In uk.rec.gardening ???? ? ???? wrote:
A cautionary tale.(crossposted if you need to care)

Best wishes in your recovery. Makes me feel slightly better about my own
little incidents today, if that helps (I'm sure it doesn't!).
I manager to stick a prong of a gardening fork straight into my toe, which
is still hurting now, and then as we reached twilight (and I was stuck out
on the allotment tidying up the stuff that had been left there when He
decided he had sunstroke and was going home ...) and I managed to walk
face-first into an eye-height wire which was nearly invisible at that light
level.
Wouldn't mind, but that's twice now that I've walked into the same damned
wire. :-(

's best pigeon dodged hawks and farmers' guns to bring me the following:

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.

I just wasn't paying proper attention to where I was sticking the fork.

GWS Ron. Do they have a special ward for gardening related injuries, or
did you simply not mention the others?

--
David Reid http://www.disarray.org.uk

David's laws of car restoration:
2) If it doesn't fit, bend it.

The message
from Rusty Hinge contains these words:

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


On my own OETKB front, may I suggest to the assembled masses that if
you've just applied hot melt glue to something that if you then drop it
while assembling it that you don't try to catch it?

I neatly glued a vacuum port for the dust-extraction piping to my hand.
And regretted it.

--
Skipweasel
Not to be sniffed at.

®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.

/slice/

Watch out, arWonk! That may not have been a naccident innit.

I heard Diane Abbott being interviewed about her bid for the Labourship
on Woman Sour today,

She boldly stated that she wanted to rid the country of Wonks.

--
Rusty

On Mon, 24 May 2010 14:23:46 +0100, Rusty Hinge
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.

/slice/

Watch out, arWonk! That may not have been a naccident innit.

I heard Diane Abbott being interviewed about her bid for the Labourship
on Woman Sour today,

She boldly stated that she wanted to rid the country of Wonks.

'Tis only fair.

I'd rid the country of Diane Abbotts too


--
(¯`·. ®óñ© © ²°¹° .·´¯)

On Sun, 23 May 2010 14:52:16 +0100 (BST)
wrote:

Welcome to ye shedde Nick, the blue circle bags are comfy but do
mind your cardy on the nai ... oh well never mind it'll mend.

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.

Quite - it's very hard to get a foot underneath the blades when
there's a grass box at the back, and I can't imagine wanting to use a mower
without one.

Strimmers and brush cutters OTOH make me want a suit of armour -
especially when someone else is holding one near me.

I would mow in bare feet, safely, if it were not for my wife! Not

Not so sure about that - I want a priest, or at least something to
protect my sole from things lurking in the grass.

--
Steve O'Hara-Smith | Directable Mirror Arrays
C:WIN | A better way to focus the sun
The computer obeys and wins. | licences available see
You lose and Bill collects. | http://www.sohara.org/

On 24/05/2010 08:53, Skipweasel wrote:

On my own OETKB front, may I suggest to the assembled masses that if
you've just applied hot melt glue to something that if you then drop it
while assembling it that you don't try to catch it?

I neatly glued a vacuum port for the dust-extraction piping to my hand.
And regretted it.



I can't be the only one guiltily and secretly wishing that you did, and
that photos were provided.

Ancipital wrote
On 24/05/2010 08:53, Skipweasel wrote:

On my own OETKB front, may I suggest to the assembled masses that if
you've just applied hot melt glue to something that if you then drop it
while assembling it that you don't try to catch it?

I neatly glued a vacuum port for the dust-extraction piping to my hand.
And regretted it.

I can't be the only one guiltily and secretly wishing that you did, and
that photos were provided.

If I covered my hand with Superglue before being ushered forward to
grovel in front of Brenda and get a brief handshake, how many years
would I spend in prison after they had separated us?
--
Roger Hunt

On 24/05/2010 20:08, Roger Hunt wrote:

If I covered my hand with Superglue before being ushered forward to
grovel in front of Brenda and get a brief handshake, how many years
would I spend in prison after they had separated us?

Speculation would be rash- it's probably best to begin practical
research as soon as possible.

Ancipital wrote
On 24/05/2010 20:08, Roger Hunt wrote:

If I covered my hand with Superglue before being ushered forward to
grovel in front of Brenda and get a brief handshake, how many years
would I spend in prison after they had separated us?

Speculation would be rash- it's probably best to begin practical
research as soon as possible.

OK. Lemme see ... a little practice locally. Start with our local MP I
suppose.
"Delighted to meet you Mr Harper. I'm sure we will work closely for a
long time to come ..." "SLAP" "Gotcha! Hahahaha!! And if you think I'm
going to help you go to the toilet you'd better think elsewhere."
--
Roger Hunt

"Bertie Doe" wrote in message
...

"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




That's a fine harvest of straw you've got!

On Mon, 24 May 2010 20:08:42 +0100, Roger Hunt
wrote:

Ancipital wrote
On 24/05/2010 08:53, Skipweasel wrote:

On my own OETKB front, may I suggest to the assembled masses that if
you've just applied hot melt glue to something that if you then drop it
while assembling it that you don't try to catch it?

I neatly glued a vacuum port for the dust-extraction piping to my hand.
And regretted it.

I can't be the only one guiltily and secretly wishing that you did, and
that photos were provided.

If I covered my hand with Superglue before being ushered forward to
grovel in front of Brenda and get a brief handshake, how many years
would I spend in prison after they had separated us?

I'm afraid that at most you would end up with a Brenda glove glued to
your hand. Brenda's bare hand does not contact plebs.



--
(¯`·. ®óñ© © ²°¹° .·´¯)

®óñ© © ²°¹° wrote
On Mon, 24 May 2010 20:08:42 +0100, Roger Hunt
wrote:
Ancipital wrote
On 24/05/2010 08:53, Skipweasel wrote:

On my own OETKB front, may I suggest to the assembled masses that if
you've just applied hot melt glue to something that if you then drop it
while assembling it that you don't try to catch it?

I neatly glued a vacuum port for the dust-extraction piping to my hand.
And regretted it.

I can't be the only one guiltily and secretly wishing that you did, and
that photos were provided.

If I covered my hand with Superglue before being ushered forward to
grovel in front of Brenda and get a brief handshake, how many years
would I spend in prison after they had separated us?

I'm afraid that at most you would end up with a Brenda glove glued to
your hand. Brenda's bare hand does not contact plebs.

Oh how disappointing. I suppose next best would be Sretvr.
--
Roger Hunt

David Reid wrote:
's best pigeon dodged hawks and farmers' guns to bring me the following:

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.

I just wasn't paying proper attention to where I was sticking the fork.

GWS Ron. Do they have a special ward for gardening related injuries, or
did you simply not mention the others?

Daisy Ward, Turnip Ward, Greensward, Glyphosate Ward...

Mind you don't put ideas in the NHS head - you might start turf wars.

--
Rusty

Roger Hunt wrote:
Ancipital wrote
On 24/05/2010 08:53, Skipweasel wrote:

On my own OETKB front, may I suggest to the assembled masses that if
you've just applied hot melt glue to something that if you then drop it
while assembling it that you don't try to catch it?

I neatly glued a vacuum port for the dust-extraction piping to my hand.
And regretted it.
I can't be the only one guiltily and secretly wishing that you did, and
that photos were provided.

If I covered my hand with Superglue before being ushered forward to
grovel in front of Brenda and get a brief handshake, how many years
would I spend in prison after they had separated us?

/isolation block/

"In this cell, we have a supergrass, and in that one...

--
Rusty