Jump to content
News
Reviews
Discussons
Activity
Create New...
Close

66 Stang is an Idiot, or Moron perhaps

A Horse With No Name

By A Horse With No Name
in The Lounge

 Share

Recommended Posts

A Horse With No Name Mentor

A Horse With No Name

Posted
Posted (edited)

Was working on something (don't worry gm4life, it was domestic and not imported) with a friend and was putting one last wire tie on to finish up.

My foot slipped on an oily spot on the concrete and when I fell forward my left hand got jammed between the rotating fanblade (metal) and the fan shrowd. It was a quick second before I could get it free.

A very good doctor put eveything back together...but OUCH! Thankfully, amazingly, no broken bones or badly damaged tendons, but lots and lots of stitches.

It's amazing how much you can bleed from your hands if you cut a few arteries. Thanks much to my friends for getting me to the Emergency Room right away, and thanks to the good folks at Adena Medical for getting me right in and getting the bleeding stoped.

I've always wondered, everytime I've seen a cylcist or motorcyclist riding without gloves how much blood you could loose from an injured hand. Well, I guess now I know.

Been working on mechanical things for abot 35 years and this is the first time I've hurt myself like that, so I don't feel too stupid.

But...be careful working on your project cars, everyone...

Chris

Edited by 66Stang
Paolino Apprentice

Paolino

Posted
Posted

Oh my God, I'm glad to hear you're okay! This is partly the reason I stick to driving cars, not fixin' 'em ;)

cletus8269 Newbie

cletus8269

Posted
Posted

yup see stuff like that a lot. we had 3 people come in on a single day with missing or lacerated digits from table saws. just the other day we had a guy come in that mashed his finger in between his tractor and a plow he was hooking up. the most interesting story is the guy who nail-gunned his hand to the floor. they had to hammer it back out to get him to the hospital. the worst, a lady that got her hand pulled into a meat grinder. wow.

hope you heal up fast, glad to hear it only needed stitches. fan blades have been known to be hungrier than that.

Oracle of Delphi Newbie

Oracle of Delphi

Posted
Posted
Damn, PCS, that looks worse than what I've done to myself...

Chris

It did smart at the time, and I did have other issues because so much fat from the bone marrow got into my blood stream ... But time and good drugs heal all wounds ... Besides it's fun to make the metal detectors go off all over the world's airports when I travel now ... The Borg don't have anything on me when it comes to implants ... :smilewide:

daves87rs Collaborator

daves87rs

Posted
Posted
It did smart at the time, and I did have other issues because so much fat from the bone marrow got into my blood stream ... But time and good drugs heal all wounds ... Besides it's fun to make the metal detectors go off all over the world's airports when I travel now ... The Borg don't have anything on me when it comes to implants ... :smilewide:

Sweet!

I might need to borrow you sometime! :smilewide:

  • 2 weeks later...

Join the conversation

You are posting as a guest. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.

Guest
Reply to this topic...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Paste as plain text instead

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.

×
 Share
Go to topic listing


×
×
  • Create New...

Hey there, we noticed you're using an ad-blocker. We're a small site that is supported by ads or subscriptions. We rely on these to pay for server costs and vehicle reviews.  Please consider whitelisting us in your ad-blocker, or if you really like what you see, you can pick up one of our subscriptions for just $1.75 a month or $15 a year. It may not seem like a lot, but it goes a long way to help support real, honest content, that isn't generated by an AI bot.

See you out there.

Drew
Editor-in-Chief

I've whitelisted
Continue without support

Write what you are looking for and press enter or click the search icon to begin your search