Did something dumb today.

[doc henderson]

I have to put on readers to put back taps and drills, if I get too many out at once.

[TimW]

Doc,  I thought they were called cheaters.  I have a pair of safety glasses in 2x.  I call them my beer goggles.

[Magicman]

I call them my "peepers". 

[Old Greenhorn]

Tim, you and I have a very different idea of what beer goggles are. In my world, beer googles make the girls look prettier, an impossible feat appear do-able, the laws of physics appear negotiable. our own voices to sound spectacular, as well as several other things. I can't imagine having a pair of 2X beer goggles, sounds dangerous.

[TimW]

Tom,
   I call them beer goggles because everything at a distance is fuzzy and when you turn your head too fast, it makes you feel drunk.

[Stephen1]

I have safety glasses also with bifocal 2x readers in them, I wear them all the time, I have them stored everywhere, shop, tool bin, truck has 3-4 pairs, and I even have sunglass ones for when I'm running the sawmill.  Tim I like that name. 

[Magicman]

When sawing I always wear Amber Bifocal wraparound safety glasses.  I will not saw without them plus the exhalation valve mask, ear plugs, gloves, & safety toe boots.

It's me that I am protecting and I think that I am worth it. 

[TimW]

Lynn,
Do you have a photo of a
exhalation valve mask.  Sometimes I wear a dust mask when mowing when it's dry.  But never sawn with a mask.  It sure would be a good idea sawing ERC. 
I do wear SWA approved safety glasses and leather gloves.  Steel toed tennis shoes too.  I was forever in boots, but they get my feet too hot for my atopic dermatitis .

[doc henderson]

Tim, I think he uses an N95 with an exhalation valve.

[Magicman]

Yes, search 3M 8511 N95 mask with exhalation valve.  You should be able to find a box of 10 for about $15.  Single mask are generally priced @ ~$8.00.

Four 10 packs (40) from Home Depot is $57.  LINK

[TimW]

Thanks Lynn.  That link is a bargain.  Masks always fogged up my safety glasses.  I gotta try these for sure.

[Daburner87]

Hard to type with one hand.  My John Deere mower is missing its hood, I stopped for a second to pick up something and just rested my hand on the engine for a split second while cutting the grass and ouch! One of the bolts backed out a bit on top of the spinning cover and caught me good.  Had to get 6 stitches and a tetanus shot.  The worst part is the down time, I'm too busy to be resting up right now.

[Nebraska]

Almost as bad as somebody's feet. Yuck I will leave it there.    

[doc henderson]

I assume/hope you are right-handed.  should be fine.  from the pic it appears you lost your L thumb.      could always be worse, but sorry all the same.

[Daburner87]

Thumb is intact.  Could have been much worse.    Wedding ring took a beating, was hard to get off at the hospital they were leaning towards cutting it.  Now I have to find a hood/engine cover for a John Deere D140 for a decent price.

[TimW]

Well, I stepped up to the plate today.  It was getting dark this evening and I was restacking full size 2x12x20s.  I dropped one end on the loader forks and it dropped down on the end of a sticker, which flipped up and wacked me below the lip.  I was bledding like a stuck pig.  Inside lip is swollen too, but no busted lip

[aigheadish]

Oh, that's a good one Tim! Glad you are ok, sounds like something I'd do. 

[TimW]

The thing I forgot, was the day before I did the same thing, but the sticker missed.  I thought.....don't do that again.

[aigheadish]

Sorry but that's hilarious. 

[TimW]

I blame it on the heat and wanting to finish and go clean up.  I should have left it for a fresh day and dry clothes.  It's bruised up real good now.  Lip swollen now.

[WV Sawmiller]

The thing I forgot, was the day before I did the same thing, but the sticker missed.  I thought.....don't do that again.

I ain't making no comments about slow learners. Just glad it was a fat lip and not an eyeball.

[SawyerTed]

Several years ago, I was picking up firewood cut during a previous session. 

The inevitable, partially cut stick turned up. It was about an 1 1/4" diameter.  Of course I thought I would just wack it on a nearby stump.

The two pieces separated as planned, what wasn't planned was the way the upper piece behaved upon braking free.

It bounced off the stump and hit me across the forehead.  The little stick of maple rang like a pipe chime and made a bonking noise when it hit my head.  Yes I'm sure it was not my head that made the noise. 

By that time in my life I had full command of the Englis language and a working command of two or three others.  The words may not all have been in a single language but I'm certain I covered all of them

[Magicman]

As my Mom once said, he knew all of the words and how to put them together.   

[rusticretreater]

In the south that is called "losing his religion."

[TimW]

I ain't making no comments about slow learners. Just glad it was a fat lip and not an eyeball.

Howard,
           T h a n k s !  I am typing this r e a l slow.  Not sure if being a slow learner makes  a slow r e a d e r.