DGDevin wrote:
aemeijers wrote:

I'll second the steel pins and screws stories. 2 coworkers of mine, in
seperate incidents, trashed themselves pretty badly with stupid falls
doing household repairs with improper ladder rigging. One is back up
and running, although he limps a little, can forecast the weather,
and has to carry a letter for airport security. The other guy, well,
he is sorta back to work, uses a cane now, but he ain't ever gonna be
right.
I was already getting a little more paranoid with advancing age, but
now I double-check everything before I leave ground level.

I've become quite rigid on the subject of safety glasses, dust masks,
hearing protectors and so on. Young people heal so quickly, they have no
idea....


Injured eyes often don't heal, and hearing damage is cumulative, almost
like radiation. First-hand experience with both. Spent a week in
hospital in junior high, from an idiot quasi-friend shooting me with a
BB gun- the angels were watching, and the eyeball was only scratched,
although it took several days for the corneal clouding from the blood to
clear, and streetlights had halos for several months. I got laughed at
on jobsites after that for insisting on safety goggles for jobs
involving shrapnel. I'm half deaf at this point, even though I was too
poor for rock concerts and loud stereos as a kid. Best guess is it was
construction and yard care power equipment- nobody wore ear protection
back then, except maybe the jackhammer guy. I wear muffs while mowing now.

But you are sure right- what made me stiff and sore at 18 would put me
in the hospital now.

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aem sends...