I heard this one on the radio yesterday, supposedly true. It was the humerous note of the day they put at the endof the morning news. It went something like this: A lady came upon a mechanic feverishly working on unlocking a car door. She commented, "I see the other door is already open." He says, "Yeah, I just finished with that one!"
I just remembered one my shop teacher told us about while explaining why he stresses wearing eye protection. He was hammering a nail and it some how shot back and hit him square in the eye. He had to have them stitch his eye up, then had a cornia transplant, that was more than 20 years ago, he's just now getting to where he has half decent vision in that eye. He also had a running skill saw dropped on his hand by the guy working on the scaffolding level above him, almost cut his thumb off.
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I heard this one on the radio yesterday, supposedly true. It was the humerous note of the day they put at the endof the morning news. It went something like this: A lady came upon a mechanic feverishly working on unlocking a car door. She commented, "I see the other door is already open." He says, "Yeah, I just finished with that one!"
-Smoky
after reading your stories it makes me feel not so bad about mine, lol
I was changing the rear rotors and pads on my wifes car on this past Wendsday... I had everything all set up. The rear end was up on stands... I had all my impact tools handy. I was working on the pass rear well I had the tire off and I got the caliper off... I then went to get the caliper bracket off. I get the top bolt off and I couldn't see the bottom bolt... I stick my head in the wheel well and look behind the bracket. Get the Impact gun on the bolt and let it RIP! The gun spun the bracket right into my left temple... Note to self REMOVE head next time. Just touched it YEP my temple still hurts...
Needless to say when I did the other side I started with the bottom bolt!
My chief Jr. Engineer son came up to me last sunday - he was going to help mow the lawn and couldn't pull the starter rope. So I tried and I couldn't. Told him I'd look at it later.
So I take the cover off and the pull starter off. Pull starter works fine. Flywheel is stuck in position SOLID. Oh great, I think, the engine has seized. (10 yr old Craftsman push mower.) So I tell my wife, "we're going to need to replace the engine or replace this mower."
Then a few hours later I get the brain storm check under the deck. Would you believe a stick lodged in between the end of the blade and the inside of the deck just the right size to wedge everything solid? And bringing it in and out of the garage atleast twice didn't loosen it??
Atleast I found it before I spent any money....With the stick out and everything back together it works fine..
John - I want to know where the motor is on a push mower? (Maybe he means power rotory blade but not driven so you still have to push it around.
Good story but a little in the gray area for "Dumb" things on this thread. Let me give you a better one since your example struck my memory.
Little me at I'm thinking 4 ripe ol' years old. My sister a year older. Rotary wheel hand push mower - the old fashion kind for poor people like we were. Well my Jr engineer mind was already contemplating how such a device can work, i.e. cut the grass. So I had my fingers on the blade and was too small to move it myself. Well I only wanted to move it about an inch, but I guess my sister couldn't really read my mind yet, so when I told her to push the mower, she gave it all she had. It stopped moving when my index finger got caught between the balde and the fixed cutting edge. Luckily, my dad wasn't real good at keeping things sharp. I still have the finger whole and no scar that I can see. I still remember this entire event from 4 years old.
Was just reading another post "uses for Brakleen" or something like that, when I was reminded of a "dumb thing in the garage" While on black widow patrol in the garage one day I came across the grand ma of all black widows ..... atleast the size of a 50cent piece or even a silver dollar. Had be a brand new can of Carb Cleaner in hand. Took aim ..... pulled the trigger. As I was watching the widow curling up probably being eaten up by the chemical content I thought to my self .... self I need to add fire to this already dangerous situation. So thinking swiftly ..... I pulled out the trusty bic lighter and let the fire fly. However I didnt figure on one thing ...... I had already sprayed probably a half of can of carb cleaner at this dinasour of a black widow, so there's carb cleaner everywhere when the flame hits its target. Well after 2 fire extinguishers and the garden hose I got the fire put out. Wasnt paying attention to where I was spraying and lighting a fire .... but right underneath the hot water heater. Lucky to get away with my life and no burns. Got a new water heater out of the deal and My now EX wife always has to bring that up when I'm over the house for a visit to the kids.
But hey...what are ex-wives for? Fortunately, my ex and I didn't have kids so I have no idea where she is. Talk about stupid things. How can we get around the first/ex wife and just get the second, or right one, first to begin with?
When I was 18 working on my second car,'65 Galaxie 500, I was using a remote starter to check something. Well, first problem, when I transplanted the engine/trans the nuetral safety switch would'nt interchange,so I left it off. I broke the little plastic retainer on the shift linkage and didnt fix it either. Sometimes the rod would fall out when I shifted to park. The parking brake wouldnt hook up cause of changing the trans crossmember. The steering gearbox had bad valving and would pull to the side.That turned out to be a good thing! The idle was set high 'cause the choke wasnt right. I was at my girlfriends house, down the drive between two houses in the doorway of her moms garage,all by myself. Well, That great old car would start within 1 revolution. Apparently when I parked it the rod fell out before it hit park real good. When I started the car, it shot backwards toward the main highway between two towns. I reached for the car like I was going to stop it and stuck my hand in the fan and quickly released. It started turning(thank God) and went into the neighbors steel building and pretty much leveled it. Tires, bicycles,lawnmowers,buckets, you name it. What a royal mess. The car was high centered on the edge of the drive too. Barely missed the house. I dont EVER "rig" stuff sinse then. My girlfriends brother did most of the repairs. My car was barely scratched. What a moron. I think it cost $100 for the building.(1984)
When I was a senoir in high school. Our shop teacher always told us about safty around machinery and was always watching over our backs to make sure everyone was being safe. We also had safty points for the calss for extra credit. Well we all came back over christmas break to find our shop teacher's hand in a bandage. He was using his snow blower when the auger jammed with a branch. I guess he had enough commen sense to shut the blower off but the branch put enogh tension on the auger that when he broke it free, the auger jumped and ripped three of his fingers off.........He wil never live that one down.......I'm sure of that
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but thats not SHOP safety, thats just being in the wrong place.
ive got a little story for yall:
I was using a can of carb cleaner to clean up the linkage on my Holley 500 cfm, well i was stupid enough to hold my face about a foot from the carb while spraying, the stream of cleaner hit the right angle on the carb and caught me right in the eye. so i go running across the yard to get the hose to warsh it out, and im hollerin all the way cause it stings. Well, the thing that really made me made was when my mom came out and saw me with the can in my hand and the hose up to my eye, and she asks me what happened! Waht do you think could have happened?
oh, and the black widows? if theyre outside i shoot them with .22 shotshells, i dont mess around with no stinkin' Brake Kleen.
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78 bronco: wheeled hard, about to go under knife for lil 4 inch lift.
This guy I work with always fuels up his Deere loader, and has to open a cover that swings out on the back, well he did the same thing with the bobcat, only he filled the hydraulic tank with diesle. The funny part was that he was resting his hand on the fuel cap the whole time.
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If its not broke Drive it till it is.....
