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Ouch! My snowblower bit me...
12.20.09 | Big Truck

Posted on 12/20/2009 12:39:13 PM PST by big truck

Word to the wise: do NOT stick your hand down the shute of a snowblower to clear an ice jam if the auger is still spinning. I let go of the hand control and thought the auger has stopped. Three broken fingers and two to-the-bone lacerations on my middle finger on my right hand have taught me this lesson today. The ER nurses and docs were very impressed. No work, no driving, great pain meds, lots of antibiotics, and seeing a hand surgeon tomorrow. Dumb, dumb, dumb...


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To: big truck
On the one hand ... May the Lord grant you a complete healing.

On the other hand ...

That was a really friggin' stupid thing to do.

Really.

Stupid.

I hope everybody reading this thread gets it through their thick skulls that sticking your hand into a running snowthrower is DUMB!!!!!

OBTW, when you're changing the oil filter on your Ford Ranger V-6, keep your hand away from the exhaust manifold.

181 posted on 12/21/2009 2:30:19 PM PST by ArrogantBustard (Western Civilization is Aborting, Buggering, and Contracepting itself out of existence.)
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To: Riley
What a totally cool toy. I *NEED* one of those. Is there any place to just go buy one, or do you have to order it from the website?
182 posted on 12/21/2009 6:03:53 PM PST by nina0113
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To: big truck

“Ouch! My snowblower bit me...”

Didn’t your mother tell you it had teeth down there ?

Seriously, hope you heal quickly and glad you can still Freep.


183 posted on 12/21/2009 6:07:04 PM PST by PLMerite (Ride to the sound of the Guns - I'll probably need help.)
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To: Squantos; Eaker

You just wanna see Eaker’s pictures again


184 posted on 12/21/2009 6:09:31 PM PST by Rightly Biased (If Clinton was the first black president then Obama is the first black Jesus.)
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To: Fester Chugabrew

Just out of curosity did you turn off the electricity to the water heater first? (I only ask cause you didn’t turn off the water?)


185 posted on 12/21/2009 6:13:28 PM PST by Rightly Biased (If Clinton was the first black president then Obama is the first black Jesus.)
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To: big truck

Heal up soon man, stuff happens around moving parts.

Thw longer you live and have power tools, the smaller the odds get that something will get you. It’s a guy thing.

Regards,
AR


186 posted on 12/21/2009 6:19:17 PM PST by alarm rider (The left will always tell you who they fear the most. What are they telling you now?)
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To: Kozak
We had a family friend who was a very successful surgeon until he made the mistake of sticking his hand down the chute. He lost the whole hand. Thankfully, he was able to still work training other surgeons.

He said the worst part for him was that he *knew* not to stick his hand down there.

187 posted on 12/21/2009 6:26:14 PM PST by FourPeas (Why does Professor Presbury's wolfhound, Roy, endeavour to bite him?)
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To: FourPeas

Yeah, I had a friend who was an interventional cardiologist ( they use their hands a lot ), who was passing through the ER, and we was talking about this when I mentioned the tension bar thing and he turned white as he had been sticking his “working hand” in the snow blower to try and clear it.

In the spring time it’s people who tangle with chain saws....


188 posted on 12/21/2009 6:29:27 PM PST by Kozak (USA 7/4/1776 to 1/20/2009 Reqiescat in Pace)
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To: ArrogantBustard

On the one hand, I appreciate the prayer.

On the same hand (the other hand is hurt really bad), it was an extremely friggin’ stupid thing to do.

Extremely.

Stupid.

I get the message.


189 posted on 12/21/2009 6:32:45 PM PST by big truck
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To: alarm rider

It got me. Good. I guess I didn’t beat the odds. Glad it’s a guy thing - I couldn’t see my wife being this stupid.


190 posted on 12/21/2009 6:37:01 PM PST by big truck
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To: big truck

You’re in my prayers... I got knocked down by my dog a few days ago - and can’t walk without pain and a cane. Thankfully my shopping and cards were done... but I believe ( for other reasons too ) that this is the worst Christmas I’ve ever had... I just want it over - time to get to the New Year.


191 posted on 12/21/2009 6:43:49 PM PST by GOPJ (Journalists as BaghdadBobLite - Global Warming Scientists as ElmerGantry - what's happening?)
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To: Rightly Biased

Yes. I turned off the electricity first and figured I was ready to roll. Probably would not be here to tell about it if otherwise.


192 posted on 12/21/2009 6:45:34 PM PST by Fester Chugabrew
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To: GOPJ

That’s a tough way to go. At least I can be mad at myself, or an inannimate object like a snowblower. You have to look at your dog who looks at you thinking “I did nothing wrong.” Tough to be mad at you canine companion.

Sorry you have the Christmas blues. I had them a time or two. Here’s hoping the new year brings you the clean slate you are looking for.


193 posted on 12/21/2009 6:50:18 PM PST by big truck
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To: Fester Chugabrew

Living and learning. Glad it was only a wet mess and not worse.

I hate changing out those elements. If the lip on the hex was deeper it would be a lot easier. Oh and its easier if you turn off the water and drain the heater first too.


194 posted on 12/22/2009 5:23:00 AM PST by Rightly Biased (If Clinton was the first black president then Obama is the first black Jesus.)
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To: big truck
I knew a man who reached inside a farm machine once (some kind of machine for harvesting corn) to unjam it while it was still running. His arm got stuck and he couldn't pull it back out, and the machine kept grinding on his knuckles while he stood there yelling for help. He had to keep his fist in a ball for several hours or it would have eaten his fingers off. He was rescued when a family member came out and found him because he was late for dinner.

A very lucky man, he only had skin abrasions and serious cuts on his hand, had he moved further in, he would likely have lost fingers or perhaps a hand and would have bled to death.

Machines can be wonderfully scary........

195 posted on 12/22/2009 5:36:24 AM PST by Lakeshark (Thank a member of the US armed forces for their sacrifice)
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To: Lakeshark

Yes, wonderfully scary and they flat out just don’t care. Being told “You’re a machine!” may seem like a compliment but it just means you are devoid of feelings. Not so nice.


196 posted on 12/22/2009 6:25:31 AM PST by big truck
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To: big truck

Next time don’t do that. :)


197 posted on 12/22/2009 6:26:43 AM PST by OKSooner ("He's quite mad, you know." - James Bond to P. Galore in "Goldfinger".)
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To: OKSooner

Thanks. Got it.


198 posted on 12/22/2009 6:35:27 AM PST by big truck
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To: big truck

I stuck my hand down the shute of our snowblower after it has stalled a couple times. Immediately after I had my hand in there I pulled it out until I realized that it was not running and thought of the same thing. Sorry you had such horrible injuries. It must feel terrible especially when trying to type (guess you are working one handed for the time being until your hand heals). I pray for a quick heal without lasting problems.


199 posted on 12/22/2009 6:46:26 AM PST by kevinm13 (Tim Geithner is a tax cheat. Manmade "Global Warming" is a HOAX!)
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To: kevinm13

Typing left handed only. The pain comes and goes depending on the amount of percocet I take. Thanks for the prayers. It’s the only way I will get through this.


200 posted on 12/22/2009 7:32:09 AM PST by big truck
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