"UkJay" wrote in message
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michael adams wrote:
"UkJay" wrote in message
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Hi

My wife is usually the one who does the gardening, but today I decided
I would
Clear a way to get through a path to our garage.
I got to work on cutting away at a quince bush (or whatever it's
called)


I now have a sore finger after a thorn attack
Any ideas how to remove this?


Have plenty of bandages handy, a bucket of water and a mop,
drink two bottles of whisky, put your finger on a chopping block,
hand your wife the cleaver and try and look the other way.

While on the other hand -

As a result of regularly handling cacti, many years ago I bought
myself a jeweller's eye glass - the actual magnification number
wore off years ago, and a large pair of tweezers.

I'd be lost without these. As they're invaluable both for removing
the otherwise almost invisible tiny spines of species such as opuntia
which can be very irritating to the skin but not immediately painful,
and also for handling tiny seed of species such as mammilaria.

If there's any of the thorn still standing proud of the skin, or
it can be made to do so then having some extra magnification
to see what you're doing - indeed the same goes for all splinters etc
- can be a great help.

A few quid well spent, from an optician etc near you.


michael adams

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The last time this sort of thing happened I ended up with a septic
infection
And I don't want that again thank you



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Yes I have found my magnifying thingy Michael (forgot the proper name
for it)
But as for a needle??????
I can see that the thornny remains are just proud of my skin
so maybe it will be easy to remove it????

I'd try a blunt ended tweezers. As opposed to rounded ends. If they're
not blunt already then file them down until they are. And filed
straight across like a chisel rather than at an angle. Press down
hard on either side of the splinter\thorn until you can get a
definite purchase. And then pull it out gently, straight out
not at an angle hence the chisel tip, otherwise it might
break off. This seems preferable to poking about with a
needle unless its absolutely necessary. If you've already
soaked it then let it dry out again first, as soaking it
may weaken it and make it more likely to break off.
It's after you've got it out, that you want to be liberal
with the antiseptic.


michael adams










Oh the pain the pain!!!!!