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Title: Accident victim unknowingly carried part of his 1963 Thunderbird around with him.
Post by: JKATHRE on January 01, 2015, 01:40:14 PM
Hard to believe...this guy had his T-Bird turn signal lever buried in his arm for over 50 years and did not know it!!

http://news.yahoo.com/51-years-wreck-7-inch-car-part-found-164436702.html
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Post by: jcassity on January 01, 2015, 03:17:41 PM
that is amazing
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Post by: Drewstang on January 01, 2015, 03:44:30 PM
He got shafted on that accident.
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Post by: Beau on January 01, 2015, 04:51:10 PM
Talk about your car being a part of you....lol
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Post by: JKATHRE on January 01, 2015, 05:54:03 PM
I wonder if he signaled his turns while he was walking!!!
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Post by: thunderjet302 on January 01, 2015, 07:24:37 PM
I want to know how he never felt that in his arm for over 50 years. I figure I would fell a seven inch metal stick in my arm. Maybe.
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Post by: MY83T on January 01, 2015, 09:19:14 PM
well at least he can find a new direction in life........
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Post by: Beau on January 01, 2015, 10:23:00 PM
Scar tissue around it might have deadened the sensation. If he's a bigger guy, the extra padding may have helped to camouflage it too.

Either way, it signals that shiznit DOES happen. :hick:
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Post by: 50RACER on January 01, 2015, 11:09:04 PM
That hurts just thinking about it!
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Post by: CoogarXR on January 02, 2015, 02:58:03 PM
When your arm is typically perpendicular to the average turn signal lever, what are the odds that the handle would jab in, on such a perfect angle that his arm would swallow it up and break it off, leaving such a small wound that it "didn't require attention and healed on it's own". Mindblowing...
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Post by: Beau on January 02, 2015, 06:12:48 PM
Back in them days, people were tougher than the generalized cooches we have now.
If you weren't gushin' blood, dyin', or great big holes in ya, they gave you an aspirin and throwed ya out lol.

That said...I have a pretty good feeling I'd know if there was 7" or so of turn signal lever in my arm.
Depends though...a broken hip is most unpleasant. Probably had the guy sedated for a couple weeks, likely by then his arm had scabbed up, and was just sore.
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Post by: Ramos617 on January 03, 2015, 01:12:24 AM
Quote from: ThunderbirdSport302;442373
Back in them days, people were tougher than the generalized cooches we have now.
If you weren't gushin' blood, dyin', or great big holes in ya, they gave you an aspirin and throwed ya out lol.

That is too funny but you can't argue with it lol