David Jenkins
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| posted on 21/1/10 at 02:46 PM |
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Ouch!
You know when you nudge something off a shelf and you really don't want it to hit the concrete floor? And your brain instinctively tells you
body to catch it, but doesn't remind you that it could hurt?
I knocked my Mitutoyo digital vernier off its perch last night and immediately caught it, as my brain shouted "That's
expensive!".
Then my brain told me that the pointy ends of the jaws had just spiked my fingers... 
"Oh sugar" I said (or similar)...
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matt_claydon
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| posted on 21/1/10 at 02:58 PM |
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Your finger will heal, your verniers wouldn't have - good instant decision to attempt the catch!
It's when you instinctively do it and hurt yourself for something of little value that it's really galling!
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nick205
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| posted on 21/1/10 at 03:01 PM |
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Maybe relocate the vernier to a another storage location  
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alistairolsen
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| posted on 21/1/10 at 03:07 PM |
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Did it once with a knife, less than ideal
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 21/1/10 at 03:13 PM |
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Did it once with a soldering iron, when I first started working - and yes, it was on and hot!
Lesson 1 - if a soldering iron falls - get out of its way...
[Edited on 21/1/10 by David Jenkins]
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Daddylonglegs
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| posted on 21/1/10 at 03:32 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by David Jenkins
Did it once with a soldering iron, when I first started working - and yes, it was on and hot!
Lesson 1 - if a soldering iron falls - get out of its way...
[Edited on 21/1/10 by David Jenkins]
Mmmmm....the smell of burning flesh! Been there several times with the 'ole soldering iron Never tried to catch one though, just sizzled my
digits due to incompetence or the need for an extra 5 hands 
Suprised there aren't more injuries posted on here as most of us seem to revel in working in garages that are 25% smaller than the actual space
we need to build
It looks like the Midget is winning at the moment......
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cd.thomson
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| posted on 21/1/10 at 03:37 PM |
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i generally nudge stuff off so that it falls somewhere inaccesible!
last weekend i managed to knock my selection box of electrical connectors off the scuttle... tried to catch it which made the situation worse...
I'm still plucking them out of the transmission tunnel and engine bay!
eta: i dont actually mind hurting myself, what does my head in is when things disappear.
I was under the car last night trying to rapidly fix a fuel leak. I was using two spanners, two hose clips and a bolt with two nuts and a washer - all
within my reach. Without changing position I managed to misplace 1 spanner, then a hoseclip, then one of the nuts and eventually the other spanner.
I eventually found them on my workbench 
[Edited on 21/1/10 by cd.thomson]
Craig
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vinny1275
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| posted on 21/1/10 at 03:41 PM |
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I have to restrain my reflexes whenever I knock the sharp knife off the kitchen side....
The worst bit is when I drop something - was in a queue in the shop today, had a choccy bar in my hand, flipping it over and over. Dropped it,
immediately went to catch it, succeeded, and whacked myself in the *ahem* gentleman's vegetables with it. Damn my cat-like reflexes!
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MikeR
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| posted on 21/1/10 at 03:44 PM |
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thats why my dad had an apprentice hander things over (aka me).
never let me actually do anything - but i eventually learnt every nut and bolt size on a mini and could pass the right spanner 75% of the time.
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blakep82
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| posted on 21/1/10 at 03:51 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by vinny1275
The worst bit is when I drop something - was in a queue in the shop today, had a choccy bar in my hand, flipping it over and over. Dropped it,
ha ha i did that in tesco with a bag of rice. dropped it at the checkout went everywhere... denied all knowledge of it lol, even though i went to
get another one lol
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nick205
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| posted on 21/1/10 at 04:16 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by MikeR
thats why my dad had an apprentice hander things over (aka me).
never let me actually do anything - but i eventually learnt every nut and bolt size on a mini and could pass the right spanner 75% of the time.
that sounds like a familiar story except my dad would ask for 5/16 spanner and I would have to look at at least 4 spanners before finding it -
there's something to be said IMHO for going metric
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smart51
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| posted on 21/1/10 at 04:21 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by matt_claydon
It's when you instinctively do it and hurt yourself for something of little value that it's really galling!
Last week my 18 month old was playing with a toy whilst facing a wall. he dropped it and immediately bent over to pick it up, cracking his forehead
as he did so. I'm told I shouldn't have laughed.
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55ant
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| posted on 21/1/10 at 05:23 PM |
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cd, totaly with you, i dont know how i do it but i can loose a tool without moving its un believable!
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scootz
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| posted on 21/1/10 at 05:31 PM |
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Owwww!
I remember sitting astride my motorbike years ago and freewheeling out of the garage in the snow to put it on a trailer.
Slipped on the ice underneath me and knew the bike was going down... I could have hopped clear, but no - I made sure it landed on me instead of the
hard ground!
The things you do...
It's Evolution Baby!
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BenB
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| posted on 21/1/10 at 05:34 PM |
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Did exactly the same the other day with a terracotta tile that fell off the roof I was working on. Make a blooming big hole in the side of my
finger!!!
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Daddylonglegs
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| posted on 21/1/10 at 09:01 PM |
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As far as cd.thomson's comments and the disappearing tools etc. it's a well known fact that the tool pixies are very active this time of
the year 
You have been warned.......
It looks like the Midget is winning at the moment......
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Angel Acevedo
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| posted on 24/1/10 at 01:05 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Daddylonglegs
As far as cd.thomson's comments and the disappearing tools etc. it's a well known fact that the tool pixies are very active this time of
the year
You have been warned.......
Long time ago, i received a Child´s car seat as a gift, it was dirty as hell so i disassembled to wash cover and seatbelts, wifey managed to misplace
belt bucle in less than 5 min.
We searched the wholel hose looking for it, even trash bin...
No luck....
We call them Aluxes around southern mexxico....
Beware of what you wish.. for it may come true....
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