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According to Bill :
In message , Edwin Pawlowski writes "Bill" wrote in message [ ... ] May be better to rig up a timed loan worker system that sends an alarm, Why would an employee of a finance or mortgage company need that? Bl**dy spell checkers, I really should look at what I type. Lone A spelling checker would not make much difference there, both are valid words. Or did you do some kind of typo and you are stuck with a spelling checker which auto-corrects your typos without asking you what you really meant to say? Enjoy, DoN. -- Email: | Voice (all times): (703) 938-4564 (too) near Washington D.C. | http://www.d-and-d.com/dnichols/DoN.html --- Black Holes are where God is dividing by zero --- |
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More than a few fall off ladders in boatyards, as well. Everybody gets confident about their ability to climb one-handed (or no-handed) while carrying heavy tools or awkward parts. Most of the time, it works, too... It only needs to not-work once though - Show quoted text - Yep, you got that right. Ladders scare the hell out of me, particularly when working alone. When I was in Basic I fell off the top of one of those backward-inclined climibing obstacles on the "confidence course" about 20 feet into the edge of the sand pit. My hip has never been quite the same since, but I figure I was lucky as it was -- could have missed the pit and then would have busted something bad for sure. Bob |
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Ken wrote:
What have been the worst (serious or humorous) handyman or handywoman accidents that you've experienced so far (or someone you know, or saw it happen to, got to experience) and please elaborate on what unfortunately went wrong. This from yesterday's "The Sunday Times Magazine" (London, UK), in an article about clearing up the debris following the "Great Storm" of 1987: "...In the hands of novices, chainsaws do not cream smoothly through yielding timber~ they buck and twist like cats. The accidents were horrific. Untrained men would hack at the upper branches of bent or leaning trees, oblivious to the laws of physics. "There is a huge tension when a tree falls," says Ray Hawes. "When people cut through them and take the weight off the top, at a certain stage they will spring back." The result is like a Roman ballista, except that the missile catapulted 20 yards is not a rock but a human body with a screaming chainsaw. In the worst case, recalled by Peter Creasey, the Trust’s head warden at Box Hill in Surrey, a man took the precaution of harnessing himself to a bough. His tragedy was to choose the wrong tree — not the one he was sawing, but the one it was leaning against. The ballista tore him apart." David |
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On Sep 8, 7:27 am, " wrote:
Serious, sobering stuff... http://www.amgron.clara.net/circular.../accidents.htm Hmmphhh, no pictures! MBQ |
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On Sat, 8 Sep 2007 09:10:41 -0400, (J T) wrote: My Grandfather set a circular saw down on his leg after rigging the guard to keep it from covering the blade. The injury required significant sutures to close in the doctor's office. Several years later, he was having a "routine" hernia repair when a clot broke free from the saw injury lodged in his heart and killed him. This was some 30 years ago and the doctor in charge retired in the face of malfeasance charges, but that didn't make my Grandfather any less dead. Be careful and DON'T ever bypass safety equipment ================================================== ========================= Chris -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com |
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On Sep 8, 9:00 pm, raden wrote:
In message .com, Ken writesWhat have been the worst (serious or humorous) handyman or handywoman accidents that you've experienced so far (or someone you know, or saw it happen to, got to experience) and please elaborate on what unfortunately went wrong. Tosser x-posted to numerous DIY related Ngroups He accidentally fell into the north sea with his feet encased in concrete How we did laff ... Don't think that's fair. It was on-topic for all the groups; he cross- posted rather than multi-posted; admittedly, he posted to five groups, whereas I think the recommended maximum is four. |
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Owain wrote:
Lew Hartswick wrote: I think I went through several suggar bowl lids when I was a youngster. :-) We were too poor to have sugar bowl lids. Aye, us an' all - we used t'have to make do wi old jam-jar lids David |
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on 9/9/2007 11:18 AM Shawn Hirn said the following:
In article .com, Ken wrote: What have been the worst (serious or humorous) handyman or handywoman accidents that you've experienced so far (or someone you know, or saw it happen to, got to experience) and please elaborate on what unfortunately went wrong. I'm not going to read anymore of this thread. I'm afraid to go into my work shed or pick up a tool! -- Bill In Hamptonburgh, NY To email, remove the double zeroes after @ |
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"willshak" wrote in message ... on 9/9/2007 11:18 AM Shawn Hirn said the following: In article .com, Ken wrote: What have been the worst (serious or humorous) handyman or handywoman accidents that you've experienced so far (or someone you know, or saw it happen to, got to experience) and please elaborate on what unfortunately went wrong. I'm not going to read anymore of this thread. I'm afraid to go into my work shed or pick up a tool! I'm with you. It's scaring the pants off of me. I'll tell you one thing: I'm going to make darned sure I keep my hair cut short... -- Ed Huntress |
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Martin Bonner wrote:
On Sep 8, 9:00 pm, raden wrote: In message .com, Ken writesWhat have been the worst (serious or humorous) handyman or handywoman accidents that you've experienced so far (or someone you know, or saw it happen to, got to experience) and please elaborate on what unfortunately went wrong. Tosser x-posted to numerous DIY related Ngroups He accidentally fell into the north sea with his feet encased in concrete How we did laff ... Don't think that's fair. It was on-topic for all the groups; he cross- posted rather than multi-posted; admittedly, he posted to five groups, whereas I think the recommended maximum is four. There is no 'recommended maximum' |
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"Ed Huntress" wrote I'll tell you one thing: I'm going to make darned sure I keep my hair cut short... Reminds me of a conversation I had with a deputy sheriff. He used to have a handsome head of hair. Until the night he got involved in an altercation with a crazed, very intoxicated woman. She grabbed his hair in a death grip and they could not pry her loose for several minutes. By that time, she had torn much of his scalp loose from his head. The resulting injuries were very painful and took awhile to heal. They shaved his head before they did the surgery to reattach his scalp. He had to keep it shaved during the recovery. It has never been more than a half an inch long since. He said if he retires or takes up another line of work, he might grow some hair agin. But as long as he is a law enforcement officer, he will go with a buzz cut. |
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"Lee Michaels" wrote in message ... "Ed Huntress" wrote I'll tell you one thing: I'm going to make darned sure I keep my hair cut short... Reminds me of a conversation I had with a deputy sheriff. He used to have a handsome head of hair. Until the night he got involved in an altercation with a crazed, very intoxicated woman. She grabbed his hair in a death grip and they could not pry her loose for several minutes. By that time, she had torn much of his scalp loose from his head. The resulting injuries were very painful and took awhile to heal. They shaved his head before they did the surgery to reattach his scalp. He had to keep it shaved during the recovery. It has never been more than a half an inch long since. He said if he retires or takes up another line of work, he might grow some hair agin. But as long as he is a law enforcement officer, he will go with a buzz cut. 'Sounds wise to me. When I hear these stories I have to wonder why some do-gooder group hasn't done PSAs on television showing how your scalp can get peeled off if your hair is long and it gets caught in something. Spiro Agnew would have liked those. -- Ed Huntress |
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on 9/10/2007 2:11 PM Ed Huntress said the following:
"willshak" wrote in message ... on 9/9/2007 11:18 AM Shawn Hirn said the following: In article .com, Ken wrote: What have been the worst (serious or humorous) handyman or handywoman accidents that you've experienced so far (or someone you know, or saw it happen to, got to experience) and please elaborate on what unfortunately went wrong. I'm not going to read anymore of this thread. I'm afraid to go into my work shed or pick up a tool! I'm with you. It's scaring the pants off of me. I'll tell you one thing: I'm going to make darned sure I keep my hair cut short... -- Ed Huntress My hair has been cut so that it is no more than 1/2" long. The one tool that I use that I have the most respect for (read scared of) is the radial arm saw, especially when ripping. Somehow, the blade over the table is more respected (read scared of) than one under the table. The others, I'm just merely careful. -- Bill In Hamptonburgh, NY To email, remove the double zeroes after @ |
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What have been the worst (serious or humorous) handyman or handywoman
accidents that you've experienced so far (or someone you know, or saw it happen to, got to experience) and please elaborate on what unfortunately went wrong. I'm not going to read anymore of this thread. I'm afraid to go into my work shed or pick up a tool! I'm with you. It's scaring the pants off of me. I'll tell you one thing: I'm going to make darned sure I keep my hair cut short... That's a very good idea. . .uh. . .just tell me where you live and I'll take all those dangerous things away for you. No charge at all. |
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"no spam" wrote in message . net... What have been the worst (serious or humorous) handyman or handywoman accidents that you've experienced so far (or someone you know, or saw it happen to, got to experience) and please elaborate on what unfortunately went wrong. I'm not going to read anymore of this thread. I'm afraid to go into my work shed or pick up a tool! I'm with you. It's scaring the pants off of me. I'll tell you one thing: I'm going to make darned sure I keep my hair cut short... That's a very good idea. . .uh. . .just tell me where you live and I'll take all those dangerous things away for you. No charge at all. They're in a dark and dank basement where no civilized person has been for 20 years. Even the meter-reader asks me to go read the meter for him. -- Ed Huntress |
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"nick hull" wrote in message .. . In article , "Ed Huntress" wrote: I'm not going to read anymore of this thread. I'm afraid to go into my work shed or pick up a tool! I'm with you. It's scaring the pants off of me. I'll tell you one thing: I'm going to make darned sure I keep my hair cut short... Short hair, no rings, no necklaces, no body metal, no ties, no wris****ches and I have all my fingers left Yeah, I've got to stop wearing those necklaces and neckties when I'm running the lathe, too. And the charm bracelet... -- Ed Huntress |
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nick hull writes In article , "Ed Huntress" wrote: I'm not going to read anymore of this thread. I'm afraid to go into my work shed or pick up a tool! I'm with you. It's scaring the pants off of me. I'll tell you one thing: I'm going to make darned sure I keep my hair cut short... Short hair, no rings, no necklaces, no body metal, no ties, no wris****ches and I have all my fingers left Four beers for the carpenters .. as the germans say Free men own guns And dead people are the result -- geoff |
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In article ,
"Ed Huntress" wrote: I'm not going to read anymore of this thread. I'm afraid to go into my work shed or pick up a tool! I'm with you. It's scaring the pants off of me. I'll tell you one thing: I'm going to make darned sure I keep my hair cut short... Short hair, no rings, no necklaces, no body metal, no ties, no wris****ches and I have all my fingers left Free men own guns - www(dot)geocities(dot)com/CapitolHill/5357/ |
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on 9/10/2007 5:36 PM Owain said the following:
Lee Michaels wrote: "Ed Huntress" wrote I'll tell you one thing: I'm going to make darned sure I keep my hair cut short... Reminds me of a conversation I had with a deputy sheriff. ... That's all very well, but what about injuries sustained from electric hair clippers, especially when used in bathrooms? Owain Mine are cordless. -- Bill In Hamptonburgh, NY To email, remove the double zeroes after @ |
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Lobster wrote:
Owain wrote: Lew Hartswick wrote: I think I went through several suggar bowl lids when I was a youngster. :-) We were too poor to have sugar bowl lids. Aye, us an' all - we used t'have to make do wi old jam-jar lids Lids? Sugar bowls? What was wrong with the paper bag that it came in? Dave |
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Lee Michaels wrote:
"Ed Huntress" wrote I'll tell you one thing: I'm going to make darned sure I keep my hair cut short... Reminds me of a conversation I had with a deputy sheriff. He used to have a handsome head of hair. Until the night he got involved in an altercation with a crazed, very intoxicated woman. She grabbed his hair in a death grip and they could not pry her loose for several minutes. By that time, she had torn much of his scalp loose from his head. The resulting injuries were very painful and took awhile to heal. They shaved his head before they did the surgery to reattach his scalp. He had to keep it shaved during the recovery. It has never been more than a half an inch long since. He said if he retires or takes up another line of work, he might grow some hair agin. But as long as he is a law enforcement officer, he will go with a buzz cut. I don't know what a buzz cut is, but I suspect that it is a cut of the hair that can not be grabbed/held. Most police officers in the UK have the same short cut, for the same reasons. Dave |
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raden wrote:
In message , nick hull writes In article , "Ed Huntress" wrote: I'm not going to read anymore of this thread. I'm afraid to go into my work shed or pick up a tool! I'm with you. It's scaring the pants off of me. I'll tell you one thing: I'm going to make darned sure I keep my hair cut short... Short hair, no rings, no necklaces, no body metal, no ties, no wris****ches and I have all my fingers left Four beers for the carpenters .. as the germans say Free men own guns And dead people are the result In the UK if we had the right to carry a gun and be immune to defending ourselves against a mugger with a knife, or a burglar in the house, then I am all for it. Dave |
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writes raden wrote: In message , nick hull writes In article , "Ed Huntress" wrote: I'm not going to read anymore of this thread. I'm afraid to go into my work shed or pick up a tool! I'm with you. It's scaring the pants off of me. I'll tell you one thing: I'm going to make darned sure I keep my hair cut short... Short hair, no rings, no necklaces, no body metal, no ties, no wris****ches and I have all my fingers left Four beers for the carpenters .. as the germans say Free men own guns And dead people are the result In the UK if we had the right to carry a gun and be immune to defending ourselves against a mugger with a knife, or a burglar in the house, then I am all for it. Do you understand nurfink? -- geoff |
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"Dave" wrote in message ... Lobster wrote: Owain wrote: Lew Hartswick wrote: I think I went through several suggar bowl lids when I was a youngster. :-) We were too poor to have sugar bowl lids. Aye, us an' all - we used t'have to make do wi old jam-jar lids Lids? Sugar bowls? What was wrong with the paper bag that it came in? You had sugar? We had go out back and pick berries to mash into our cereal, and squeeze into our coffee, if we wanted to sweeten them. Nothing like wrestling racoons in the half-light of dawn to get the blood flowing.... aem sends... |
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aemeijers wrote:
| "Dave" wrote in message | ... || Lobster wrote: || ||| Owain wrote: ||| |||| Lew Hartswick wrote: |||| ||||| I think I went through several suggar bowl lids when I was a ||||| youngster. :-) |||| |||| We were too poor to have sugar bowl lids. ||| ||| Aye, us an' all - we used t'have to make do wi old jam-jar lids || || Lids? Sugar bowls? What was wrong with the paper bag that it came || in? || | You had sugar? We had go out back and pick berries to mash into our | cereal, and squeeze into our coffee, if we wanted to sweeten them. | Nothing like wrestling racoons in the half-light of dawn to get the | blood flowing.... ....and when the berries and paper bags had all been eaten, we boiled the dishrag to make broth and added icebox scrapings for our soup... -- Morris Dovey DeSoto Solar DeSoto, Iowa USA http://www.iedu.com/DeSoto/ |
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Owain wrote:
Lee Michaels wrote: "Ed Huntress" wrote I'll tell you one thing: I'm going to make darned sure I keep my hair cut short... Reminds me of a conversation I had with a deputy sheriff. ... That's all very well, but what about injuries sustained from electric hair clippers, especially when used in bathrooms? Owain My uncle went to the hospital with 109 bruises and 16 contusions. What happened, you ask? He hit a golf ball in a tile bathroom. yuk jo4hn |
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nick hull writes:
Short hair, no rings, no necklaces, no body metal, no ties, no wris****ches and I have all my fingers left But what about the ones that were on your right hand? |
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Ed Huntress wrote:
I'll tell you one thing: I'm going to make darned sure I keep my hair cut short... -- Ed Huntress Back in the early to mid 70's when I was living with my grandparents and had grown my hair to about my belt loops, Grandpa and I went to the store one evening. Saw the ugliest looking person you ever saw. Grandpa asked him, "What happened to you?" The guy answered, "I got my ponytail caught in the lathe at work!" Yikes 5 minutes later and several aisles over, Grandpa told me, "I ain't gonna ever tell you to get your hair cut again." Didn't have long hair very much after that. |
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"user" wrote in message ... Ed Huntress wrote: I'll tell you one thing: I'm going to make darned sure I keep my hair cut short... -- Ed Huntress Back in the early to mid 70's when I was living with my grandparents and had grown my hair to about my belt loops, Grandpa and I went to the store one evening. Saw the ugliest looking person you ever saw. Grandpa asked him, "What happened to you?" The guy answered, "I got my ponytail caught in the lathe at work!" Yikes 5 minutes later and several aisles over, Grandpa told me, "I ain't gonna ever tell you to get your hair cut again." Didn't have long hair very much after that. Man, these stories are piling up. My 1943 edition of _How to Run a Lathe_ doesn't say anything about it. d8-) -- Ed Huntress |
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"Morris Dovey" writes:
aemeijers wrote: | "Dave" wrote in message | ... || Lobster wrote: || ||| Owain wrote: ||| |||| Lew Hartswick wrote: |||| ||||| I think I went through several suggar bowl lids when I was a ||||| youngster. :-) |||| |||| We were too poor to have sugar bowl lids. ||| ||| Aye, us an' all - we used t'have to make do wi old jam-jar lids || || Lids? Sugar bowls? What was wrong with the paper bag that it came || in? || | You had sugar? We had go out back and pick berries to mash into our | cereal, and squeeze into our coffee, if we wanted to sweeten them. | Nothing like wrestling racoons in the half-light of dawn to get the | blood flowing.... ...and when the berries and paper bags had all been eaten, we boiled the dishrag to make broth and added icebox scrapings for our soup... Dishrag? Icebox? |
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"willshak" wrote in message My hair has been cut so that it is no more than 1/2" long. Mine has not been that long in a couple of years now. 1/6" on the sides, uh, even less on top. Eliminates a lot of problems and is easy to style in the morning. |
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nick hull wrote:
In article , "Ed Huntress" wrote: I'm not going to read anymore of this thread. I'm afraid to go into my work shed or pick up a tool! I'm with you. It's scaring the pants off of me. I'll tell you one thing: I'm going to make darned sure I keep my hair cut short... Short hair, no rings, no necklaces, no body metal, no ties, no wris****ches and I have all my fingers left Free men own guns - www(dot)geocities(dot)com/CapitolHill/5357/ G'day all, While at Tech, doing my apprenticeship we where warned never to wear jewellery, including rings in the work shop. (Although some of the instructors wore ties). To drive home the message several large posters of photographs were displayed. One that I've never forgotten was of a finger with a wedding ring and a long piece of string like stuff protruding from where it had been torn from a hand. This was a tendon that had stayed attached and pulled out from the shoulder. No use or very little left in the blokes arm. My wedding ring was worn on my wedding day and has stayed in a box at home ever since. regards John |
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On Mon, 10 Sep 2007 22:17:39 -0400, "Ed Huntress"
wrote: "user" wrote in message ... Ed Huntress wrote: I'll tell you one thing: I'm going to make darned sure I keep my hair cut short... -- Ed Huntress Back in the early to mid 70's when I was living with my grandparents and had grown my hair to about my belt loops, Grandpa and I went to the store one evening. Saw the ugliest looking person you ever saw. Grandpa asked him, "What happened to you?" The guy answered, "I got my ponytail caught in the lathe at work!" Yikes 5 minutes later and several aisles over, Grandpa told me, "I ain't gonna ever tell you to get your hair cut again." Didn't have long hair very much after that. Man, these stories are piling up. My 1943 edition of _How to Run a Lathe_ doesn't say anything about it. d8-) A kid at the highschool where a friend's wife teaches always wore baggy track pants to school - regimental. Thought he was IT. One day he somehow got his drawstring caught (wrapped around) on the wood lathe. Got a few good wraps of the track pants wound up too. They got the lathe stopped in time to save "the boys" - but JUST. Didn't faze the idiot at all - - - -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com |
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clare at snyder.on.ca wrote in message ... On Mon, 10 Sep 2007 22:17:39 -0400, "Ed Huntress" wrote: "user" wrote in message ... Ed Huntress wrote: (((snip) A kid at the highschool where a friend's wife teaches always wore baggy track pants to school - regimental. Thought he was IT. One day he somehow got his drawstring caught (wrapped around) on the wood lathe. Got a few good wraps of the track pants wound up too. They got the lathe stopped in time to save "the boys" - but JUST. Didn't faze the idiot at all - - - Well, being in high school, he probably hadn't reproduced yet. So this counts as interfering with natural selection? aem sends... |
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According to John B "":
nick hull wrote: [ ... ] Short hair, no rings, no necklaces, no body metal, no ties, no wris****ches and I have all my fingers left [ ... ] G'day all, [ ... ] One that I've never forgotten was of a finger with a wedding ring and a long piece of string like stuff protruding from where it had been torn from a hand. This was a tendon that had stayed attached and pulled out from the shoulder. No use or very little left in the blokes arm. Ouch! My wedding ring was worn on my wedding day and has stayed in a box at home ever since. I simply have a fake carabiner clip hanging from my belt with my keys on it. Whenever I step into the shop, my wedding ring and my watch move to that clip and stay there until I exit the shop again. And none of my machines have moving parts at the level of that carabiner, or I would move *it* to a hook on the wall by the door. (It is a personal hobby shop, so I don't have to worry about them growing legs while I'm working. :-) Enjoy, DoN. -- Email: | Voice (all times): (703) 938-4564 (too) near Washington D.C. | http://www.d-and-d.com/dnichols/DoN.html --- Black Holes are where God is dividing by zero --- |
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"Dave" wrote in message ... Lee Michaels wrote: "Ed Huntress" wrote I'll tell you one thing: I'm going to make darned sure I keep my hair cut short... Reminds me of a conversation I had with a deputy sheriff. He used to have a handsome head of hair. Until the night he got involved in an altercation with a crazed, very intoxicated woman. She grabbed his hair in a death grip and they could not pry her loose for several minutes. By that time, she had torn much of his scalp loose from his head. The resulting injuries were very painful and took awhile to heal. They shaved his head before they did the surgery to reattach his scalp. He had to keep it shaved during the recovery. It has never been more than a half an inch long since. He said if he retires or takes up another line of work, he might grow some hair agin. But as long as he is a law enforcement officer, he will go with a buzz cut. I don't know what a buzz cut is, but I suspect that it is a cut of the hair that can not be grabbed/held. 'Buzz Cut' draws its name from the buzzing sound the clippers make as they ride along the scalp. Think electric dog clippers- basically the same thing. The buzz is 60hz, from the alternating line current, that is used to move the heads back and forth. In UK, it would be a 50hz buzz. You hear it right through your skull. I had buzz cuts as a kid, until I looked in the mirror one day around 4th or 5th grade. I had a pony tail as a teenager, but am back to above-the collar now. The current buzz-cut fad, presumably war-inspired, leaves me cold. aem sends... |
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"willshak" wrote in message ... on 9/9/2007 11:18 AM Shawn Hirn said the following: In article .com, Ken wrote: What have been the worst (serious or humorous) handyman or handywoman accidents that you've experienced so far (or someone you know, or saw it happen to, got to experience) and please elaborate on what unfortunately went wrong. I'm not going to read anymore of this thread. I'm afraid to go into my work shed or pick up a tool! I'm with you. It's scaring the pants off of me. I'll tell you one thing: I'm going to make darned sure I keep my hair cut short... You SURE don't want to go into your shop without pants. ;-) -- Service to my country? Been there, Done that, and I've got my DD214 to prove it. Member of DAV #85. Michael A. Terrell Central Florida |
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Owain wrote: Lee Michaels wrote: "Ed Huntress" wrote I'll tell you one thing: I'm going to make darned sure I keep my hair cut short... Reminds me of a conversation I had with a deputy sheriff. ... That's all very well, but what about injuries sustained from electric hair clippers, especially when used in bathrooms? Owain My uncle went to the hospital with 109 bruises and 16 contusions. What happened, you ask? He hit a golf ball in a tile bathroom. Then your aunt beat him with his golf clubs for breaking the mirror, window and glass shower doors. -- Service to my country? Been there, Done that, and I've got my DD214 to prove it. Member of DAV #85. Michael A. Terrell Central Florida |
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Dave wrote:
Lee Michaels wrote: "Ed Huntress" wrote I'll tell you one thing: I'm going to make darned sure I keep my hair cut short... Reminds me of a conversation I had with a deputy sheriff. He used to have a handsome head of hair. Until the night he got involved in an altercation with a crazed, very intoxicated woman. She grabbed his hair in a death grip and they could not pry her loose for several minutes. By that time, she had torn much of his scalp loose from his head. The resulting injuries were very painful and took awhile to heal. They shaved his head before they did the surgery to reattach his scalp. He had to keep it shaved during the recovery. It has never been more than a half an inch long since. He said if he retires or takes up another line of work, he might grow some hair agin. But as long as he is a law enforcement officer, he will go with a buzz cut. I don't know what a buzz cut is, but I suspect that it is a cut of the hair that can not be grabbed/held. Most police officers in the UK have the same short cut, for the same reasons. AKA a 'burr' haircut like you get when you enter basic training or boot camp. About 1/8" long. -- Service to my country? Been there, Done that, and I've got my DD214 to prove it. Member of DAV #85. Michael A. Terrell Central Florida |
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