Nick's Notes

[zenrat]

I once had a flat on the back of my motorbike which was caused by a mudguard washer.
It had sat on the road being run over until it had been ground into a wickedly sharp crescent at which point i rode over it and it sliced into my tyre.  They found it inside when they took it off to plug it.

[Nick]

Tonight the modelling gods demanded tribute.
I dropped my scalpel, went to grab it and it landed point up on my desk as my arm went down to grab it.
Stuck the blade into my wrist just a half inch from the big vein.
Only a few mil deep but enough for a droplet or two.

The Sopwith Pup now has the upper wings on. It's a very flexible plastic so it bends as you need it to. Just had to hold it in place while the glue set for 5 minutes.
Quite a few moulding marks on the wings to be sanded off first.

[zenrat]

Bet that gave you pause for thought.
Like the time I snapped a knife blade and it ricocheted off my glasses leaving a gouge in the centre of one lens.   

[kitbasher]

Ouch!

[PR19_Kit]

Back in the 60s I was building a 1/24 Jo-Han Plymouth Sport Fury IV car kit (Yes Fred, it did have a Hemi up front.  ) and I needed to carve holes in the front wheel arches to fit the exhaust headers.

To his end I had a rather smart looking, and rather strong, craft knife with a 2" long blade. Having to apply some pressure to cut through the thick styrene I had the body of the car resting on one knee (you can see where this is going already, can't you......? )  and when the cut-out portion finally came free the knife blade went right through the hole and into my knee, all 2 " of it! 

It just stuck in there too, without bleeding all that much either, and I was about to yank it out and stick a big plaster on it when my mother-in-law who was staying with us for a few days yelled out 'NO! Leave it in there, you won't bleed so much!' She was a trained nurse so I did just that and they hauled me off to the local surgery where they sewed me back up. 

You couldn't do that these days of course, I'd have had to have bled for about 10 days before I could get an appointment!

[Pellson]

It just stuck in there too, without bleeding all that much either, and I was about to yank it out and stick a big plaster on it when my mother-in-law who was staying with us for a few days yelled out 'NO! Leave it in there, you won't bleed so much!' She was a trained nurse so I did just that and they hauled me off to the local surgery where they sewed me back up.

Back in the bad old days when we Scandinavians were thoroughly and constantly aware of the true nature of the peace-loving super power in the east, and accordingly trained just about every male citizen, provided they were able to stand up and talk simultaneously, this was part of said training. And since we're a hunting, fishing and wood-burning people, I can't even recall the number of incidents I have either witnessed or been told about firsthand where some bloke has driven himself to hospital with various kinds of sharpened tools sticking out of his body. The obvious conclusion is naturally that they should have invested more training in handling said tools, not only just telling people what to do once they've done the deed, so to speak.

These days, not even construction workers are allowed knives at building sites which, in my grumpy old mind, makes me wonder whether Mr Darwin's theses still are valid for humankind. 

[NARSES2]

To close for comfort Nick. Take care mate 

[kerick]

I learned to just let such objects fall to the floor then pick them up later. Unless you're sitting down and it's heading towards your groin!

[zenrat]

I learned to just let such objects fall to the floor then pick them up later. Unless you're sitting down and it's heading towards your groin!

Or you are wearing thongs/flip flops/sandals/barefoot...

[Captain Canada]

Wow Nick, that was a lucky escape/ near miss ! Be careful !

[kerick]

I learned to just let such objects fall to the floor then pick them up later. Unless you're sitting down and it's heading towards your groin!

Or you are wearing thongs/flip flops/sandals/barefoot...

I was told how trips to the burn unit increase during holidays from people not wearing shoes while cooking and spilling hot liquids onto their feet. In high school and college lab classes we were told to wear real shoes and not the above listed types. One girl still spilt acid on her foot and fortunately it was on the weak side and she washed it off in the sink.

[The Wooksta!]

Hey, despite having top notch protective footwear, accidents can still happen.  I dropped an inch thick BFO chopping board on my foot and was in agony as it hit side on past the steel toecap.  And one of the KPs burned his feet despite wearing steelies.  Admittedly, he was pissed and plodging in the Bain Marie on the island, so it wasn't quite an accident.

[Gondor]

I learned to just let such objects fall to the floor then pick them up later. Unless you're sitting down and it's heading towards your groin!

I had that happen to me in my twenties. I had, I think it was a Humbrol modelling knife, with a six pointed plastic end to the handle, designed so it would not roll! Ha! I had laid the knife parallel to the edge of the table I was sitting at not expecting the knife to roll, only it did. I closed my legs and it fell onto my lap. No problem. I then repeated the process, not having learned from my mistake. This time my reactions were a little bit slower and the whole blade went into my upper left inner thigh through the trousers I was wearing.
I thought oh! I then pulled out the knife, dropped my trousers, I had my own room so no problem, and inspected the wound. No beading, so I made it blead just a little to ensure that the wound was flushed out, then left it alone. I have a small white scar where the blade went in still. And no I am not going to show it.

[McColm]

As long as you're okay, just be careful.

[Rick Lowe]

To close for comfort Nick. Take care mate 

Indeed! 

It just stuck in there too, without bleeding all that much either, and I was about to yank it out and stick a big plaster on it when my mother-in-law who was staying with us for a few days yelled out 'NO! Leave it in there, you won't bleed so much!' She was a trained nurse so I did just that and they hauled me off to the local surgery where they sewed me back up.

Steve Irwin could have used this knowledge... 

As I remember, a fella had much the same thing happen the next week after Steve's Incident; he left the barb where it was, got to hospital, and survived. Lesson Learned.

If a knife slips and is heading for the floor, I make sure my legs/feet/etc are well out of the way and let the floor catch it.
Then watch out I don't hit my head on the way up & down, picking it up!