Douglas Story:  

I don't want to brag or make anyone jealous, but even after 40 years, I can still fit in the socks I wore in High School : ) Time to change this profile.... I met my wife just after Valentine's Day in '93, married her in November of '95 (and yes, we're still married, after nearly 28 years), will be come Guy Fawkes Day 2023. After my near fatal accident in May of '85 (funniest thing about that was, around 4 weeks into my 5 week coma, the doctors sat my mom and dad down and told them point blank "Mr. and Mrs. Story, with the length of this coma combined with his physical injuries, IF your son wakes up, he's likely going to be a vegetable". That just didn't work for me, I HATE vegetables, lol, Anyway, I got rehabbed and since I don't much care for being around people, I got my CDL and have been a commercial truck driver since November of '95 (being a Meyers-Briggs ISTJ, I just love being alone in the truck). In connection with that, I was working delivery for Thos Somerville in Fairfax, taking a commercial water heater up to Frederick, MD. The water heater slipped off the liftgate and as I tried to catch it, the damned thing fell on the same leg I'd broken in '85 (tibia [shin bone] this time though), the doctor told my wife my leg was basically crushed into paste, but he put it back together using two titanium plates and 13 screws (the ONLY metal in me, even after all my previous accidents). My leg healed straight and I STILL don't limp even though the same leg has been broken twice (sa...Expand for more