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KIds in the shop...
Gentleman, Just thought I'd run this past y'all. Recently got a girlfriend with 4 kids (1 Boy 4, 3 Girls 8 - 14) They are painfully ignorant on how to be safe in a shop or garage environment. (Had to spend Thanksgiving in the ER due to one of the girls tipping a motorcycle over on herself and piercing her thigh with the foot peg. Three layers of stitches later she's somewhat OK.) In your experience how do you get these guys up to speed without them killing themselves. If it wasn't for the lady being a really special lady and REAL easy to look at I wouldn't bother. (She rides dirt bikes, works on her own van, likes to travel, not afraid of anything, assists with projects and is pretty darn smart, just to name a few.) It is even difficult to get them to understand something as simple as taking their shoes off in the house and put them on to visit me in the garage. (Yep, already had one cut a foot on some metal scraps, due to bare feet.Still have to yell at her to put some shoes on when she comes into the shop.) How do you teach the "common sense" a great deal of us seem to have in this group? I never had more than some burned fingers (my fault) and got a small scald from a bad radiator cap. (Wrong place, wrong time!) I sure didn't need any trips to the ER before I learned. I have a great deal of patience, but it bothers me that they will get hurt. Only other thing is to lock them out of the garage, but you just know they'll find their way in when I'm not there and truly get hurt. Any ideas? Thanks Bart -- Bart D. Hull Tempe, Arizona Check http://www.inficad.com/~bdhull/engine.html for my Subaru Engine Conversion Check http://www.inficad.com/~bdhull/fuselage.html for Tango II I'm building. Remove -nospam to reply via email. |
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