I feel like nominating myself for the position of Breaktime Crash Test Dummy…
A few months ago I related how I was too lazy/cranky to wear my safety glasses and got a piece of glass in the eye… there have been one or two ahemmmm… episodes in the meantime.
You know the part in the manual for your new tool that says “Never use a tool in a manner or for a purpose other than what it was intended for”…?
So, we’re doing some remodeling at an upscale auto dealership. Part of it requires removing a glass wall, framed in an aluminum extrusion. The glass is already out and I want to try to salvage the frame so I’m trying to “coax” it out of the wall. Not wanting to dent it, I turn my hammer around (fiberglass padded handle) and start pounding on the frame with the butt end. Four or five good whacks and on the next one the handle slips off and my knuckle goes rightttttttt into the edge of the aluminum.
I’m a little embarrassed (there are two guys in the office watching me, and we’re joking back and forth) so I shrug it off in spite of their “holy cr*p” comments and start working. Until I notice one guy is white… I look at my hand and it’s streaming blood. Hmmmmm… not a good sign. Go to the head to wash it and see that my knuckle’s white. Because it’s peeled off the bone.
Six stitches… and a hairline fracture.
Have a nice Thanksgiving guys…
Edited 11/22/2006 6:28 pm ET by PaulBinCT
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Ya know? Everyone gave me shid for wasp stings, an unexpected hard landing going down the stairs with a dog, and a sprained ankle while insulating my cieling. I never get injured or anything working at the JOB, it always is farting around this chaotic dump.
You keep this up, you get the torch passed off to you...don't burn yer self...HAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHHAAHA.
Really, it sucks when unexpected happenings start pileing up don't it?
EDIT: I take that back, two yrs ago I was sliding down the roof to get nails when my hatchett slit open my hand, 5 stitches.
Spheramid Enterprises Architectural Woodworks
I have irriatable Vowel syndrome.
Edited 11/22/2006 6:48 pm ET by Sphere
You keep this up, you get the torch passed off to you...don't burn yer self...HAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHHAAHA.
LOL... that was pretty good. I've been battling a nasty cold all week and generally feeling like dogsh1t. I needed that. This has been the longest (3 day) week I can remember in a long time.View Image
I hope ya lose that cold soon, I had it earlier this season.
Good news is once ya shake it off, you should be good for the rest of the yr. Hopefully your immune sys. ramped up and unless a bunch of school age kids drizzle snot all over ya, you can fend off most of the bugs now.
There, feel better?
Happy TG brotherman.
Spheramid Enterprises Architectural Woodworks
I have irriatable Vowel syndrome.
...and unless a bunch of school age kids drizzle snot all over ya,...
Uh..... yeah.
Guess I gotta find a new hobby, huh?
I've been taking Zinc like a MF'er and I swear it really does cut down on the longevity of a cold. Still sucks though. Turns me into a 'clock watcher' at work and I hate that. The past three days I've been living for making it home to the hot shower and a bottle of Nyquil.View Image
"3 days coming, 3 days here, and 3 days going" is an old adage..hang in there.
Spheramid Enterprises Architectural Woodworks
I have irriatable Vowel syndrome.
You take your zinc as pills or do you just chew on a couple of hot dopped 16d galvies?Get well.
BruceT
How long do you last after taking the Nyquil?
I can barely last a 1/2 hour before it knocks me out for the night.
Get better soon.
About the same for me too. Maybe 45 minutes or so and then it's like getting hit by a bus.View Image
Ah.....Nyquil. I miss that shid.
It reacts with a daily prescrip. I'm on. Aint had a drop in six years.
Nuthin' like a Nyquil nap.
"But JD is dead right...."
Stephen Hazlett
...this chaotic dump.
haha heehee hoho!
be this I understand. Why just the other day I was wondering if I was going to get the house finished before I die.
Don't forget about almost ripping your sack open on a piece of luan.
Pardon my fat fingers.
http://www.hay98.com/
That was trippng over Eddy going down the stairs , same incident. But I DID put a railing up since then.
Spheramid Enterprises Architectural Woodworks
I have irriatable Vowel syndrome.
Alright. Hey just curious. Do you keep an injury log in a notebook like Rain man?
Pardon my fat fingers.
http://www.hay98.com/
Injury logs are to much work.
Scars tell the real story.
I thought I was the accident king until I read about Spheres experiences. I gave up the title willingly knowing I was beat. :)
GIVES ME THE HEBEEGEEEBEEEES
You aren't kidding. That dude has me beat hands down.
Although I did manage to stab myself in the eye a week or so ago. I haven't bruised an eye until then. Blinking is a painful reminder that safety glasses were made for a reason.
I'm gonna put up a sign that reads..." 112 days w/o an accident" and add a number everyday..Lol.
I gotta load 2 cords of wood in my buddies dumptruck and have it dropped off here later today..that'll be enough excitement for awhile.
I made a awesome cat door yesterday, and no blood. I finally used clear plastic car floor mat for the flap and a wood frame..copper weightbar on the bottom, and a rare earth magnet superglued to that and a large head screw in the jamb bottom for the mag to catch..works really sweet.
Spheramid Enterprises Architectural Woodworks
I have irriatable Vowel syndrome.
I am fixing a chicken of my wifes, she hangs it outside and she loves it. But the dog loves it too and chewed it to pieces. I was cutting a new foot out of a 1x6 on my bandsaw and the blade snapped. And it gashed my ring finger in the process. So today is day number 1 in a new injury free streak. LOL
The cat door sounds awesome, is it in an exterior door? I need to make one for the dog after I build my addition.
yeah, thru an ext.door. My big cat ( 22lbs) hurtles at breakneck speed thru it..he broke 3 plastic ones so far. I got tired of the wind blowing in and freezeing me outta the living room. And they are $$$$$ at the pet store.
This one I made is bigger...opening is 9x13...the dog can almost fit thru..and in case of a fire and we ain't here, he WILL fit thru.
Spheramid Enterprises Architectural Woodworks
I have irriatable Vowel syndrome.
Your cat is 22 lbs? What in the world are you feeding that thing? Or what aren't you feeding it.
He even has worms..lol.
Just a big cat, part Maine coon/ part panther I think. He brings n full grown rabbits and eats everything 'cept a few parts I can't discern.
He's the one that had a major infection a few months ago, and almost lost a leg. Tuff bastid. Only 6 YO too.
Spheramid Enterprises Architectural Woodworks
I have irriatable Vowel syndrome.
Probably got the worms from them raggits he is dragging home and eating.
You have to teach him to wait till snow flys before he eats them.
yup. he don't seem to care.(g)
Spheramid Enterprises Architectural Woodworks
I have irriatable Vowel syndrome.
The old Irish used to say that it was unlucky to have a building completed without the spilling of blood. If no one had an accident (or died) during the construction, they would sacrifice something.
Funny, I felt yer cadance and accent before I checked your profile...A true Scot may have caught it, i was just curious.
A Geman ( ok, Prussian) and Welsh is what ya are dealing with here,,,,bastards on both sides according to them.
One of my dreams is to be teaching in a school in Scotland, I dunno why, it just is..I hear there are many very fine schools of hard knocks,,,and I'd fit right in.
I'd just need a chauffer to keep me outta the ditches, I am an alcoholic on the mend.
Did ya ever see a German try to out drink a Scotsman?
I din't think so, ya were passed out..LOL.
Spheramid Enterprises Architectural Woodworks
I have irriatable Vowel syndrome.
good thing you don't work around electricity...or explosives.!
have a good holiday and let someone else carve the bird
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.Wer ist jetzt der Idiot
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Dude, come over here NOW, I'm gonna smack ya for doing that. Then we can gave a couple of beers and I'll tell you how come my forehead is embossed like the grip texture on the handle of a big S-K socket wrench.