Penn State is tight fisted when it comes to parking. Everyone must pay.

So much time has passed since you posted your comments. It’s no longer cold here. Was 70F yesterday. Unusual for February!

Sorry for the delay in responding. The demands of post-operative care are more daunting than I suspected. Taking time to sort out this new life.

My chiropractor is definitely helping and, like your experience, knows what needs to be done to care for my own unique aches and pains. A much appreciated gift right now.

Kim is progressing but the severity of the nerve compression means it is going to take time. Months most likely. In the meantime the pain and lack of mobility are withering on her. Recovery isn’t a linear or predictable process which makes things worse. Never know what to expect one day to the next. We just keep showing up each day and take things as they come.

Good to hear that apron works at speed….legs aren’t the problem for me, the cold gets to my toes and fingers first after hours on the road.

Its so warm here in AZ that I think my blood is thinning. I felt chilled at 50F this afternoon!

Hi Steve
It was a 1964 MG Midget.

As to chiropractic, and sadly misunderstood solution to many problems.
My own chiropractor is a few years younger than me (72 in 2018) however we’ve been friends since before secondary school; he knows my body and knows exactly how to make the body feel better.
Basically adjust and or apply a tens unit, then skip a day or two and return for more adjustment if required.

Unlike older and younger friends who’ve pended themselves to oblivion playing contact sports, I have no such problem; too clumsy to play sports and and too physically weak for non-contact sports was/is a blessing in disguise.

If things get really messed which I do every once in a while, then my chiropractor will
appear here at my house in exchange for a cup of tea and talk. When i was recovering from chemo nine years ago, it was a comfort for him to appear when needed; he got his fee, site and maybe some chocolate chip cookies to go home.

Keep thinking about your Kim and wondering if any of us on the blog can help at some point. Surgery, ANY surgery that involves one’s own anatomy, can always be scary.
Sometimes it’s as to be done on an emergency basis as for your heart stent. Other surgery as for Kim (whatever it may be) is far more difficult; you have to wait for the time and the place and even then it may not happen as planned. Thinking of my eight hour surgery some ten years ago to remove my left kidney, my spleen and ll my lymph nodes in an eighth our plus surgery, and how i function or not, afterwards.
The hurry up and wait for the specialist surgeon to be available, waiting on a gurney
for gosh knows how long before being brought into the OR.

Do keep us posted about Kim and how you are surviving , please.

Hah. What kind of car did you have?

Many on the Modern Vespa forum concur with your assessment of icing. And that there won’t be much I can do about it. As long as the engine doesn’t completely die I can live with the rough idle. So I’ll continue to ride until it dies. Or not.

Thanks for the mechanical tutoring. I can never have too much. Appreciate it. Really.

Not sure why I’ve been so stubborn regarding the use of an apron. Should have acquired one years ago rather than suffering through the cold.

Today I’m a wiser man.

Not yet. I have them in the garage. Have been too lazy to put them on. I’m amazed at how lazy I’ve been.