notbob wrote in
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On 2009-08-23, Red Green wrote:

Yea but at least once in a while, ya know..like first Saturday of the
month or something, show a DIY roofer plug a nail into his kneecap.
Make a nice lead-in to removing it on the Operation show..

LOL......

You kid, but.... My late brother, a master carpenter, DID put a 16 box
through the last 3 fingers of his hammer hand w/ a nail gun.
Amazingly, missed all bones. He was hand hammer framing within a
week.

nb


I chose that bit because a guy I worked with did roofing on the side and
actually did it. Firemen brought him off the roof with a strap around his
thigh and lower leg to keep it from unbending it and moving. It was
pinned.

A 1-1/4 is a lot different than a 16 but then again, I never heard anyone
actually make a choice between the two.