From: oldernow@dev.null   
      
   And then it started raining while I was hand-skimming the   
   pool, so I put that away, walked from the backyard through   
   the garage, and noticed it was suddenly a deluge... so I   
   "busted a hump" to get to the car, but wasn't sufficiently   
   careful when ducking into it, as I was still pulling the   
   car door open.   
      
   I managed to come down hard upon the stop of the door   
   with the upper part of my left cheek. Another half inch,   
   and I suspect I'd be down to one eye.   
      
   So, it bled a little, but mostly stopped after holding a   
   cotton ball soaked in rubbing alcohol to it.   
      
   More notably, it swelled up "like a motherfucker". So I   
   held a soaked towel containing ice to it on and off for   
   as much as I could take.   
      
   But now the area from the inner corner of the eye socket,   
   and coming down about an inch at an angle appears to be   
   a classic "shiner".   
      
   While areas of the lingering puffiness hurt to press   
   semi-hard, it's not feeling like broken/cracked bone kind   
   of pain. So, since I've little faith in people "practicing"   
   medicine, I guess I just need to wait it out.   
      
   My wife is out with a daughter. She's seen it already, but   
   I can imagine her insisting I be seen after she gets home,   
   because she wants to see a doctor for trifles all the time.   
      
   And you wanna know the worst part? I *still* don't know   
   what a *gaylord* was/is! :-)   
      
   --   
   oldernow   
   xyz001 at nym.hush.com   
      
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