Only lost about 1/4" Still works for some things!

Years ago, turning a screw, managed to rest steel watch band on positive battery terminal, somehow creating a closed electrical circuit through the band. Realization came only after band had become red hot. :shock: By then, the clasp had fused shut. :shock: :shock: Ran out of garage, flesh sizzling, and plunged wrist up to shoulder in snow pile by the side of driveway. 8) Psssss, Ahhhh, steam rising. Wonderful Buffalo winter. 8) 8) Several minutes later, noticed screwdriver still clutched in right hand and used it to pry open watch band.

:idea: Use other hand

Bill, You can always use the short finger for those who don't deserve the very best. :P Rich

Another one to keep this thing going:
One day I noticed the tail light out on the boat trailer.
Removed the lense to push and twist the bulb.
Bulb broke driving glass straight into my right thumb. :shock:

When I was a kid my dad left me in the car while he ran in some store for smokes. I tried the lighter out on my left hand ring finger. I lost my finger print permanently. Dad laughed his A$$ off the whole way home.

Come on. I know you guy's have done some really dumb things!

Bill, I'm starting to worry about you! :shock: :wink:

Jim you should start worring about me too. I did something almost the same.

4 year old sitting in the front seat of 55 Buick (No seat belt, this was the 60s) pushes in lighter with big toe, after some time it pops out :!: He climbs down and pulls it out. :?: He sees a pretty bright red spiral. :D Pretty bright red spiral has some ash on it making it slightly less pretty so he wipes it off with his finger. :shock:

Yes, I've done enough stupid stuff to post more than once! :)

I've never had a fear of heights, always worked on ladders with my father etc. (building). When I was building my first house, I needed to get to the peak on the end of the house to get that last traingular pc of vinyl siding up, It was a good 35ft, and on a slope. I grabbed a couple pcs of 1x boards and fiddled with the ladder base until it was ok enough to make the climb. When I reached the peak and had the pc nailed, I was just ready to descend, the ladder gave way. :shock: It rode down the side of the house tearing all the siding off as I went, but luckily breaking my fall. Not hurt, but sure was pissed.

Recently bought one of those Home Depot compressor/brad nailer combos, thing is sweet. Well anyways, I was at a customer's place installing cabinets I'd made, and was butt nailing two pcs of 3/4" ply together. I didn't have my clamps so I decided to hold it (on the outside) by hand while I nailed down through the top. Yep, nail blew out the side and the 2-1/2" finish nail went in one side of my index finger and right out the other. Like a hot knife through butter, through the middle just over the nail :shock: . The finish nail stayed put, I pulled my finger off the thing reflexively. I made a fist, and held it there in my other hand for a second, knowing I'd have to look at it eventually, but that it'd surely hurt more when I did. Bled like a son of a gun, but once the bleeding stopped, it was fine.

BTW - a little duct tape makes a great bandage. 8)

Keith

Well one more. Back in the early '70s, before I knew the different types of disc brakes, I was crewing for a couple of friends that were racing an Audi in a 4 hour race. They came in for a tire change. I pulled the right front off and noticed the brake disc ‘flop’ around. Instinctively I grabbed the disc to re-align it with my bare hands. :shock: You know how your brain registers something is going to hurt before you actually feel it? :? I watched my fingerprints oxidize off this really shiny brake disc and just knew I would feel pain in very short order. I was right. :!: Most of the rest of the race was spent with my right hand in a cooler of ice.

All you guys scare me! :shock: I'm locking myself in my garage. :o