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Dont beat yourself up. Share your 914 Pain, What silly thing did you do to hurt yourself? |
Mikey914 |
Jan 10 2018, 09:31 PM
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The rubber man Group: Members Posts: 12,678 Joined: 27-December 04 From: Hillsboro, OR Member No.: 3,348 Region Association: None |
Well i know better but was trying to remove a shift knob that was stubbornly resisting. 2 good yanks got a little movements one more good yank, and pow right in the eye. I see it comming in slow motion. Cant shut my eye fast enough. A 5mm scrape on my cornia.
Fortunately my ophthalmologist worked me right in. The drops were great, but they will now allow it to heal so here i sit im my 914 self inflicted pain. I no remember tutlegirl making a note to self to "remove belly ring before sliding under car". Share you cautionary tales. |
Alphaogre |
Jan 11 2018, 11:12 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 460 Joined: 28-May 12 From: San Diego Member No.: 14,487 Region Association: Southern California |
I started messing around in the garage as a much dumber youth venturing into this hobby of old cars, buggies, and fabricating by myself, so I've had some that I look back and still blow my mind I got away with no permanent injury...
- I have flash burned by eyes by tack welding without my helmet... - I was crouched down grinding the edges of some aluminum I cut and lost my balance and as I fell the running grinder ran across my thigh. Luckily it was the fat grinding blade, not the cutting blade so it just cauterized a groove 4 inches long across my leg. - I had a few gallons of fuel pour on to me when the fuel line hose cam off with me under the car, by the time I was able to get it back on my clothes were soaked and skin was burning, luckily was not on my face. - Dumbest one was on my 220v welder, a portion of the power chord got exposed from rubbing on things over the years, instead of fixing it correctly I just had tape on it, one day the tape came off and as I went to put more tape on I was touching the exposed portion and did not realize it was still plugged in. My thumbs started to violently move without me controlling them haha, luckily I think it just went back through the chord and just passed through me... - When I had my Corvair, we were testing stuff while the car was running and looking under the rear of the car, the muffler was hot so when I pushed on it looking for something else, I had no fingerprints for the next few months... I really could have used a mentor to slap me before many of these hahaha Other than that, just typical things over the years...a few grinding blades have exploded, a couple fires, and some fumes I wasn't expecting... |
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