Woodsy's Situation Thread

Woodsy, I was ridding the other day I came apon a sign. After reading this it became aparent why you are lost all the time. It confused me also.

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Thats it DON!! You found that sign that TOTALLY messed up my internal gyroscope! I tired to explain that to Huby and he simply wouldnt listen - even after I went to all that extra work to get him out of there, shoot, I even ran Kadie out of gas trying to fiqure that out :bang:
PLEASE explain that to him next time you ride with him!

woodsy said:

Thats it DON!! You found that sign that TOTALLY messed up my internal gyroscope! I tired to explain that to Huby and he simply wouldnt listen - even after I went to all that extra work to get him out of there, shoot, I even ran Kadie out of gas trying to fiqure that out :bang:
PLEASE explain that to him next time you ride with him!

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Hey! As the wife and I were heading north this weekend I took her past the hopping town of Huber and pointed out the Huber Cemetary. She was uninpressed ;)

INCA said:

Requirements:
Instrument to measure time in seconds.
Ability to count strides.
Points A and B that are approximately 100 feet apart on level ground.
The will to get back to abnormal as much as possible.
The fortitude to withstand the IWAAC'ers, and non illigitimum carborundum.

Procedure:
Walk from point A to point B.
Measure time and count strides required.
Post results on this thread.
Repeat every 7 to 10 days or some other convenient interval.

Initial goal:
Cover 100 feet with 39 strides in 22 seconds.

Purpose:
To have a way of knowing your progress by the numbers, rather than - 'real good' - or some other indefinite term.

From just another one of your yahoos.

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Ted - TALK ABOUT A BRAIN OVER LOAD!!! IF I DO THAT I CERTAINLY WILL BE LOST :)

INCA said:

Woodsy - To get from one place to another, you put one foot ahead of the other. If the strides are 100 and the time is 10 minutes, it would not be the point. That the numbers improve is the goal. The numbers posted are mine for a casual trip down the driveway to get the mail. When you reach them we'll be able to walk hand in hand and get lost together. This would be a great benefit for then you could keep a closer eye on me from getting into trouble - maybe.
Father Nelson

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actually Ted it would serve to keep us both out of trouble! A real world example if this is:
Day before yesterday I was "feeling" pretty good by my own defintition. Sooooo, I drove over to the new Holton Loop Trailhead and did my walking on the bike trail (as I came to a set of whoops I pretended I had a set of bars in my hands and made "brappp" noises as I doubled the whoops on my imaginary bike :ride: )
As I was having WAYYY to much fun, I over did my walk and am now paying the price! A simple step count/stop watch would have probably saved me ALOT of pain right now ;)
I am going to take your advice and quantify my efforts/progress, slowly working up to the day that I am able to do that hand in hand walk with you :thumb:
Now about getting lost together.... You should know from experience that I dont have to walk/ride/run/drive/move or even think to get lost - a new "Woodsy definition for you is: I am, therefore I am LOST!
Now on to other business, I see someone has been busy recruiting for "IWAAC" - KTMMike sent me an E-Mail about bikes and his last line was that he is an official card carrying member now. You realize that if this keeps up you and Nestrick will have to import Squirrels for the meal at the next club meeting dont you :)
Dreamin and Steamin
Woodsy

100 feet, 42 steps in 39 seconds!!

Ted - I will NEVER again ask why Hopsing calls you Coach!
THANKS COACH!! :thumb:

Woodsy I have a tale to tell ya.....

Keith and a fella named Jim that you dont know were up to Caberfae this week after work to do the maintance on the north section of the trail that we didn't get done last Sunday. Well they started around 3:00pm and got to the end around 8:00pm. They rode single back for a ways before they jumped out onto the roads to try to find there way back. Keith said that they got so lost out there. Neither of them had a plate on there bikes or a headlight for that matter. The sun went down and they were then lost in the dark. Keith said that it was so dark outside that he couldn't see Jim 30ft in front of him. They finially found there way back to the truck at something like 9:30pm in the dark.

So I guess its not just you Woodsy. Others seem to be misdirected by the strange magnetic forces that are at play in that area.

Just had to share that with you. It sounded so much like a Woodsy adventure as Keith was describing it to me. I just had to smile....as fond memories or past rides flashed thru my head. ;)

its a simple rule - NO KIT - NO BOON

YZMAN – I CAN JUST FEEL THE WONDERFUL THRILL OF WIDE SPREAD PANIC THAT I LOVE SO MUCH :aj:
and I bet neither one of them had a “Woodsy’s Delight Emergency Kit” with them either :bang: ! I am telling you folks that this thing WORKS!!! FOLKS PLEASE LISTEN CAREFULLY: Only the priorly mentioned piece of wisdom shared by the wise ol Woodsy will truly protect you from an equal fate as Kieth and Jims! However, if you the reader fail to heed my warning and best comes to best, a night living on burnt squirrel taint that bad – something that obviously neither Jim nor Kieth had a clue about :thumb:

YZMAN is absoulutly correct about the ol Boon Trail and its mysterious methods of sucking unknowing dirtbikers into its evil clutches on the darkest of nights! Don, does this sound like a replay of my conversation with Little Jimmy? Don’t you find it the least bit interesting that Kieth was with a JIMMY too? – na na na na, na na na na, na na na na, picture yourself on the last piece of trail you may ever ride. A trail with a mind of it’s own, a one way path known to some as the ol Boon Trail, but to you - the rider - it’s a stump infested trail into the Twilight Zone :laugh:
I find it most curious that you report on this at the present time Don. Let me explain….
Yesterday (for you REAL anchor brains, that would be the day before I actually read this account by YZMAN) I received Kadies replacement Bar Clamps in the mail. I went out into the garage to look at the difference between her present clamps and the new ones I had just purchased. When I lifted her cover this is what I found (see pic below)!!! I started HOOTING (that’s what owls do you know) with laughter and IMMEDIATELY called that Young Ted del Solar! When asked if/when he had hung that sign on my bike, Ted responded with “YES, it was when he and Connie had been to the house over a MONTH ago!!” Now folks, if I am lieing - I am dieing, I had LONG since been out to visit Kadie many times and NEVER seen that sign on her!! I thought that RASCALION Young Ted had stopped at the house and snuck that sign onto my bike!! Not only did he FLAT denie doing so, but he said that he had held back telling me about it thinking that I was waiting for him to bring it up so I would catch him at the crime!!
NOW, some of you mud slingers who have fallen on your bean one to many times are sitting there thinking, WHAT ON EARTH HAS THIS GOT TO DO WITH ANYTHING!! Well, I will tell you what it has to do with EVERYTHING. That sign was meant as a signal to me that something very wrong was going on up North. Yessiree, the ol Boon Trail had most certainly sucked in two more more victims… HONESTLY PEOPLE, YOU REALLY NEED TO GET THE “KIT” FROM TED IF YOUR GOING TO RIDE “THE BOON”!!
Soon to be steamin! :ride:
Woodsy

Yea I have known about that sign on Kadie long ago. I was wondering how long it was going to take you to find it.

Ya know, I know the main reason everyone gets lost on that trail. THEY DONT FOLLOW THE TRAIL! All ya gotta do is stay on the trail and it takes ya right back to the truck every time. But for some reason everyone seems to think that a shortcut or two will get them back faster. Man how many times have I heard that one. And the result is usualy the same (Unless you are with GPS Joe) it turns into the longest shortcut you ever seen.

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Yea I have known about that sign on Kadie long ago. I was wondering how long it was going to take you to find it.

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Ya know, you IWAACers are starting to really bug me :laugh:

Suprise visitor at Big Air Saturday.

Had a great day out at Big Air Saturday. We kinda made it a family day as a few of us brought our kids with us and made a day outta it. Track was great and the weather was perfect. Couldn't of asked for a better day.... Untill I snaped the chain on my yz400 off a double. That was fun. Just as I was pushing the BBP back to the truck I see this fella hobble over to say hi.

Ya never know were them bad penny's are gonna turn up do ya. ;)

YZMAN400 said:

Ya never know were them bad penny's are gonna turn up do ya. ;)

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Ya gotta watch it, that's our next President!!!! He's getting my write-in vote! Let's put a dirt biker in the White House!!!

Oh, thats ok Mark, I dont pay to much attention to rhetoric from folks with horns growing out of there head :rotfl:
It was REALLY good to get up and see you guys Don! Did Brendon sleep all the way up to the Birthday party???
I gotta go start a thread on the Jack Pine ;)
I am sure I will hafta beg again...
Woodsy

Actually he didn't sleep at all untill 10:30pm that night. Then he slept till 11:00am Sunday morn :yeehaw:

I've been reading these forum's for a few months now, and every so often I saw the "Woodsy's situation" thread. I never read it. Then tonight I saw it again, "look at all those posts!" I said to myself! What the hell is so damn interesting? That was at around 10:45pm, it's after 2am now and here I am posting. It's been a pleasure getting to know you Woodsy. Even though we never met. I'm very happy to hear of your speedy recovery, and hope it continues. I'll kick up some dust in the desert for you this week! Best, YZ165

YZ165: Thank you for taking the time to get to know not just myself, but some of the greatest folks to ever roll on 2 wheels (OH MY GOSH, over 3 hours of reading?? These IWAACers are REALLY creating chaos :yikes: ) The progress I have experienced could not have been realised with out ALL of you!! :thumb:
I truely appreciate the desert dust you are going to put up on my behalf (I LOVE the desert too!) and will be sniffing the westerly wind today for a taste of it - RIDE HARD BUDDY and oh yea, the pleasure is mine!!
Hey guys, check out YZ165's signature - AWESOME DOSE OF RIDERS REALITY!! :aj:

INCA:
You saying “Pretty Woodsy” makes me wonder why you ask,
a question sooo inquisitive, exactly whats your task??
How do you know about those “BVD’s” ol Woodsy wears?
When dealing with Father Nelson, one should be careful what he shares!!
Since June my size has changed a little, for better to be sure.
I knew that Kadie needed a break and weight loss was the ONLY cure!
Size 40 ish was LONG ago, hows 38 sound now?
My riding pants will LOVE my butt, not mooing like a cow!
I cannot wait to climb in green and feel the looser fit!
And Kadie’s motor will pull REAL strong, an even harder hit!!
The 231 when this all began, also seems like long ago,
Now 212 is where I’m at, if you really must know!
My Doctor is VERY surprised about this newer me.
He’s finding out, like other folks, I take his advice SERIOUSLY!
He told me once that extra weight is my injured backs greatest foe.
That if I wanted to find brighter days, the weight would have to go!
Now I am counting the days until this brace is history,
And I can go and participate in Physical Therapy.
If they can assist ol Woodsy in picking up the pace,
They will also have helped me A LOT in winning the “fat burning” race!!

Steaming on brothers!! :ride:
Woodsy

hmmmm, I gotta think for a while on that Ted :)

Heres a test for all you yahoos... I recieved the following letter in an E-Mail. It is from someone we havent heard from in a while. See if you can fiqure out who it is from his devious writing style:

Hey Scott
This is an 'old' friend you have yet to meet ... have been rather busy the latter part of the summer and could not devote as much time on DRN-MTR ... but that doesn't mean I have forgotten about you and the many others who meet there daily! I have spent some time the last couple of days catching up with the goings-on and noticed a few posts stating your condition is drastically improved ... beyond even the Dr's wildest expectations! This is extremely good news ... the picture of you that Don posted makes your situation seem even brighter ... a big smile, out with the biker boys [and girls], standing straight with no evidence of strain or pain!

Being the 'all knowing' person that I have self-ordained myself, I surmise that my 'reverse Voodoo' technology is now showing great promise ... on hearing of your ailments, I immediately prepared a virtual image of you composed of old carburetor parts ... then every day I stuck a jet needle in the idol ... sometimes twisting a bit to add that last erg of psychic energy ... and low and behold, your recovery is proceeding at a pace so that even the Heavens take note. You should be pleased that this radical technique has proven successful ... I once tried it on a sick, pet frog of mine ... he 'croaked' ... but then, all bull frogs gotta croak sometime, don't they? I put this experience behind me as just another incidence of bad timing ... now you have come along, testing has resumed and I am feeling fully redeemed! You are feeling better ... right? Or is it left? I still have a few more experiments to perform regarding clip position on the needles ... up until now, I have kept them near the top to prevent severe penetration of my Woodsy Doll ... I wonder what happens when I move them down the shaft? Let me know if you feel anything weird over the next few days ... I can always back off a bit ... I really don't want to revisit my 'frog scenario' ... redirecting the activities of a major group like IWAAC would be too time consuming at the moment ... isn't it nice to know that we need you buddy?
you know how cryptic I can be, with Homeland Security and all, wouldn't want to have anyone checking me out seein's how I have this Woodsy Doll with needles sticking in it on my kitchen table. By the way, making the face for the doll was easy ... I just used my Woodsy for President button that came in the mail ... man this IWAAC'er organization is really on the ball! Oh yea, how about sending me your official telephone number ... I would like to call you and discuss some modifications to the gearing and flywheel weight on my bike that I have made ... want to get your wisdom on the subject. I am doing everything possible to develop my riding skills and tweak my bike so that if I get the chance to ride with you when you're on one of your TTRs I will have a chance of riding in your group rather than way behind ... but regardless, I want to be there when the time arrives!
Just another of your riding brethren;

For those of you that are curious how I handle these obscene banterings read on:

Hey, hi brother!!
REALLY great to hear from you! I asked Ted about you a couple times and he said something about you being "out of town" (which seems normal for most of the IWAACers that I know) for a while.
Yes, keep poking away at that Woodsy Doll will you - PLEASE!! IT IS WORKING! Perhaps if you were to put on a pair of womens underwear (dont worry about the top), put your riding Jersey on inside out and tuck the bottom into the underwear, put your left riding boot on with no sock and leave your right foot naked and then danced around that Woodsy Doll like you had just burnt your tounge on a piece of Boon Trail burnt squirrel, this recovery would even go FASTER!! If you plan on doing as I suggest, please have your wife take a photo and send it to me to show, in confidence, to my Doctor. I told him ALL about you wacky IWAACers and he seems to have his doubts about the positive effect you guys are claiming to be having on me (you know how EGOTISTIC doctors can be!!).
Anyway, I am SURE that a picture of you (if you can get a few others to join you it would even be better!!) doing the "Burnt Squirrel Twist" as I suggested would go a LONG way in proving my point to Dr. Pratt!
You have my phone number correct at 231-853-2719. Keep in mind that I have kids home from college, a 16 year old daughter who has a normal loose jaw on the phone, plus, I am feeling alot better so I can sit and type online!!! Perhaps it would be easier for me to call you?? I would be GLAD to share all my infinite wisdom about your bike, or anything else for that matter, FREE OF CHARGE (if I dont charge for advice there is NO way you can litigate hahaha)!
Until then
Woodsy

As anyone can see, staying ahead of this IWAAC bunch is a full time job ;)

Hmm he mentioned me by name. Which either means that he knows me or has been on here long enough to hear you mention my name and knows of me that way. Hmmmmm

Now I did send your and Teds e-mails to someone the other day that had a few pictures of ya's that he wanted to forward to ya. Could it have been him??? I wonder. Hmmmm.

Nope I am stumped. Although a little voice in the back of my head is telling me that I should know this person.

There is one thing you IWAACers are going to have to learn Ted, I aint taking all this jabbing lying down (which, I know, happens to be your point!!). :aj: IT just so happens that "melding in with the crowd, and striking unexpectedly" is a Woodsy trait as you so correctly observed!! :nener:

I received a snail mail from the individual that YZMAN is still racking his brain trying to figure out who it is (see post dated 8-26). Along with an EXCELLENT article from his local news paper concerning new advanced PT for spine injuries (THANK YOU!!) , he all but PROMISED me a photo of himself, and anyone who would like to join the fun, doing the "Burnt Squirrel Twist" around that Woodsy Doll :eek:
I gotta hand it to some of you guys, you will do almost anything to get a shot at roosting me on one of those longgggggg, losttttttt trail rides :yeehaw:

Dreamin and Steamin with THANKS to all!!!
Woodsy

Woodsy, I thought I'd pass something that's happened to me on to you, it may be pertinent for your situation. After my abdominal surgery from January, I had no feeling on the left side of my abdomen. It would bother me if a shirt would rub on it, or I used that side for an insulin injection, but otherwise it was not too much of a big deal.

Well in the past week almost all of my feeling on that side has returned to normal. I have only a little spot that still has not sensation, and that's getting smaller every day.

Interesting in that with this sensation returning, my incision pain seems to be diminishing. I don't know if they're related, but maybe so.

This is almost 9 months post-surgery for me. My point is that apparently nerves can take a long time to "find" each other, but there's hope they still will. Your body is still healing and getting better every day.