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Accidents and Medical Situations
- Mumps and Me
- This is a recollection about my experience with mumps from December 1965 (±1) during Christmas break.
- My Introduction to Hand Brakes on a Bike
- The title likely says enough. Set in the summer of about 1966 (±2).
- A motorcycle built for one but carrying three.
- Again, the title likely says enough. Set in the spring of about 1966. [2026-06-06] {Al; 1960s; health}
- 1966 - spring - Keith, Ken, and I on a small motorcycle heading down the sandy farm lane. What could go wrong?
- Story forthcoming
- Falling out of a Tree - 1967 - summer
- Read the first portion that describes me falling out of a ponderosa south of our home
- Falling out of a Tree - 1970 (±1) - summer
- Read the second portion of above (link takes you to the right place) about a bucket falling on my lip as I worked on pulling myself up to my tree fort in Fargo using a pulley system
- Don't Meddle with Nettle
- 1971 - summer -
- This describes the result of biking for some time in the floodplains of the Red River (Fargo) where the trails had nettle on both sides of the trail.
- Sun Reaction
- This describes a day when I biked from my home in Fargo to Buffalo State Park (20 miles east, one way) and back. This was within days of my encounter with nettle [2026-06-10]
- 1972 - spring - front tooth damaged and died following a wrestling match
- Story forthcoming
- 1972 - summer - while putting on the cultivator system onto Grandpa's John Deere tractor, I lose a fingernail
- Story forthcoming
- 1976 (±1) - summer - A bike crash occurred while in a criterium bike race
- story forthcoming
- 1976 - summer - Marcia and I got too close together as we biked down the hill on Minnesota Blvd along the Reformatory
- story forthcoming
- 1977 - August - First day of the trip to go around Lake Superior, and I had a spill that had consequences, but not for my health.
- story forthcoming
- 1982 - early spring - biking to work on a slushy day
- story forthcoming
- 2003-10-09 (Thurs.) in Pella - Haste Makes Waste
- The quote in the title foreshadows the cause of the worst bike accident that I have had. I have learned some things from this.
- frozen shoulder
- Jan 2025
- dog bite
Published 2026-05-30.
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