08-21-2009, 12:41 PM
1) when I was 9 i was being chased by a boxer(dog) while riding my bike. I turned a corner too close, my wheel stuck in the dirt, the dog hit my bike, I flew over the handle bars and hit the pavement. I scraped my shoulder to the muscle, scraped my cheek and broke my wrist.
2) I've told this story before, but anyway, I was repairing the panel that hold the motor for the seat in my old car. I needed a couple of washers and bolts. My dad always kept spare stuff like that in the cabinet above his workbench in metal cookie tins. On his workbench was the marine battery that we used to power the electric motor for our little boat. I pulled the tin full of heavy washers, nuts and bolts out of the cabinet, gravity took a hold of it and the metal cookie tin landed perfectly on the positive and negative posts on the battery, completing the charge. Sparks flew, metal melted, and i laid on the floor for a little going "ow, ow, ow"
3) when I was in college, getting my useless art degree. I was working on a photo project at 1am, probably the day before it was due. I had to cut foamcore frames for all of my work with an exacto knife. I was cutting with my right hand and holding the foamcore down with my left. The blade caught on a rough edge, i pulled harder, it slipped. I cut right allong my thumb on my left hand. I grabbed it real quick saying"its not that bad, its not that bad" got to the sink, turned on the water, let go of my thumb and blood started spraying everywhere. "oh god! it IS that bad!" I wrapped it up in a washcloth and held it tight to stop the bleeding. I decided to not drive myself in case i passed out so I called a friend. I had the bleeding stopped by the time we got to the admittance nurse. she had me take the washcloth off, she separated the cut and I said "thats my bone!?" she said "yep".
I watched as they put 10 stitches in. they told me I did a good job because i had missed the tendons and the growth plate.
2) I've told this story before, but anyway, I was repairing the panel that hold the motor for the seat in my old car. I needed a couple of washers and bolts. My dad always kept spare stuff like that in the cabinet above his workbench in metal cookie tins. On his workbench was the marine battery that we used to power the electric motor for our little boat. I pulled the tin full of heavy washers, nuts and bolts out of the cabinet, gravity took a hold of it and the metal cookie tin landed perfectly on the positive and negative posts on the battery, completing the charge. Sparks flew, metal melted, and i laid on the floor for a little going "ow, ow, ow"
3) when I was in college, getting my useless art degree. I was working on a photo project at 1am, probably the day before it was due. I had to cut foamcore frames for all of my work with an exacto knife. I was cutting with my right hand and holding the foamcore down with my left. The blade caught on a rough edge, i pulled harder, it slipped. I cut right allong my thumb on my left hand. I grabbed it real quick saying"its not that bad, its not that bad" got to the sink, turned on the water, let go of my thumb and blood started spraying everywhere. "oh god! it IS that bad!" I wrapped it up in a washcloth and held it tight to stop the bleeding. I decided to not drive myself in case i passed out so I called a friend. I had the bleeding stopped by the time we got to the admittance nurse. she had me take the washcloth off, she separated the cut and I said "thats my bone!?" she said "yep".
I watched as they put 10 stitches in. they told me I did a good job because i had missed the tendons and the growth plate.