Dumb things ive done
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im still pretty young but i have done a few things too....the shop i work at we have a wood burning stove, one day i was trying to get a fire goin because it was ***** cold. seeing as how i have no patience i got some small twigs outside, got a small flame going nad threw a LITTLE bit of thinner on it to goin. well u know where thisw is going. it went out. put a couple logs in there, threw i guess what was TOO much thinner in there, lit a leaf on fire and as soon as i got the leaf near the opening i had 1 eyebrow gone, 1/2 of another. no hair on my whole right arm and hand, i hadn't shaved in a few days so all of my stubble was now yellow, some of the hair on the right side of my head was singed and my eyelashes were singed......yup the shop smelled like burnt hair for a while after that 
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Was taking the lug nut off my 54 F100 that had not been removed in over ten years. Had the hood lifted and leaned over the fender to get better leverage when the nut loosened. I hit my chin on the fender, then the hood, then the fender. Knocked my self cold. My wife found me about an hour latter. Shoudl have seen the two brucies on both sides of my chin.
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From: Marietta GA
I was welding a panel on my '60 F-100,(didn't like to use gloves) A molten drip of weld fell on my wedding ring. Gold conducts heat very quickly. I started yelling, for my wife to get some water to cool the thing off. When she poured it on my hand, All I saw was skin wrapped around my ring. Had to pull my ring off alond with all of the Skin. Result 3rd degree burns The ER wanted to take my finger off because of all the damage, I told them just clean it and wrap it up. That was 6 months ago Finger is fine but now I have a permanant reminder that I'm Married I use gloves now
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From: Elizabeth City,N.C.
Same as Exidenick but I decided to use a 24 volt Diesel start system on a boat. Some how manage to get from hot to ground with my ring. same result, melted ring, skin wrapped around the ring, 3rd degree burn. For the past 30 years I have religiouly removed ALL jewlery when I go to work.
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I was pulling the starter on a Clark Forklift and forgot to disconnect the battery. The starter fell out when I loosened the last bolt and the positive terminal grounded my ring againist the frame. Around the very same time, one of the mechanics in the molding deptartment was checking a material loader. While coming back down the ladder he hooked his wedding ring somehow on the loader. And it took everything off the only thing there was the bone. So I felt I got off lucky with a burn. Those incendents caused the company to ban the wearing of any jewerly while working around machinery.
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From: MOYOCK NC
Well
i got one more that i will admit to being new in the navy i was a plane captian and a crewchief on a helocopter i was leaning over while we had the apu (aux power unit) running and i hit the terminals of one of the generators with the belt buckle i had on got nailed and the next thing i know im on the ground with a melted belt buckle and a helluva burn on my stomach worst thing of it all besides the pain from the burn i had cracked my flight helmet so i had to break a new one in
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i got one more that i will admit to being new in the navy i was a plane captian and a crewchief on a helocopter i was leaning over while we had the apu (aux power unit) running and i hit the terminals of one of the generators with the belt buckle i had on got nailed and the next thing i know im on the ground with a melted belt buckle and a helluva burn on my stomach worst thing of it all besides the pain from the burn i had cracked my flight helmet so i had to break a new one in
Gee Ooh
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From: Iowa
You kinda had to be there to truly appreciate how bad this one scared me. Had just finished installing a 460/C-6 with transfer case in a big old 70s F-250. I saw a drop of oil hanging off the bellhousing which was a tragedy in itself if you ever argued with one of those ackward and heavy setups. Anxious to find out if it was leaking, I came in from the rear of the truck on a creeper. Reached up with a shop rag to wipe off the drip. The little bellhousing inspection cover was not in place that goes on the front side. I couldn't see it from the rear. Did I mention the engine was running? Anyway, the flexplate grabbed the rag and sucked most of my hand into the bellhousing in the process. Almost to the third kuckle. The rag followed the flexplate around and bound up in the starter, killing the motor by some miracle. I lost some serious hide on four fingers, but my hand was spared because the motor was killed in only a couple revolutions.
Good thing it wasn't one of those torquey 302s. And that's all I got to say about that.
Good thing it wasn't one of those torquey 302s. And that's all I got to say about that.
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From: South Carolina
Originally Posted by fatfenders
Good thing it wasn't one of those torquey 302s. And that's all I got to say about that.
I was lowering the front of my son's 63 Fairlane. Had the spring compressor stuck down through the shock tower and the spring compressed so I could cut off the bottom coil with my grinder.Had one side completely done and I was grinding away at the second one when the compressor slipped off the spring.Spring hit me in the arm and chest and threw me across the garage.Busted my grinder and I thought my arm was broke at 1st but it turned out ok.
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From: Waynesville, OH
I usually admit my big mistakes on Earl's World, but this one was a long time ago when I was young and foolish. As opposed to now, where I am old and foolish.
I was using a big Milwaukee 10" angle grinder on a fender lip and didn't bother to take the wheel and tire off cuz "I was just doing a little bit of grinding" to get rid of a crease before putting in a patch. I was pretty focused on where I was grinding on the fender and was surprised and amazed at how quickly the other side of the grinding wheel grabbed that tire rubber. It jerked the grinder out of both my hands and sent it whipping around until it hit the floor. The only injury was where the wheel cut through most of the stuff on my left wrist just above my hand. Needless to say, there was a whole lot of blood and it was coming out very fast. Good thing I was in a garage with several other mechanics and not alone at home. They grabbed me and got a lot of pressure on the artery - then called the medics very quickly. Still got that scar as a reminder of what not to do with a big grinder.
I was using a big Milwaukee 10" angle grinder on a fender lip and didn't bother to take the wheel and tire off cuz "I was just doing a little bit of grinding" to get rid of a crease before putting in a patch. I was pretty focused on where I was grinding on the fender and was surprised and amazed at how quickly the other side of the grinding wheel grabbed that tire rubber. It jerked the grinder out of both my hands and sent it whipping around until it hit the floor. The only injury was where the wheel cut through most of the stuff on my left wrist just above my hand. Needless to say, there was a whole lot of blood and it was coming out very fast. Good thing I was in a garage with several other mechanics and not alone at home. They grabbed me and got a lot of pressure on the artery - then called the medics very quickly. Still got that scar as a reminder of what not to do with a big grinder.
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While I recognize that we're all big tough manly men here, could you guys that are describing particularly gory stories put some kind warning at the beginning of your story. Even if I wasn't eating my lunch at the time, some of these just about made me puke.
Thanks,
Thanks,