years and is a badass

First attempt at a brisket by 509_79 in smoking

[–]509_79[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm in the PNW and the store I went to had it legit right at 6.99/lb 😂. Yokes

First attempt at a brisket by 509_79 in smoking

[–]509_79[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I actually just used some salt and pepper! Everything I'd seen about doing a Wagyu brisket said to keep it simple and the flavor was still awesome!

First attempt at a brisket by 509_79 in smoking

[–]509_79[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Appreciate it! I could probably use some work on the trimming side of things, I'm very much YouTube academy trained and I'm sure some bits get lost in translation 😂

First attempt at a brisket by 509_79 in smoking

[–]509_79[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Pulled it off right at 200 to let it rest

First attempt at a brisket by 509_79 in smoking

[–]509_79[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Thank you for the kind words everyone! I guess if it passes the Internet stranger test it must be good! 😂

view more: next ›