[Tosh]

Firstly I bumped into this ex-squaddie while walking my dog (I try to avoid him; but he's too clever for me); he was walking his mutt; and he clued me up on contractual agreements in the construction industry (which was only slightly more interesting than yesturdays lesson on renewable energy); then I arrived home late and nearly cut two fingers off fannying about with my scapers.

I replaced the rusty blades, but one had jammed open, so I used one scaper to try and unjam the other.

Something slipped and there was blood everywhere!



Obviously I still worked; but don't you feel sorry for me.

Be careful with those scrapers!

I'm frightened to take off the bandages!  I'm not sure what's waiting for me there!

[Terry_Burrows]

  I cant wait to meet you and shake your hand :

[Llaaww]

I did that two weeks ago it took over an hour to stop bleeding. this week I lost the damn thing. poor old me

[Pj]

I did that two weeks ago it took over an hour to stop bleeding. this week I lost the d**n thing. poor old me

WHAT!  Your finger?

[Llaaww]

no the scraper. lucky it was a new blade, it cut to the bone but was clean and healed up in no time. The really hard bit is shelling out for a new tool

[Tosh]

I cant wait to meet you and shake your hand :

Terry, I'm a Geordie.

I'm sure I won't squeal much; hopefully.

[Terry_Burrows]

  I am sure you wont

[edd]

dont p about with bloody plasters use a bit super glue no mess no pain

it works!! no really it does Edd

[Tosh]

dont p about with bloody plasters use a bit super glue no mess no pain

it works!! no really it does Edd

I'm still bleeding; taken five minutes ago;



It's not as bad as I expected, but there's no way I'm using super-glue!

Also, don't take the mick out of my little finger; it got squashed in a 'pig hatch' some years ago (you shoulda heard me scream) and it's really awkward to get the dirt out of the nail.  I'm not a 'minger' really.

My finger's still peeing blood though.

[Llaaww]

when I cut mine the customer,( a kitchen fitter) said that his crews use super glue. I had the chance to have a go but declined. He swore by it. have a go and let us know how you get on

[Terry_Burrows]

 ;Dit may pay you to pop to horses pidal,when I chopped my finger with a whopping big blade thats what they did, like a super glue,ok after that

[Ian_Giles]

You shoulda' given me a call tosh!

Honest, I'm real good at patching up sliced fingers and hands (I've had lots of practice over the years )

I very nearly lopped the top off one of my little fingers using one of those veg slicers and I managed to stick it back on, hardly any scarring too! And it cut all the way back almost to the nail

When I was a decorator I used to use a sharpened up putty knife (I always like a knife to be sharp enough to shave the hairs off the back of my hand...I shoulda' been a tinker ) for cutting the skin off gloss and so on...

Did it one day and without thinking I held a rag in one hand, and with the other drew the knife along the rag to get the gloss off it...neatly slicing the rag and a huge 3 inch gash right across the palm of my hand....clever huh?

But I really have got a dab hand at fixing up sliced fingers...can't do severed arteries though

My son severed one in his forearm...not a window cleaning tale though...but it was caused by falling through a window!
Inside of the ambulance was like an abbatoir
I had to help the paramedics stem the bleeding...what a night that was


Ian

[Terry_Burrows]

if I was there I would have passed out

[EasyClean]

I'm allergic to plasters so what I try to do if I cut my finger is fill a bowl with water and tons of salt and just leave my hand in there long enough to stop the bleeding. It stings a bit, but it does the job. I learnt that from when I use to go diving.

[Paul Coleman]

Firstly I bumped into this ex-squaddie while walking my dog (I try to avoid him; but he's too clever for me); he was walking his mutt; and he clued me up on contractual agreements in the construction industry (which was only slightly more interesting than yesturdays lesson on renewable energy); then I arrived home late and nearly cut two fingers off fannying about with my scapers.

I replaced the rusty blades, but one had jammed open, so I used one scaper to try and unjam the other.

Something slipped and there was blood everywhere!



Obviously I still worked; but don't you feel sorry for me.

Be careful with those scrapers!

I'm frightened to take off the bandages!  I'm not sure what's waiting for me there!

If they were rusty, are you overdue an anti-tetanus jab?

[DaveWilkinson]

I do belive hospitals use a form of superglue on some types of cuts, i've got superglue in a cut on my hand a couple of times and boy does it sting, I would have a hard job putting some on a cut on perpose.

I did a meat slicer job on one of my fingers as a young lad, straight up the middle about 1", didnt feel a thing till i got to hospital where the nurse seperated the two halfs and dipped my finger on a container of iodene and proceeded to rub the insides of the wound with a cotton bud like thing....ouch

Dave

[Ian_Giles]

I do belive hospitals use a form of superglue on some types of cuts, i've got superglue in a cut on my hand a couple of times and boy does it sting, I would have a hard job putting some on a cut on perpose.

I did a meat slicer job on one of my fingers as a young lad, straight up the middle about 1", didnt feel a thing till i got to hospital where the nurse seperated the two halfs and dipped my finger on a container of iodene and proceeded to rub the insides of the wound with a cotton bud like thing....ouch

Dave

Ouch?? ??

Methinks that must be the understatement of the year

They might as well have sprayed battery acid on the cut and be done with it

Ian

[Tosh]

Phew, I've stopped bleeding now; without the use of super-glue (that sounds like one of those wind-ups ).

So you can all relax now!

[Paul Coleman]

Phew, I've stopped bleeding now; without the use of super-glue (that sounds like one of those wind-ups ).

So you can all relax now!

Once the bleeding has stopped, there is some stuff available from the chemist trade named "new skin".  It helps to prevent the cut re-opening too easily.  This is not a wind up Tosh.  I've actually used it.

[Tosh]

Cheers, Shiner; I may call in to the chemist when I get some time today; but I'd better be off; I've work to do.

Have a good day, mate.  At least it looks like we're in for another day of good weather in my neck of the woods.