Did something dumb today.

Nebraska · August 03, 2019, 06:28:26 PM

I made a nice 9ft 7inch x 5 inch x 12 ish inch can't that was supposed to be 5 5/8 thick to set aside to dry for a couple years to be part of a log wall on the front of a little she shed cabin by the pond. I finished the cut shut off the blade, idled it down, set off the flitch looked down looked at the correct dimensioned logs on the pile, shook my headrealizing what I had done....got the tractor moved out of the wondering now what are you going to do with THAT now...Then realized my lube was still on....

Mike W · August 03, 2019, 09:25:42 PM

cut em all down to 5" and state that was the plan all along ;D

Crusarius · August 03, 2019, 11:28:48 PM

I know. I just wanted different scenery. hey guess what. That section of canada is ugly anyhow

Would have been nicer staying in the US. That is what I will do on the way home tomorrow.

hacknchop · August 04, 2019, 12:09:58 AM

Beauty is most definitely in the eye of the beholder.

Chuck White · August 04, 2019, 07:41:32 AM

I have traveled across the border and took the 401W, then crossed over at Sault St Marie, MI just to avoid getting near Chicago!

To me, it was well worth the trip!

Crusarius · August 04, 2019, 08:51:08 AM

I guess I shouldn't have posted that late lastnight. it wasn't ugly per se but it wasn't any different than staying in the US. I do really think the NY plates on the truck bring out the worst drivers around me. When I ran AZ plates I never had the issues I have with NY plates.

Old Greenhorn · August 28, 2019, 07:17:09 AM

Well, I guess it's to me this time. I worked a 3 day music fest setting up then running the first aid group for the event, then breaking down late Sunday afterwards. I got home in the driveway about 2am Monday morning, no moon. I had the trailer and Mule on the truck so I just pulled it in and parked it in a handy place where I usually don't park. There was no moonlight, but as it is my own place I didn't bother to pull my flashlight out of my pocket, so as I turned the corner too go up the front walk my right foot caught one of those "pretty" rocks my wife had laid along the path. I went down hard and whacked pretty good on the blue-stone walk. Cut and bled pretty good,my shirt was covered. No big deal, but it really rang my bell. I washed and cleaned it up best I could and went to bed. Now almost 3 days out my working diagnosis is that I have a mild concussion. The headache is constant and annoying, stomach never feels 'right', and I am a bit irritable. I sleep well, but get tired easy in the afternoon, pretty tired. i'll be slowing down for a while here. But at least the cut is closing up well.

WV Sawmiller · August 28, 2019, 08:31:58 AM

OG,

Ouch! Looks like you could use a few stitches if not too late to get them. At minimum a few steri-strips to close that gap. Probably going to have a big old keloid scar. Sounds like you need to bite the bullet and go to the horsepistol (Or as you old Noggies call it - the Sykhus) and maybe get an X-Ray or such and a second opinion.

doc henderson · August 28, 2019, 10:42:14 AM

I agree with an x-ray. when hit with something hard enough, those blue stones are prone to fracture. the hard part is finding someone who will x-ray a rock. :D :D :D. just like the crappy-est logs, we talk about the character. looks like it may be adding some. hope you recover soon. a ct will show fracture or bleeding inside the skull, and worrisome if on a blood thinner. concussion is based on symptoms and you do prob. have that. the redness around the wound is called granulation and part of the healing, not infection. god bless.

moosehunter · August 28, 2019, 11:31:47 AM

I had a locust job Saturday. Before I started I did my mandatory safety talk, including " always be careful of your fingers, the wood and the steel deck". You guessed it, second log, go to help the client remove a 4x8x10' beam and pinch my right hand middle finger between the beam and the top of the outrigger. Actually "slammed" might better describe what I did!
It looked right at the client and said remember not to do that.
He said he was sure I had broke it because of the sound it made. It still hurts today but I didn't break it.

mh

Old Greenhorn · August 28, 2019, 12:44:16 PM

Yeah Doc, that stone don't look too good, but I have already replaced it with another, softer, one. I don't have any of the other fracture symptoms, no point pressure or discoloration, was more concerned about intracranial hemorrhage, which I have no indicators for. Also, no meds to mess things up, I am drug free. If I was on thinners, I would have been in the E/D that night because you don't get a lot of second chances with that. (Beer however, is a different story, but I am staying away from that until things are back to what represents normal for me.)
@moosehunter : Ice may help that but just because it ain't broke doesn't mean you may not have a problem. Digits are pesky little things, you may have cut the muscle or done some good nerve damage. Keep a close eye on that, by now the pain should be pretty much gone except when you bend or use it. If that is not the case, or bending it makes you feel like heaving, you'd better get it checked out. (And Yes, this is the pot calling the kettle black, I am aware.) Good luck with it.

moosehunter · August 28, 2019, 01:45:05 PM

It only hurts enough to remind me what I did! Now last night when I knocked on the neighbors door with that hand,... Does that count as a continuation of the same dumb thing or is that a separate dumb thing?

mh

Old Greenhorn · August 28, 2019, 01:53:47 PM

I think it's not a new one, I believe it is more like 'multiplier points' or something like that. ;D :D

doc henderson · August 28, 2019, 02:34:03 PM

@moosehunter i would ask you to post a pic, but the admin guys would prob. take it off and such, being the middle finger and all. sorry you got pinched.

moosehunter · August 28, 2019, 03:01:06 PM

Not nearly as ugly as some of the pictures on this thread

sawguy21 · August 28, 2019, 03:14:49 PM

Quote from: moosehunter on August 28, 2019, 01:45:05 PM
It only hurts enough to remind me what I did! Now last night when I knocked on the neighbors door with that hand,... Does that count as a continuation of the same dumb thing or is that a separate dumb thing?

mh

It never fails. If I injure a finger that is the one that takes the hit every time I walk by a sharp corner or need something. Years ago I took the tip off the second finnger of my left hand in a table saw, had a splint. Every so often I would hit the underside of the dash of my pick up while rolling the window up, I would roll to the side of the road, throw it out of gear, suck wind and wipe the tears. Man, that hurt.

Old Greenhorn · August 28, 2019, 04:19:05 PM

Quote from: moosehunter on August 28, 2019, 03:01:06 PM
Not nearly as ugly as some of the pictures on this thread
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I dunno, looks like you got a pretty good run toward the bone before it stopped, but There doesn't seem to be a lot of bruising, so it should heal up ok. The photos aren't the game here, or I hope not. I waited over two days to take mine, mostly because it was the only way I could see it (I am not discussing this with my wife). I should have gotten one before I cleaned myself up. I do have one of the shirt because I am going to have to get a replacement next year and I might need proof. It doesn't look as bad as it could have. ;D

firefighter ontheside · August 28, 2019, 07:36:37 PM

That looks like it hurt Old Greenhorn. Get some rest.

Old Greenhorn · August 28, 2019, 07:53:01 PM

Quote from: firefighter ontheside on August 28, 2019, 07:36:37 PM
That looks like it hurt Old Greenhorn. Get some rest.

Yeah, it kinda did, well it still does. I have a full blown schedule overloaded at work and it's nuts, so I can't take any time off. But I am taking it easy at home, just doing a few things and getting to bed early. I just wish this persistent headache would go away. The cut is pretty much dried up now, no seeping at all today and it survived the shower tonight. I'll live, always have so far. ;D

rjwoelk · August 30, 2019, 11:30:06 AM

Quote from: Chuck White on August 04, 2019, 07:41:32 AM
I have traveled across the border and took the 401W, then crossed over at Sault St Marie, MI just to avoid getting near Chicago!

To me, it was well worth the trip!

You really took the long way around, I dont find traveling through Detroit to the border Windsor or vis versa a problem very straight forward. Chicago is busy in rush hr. but I try to plan it out to avoid it if possible.If you take Sarnia it would be better and still avoid Detroit.

Chuck White · August 30, 2019, 03:11:49 PM

Well, My home is here in NY and I was stationed at Ellsworth AFB, SD! I spent 8 years there and travelled home every other year for leave and always looked for something different! My normal route from home was to go South on I-81 until I got to I-80, the take I-80 all the way to Sioux City, IA (to avoid the cities and the toll roads), then I-29N to Sioux Falls, SD, then I-90 to Ellsworth AFB!
So, going through Canada to Sault St Marie was a welcome change!

rjwoelk · August 30, 2019, 11:32:34 PM

Yup that makes sense. We have the pass for tolls and if the traffic is light can make it through Chicago with out slowing up, that would be around 8,9 PM.

Tam Barron · August 31, 2019, 10:50:30 AM

Hi...
I dont know if this will work.

I fell up my unfinished concrete stairs. Now have 6 inch scar on forearm. Treated with swearing, cold water and honey!

Good luck.

T