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08-16-2009, 09:33 PM
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Don't try this at home.
I rented a backhoe this weekend.
The lever that releases the seat (so you can flip it from hoe to drive) was missing an extension piece so I had to reach under the seat and do it blindly.
Ouch.
I couldn't even wash it until the next morning....it hurt like an SOB. All I could do was put a piece of paper towel on it and tape it tightly.
That whole half round piece was torn off and dangling. 24 hours later and it was already growing back.
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08-16-2009, 09:34 PM
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Yeah, that'll be sore for a while. ouch.
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08-16-2009, 09:40 PM
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guess you guys dont have good insurance, how about go to the ER, could get infected, then you can loose your thumb or whole hand!!!
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08-16-2009, 09:44 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by sparks134
guess you guys dont have good insurance, how about go to the ER, could get infected, then you can loose your thumb or whole hand!!!
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Crybaby! If that was actually true, I'd be working on at least my 50th set of hands by now. I bind myself up the same way 220 did. Anti-bacterial electrical tape and if its real bad, some of my cleanest dirty McDonald's napkins.
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08-16-2009, 09:45 PM
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The bad thing about cuts like that is that in a few days when it starts to feel better, you'll start ramming around and split it back open again.
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08-16-2009, 09:47 PM
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Dip it in two-part epoxy. You'll be fine.
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08-16-2009, 09:48 PM
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Quote:
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Dip it in two-part epoxy. You'll be fine.
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I worked with a carpenter for a while that had badly chapped hands, and he used superglue when his hands split open.
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08-16-2009, 09:51 PM
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Oh, I've done that. Cyanoacrylate glue is used in surgery as sutures; it's the same stuff. I normally need it when I split a fingernail on something and need something to fill in the gap. Happens every three months or so.
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08-16-2009, 09:52 PM
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I use super glue for any slices I get that will go back together. Same stuff as what they use in the hospitals, just not ''sterile''. The way it burns though, it has to be killing bacteria or something.
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08-16-2009, 09:54 PM
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What the heck do you think you carry a roll of black tape for?!?!?!?!?!
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08-16-2009, 09:56 PM
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you guys are all hacks!
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08-16-2009, 09:56 PM
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Isn't that where CA glue was developed? By the military for closing wounds in war zones?
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08-16-2009, 09:56 PM
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Quote:
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you guys are all hacks!
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...said the wuss to the man that's getting the job done.
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08-16-2009, 09:58 PM
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phd HAHAHAHA!
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08-16-2009, 09:58 PM
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Did you at least get to finish with the backhoe?? haha
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08-16-2009, 09:58 PM
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Quote:
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you guys are all hacks!
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Do you run to the ER every time you get a cut or scrape?
Don't get me wrong, some guys do, and if that is what works for them that's fine, I guess.
If someone working for me is hurt in ANY way I leave it up to him to decide what he wants to do. Unless of course I overrule him and send him off to the ER against his will to CmyA.
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08-16-2009, 10:02 PM
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hope you get gen- green and loose it! wont be poking funn at me anymore
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08-16-2009, 10:03 PM
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Originally Posted by Speedy Petey
Do you run to the ER every time you get a cut or scrape?
Don't get me wrong, some guys do, and if that is what works for them that's fine, I guess.
If someone working for me is hurt in ANY way I leave it up to him to decide what he wants to do. Unless of course I overrule him and send him off to the ER against his will to CmyA.
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My wife is a nurse. I either go to the ER and get yelled at by her friends AND get yelled at by my wife at home, or just wait until I get home and get yelled at one time. The decision is not so hard. 
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08-16-2009, 10:03 PM
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Man that makes my balls and toes ache. I guess it could have been worse. Sorry man ! To keep from hitting it or worse, I cut a piece of pvc about 3/4" longer than my finger and slide it over my injured finger for protection. I looks a little silly, but it works very well. The doctor uses something similar, and more expensive and not as protective. Smooth the inside and outside edges for comfort. Just call me Dr. Quack LOL
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08-16-2009, 10:05 PM
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Quote:
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hope you get gen- green and loose it! wont be poking funn at me anymore
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Poking fun at someone is a world away from wishing them ill.
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