Time to quit for today…

[MauleSkinner]

building a garage cabinet. Gouged my finger with a screwdriver bit. Then snagged it on a drill bit. I think someone’s telling me I’m too stupid to do construction projects today.



For the record, that finger already has had 13 stitches in it…3 from a slip on the farm as a teenager, and 10 because I had a little accident while cutting the cheese.

 

[eman1200]

hold the coldest beer you can find in that hand.



for the swelling, of course. it's medicinal.

 

[Bill]

hold the coldest beer you can find in that hand.



for the swelling, of course. it's medicinal.

Hmm, my hands must be swollen then. Can’t be the college playoff games on TV…

 

[MauleSkinner]

hold the coldest beer you can find in that hand.



for the swelling, of course. it's medicinal.

Do margaritas work?

 

[eman1200]

Do margaritas work?

hold the salt!!!

 

[ArrowFlyer86]

Do margaritas work?

Use extra ice in the margarita for its therapeutic effect

 

[MauleSkinner]

hold the salt!!!

Ooh! Good point!

 

[ArrowFlyer86]

Actually, was this finger injury due in part to having too many margaritas last night as you rang in the New Year? Wouldn't be the first hangover-induced injury I've seen...

 

[MauleSkinner]

Actually, was this finger injury due in part to having too many margaritas last night as you rang in the New Year? Wouldn't be the first hangover-induced injury I've seen...

No, I was asleep at least a couple hours before that.

 

[kyleb]

building a garage cabinet. Gouged my finger with a screwdriver bit. Then snagged it on a drill bit. I think someone’s telling me I’m too stupid to do construction projects today.

Or at least telling you it is time to put the tools down for today. I've hit that point (and intelligently walked away for the day) a couple of times. And then there are the dozens of times where I pushed forward and suffered for it...

 

[asicer]

For the record, that finger already has had 13 stitches in it…3 from a slip on the farm as a teenager, and 10 because I had a little accident while cutting the cheese.

I'll be sure not to pull your finger.

 

[MauleSkinner]

I'll be sure not to pull your finger.

The ER nurse want sure whether she should laugh or not, but by the time she got around to asking if my pocket knife that I was cutting the cheese with was clean and I said, “I wiped it off on my pants before I used it,” she just rolled her eyes a little.

 

[Half Fast]

It's always best to put down the tools while your hands are still able to write a check to someone who knows what he's doing.

 

[MauleSkinner]

It's always best to put down the tools while your hands are still able to write a check to someone who knows what he's doing.

You’re thinking of my automotive mechanical skills.

 

[AV8R_87]

It's always best to put down the tools while your hands are still able to write a check to someone who knows what he's doing.

That is proper wisdom. Worth printing on a tshirt.

 

[Domenick]

From making blueberry corn muffins and cubing the butter.
"Honey? I think we need go to the emergency room."
"Again?"

 

[Capt. Geoffrey Thorpe]

Previous job giving safety orientation to students in the metal fabrication lab - hold up the left hand and point out that the surgeon did a really good job and you can hardly see the scars, but that's what happens when you are in a hurry and decide you will just "be careful" instead taking the time to find the appropriate safety device (push stick).

 

[UngaWunga]

Sheesh... no one wants to work anymore...

 

[MauleSkinner]

Sheesh... no one wants to work anymore...

I decided to go into aviation about a year before my grandfather died. At the funeral, his brother told me that when he was visiting grandpa in the hospital, discussion naturally ranged through the kids and grandkids. When the discussion got to me, he said, “David just wants to make his living sitting on his hind end.”

 

[nauga]

Thanks to tablesaw kickback I have what we call 'the $1500 crab mallet' and a scar over one eye.

Nauga,
who was floored, I tell you.

 

[Capt. Geoffrey Thorpe]

Thanks to tablesaw kickback I have what we call 'the $1500 crab mallet' and a scar over one eye.

Nauga,
who was floored, I tell you.

 

[Tools]

…..put the tools down…..

It's always best to put down the tools….

MODS, MODS… personal attack! MODS!!

They’re ganging up on me…. MODS!!


So there I was… chiseling away at something, holding part with one hand, pushing chisel towards other hand, thinking to myself “good thing I know what I’m doing, otherwise this would make a perfect safety video..” followed by stabbing myself 15 seconds later.

Sometimes you ain’t even gotta be tired. Just sayin….

"Honey? I think we need go to the emergency room."
"Again?"
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How’d you find a pic of my hand 30 years ago??? Geesh

 

[Capt. Geoffrey Thorpe]

So there I was… chiseling away at something, holding part with one hand, pushing chisel towards other hand,

That's what you are supposed to do. If you cut AWAY from your self, when the chisel slips it can damage your work piece and it can't fix itself. If you are cutting towards yourself, your hand will protect the work piece and you will pretty much heal up eventually.

 

[Tools]

DUDE! That’s goin right in the old excuse matrix! Love it!

Disregard previous post…

 

[kyleb]

So there I was… chiseling away at something, holding part with one hand, pushing chisel towards other hand, thinking to myself “good thing I know what I’m doing, otherwise this would make a perfect safety video..” followed by stabbing myself 15 seconds later.

Thanks for reminding me...

This is a doppelganger for when I stabbed a center punch through (not into, through) the web between my thumb and forefinger. It was the last spot to centerpunch on the RV-6's roll bar and I realized... Hmm, now that I think about it, my hand is in a bad place for this, but there's no other way to get leverage and I'd already done about 30 of 'em, so I let it rip.

After the center punch slipped off the roll bar and poked a hole in me, I pinched my thumb up against my index finger and successfully punched the final spot. The hand wasn't gonna get any worse while I took care of that last hole.

 

[MauleSkinner]

Problem is it ****es my wife off when she’s gotta clean up extra blood because I finished that last whatever.

 

[kyleb]

Problem is it ****es my wife off when she’s gotta clean up extra blood because I finished that last whatever.

That was a great thing about being single. You could suffer and curse yourself without the guilt trip.

 

[Dave Theisen]

Thanks for reminding me...

This is a doppelganger for when I stabbed a center punch through (not into, through) the web between my thumb and forefinger. It was the last spot to centerpunch on the RV-6's roll bar and I realized... Hmm, now that I think about it, my hand is in a bad place for this, but there's no other way to get leverage and I'd already done about 30 of 'em, so I let it rip.

After the center punch slipped off the roll bar and poked a hole in me, I pinched my thumb up against my index finger and successfully punched the final spot. The hand wasn't gonna get any worse while I took care of that last hole.

So you really did put your blood, sweat, and tears into that airplane.

 

[jsstevens]

From making blueberry corn muffins and cubing the butter.
"Honey? I think we need go to the emergency room."
"Again?"
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If you have your own coffee cup at the ER, it's time to stop using anything sharper than a spoon.

 

[jsstevens]

That's what you are supposed to do. If you cut AWAY from your self, when the chisel slips it can damage your work piece and it can't fix itself. If you are cutting towards yourself, your hand will protect the work piece and you will pretty much heal up eventually.

My dad would helpfully say "You'll grow back. [That] will have to be replaced."

 

[Domenick]

As us ol' framing carpenters say, "You ain't workin' unless yer bleedin'."