Please Add Your Best Wishes For a Speedy Recovery

[Lord_of_the_Dense]

Good luck man. Sorry for your misfortune. Look forward to seeing you post again.

:psychofun:

[rainbowdemon]

do hugs work with people with a few broken arms?)

It depends on how many aren't broken!!

[Bombardier]

Hang in their Joeyz and get well soon. :)

I've never ridden a motorcycle myself. Maybe someday I will, but hopefully I won't injure myself doing so.

Follow the peoples' advice that recommended a bigger veichle in the future :D

[desdemona]

Geez, I hope you're recovering well Joeyz :( miss you, I'm glad you're alive though, I'm sure that doesn't help when you're hurting, but life is full of surprises, what an experience, hope you can move your fingers so you can type, lol We'll be looking for you. ;)

remember, it's just a dumb animal

[DudeAsInCool]

For those who missed this, Im giving it a bump...

[ASUmusicMAN]

Joey,

Get well soon!! I know you will recover!

[GabrielYoungFan]

Wow I feel the love for you here, Joe. You must be some special kid huh? I think you're gonna have to give up chasing deer as a game don't you agree? :) I hope you feel better soon and PLEASE, PLEASE don't scare me like that again. Even though you're a pain in my side at times I too am thankful you're still able to be a pain in my side.

Best Wishes!!!!

[cjules13]

That sucks... here's a motorcycle joke that was sent to me for you to read and cheer up... (it's probably old, but was new to me!)

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Open letter to a crackhead:

Yes, you. You sick fucker. On Wednesday morning I emerged from my girlfriend's building by Wrigley Field to find that you had sawed the tops off both the sparkplugs on my motorcycle. At the time, I had no idea why anyone would do that. Other than the sparkplugs, the bike was untouched. Some kind of bizarre vandalism? A fraternity prank gone awry? I had no idea. All I knew is that I looked like a huge douchebag riding the El to work in a padded motorcycle jacket and helmet.

Because the bike was immobilized I got a $35 street sweeping ticket that night. Thursday I had it towed to the shop ($45) where they replaced the sparkplugs and the boots ($50 including labor). They explained to me that "people" - I use the term loosely here - like you break off the tops of spark plugs and use the porcelain tubes to smoke crack. As an engineer and former MacGyver fan, in a way I think this is kind of cool. But then I remember that I just paid $100 for YOUR crackpipes, and I get angry again.

Crackhead, it was really good to have my bike back though. I rode home from the shop with a couple of spare sparkplugs and a smile on my face. I figured the next time I parked at my girlfriend's place overnight I would have to buy some crackpipes and tape them to my bike as a peace offering. Overall, I wasn't that upset. Despite having to ride the bus for three days and dropping a hundred bones at the shop, I had gained some fascinating knowledge, a new set of sparkplugs, and a pretty funny anecdote about how fucked up you are, and how our paths once crossed briefly in the night.

But you couldn't just let sleeping dogs lie, could you Crackhead. You couldn't just stay in on Friday, watch Letterman through the window of a home electronics store and then call it a night. You couldn't rest on your laurels. Two porcelain sparkplug crackpipes just wasn't enough for you, was it Crackhead? You just had to come back for more.

This morning, a scant fifteen hours after I rode it out of the shop, I found my motorcycle violated once again. This time you only took the right one - maybe you were having an off night. At least this time I had a spare sparkplug and the tools to fix it - or so I thought - having ordered a 73-piece toolset from SEARS.com last week. But no, the sparkplug socket in my new toolset was for American sparkplugs. So I had to go down to the neighborhood Ace hardware. They had an 18mm socket that would fit over my sparkplug, but it was for a 1/2" drive ratchet. My toolkit only has 1/4" and 3/8" ratchets. So I had to buy a 1/2" ratchet along with the socket. Even though the clerk took pity on me and gave me the senior citizen discount (I'm 25) it still cost me $22 all told. Now, you might say that I should have just gotten a 3/8"-to-1/2" drive adaptor instead of springing for the whole ratchet. And to that I say "Shut the hell up, Crackhead, I'm not finished. And besides, I was eventually going to buy a 1/2" ratchet anyway so it's probably not worth it to take it back now."

OK, now I'm rambling. But the point is, Crackhead, that you have done me wrong. Now, I get that you love crack. That is totally understandable. I've heard it is really fun, at first, and quite addictive. What I don't understand is,

YOU ARE A CRACKHEAD. WHY DON'T YOU OWN A CRACKPIPE?

I am an engineer. Do you ever see me shaking down bums in the street for a calculator and sliderule? No, you don't. Because engineering is the main thing I do, I went and bought myself a calculator. The main thing you do is crack. How do you get by without a crackpipe? The other crackheads must clown on you non-stop. I mean, the fucking saw you used to saw off my sparkplugs is probably worth five or ten bucks. Why not sell or trade it for a crackpipe? You really haven't put much thought into this, have you?

Please, Crackhead, please don't tell me you sold your crackpipe to buy crack. Even a stupid crackhead such as yourself couldn't possibly be that stupid.

I've decided that taping crackpipes to my motorcycle would be tantamount to appeasement. You have crossed a line, Crackhead - specifically Clark Street. You have come onto my own street and you have desecrated that which I hold dear. You have stolen from me, and you have caused me to spend the last half hour writing this post instead of engineering shit, and it is conceivable, if not likely, that my boss could find out about this and fire me. I am hella pissed at you dude.

Here are my options as I see them:

1. Write a note saying that I have coated both of my sparkplugs in rat poison and tape it to my bike at night. You can thank Tim for that one, it was his idea.

2. Don't write a note, but just coat both sparkplugs in rat poison. This is probably closer to a punishment that would fit your despicable crime. I'm sure this is super illegal and shit, but it's not like anyone is going to miss you, Crackhead. Don't fool yourself.

3. Wait in an alley near my bike armed with my new stainless steel mirror-finish Ace Professional brand 1/2" drive socket wrench, my 18mm sparkplug socket, and my searing rage. It's pretty heavy and well balanced. I am not a large man, but I am angry.

In conclusion, Crackhead, why don't you just do both of us a favor and buy yourself a crackpipe? It will both enhance your crack smoking experience and save me a lot of time and felony assault charges. Think about it.

Sincerely,

Matt

*** If you are not the crackhead that took my sparkplugs, please disregard this posting ***

[Guest .::BeatFactory::.]

Hey man, I hope you get well soon and my thoughts and prayers go out to you so you get a speedy recovery.

[rainbowdemon]

And another nurse!!

[Redneck4sure]

And another nurse!!

Rainbowdemon, it seems you have better insurance than I do.

[rainbowdemon]

You should see the doctors!!

[Redneck4sure]

You should see the doctors!!

Seriously, has anyone heard anymore from joeyz?? I have been offline for several days and was hoping he was home and banging on the computer if nothing else. I doubt if he is up to banging farm animals cause they tend to move around a lot. :) That is tough when you have several broken arms. :D

[DudeAsInCool]

I spoke to him by phone. I will check in with him in another day for a progress report...

[Redneck4sure]

When did you speak to him last, Dude? Is he home? How is he?

[rainbowdemon]

On a serious note, I'd like to know too.

[Shawn]

Aye, an update is in order. Joeyz is a good member and a decent shite.

[moonglow]

:D Good to hear that you are on the mend. an arm(s)? is way to useful to be without, get better :) Hope to see you here again soon :)

[DudeAsInCool]

I left word on his cell and eagerly awaiting an update to fill you in..

[Redneck4sure]

I left word on his cell and eagerly awaiting an update to fill you in..

Dude, you are ok and have been upgraded. I have removed your penciled in name from my "do not cap" list and wrote it in "semi-permanent" ink. :)

Edited June 11, 2004 by Redneck4sure

[GabrielYoungFan]

Hey guys I am a friend of Joey's and I talked with him on the phone last night. He seems to be in good spirits as he was nagging me about how I am doing in regards to looking for a job. Gotta love the man. He signed on briefly tonight and typed a few things before he had to sign off because the arms were hurting.

I know he appreciates everyone's kind words. He makes another visit to the doctor tomorrow and he's hoping the good doctor will ok him to go back to work. I still think he needs rest though, but knowing him he won't start feeling better til he finds his way back to the board and busying himself. I should hear from him at some point this weekend and possibly see him so I'll post and update for you all.

Thanks again for all your kind thoughts and good natured jokes. I know it will bring a smile to his face and possibly a few tears ha ha. :)

Sincerely,

Pam

[Redneck4sure]

thanks! :good job:

[MxRob]

Get well Bud, I can feel your pain as I myself have been in many motorcycle crashes. The local doctors at the ER know me by my first name. Although most of my crashes have been offroad into rocks and trenches.

ps: No matter what anyone tells you climb back up on that thing. Dont let a little pain keep you from enjoying that adrenaline rush. My family and friends tell me to sell my bike everytime I get hurt but I just tell them that I cant sell my happiness. I hope you have a speedy recovery. :good job:

Edited June 11, 2004 by MxRob

[DudeAsInCool]

Spoke to Joey's brother Gabe of GabrielYoung today--Joey was back in the hospital today to dress up the bandages/casts and its expected that he has about a 3 week recovery ahead...

This means that we will have to become very inventive with our spam, post more nurse hotties, etc :bigsmile: Spam Away ;spammer: ;spammer: ;spammer: ;spammer: ;spammer:

[DudeAsInCool]

Speaking of the devil, JoeyZ is in the house and on the boards :bigsmile: We know you cant type yet, but its good to see you back at BK