This is one for the anals of stupidity. Mounting a muley head yesterday and was trying to drive a 1 1/4" pin into the skin. Swung with the right hand to plunge the pin in while holding that area of the skin with the left hand. Well, I missed the muley skin and drove the pin through the skin of my left pointer finger, entering behind the finger nail and exiting on the finger print side. For what it was worth it was pretty cool to show the less than amused wife before yanking the pin out. Didn't hit bone and so far no infection.
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Looks like we both learned something yesterday.
I was closing up a package that I sealed with hot glue, as I pressed the top shut, I sqweezed out some excess and stuck my hand on it, fresh out of the gun. Got a nice 1- 1/2 long blister this morning. It's better than a pin through the finger. Watch out for infection there Hogger.
While trying to clear a slow sink drain about a week ago, I felt something I thought was hardened bondo in the cold water. I attempted to swish it out of the way but to my surprise I put a T-pin completely through my middle finger. I Just soaked it in peroxide and it's as good as new. I did go visit the doc for an overdue tetnas shot however. Sometime I'll tell you about the time at the burn barrel when I caught Fire...lol. Stop drop and roll really works
I had just sinished mounting a longhorn bull and it was still on its mounting rack when my buddy came in to talk to me about his deer. Of course I got so interested in the deer, and my buddy that I forgot that the longhorn had a spread of 4 feet wide. I turned and walked right into the horn tip and nearly put out my eye! I had a patch on for a few weeks after that!
Far too many times I've gotten hot glue on my fingers and I've discovered that if I immediatly plunge my finger into a pan of borax that is always at my work bench, then I can peel it off with minimal burn and no transfer to the other fingers.
I choose the more conventional approach...SCREAM like a girl, wagging my hand up and down until the glue cools off, then I cry until it doesnt hurt so much. After that I spend time pondering when I should try to pull the glue glob off without pulling the burnt skin along with it. I am the idiot who pushes the glue stick with his thumb, w-a-a-a-y into the nozzle. Now that hurts!
Let me know if you wanna hear the one about the stapler hitting me in the mouth, point blank!
I am keeping a bucket of ice water on hand next time, if there is a next time. It's like learning one of dad's hot buttons, you don't push that one again.
Please don't tell me I'm the only one that runs into the antlers while doing detail work!
Nothing like being in complete focus and nearly poking and eye out.
I use to hot glue my deer eyes in, dropped one and try to catch it, it hit on the bottom of my fore arm and there it stuck. Glad nobody saw or heard me when I pulled it off.
My customers were amused to recently see red plastic cups taped to a 6X6 elk rack in the shop. I wear glasses and have poor peripheral vison. I had ran into this rack for a bugling mount so many times I finally taped the cups on the tines to keep from putting my eye out (Ralphie).
machine - do you know that it will cut a perfect piece of flesh off the inside of your index finger and man o man does it bleed and bleed and bleed
I'm in good company.
tell us that one, gotta have a little chuckle.... go ahead Bill don't b shy!