On 2009-03-26, SteveB wrote:

"DoN. Nichols" wrote in message
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On 2009-03-25, SteveB wrote:
I bought two gates at a yard sale that I'm going to mount in the garden.

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What's everyone up to? So much damn political talk going on, you can't
hear
the jaybirds.

Well ... I'm stuck not able to do any work for the moment. I
had cataract surgery about a week and a half ago, and am under
instructions to not lift anything over twenty pounds -- which locks out

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However -- as a potential benefit for welding in the future --
the replacement lenses are UV blockers. The eyeball could still get a
flash burn, but the retina is protected.

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Just get real good equipment and learn to become anal about using it all the
time.

As I have been with safety glasses, never using gloves around
machine tools, removing both my wedding ring and my watch before using
such tool (and hanging them on a mini-carabiner on my belt).

Sure, things happen, but my experience has been that guys who really
watch the safety aspects have fewer "incidents."

Agreed. I still have all my fingers.

Hope you're back at it soon. I know it gets to grind on me when I have a
backlog of "stuff" because I'm feelin puny.

Indeed -- though I do have the newsgroup to read and post in
while I can't do things -- so I can share what I know with those who ask
questions.

Thanks,
DoN.

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