mrmikey
Veteran Member
Re lost fingers.
I remember my dad (he worked in the shipyard during the war) telling me you could always tell a plater. They were missing at least one finger from using their finger to check for rivet hole alignment. He would always say to me, "Never stick your finger where you wouldn't stick yer doins' " Word to live by in my books LOL
Many years ago my wife, I and two kids were visiting my folks....a knock come to the door, it was their next door neighbour white as a sheet holding one hand in the other. "Would you mind taking me to the the ER? " "Sure, no problem" as I was turning away to get my coat he was holding the screen door open and as I couldn't see anything wrong right away, I asked him, "What's wrong, you not feeling too good"
"Not really" he says and proceeds to hold up his curled up left hand with his right and opens up his left hand. He had cut thru the palm of his left hand from base of hand to base of fingers on his tablesaw. Well...I've got a pretty strong stomach but that almost did me in. Nice straight cut tho...he must have used the fence I figure
I remember my dad (he worked in the shipyard during the war) telling me you could always tell a plater. They were missing at least one finger from using their finger to check for rivet hole alignment. He would always say to me, "Never stick your finger where you wouldn't stick yer doins' " Word to live by in my books LOL
Many years ago my wife, I and two kids were visiting my folks....a knock come to the door, it was their next door neighbour white as a sheet holding one hand in the other. "Would you mind taking me to the the ER? " "Sure, no problem" as I was turning away to get my coat he was holding the screen door open and as I couldn't see anything wrong right away, I asked him, "What's wrong, you not feeling too good"
"Not really" he says and proceeds to hold up his curled up left hand with his right and opens up his left hand. He had cut thru the palm of his left hand from base of hand to base of fingers on his tablesaw. Well...I've got a pretty strong stomach but that almost did me in. Nice straight cut tho...he must have used the fence I figure
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