Well today the sun was shining and the wife was off work.
I came home after the "Out and About" things I had to do!
She tells me that the neighbour is trying to straighten his cable mass on his house and said if I could help him out!
He has a whench on a chain link fence with a rope to the mass.
I am cranking it to get the pole straight so we can put C clips on it to hold it in in place.
I didn't realize the rope was old and it snapped.
As the title says! It back snapped and hit my good index finger, breaking both joints!
You ask how can I be typing this?
One trip to the hospital. 6 Pain killers and some Beer. And two thumbs!
Now I know for sometime I will not be doing any Airbrushing,Cutting, or Drawing......
Ohwell! The Mass is straight now anyway.
Don't you just love it when thinks go wrong!!!!! Posted by Diane Crowther (Member # 120) on :
Wow, Stephen, that's a shame! Hope you're not out of commission for too long. I sure can't do any airbrushing or drawing for you, but if you need any vinyl cut maybe we can help.
Posted by Terry Whynott (Member # 1622) on :
Yikes! I hope the neighbour is at least supplying the beer!
Hope you have a quick recovery. Posted by Jeffrey Vrstal (Member # 2271) on :
Man, that is too bad. Have a speedy recovery.
Posted by Linda Silver Eagle (Member # 274) on :
Stephen, It sounds like you had a long week today!
Hubby broke his hand at work monday and has to wear a cast for 6 weeks minimum. He feels your pain.
I agree, neighbor should tote some serious beer over to you.
Bet wifey thinks twice about volunteering you out to the neighbors after this hehehe.
Get well soon, use this time to clean up your hard drive or sompn.
Posted by Santo (Member # 411) on :
I smashed the tip of my little finger on my left hand in 94. You ever se a triangle shaped fingernail? I still get a chill when I hit it wrong.
Posted by Ken Henry (Member # 598) on :
OUCH!!! Sorry to hear of your accident Stephen. On the bright side, when they splint your finger, you'll have the perfect excuse for giving the "one finger salute" whenever you see the need.
Hope you have a speedy recovery.
Posted by Mark Matyjakowski (Member # 294) on :
Ouch ... sorry to hear. I know it isn't funny but the picture of you ripped, typing with your thumbs made me laugh Posted by pierre (Member # 1462) on :
......of COURSE you can still airbrush. You still have teeth, don't you??
Get well, Stephen.
Posted by Rob Larkham (Member # 2105) on :
If he gets any good channels on that cable i would be drinking beer on his couch.
Posted by Judy Pate (Member # 237) on :
Sorry 'bout what happened to you! Wishing you a speedy recovery! Judy
Posted by Mark Neurohr (Member # 2470) on :
When I was in 7th grade (the first time, ok maybe the third time) I dislocated my right wrist playing football. Seeing that this is my dominate hand I was in pretty sad shape. HOWEVER.... I began to use my left hand to write, draw, throw etc...
Try puttin' the paint in your airbrush, support it with your dominate hand and use the other!
Posted by Luke Scanlan (Member # 2481) on :
I broke the bone in my hand, over by the little finger one time. I told the Dr. to just make sure that I could still use the thumb, and two neighboring fingers, so I could still paint. I couldn't move my wrist, but I was able to get by with what I had until the cast was off. An interesting note. The Dr. told me when they test rats for arthritis meds, they inject them with solvents to GIVE them arthritis! Something to thing of, next time you clean your hands with mineral spirits, etc. Stephen, what's with your e-mail address? I tried to send you an e-mail & it wouldn't accept it. E-mail me, I'll get with you on the Ozzy tapings. Get well.
Posted by Rick Sacks (Member # 379) on :
One time I awakened from surgery after cutting my thumb off through the joint and the doctor was there trying to explain to me that he did the best he could do. I was still rather delerious as he told me he put my thumb on crooked. I looked at this huge wad of bandage and was all doped up and didn't know what to make of it. When I got home from the hospital and needed to make a living one handed is when I bought my first Gerber machine in '85. Some very funny things occured during that one handed period. I went to the shop to coat out some boards with a brush. Ever try cleaning a 4" cutter one handed? And then needing to wash that one hand? Then I went out back to the bushes to take a whizz and couldn't get my zipper up one handed. Well, the only one around was this gruff little WW2 vet that had the machine shop next door. I went into his shop and there were a few guys, old fishermen, hanging around. I explained that I needed someone to wash my hand and pull up my zipper.
I hope your healing time goes well.
Posted by Stephen Deveau (Member # 1305) on :
Thanks everbody for your kind responses.
Diane...Thanks, but the wife has the vinyl under conrol.
Terry...The neighbour is unemployed, so no beer there.
Linda...I hope your husband gets better soon.
Ken...You're right on the one finger salute.
Mark...I'm not using my thumbs now as my wife is typing this for me.
Pierre...Of course I can airbrush with my teeth. All I need is a straw and a mouthful of paint.
Rob...Not too many good channels here and he doesn't drink beer.
Rick...I know what you mean, but would have found a pretty young girl to zip up my fly......
Thanks again folks....Recovering with pain killers and beer.....
L0L Posted by Rick Sacks (Member # 379) on :
I found that if I nailed a towel and a handbrush to the end of the work table then I could scrub my hand and wipe it dry. The zipper was replaced by wearing sweats for a while.
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