In article ,
Bob Hobden wrote:

In the next bed was a man who had destroyed a toe on one foot and a
lot of the flesh on the opposite shin. He had slipped on a sloping
lawn, using a Flymo and slid his legs under the blade.
General anaesthetic and foreign holiday cancelled.

Friend of mine who is a Gardener at RHS Wisley told me that all the Grass
Cutting Gang there have no leather left on the toes of their steel toecap
boots! Yet I constantly see people using mowers and wearing sandals, can't
look, makes me feel sick. One slip or moments inattention and you are
possibly crippled for life, certainly in a lot of pain for some
weeks/months.

Actually, no. That's dogma, with a grain of truth. The first thing
that most people refuse to admit is that lightweight shoes like
'trainers' offer negligible protection, yet they are often allowed
or encouraged (because they are 'closed toe').

More importantly, it depends on the design of mower and conditions.
In over 30 years, I have never once even got my foot under a mower,
because they have had rear grass boxes and I am mowing on the flat.
I would mow in bare feet, safely, if it were not for my wife! Not
the usual reason, though .... I got so twitchy at her running the
mower close to and even slightly over her trainers that I insisted
that she wears boots - and she won't do so if I don't.

HOWEVER, I wear sandals or bare feet most of the time, and so am
accustomed to taking appropriate care. 90% of the people who have
trouble are either relying on their 'protection' and not taking care,
or have (exceptionally) worn sandals or bare feet and not changed
their behaviour from wearing beetlecrushers. For example, people
who put a fork through their foot will almost certainly be wearing
boots and relying on them to protect their feet.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.

In message , at 12:06:15 on
Sun, 23 May 2010, ®óñ© © ²°¹° wibbled

And why was I there? I was ambulanced 60 miles to Morriston after
tripping in my greenhouse, falling into and demolishing 3 panes of
glass with my left hand and falling into the shards.
I almost sectioned a large slice of my left hand and somehow took
another entry wound to my right shoulder, with sundry superficials of
a cosmetic nature.

Ouch!

I was lucky. Jobs done under local anaesthetic, cleaned out and
stitched up, no tendon damage.

Good.

On antibiotics, painkillers and whisky now.

Get well soon and enjoy the medicinal whisky.

--
Pedt

®óñ© © ²°¹° wrote:
A cautionary tale.(crossposted if you need to care)


Over the weekend I spent nearly 2 days in a traumatic surgery
specialist unit.

In the next bed was a man who had destroyed a toe on one foot and a
lot of the flesh on the opposite shin. He had slipped on a sloping
lawn, using a Flymo and slid his legs under the blade.
General anaesthetic and foreign holiday cancelled.


I came very close once. Stopped a flymo on a slope, wanted to move it a
short way, so grabbed the handle and pulled. It was one of those ones
with twin power grab-handles, so hard to pull by its handle without
pulling the power trigger too. Should've been OK, but obviously the
blade had not quite come to a standstill and so the safety cutout button
had not kicked it. FLymo lifts itself into the air again and follws
gravity downhill, and I did not have good enough grip on it to stop it
til it went over its own power-lead, fortunately missing my feet on the way.


And why was I there? I was ambulanced 60 miles to Morriston after
tripping in my greenhouse, falling into and demolishing 3 panes of
glass with my left hand and falling into the shards.
I almost sectioned a large slice of my left hand and somehow took
another entry wound to my right shoulder, with sundry superficials of
a cosmetic nature.

I was lucky. Jobs done under local anaesthetic, cleaned out and
stitched up, no tendon damage.

On antibiotics, painkillers and whisky now.

Oooh, ouch.
GWS, Ron


--
JonG
I went to the polling station, but the only option
given was to vote for one or other of the politicians.

On Sun, 23 May 2010 14:56:16 +0100, Pedt "\"@
wrote:

In message , at 12:06:15 on
Sun, 23 May 2010, ®óñ© © ²°¹° wibbled

And why was I there? I was ambulanced 60 miles to Morriston after
tripping in my greenhouse, falling into and demolishing 3 panes of
glass with my left hand and falling into the shards.
I almost sectioned a large slice of my left hand and somehow took
another entry wound to my right shoulder, with sundry superficials of
a cosmetic nature.

Ouch!

I was lucky. Jobs done under local anaesthetic, cleaned out and
stitched up, no tendon damage.

Good.

On antibiotics, painkillers and whisky now.

Get well soon and enjoy the medicinal whisky.

I'm trying hard

--
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On 23/05/2010 14:56, Pedt wrote:
In message , at 12:06:15 on
Sun, 23 May 2010, ®óñ© © ²°¹° wibbled

And why was I there? I was ambulanced 60 miles to Morriston after
tripping in my greenhouse, falling into and demolishing 3 panes of
glass with my left hand and falling into the shards.
I almost sectioned a large slice of my left hand and somehow took
another entry wound to my right shoulder, with sundry superficials of
a cosmetic nature.

Ouch!

I was lucky. Jobs done under local anaesthetic, cleaned out and
stitched up, no tendon damage.

Good.

On antibiotics, painkillers and whisky now.

Get well soon and enjoy the medicinal whisky.


See, this is why I prefer to do my gardening from the safety of the
shed. Whilst wifey does the mowing, pottering and secateurs stuff, the
most I get involved with is a little watering, dibbling in my frog pond,
and waving a bat detector about in the the twilight. I am required to
trim the bush [1] once a back end, but I regard that as revenge rather
than actual gardening

[1] NO! I said No!

Ron T'Otheren

On Sun, 23 May 2010 15:22:44 +0100, JonG
wrote:

®óñ© © ²°¹° wrote:
A cautionary tale.(crossposted if you need to care)


Over the weekend I spent nearly 2 days in a traumatic surgery
specialist unit.

In the next bed was a man who had destroyed a toe on one foot and a
lot of the flesh on the opposite shin. He had slipped on a sloping
lawn, using a Flymo and slid his legs under the blade.
General anaesthetic and foreign holiday cancelled.


I came very close once. Stopped a flymo on a slope, wanted to move it a
short way, so grabbed the handle and pulled. It was one of those ones
with twin power grab-handles, so hard to pull by its handle without
pulling the power trigger too. Should've been OK, but obviously the
blade had not quite come to a standstill and so the safety cutout button
had not kicked it. FLymo lifts itself into the air again and follws
gravity downhill, and I did not have good enough grip on it to stop it
til it went over its own power-lead, fortunately missing my feet on the way.


And why was I there? I was ambulanced 60 miles to Morriston after
tripping in my greenhouse, falling into and demolishing 3 panes of
glass with my left hand and falling into the shards.
I almost sectioned a large slice of my left hand and somehow took
another entry wound to my right shoulder, with sundry superficials of
a cosmetic nature.

I was lucky. Jobs done under local anaesthetic, cleaned out and
stitched up, no tendon damage.

On antibiotics, painkillers and whisky now.

Oooh, ouch.
GWS, Ron

Cheers Doc


--
(¯`·. ®óñ© © ²°¹° .·´¯)

On Sun, 23 May 2010 15:22:44 +0100, JonG
wrote:


I was lucky. Jobs done under local anaesthetic, cleaned out and
stitched up, no tendon damage.

On antibiotics, painkillers and whisky now.

Oooh, ouch.
GWS, Ron

Laugh, I nearly did.

On the Sat morning, early, a young lady appeared near my bed.
"Wossa Knee-um?" she spake.
"Parding" I said. "Wossa yer Knee-um?" she quoth.

It took several iterations before I was able to determine that she was
enquiring as to my identity.

I don't talk fluent Mumbles

--
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On 23/05/2010 12:06, ®óñ© © ²°¹° wrote:
A cautionary tale.(crossposted if you need to care)


Over the weekend I spent nearly 2 days in a traumatic surgery
specialist unit.

In the next bed was a man who had destroyed a toe on one foot and a
lot of the flesh on the opposite shin. He had slipped on a sloping
lawn, using a Flymo and slid his legs under the blade.
General anaesthetic and foreign holiday cancelled.


Just further away a professional gardener was hedge trimming at his
own property (using his employer's equipment). Using it one-handed, he
tried to catch a falling bough with his free hand but it had the
blades attached to it and destroyed a swathe of flesh on his free arm.
General anaesthetic and sick note

And why was I there? I was ambulanced 60 miles to Morriston after
tripping in my greenhouse, falling into and demolishing 3 panes of
glass with my left hand and falling into the shards.
I almost sectioned a large slice of my left hand and somehow took
another entry wound to my right shoulder, with sundry superficials of
a cosmetic nature.

I was lucky. Jobs done under local anaesthetic, cleaned out and
stitched up, no tendon damage.

On antibiotics, painkillers and whisky now.

Funnily enough, it was only horticultural glass, but a couple of quite
large pieces in the rubbish bin had to be attacked repeatedly with a
vigorous large hammer to reduce them to disposable fragments



Ooer! Get well soon, and all that stuff.

--
Kate XXXXXX R.C.T.Q Madame Chef des Trolls
Lady Catherine, Wardrobe Mistress of the Chocolate Buttons
http://www.katedicey.co.uk
Click on Kate's Pages and explore!

"wafflycat" wrote in message

Cruddy Bell! Get well soon and next time, wait until
after the gardening before taking the whisky! ;-)

Actually, your cautionary tale may have served as a
timely warning. I am hoping to invest in a
greenhouse - I am tending to think I may prefer one
that is not a glasshouse, but is safety glass or
polycarbonate.

My cluttered greenhouse is made from 2' x 2'
horticultural. Last week a neighbour bought a g/house
with some of his retirement swag. It's made from 2' x
6' toughened glass and the frame seems substantially
heavier.

My solution is cheaper, make sure the panes are dirty
(clean glass is invisible) plus have straw padding
everywhere.

http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/d...ldframe014.jpg


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On 23 May, 20:53, Kate XXXXXX
wrote:
On 23/05/2010 12:06, ®óñ© © ²°¹° wrote:



A cautionary tale.(crossposted if you need to care)

Over the weekend I spent nearly 2 days in a traumatic surgery
specialist unit.

In the next bed was a man who had destroyed a toe on one foot and a
lot of the flesh on the opposite shin. *He had slipped on a sloping
lawn, using a Flymo and slid his legs under the blade.
General anaesthetic and foreign holiday cancelled.

Just further away a professional gardener was hedge trimming at his
own property (using his employer's equipment). Using it one-handed, he
tried to catch a falling bough with his free hand but it had the
blades attached to it and destroyed a swathe of flesh on his free arm.
General anaesthetic and sick note

And why was I there? * I was ambulanced 60 miles to Morriston after
tripping in my greenhouse, falling into and demolishing 3 panes of
glass with my left hand and falling into the shards.
I almost sectioned a large slice of my left hand and somehow took
another entry wound to my right shoulder, with sundry superficials of
a cosmetic nature.

I was lucky. * * Jobs done under local anaesthetic, cleaned out and
stitched up, no tendon damage.

On antibiotics, painkillers and whisky now.

Funnily enough, it was only horticultural glass, but a couple of quite
large pieces in the rubbish bin had to be attacked repeatedly with a
vigorous large hammer to reduce them to disposable fragments

Ooer! *Get well soon, and all that stuff.

--
Kate *XXXXXX *R.C.T.Q Madame Chef des Trolls
Lady Catherine, Wardrobe Mistress of the Chocolate Buttonshttp://www.katedicey.co.uk
Click on Kate's Pages and explore!- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

The wife has just come out of yet another fruitless stay in Morriston
Hospital, each time she goes in all they can do is to tell us what
isn't wrong with her.
So you had a local nurse, I wonder if there are any local Docters in
the place.
The last twice she was discharged with medication and has been told
"if it doesn't work, then go to se your GP.
Glad your treatment was more succesfull.
David Hill

On 23/05/2010 12:06, ®óñ© © ²°¹° wrote:
Over the weekend I spent nearly 2 days in a traumatic surgery
specialist unit.


a few years ago I used to have a rep call on me, about 4 times a year,
then he stopped, nothing was heard for a long time. then he appeared
and told me his tale

his garage and that of his neighbour were side by side with a gap of 10
to 12 inch between them. right at the end of the gap, at the rear of
the garage was a large tree that had growd and growd and needed
attention. he was up the tree with the power saw about to remove a
branch several inches diameter. he was sitting astride the branch,
about 3 feet from the trunk, with his back to the trunk, and had made
cuts in the branch when it gave way. NOT where he had cut, but BEHIND,
at the trunk.. the saw went one way, the branch another and him?
straight down into the gap between the buildings. one arm over his
head, the other up his back, and he was wedged like that some 5 hours.
bones muscle and flesh all severely hampered.

Me being me, [and knowing the fellow very well] said, wow, bet that
cured your slice.
as a matter of fact he said, yes it did. can't drive anywhere near as
far, but at least it goes straight.

Oooo!!!! All commiseratiotions.

Some years ago while flymo'ing I was thinking: why do
mowers have an orange flex, you can't see them with
all this cut grass in dappled sunlight, that's why tigers
are orange.... bang! as I mowed over the cable.

I replaced the cable with a white one which is plainly
visible in all mowing conditions.

JGH

®óñ© © ²°¹° wrote:
A cautionary tale.(crossposted if you need to care)


Over the weekend I spent nearly 2 days in a traumatic surgery
specialist unit.

In the next bed was a man who had destroyed a toe on one foot and a
lot of the flesh on the opposite shin. He had slipped on a sloping
lawn, using a Flymo and slid his legs under the blade.
General anaesthetic and foreign holiday cancelled.


Just further away a professional gardener was hedge trimming at his
own property (using his employer's equipment). Using it one-handed, he
tried to catch a falling bough with his free hand but it had the
blades attached to it and destroyed a swathe of flesh on his free arm.
General anaesthetic and sick note

And why was I there? I was ambulanced 60 miles to Morriston after
tripping in my greenhouse, falling into and demolishing 3 panes of
glass with my left hand and falling into the shards.
I almost sectioned a large slice of my left hand and somehow took
another entry wound to my right shoulder, with sundry superficials of
a cosmetic nature.

I was lucky. Jobs done under local anaesthetic, cleaned out and
stitched up, no tendon damage.

On antibiotics, painkillers and whisky now.

Funnily enough, it was only horticultural glass, but a couple of quite
large pieces in the rubbish bin had to be attacked repeatedly with a
vigorous large hammer to reduce them to disposable fragments

Oo-er, arWonk, are you suggesting that gardening's a dodgy business?

I've just ohled (from local reclaimed building materials yard) a rather
large (1,800 watt), bright, shiny, almost new eclectic power saw.

And separately, a circuit-borker.

--
Rusty

®óñ© © ²°¹° wrote:
On Sun, 23 May 2010 12:37:54 +0100, Bernard Peek
wrote:

On 23/05/10 12:06, ®óñ© © ²°¹° wrote:
A cautionary tale.(crossposted if you need to care)


Over the weekend I spent nearly 2 days in a traumatic surgery
specialist unit.
That wouldn't be my first choice of locations for a weekend break.

[...]

And why was I there? I was ambulanced 60 miles to Morriston after
tripping in my greenhouse, falling into and demolishing 3 panes of
glass with my left hand and falling into the shards.
I almost sectioned a large slice of my left hand and somehow took
another entry wound to my right shoulder, with sundry superficials of
a cosmetic nature.
That's the spirit! Don't do things by halves.

I was lucky. Jobs done under local anaesthetic, cleaned out and
stitched up, no tendon damage.
Phew!

GWS.

I meant to say that and clicked 'send' prematurely

Cheers, and thanks

(I got out of peeling the potatoes today)

So did I, I just scrubbed them and cooked them in their jackes.

--
Rusty

soup wrote:
On 23/05/2010 12:06, ®óñ© © ²°¹° wrote:


On antibiotics, painkillers and whisky now.


I do hope you get better soon.

But manage to maintain the medication: if not the first two, certainly
the last.

--
Rusty