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bob
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I got stupid yesterday and started really leaning on a cheap ratchet wrench and socket and it busted,or shattered, which resulted in my taking a trip to the doctor to get 6 stitches in my arm, where I as a result, and instantly, and with significant force ran my arm over an exposed sharp bit of sheet metal that all manufactures thoughtfully include in all engine compartment designs just for that purpose.
after I had covered the cut (which bled rather well but didn,t cut anything really vital according to the emergency room tech) with the mandatory shop rag and taped it in place with electrical tape, I went to the local clinic which is a good deal closer to my house than the local hospital, but after looking over the waiting room... I just drove the extra 4 miles to the local hospital, ..after the receptionist seeing the blood soaked rag , and having my wife fill out the required paper work, they got me into a doctor fairly fast and Ill be just fine in a few weeks
.(most likely I,ll get one more scar, as a reminder to never force a cheap imported socket, on a 3/8" drive ratchet as a bonus)
after I got back i called grumpy, who said that theres a lot of silly stuff going on, his back had "gone out" while he was helping supervise a minor repair on a corvette in his shop and he had instantly fallen backwards on the floor and fileted off ,a silver dollar sized flap of arm skin on some sharp edged part of the lift he was leaning on at the time, but he just wrapped it in paper towels and then bandaged it a bit later after cleaning it with peroxide and neo-sporin, anti-septic and clean bandages.
so theres now two old guys with minor scars in the process of forming.
after I had covered the cut (which bled rather well but didn,t cut anything really vital according to the emergency room tech) with the mandatory shop rag and taped it in place with electrical tape, I went to the local clinic which is a good deal closer to my house than the local hospital, but after looking over the waiting room... I just drove the extra 4 miles to the local hospital, ..after the receptionist seeing the blood soaked rag , and having my wife fill out the required paper work, they got me into a doctor fairly fast and Ill be just fine in a few weeks
.(most likely I,ll get one more scar, as a reminder to never force a cheap imported socket, on a 3/8" drive ratchet as a bonus)
after I got back i called grumpy, who said that theres a lot of silly stuff going on, his back had "gone out" while he was helping supervise a minor repair on a corvette in his shop and he had instantly fallen backwards on the floor and fileted off ,a silver dollar sized flap of arm skin on some sharp edged part of the lift he was leaning on at the time, but he just wrapped it in paper towels and then bandaged it a bit later after cleaning it with peroxide and neo-sporin, anti-septic and clean bandages.
so theres now two old guys with minor scars in the process of forming.