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Pat the Plumber CIL
Orange Level Joined: 11 Sep 2009 Location: Springfield,Il Points: 4772 |
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Posted: 23 Dec 2018 at 10:58pm |
Had bought a portable basketball Backboard for my niece Sharon. I was assembling it and got my left index finger caught between Backboard support and pole. Crushed about an inch off faster than I knew what happened. Very little bleeding or pain. Doc says he cannot reattach so he cleaned it up and folded the skin over. Feel really stupid.
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You only need to know 3 things to be a plumber;Crap rolls down hill,Hot is on the left and Don't bite your fingernails
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Pat the Plumber CIL
Orange Level Joined: 11 Sep 2009 Location: Springfield,Il Points: 4772 |
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I actually feel pretty good for what happened. Up in Peoria at my sisters and am out of the hospital and headed to her house to spend the night Just feel so stupid. Could have been worse .At least it's my left hand.
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You only need to know 3 things to be a plumber;Crap rolls down hill,Hot is on the left and Don't bite your fingernails
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Tracy Martin TN
Orange Level Access Joined: 11 Sep 2009 Location: Gallatin,TN Points: 10624 |
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Prayers for quick healing and no problems!
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No greater gift than healthy grandkids!
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JC-WI
Orange Level Access Joined: 11 Sep 2009 Location: wisconsin Points: 33825 |
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Well Pat, your goin to miss that inch... Sorry to hear of that mishap... Hope it heals up fast. Now don't be goin and doing that again!
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He who says there is no evil has already deceived himself
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SteveM C/IL
Orange Level Access Joined: 12 Sep 2009 Location: Shelbyville IL Points: 8241 |
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Feel for ya buddy. It's a wonder we don't suffer more mishaps in life.There are just so many traps lying in wait.
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garden_guy
Orange Level Joined: 05 Jul 2013 Location: Illinois Points: 1136 |
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Yowch! Glad it wasn't any worse. Amazing how quick stuff like that can happen. Assembly hazards and pinch hazards are everywhere it seems.
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JohnCO
Orange Level Joined: 11 Sep 2009 Location: Niwot Colo Points: 8992 |
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I was gonna ask which end of your finger but you posted a picture. Seriously, Pat, I sorry this happened to you. It is an important finger for several things and it will be odd not to have the full length. I hope it heals quickly. Maybe you should come up with a better story of how you lost it... |
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Bob D. (La)
Orange Level Access Joined: 12 Sep 2009 Location: Louisiana Points: 25529 |
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So sorry to hear this Pat. Seems like the most innocuous, simple tasks are what gets us. Praying for quick healing. God Bless.
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When you find yourself in a hole,PUT DOWN THE SHOVEL!!!
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Thad in AR.
Orange Level Access Joined: 12 Sep 2009 Location: Arkansas Points: 9455 |
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I feel for you . Glad it wasn’t your dominant hand. Heal quick.
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DiyDave
Orange Level Access Joined: 11 Sep 2009 Location: Gambrills, MD Points: 51680 |
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Sorry to hear it, as others have said, its always the routine, that catches ya!
Was it the poorly translated instructions?
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DMiller
Orange Level Access Joined: 14 Sep 2009 Location: Hermann, Mo Points: 31083 |
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Almost lost three fingers at fifteen to a wood jointer, you will grow to ignore the loss but the darned lost section will always be a reminder, think twice to three times before putting those fingers anywhere you think shouldn't.
Heal well and fast my friend. |
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Ranse
Orange Level Joined: 11 Mar 2016 Location: Tennessee Points: 773 |
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Sorry about your accident Pat. I cut the end of my thumb on a table saw years ago. Barely nicked the bone the doctor said. It healed over nicely and looks normal, but I have no sensitivity on the tip of my thumb. That little thing still bothers me today. You will miss that finger, but you can live without it.
Look on the bright side, think of all the fun you're going to have freaking people out by making them think you have your whole finger up your nose lol! |
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sho-man1
Bronze Level Access Joined: 14 Sep 2009 Location: Wylie, TX Points: 187 |
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Take care of that pointer.
Had a distant relative work on the last narrow gauge railroad in Iowa. He lost part of his pointer finger from a cow stepping on it when loading livestock car. years later he was the conductor and a lady from Chicago was riding the train asking all kinds of questions about this, that and who's there when she noticed his finger.
She asked what happened to it and he was a little tired of her constant questions, he replied "I wore it off pointing to all the stuff people keep asking about." Apparently she had a connection at the Chicago Tribune and his finger story made it into the paper one day. |
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Tbone95
Orange Level Access Joined: 31 Aug 2012 Location: Michigan Points: 11604 |
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Bummer Pat. Good luck healing and hopefully no lingering issues other than the obvious. Had many close calls myself, but so far I’m still all here.
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steve(ill)
Orange Level Access Joined: 11 Sep 2009 Location: illinois Points: 81182 |
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You need to dream up a good story about hunting bear or alligator with a knife... Several versions on how this could go...
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Like them all, but love the "B"s.
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darrel in ND
Orange Level Joined: 22 Nov 2009 Location: Hebron, ND Points: 8634 |
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Oh man, Pat. You're freaking me out. My stomach is churning looking at that picture and thinking about the pain. I lost about a quarter inch off of my pinky finger when I was about 14 years old. Haven't missed it much. Darrel
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omahagreg
Orange Level Access Joined: 11 Sep 2009 Location: Omaha, Nebraska Points: 2800 |
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Sorry to hear of your mishap!
They say one should learn something new everyday! For me, lately, I usually learn how to hurt myself in new ways! |
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DMiller
Orange Level Access Joined: 14 Sep 2009 Location: Hermann, Mo Points: 31083 |
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OMG, just dawned on Me, We must ALL be Related as clumsy and dangerous to ourselves are we!!!
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john(MI)
Orange Level Joined: 12 Sep 2009 Location: SE MI Points: 9262 |
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Accidents suck, heal fast! I guess you'll either quit or will have to learn with the other hand to pick your nose!!
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thendrix
Orange Level Joined: 04 Feb 2013 Location: Fairmount GA Points: 4881 |
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You'll be fine as long as you only have to count to 19 3/4. You could tell people you cut the end off because your "I told you" finger was a little to devistating
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FloydKS
Orange Level Joined: 12 Sep 2009 Location: S E Kansas Points: 8118 |
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Just about lost the tip of my thumb with the main drive belt on a Gleaner A... Dad told me to do something in that vecinity then tried to start the combine...luckily the battery was shot (almost). keep on keepin on. as others have said, a reminder to B careful
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Holding a grudge is like taking poison and expecting the other person to die
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Hubert (Ga)engine7
Orange Level Joined: 12 Sep 2009 Location: Jackson Cnty,GA Points: 6292 |
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Darn, Pat! Sorry to hear about your losing part of your finger. Hope it heals up fast with no long lasting problems. Don't feel stupid about it, it is the fault of the poorly written instructions that didn't warn you about keeping your hand away from that spot when assembling.
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Just an old country boy saved by the grace of God.
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Wayne180d
Orange Level Joined: 08 Dec 2015 Location: Gilman, Il Points: 5928 |
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Cut my left thumb on a table saw I am now extra careful Hope it heals fast
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thendrix
Orange Level Joined: 04 Feb 2013 Location: Fairmount GA Points: 4881 |
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Next time you see one of those, if there's a sticker there that says "pinch point" you can lay claim to it
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"Farming is a business that makes a Las Vegas craps table look like a regular paycheck" Ronald Reagan
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JoeM(GA)
Orange Level Joined: 12 Sep 2009 Location: Cumming,GA Points: 4656 |
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Hate to see that Pat! Prayers for quick painless healing, we all know in the back of our minds just how many times you’re gonna bump that end before it heals! I know it’s painful, had my pinky sewn back on about 40 years ago, no feeling in one side, and predicts cold weather better than the news! Take care of it!
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LouSWPA
Orange Level Access Joined: 11 Sep 2009 Location: Clinton, Pa Points: 24265 |
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Hey Pat, if scars and missing body material is a sign of stupidity....I'm dumber than a box of rocks! There is a certain amount of risk just getting up in the morning! What doesn't kill us makes us wiser and stronger
I wish you well my friend, praying that you heal well and quickly. Merry Christmas |
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I will see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord. Ps 27 |
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chaskaduo
Orange Level Joined: 26 Nov 2016 Location: Twin Cities Points: 5200 |
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Chit Happens, and to the best of us. I've come close to losing the tip of that finger with a skill saw. I was doing a plunge cut while holding the guard up and she kicked and my nail and top of finger tip vanished. Split nail now is left to remind me.
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JW in MO
Orange Level Joined: 16 Feb 2010 Location: South KC Area Points: 2618 |
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Sorry to hear about your accident, hope it heals quick. I darn near did that once on an overnight job, about 11pm I was unloading a mechanical lift out of the van and it managed to grab my index finger. Broke my finger in three pieces at the base of the nail. I went inside and was taking my glove off when the manager gal asked what she could do. Not knowing what I was going to see I told her that if the end of my finger rolls out when I take my glove off keep track of it for me if you could. She mumbled something about men and left.
Edited by JW in MO - 24 Dec 2018 at 3:35pm |
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Michael V (NM)
Orange Level Access Joined: 12 Sep 2009 Location: NM Points: 2405 |
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OUCH!! Hope ya heal up quickly!
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DiyDave
Orange Level Access Joined: 11 Sep 2009 Location: Gambrills, MD Points: 51680 |
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Nother auction story, One guy in the hood, here, blew off 2-1/2 fingers, on his right hand, when he was a kid(held onta a blastin cap, too long, after it was lit!). Fast forward about 60-70 years, He and annudder neighbor was standin beside him, at the sale. somebody bid a dollar on an item, and his buddy holds up the other guys hand, and shouts 2 anna half! Botha them and most that saw it were laughin so hard, the auctioneer hadda start over!
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