Tricky coves, hedgetrimmers.

I can't quite work out how, but today there was a cutter/forearm
intersection resulting in quite a lot of blood. [1]

Gardening is dangerous mmmmmkay.

Feeling pretty lucky. The cut was deep but somehow I didn't hit any
tendons or other important bits.

Back home after 11 stitches, now watching 127 hours.

[1] and surprisingly little pain. I'm wondering if that's going to kick
in at some point.

--
/Simon

siwilson <siwilson@nodamnspamn.hotmail.com> wrote:
> Tricky coves, hedgetrimmers.
>
> I can't quite work out how, but today there was a cutter/forearm
> intersection resulting in quite a lot of blood. [1]
>
> Gardening is dangerous mmmmmkay.
>
> Feeling pretty lucky. The cut was deep but somehow I didn't hit any
> tendons or other important bits.
>
> Back home after 11 stitches, now watching 127 hours.
>
> [1] and surprisingly little pain. I'm wondering if that's going to kick
> in at some point.

The daft injuries list keeper doesn't pop in much anymore but I'm
sure this qualifies.

DBMCITFOK?

--
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On 24/08/2023 21:27, siwilson wrote:
> Tricky coves, hedgetrimmers.
>
> I can't quite work out how, but today there was a cutter/forearm
> intersection resulting in quite a lot of blood. [1]
>
Clumsy cunt

> Gardening is dangerous mmmmmkay.
>
I usually just find it boring

> Feeling pretty lucky. The cut was deep but somehow I didn't hit any

I beleive the 1st cut is the deepest.

> tendons or other important bits.
>
> Back home after 11 stitches, now watching 127 hours.

This so you can work out how to do it properly next time?

>
> [1] and surprisingly little pain. I'm wondering if that's going to kick
> in at some point.
>

--
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On Thu, 24 Aug 2023 21:27:11 +0100, siwilson
<siwilson@nodamnspamn.hotmail.com> wrote:

>Tricky coves, hedgetrimmers.
>
>I can't quite work out how, but today there was a cutter/forearm
>intersection resulting in quite a lot of blood. [1]
>
>Gardening is dangerous mmmmmkay.
>
>Feeling pretty lucky. The cut was deep but somehow I didn't hit any
>tendons or other important bits.
>
>Back home after 11 stitches, now watching 127 hours.
>
>[1] and surprisingly little pain. I'm wondering if that's going to kick
>in at some point.

Where's the bloody pictures??
--
Mark Roberts

On 8/24/2023 3:04 PM, Mark Roberts wrote:
> On Thu, 24 Aug 2023 21:27:11 +0100, siwilson
> <siwilson@nodamnspamn.hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Tricky coves, hedgetrimmers.
>>
>> I can't quite work out how, but today there was a cutter/forearm
>> intersection resulting in quite a lot of blood. [1]
>>
>> Gardening is dangerous mmmmmkay.
>>
Yeah, they can look pretty, smell nice, and mebbe feed us, but they can
be vicious.

>> Feeling pretty lucky. The cut was deep but somehow I didn't hit any
>> tendons or other important bits.
>>
>> Back home after 11 stitches, now watching 127 hours.
>>
Take care. Relax a bit.
>
> Where's the bloody pictures??

+1

--
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On 24/08/2023 21:51, YTC#1 wrote:
>
>
> On 24/08/2023 21:27, siwilson wrote:
>> Tricky coves, hedgetrimmers.
>>
>> I can't quite work out how, but today there was a cutter/forearm
>> intersection resulting in quite a lot of blood. [1]
>>
> Clumsy cunt

Precise summary.

GWS and all that.

Mark Roberts wrote:
> siwilson <siwi...@nodamnspamn.hotmail.com> wrote:
> >Tricky coves, hedgetrimmers.
> >
> >I can't quite work out how, but today there was a cutter/forearm
> >intersection resulting in quite a lot of blood. [1]
>
> Where's the bloody pictures??

Was exactly what I asked him when he told me. "Pics or it never happened."

And yet, still, nothing.

On 24/08/2023 21:27, siwilson wrote:
> Tricky coves, hedgetrimmers.
>
> I can't quite work out how, but today there was a cutter/forearm
> intersection resulting in quite a lot of blood. [1]
>
> Gardening is dangerous mmmmmkay.
>
> Feeling pretty lucky. The cut was deep but somehow I didn't hit any
> tendons or other important bits.
>
> Back home after 11 stitches, now watching 127 hours.
>
> [1] and surprisingly little pain. I'm wondering if that's going to kick
> in at some point.
>

A hand held one or some fearsome device fitted to a tractor power take off?

If the latter, you sound to have got away with it lightly.

Could have been worse if flailing it around standing on top of a step
ladder.

--
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On 25/08/2023 09:45, ogden wrote:
> Mark Roberts wrote:
>> siwilson <siwi...@nodamnspamn.hotmail.com> wrote:
>>> Tricky coves, hedgetrimmers.
>>>
>>> I can't quite work out how, but today there was a cutter/forearm
>>> intersection resulting in quite a lot of blood. [1]
>>
>> Where's the bloody pictures??
>
> Was exactly what I asked him when he told me. "Pics or it never happened."
>
> And yet, still, nothing.

https://photos.app.goo.gl/KeykHbtxCZoKyBfHA consider yourself warned, I
didn't watch when the stitches went in.

--
/Simon

On 25/08/2023 14:06, Pete Fisher wrote:
> On 24/08/2023 21:27, siwilson wrote:
>> Tricky coves, hedgetrimmers.
>>
>> I can't quite work out how, but today there was a cutter/forearm
>> intersection resulting in quite a lot of blood. [1]
>>
>> Gardening is dangerous mmmmmkay.
>>
>> Feeling pretty lucky. The cut was deep but somehow I didn't hit any
>> tendons or other important bits.
>>
>> Back home after 11 stitches, now watching 127 hours.
>>
>> [1] and surprisingly little pain. I'm wondering if that's going to
>> kick in at some point.
>>
>
> A hand held one or some fearsome device fitted to a tractor power take off?
>
> If the latter, you sound to have got away with it lightly.
>
> Could have been worse if flailing it around standing on top of a step
> ladder.
>

Hand held. I was standing on a bench.

I still don't quite know how it happened. I don't recall using it single
handed but I don't think it's possible to make contact whilst holding it
with both hands.

--
/Simon

On 25/08/2023 15:48, siwilson wrote:
>
> https://photos.app.goo.gl/KeykHbtxCZoKyBfHA consider yourself warned, I
> didn't watch when the stitches went in.

Messy. Which bit of your arm is that? It's hard to tell from the
pictures. I'm still trying to figure out how you did it.

--
Eddie eddie@deguello.org

On 25/08/2023 15:52, siwilson wrote:
>
> I still don't quite know how it happened. I don't recall using it single
> handed but I don't think it's possible to make contact whilst holding it
> with both hands.

Obviously, you need to try it again to figure out what you did.

Maybe don't plug it in when you're doing that though, eh?

--
Eddie eddie@deguello.org

On Fri, 25 Aug 2023 15:48:57 +0100, siwilson
<siwilson@nodamnspamn.hotmail.com> wrote:

>On 25/08/2023 09:45, ogden wrote:
>> Mark Roberts wrote:
>>> siwilson <siwi...@nodamnspamn.hotmail.com> wrote:
>>>> Tricky coves, hedgetrimmers.
>>>>
>>>> I can't quite work out how, but today there was a cutter/forearm
>>>> intersection resulting in quite a lot of blood. [1]
>>>
>>> Where's the bloody pictures??
>>
>> Was exactly what I asked him when he told me. "Pics or it never happened."
>>
>> And yet, still, nothing.
>
>https://photos.app.goo.gl/KeykHbtxCZoKyBfHA consider yourself warned, I
>didn't watch when the stitches went in.

<satisfied>
Yummy :) Did you make it do the talking thing?
--
Mark Roberts

On 25/08/2023 16:48, siwilson wrote:
>On 25/08/2023 09:45, ogden wrote:
>> Mark Roberts wrote:
>>> siwilson <siwi...@nodamnspamn.hotmail.com> wrote:
>>>> Tricky coves, hedgetrimmers.
>>>>
>>>> I can't quite work out how, but today there was a cutter/forearm
>>>> intersection resulting in quite a lot of blood. [1]
>>>
>>> Where's the bloody pictures??
>>
>> Was exactly what I asked him when he told me. "Pics or it never happened."
>>
>> And yet, still, nothing.
>
>https://photos.app.goo.gl/KeykHbtxCZoKyBfHA consider yourself warned, I
>didn't watch when the stitches went in.

JESUS! What do you use to trim the hedge, a Colt 45 ???
--
Geoff
NTV 650

On 25/08/2023 16:30, Eddie wrote:
> On 25/08/2023 15:52, siwilson wrote:
>>
>> I still don't quite know how it happened. I don't recall using it
>> single handed but I don't think it's possible to make contact whilst
>> holding it with both hands.
>
> Obviously, you need to try it again to figure out what you did.
>
> Maybe don't plug it in when you're doing that though, eh?
>

Plug it in? NAHAY? It's a proper 2 stroke thing.

--
/Simon

On 25/08/2023 17:58, geoffC wrote:
> On 25/08/2023 16:48, siwilson wrote:
>> On 25/08/2023 09:45, ogden wrote:
>>> Mark Roberts wrote:
>>>> siwilson <siwi...@nodamnspamn.hotmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> Tricky coves, hedgetrimmers.
>>>>>
>>>>> I can't quite work out how, but today there was a cutter/forearm
>>>>> intersection resulting in quite a lot of blood. [1]
>>>>
>>>> Where's the bloody pictures??
>>>
>>> Was exactly what I asked him when he told me. "Pics or it never
>>> happened."
>>>
>>> And yet, still, nothing.
>>
>> https://photos.app.goo.gl/KeykHbtxCZoKyBfHA consider yourself warned,
>> I didn't watch when the stitches went in.
>
> JESUS! What do you use to trim the hedge, a Colt 45 ???

A Stihl something or other, with the "ripping" blade.

--
/Simon

On 25/08/2023 17:04, Mark Roberts wrote:
> On Fri, 25 Aug 2023 15:48:57 +0100, siwilson
> <siwilson@nodamnspamn.hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On 25/08/2023 09:45, ogden wrote:
>>> Mark Roberts wrote:
>>>> siwilson <siwi...@nodamnspamn.hotmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> Tricky coves, hedgetrimmers.
>>>>>
>>>>> I can't quite work out how, but today there was a cutter/forearm
>>>>> intersection resulting in quite a lot of blood. [1]
>>>>
>>>> Where's the bloody pictures??
>>>
>>> Was exactly what I asked him when he told me. "Pics or it never happened."
>>>
>>> And yet, still, nothing.
>>
>> https://photos.app.goo.gl/KeykHbtxCZoKyBfHA consider yourself warned, I
>> didn't watch when the stitches went in.
>
> <satisfied>
> Yummy :) Did you make it do the talking thing?

I did not.

I will admit it scared me quite a lot. It was swiftly covered up and
compression applied.

--
/Simon

On Fri, 25 Aug 2023 18:34:06 +0100, siwilson
<siwilson@nodamnspamn.hotmail.com> wrote:

>On 25/08/2023 17:04, Mark Roberts wrote:
>> On Fri, 25 Aug 2023 15:48:57 +0100, siwilson
>> <siwilson@nodamnspamn.hotmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> On 25/08/2023 09:45, ogden wrote:
>>>> Mark Roberts wrote:
>>>>> siwilson <siwi...@nodamnspamn.hotmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>> Tricky coves, hedgetrimmers.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I can't quite work out how, but today there was a cutter/forearm
>>>>>> intersection resulting in quite a lot of blood. [1]
>>>>>
>>>>> Where's the bloody pictures??
>>>>
>>>> Was exactly what I asked him when he told me. "Pics or it never happened."
>>>>
>>>> And yet, still, nothing.
>>>
>>> https://photos.app.goo.gl/KeykHbtxCZoKyBfHA consider yourself warned, I
>>> didn't watch when the stitches went in.
>>
>> <satisfied>
>> Yummy :) Did you make it do the talking thing?
>
>I did not.
>
>I will admit it scared me quite a lot. It was swiftly covered up and
>compression applied.

Ah. So you did the cats bum with your lips while holding your breath
and looking into the middle distance?
--
Mark Roberts

On Friday, 25 August 2023 at 18:32:04 UTC+1, siwilson wrote:
> On 25/08/2023 17:58, geoffC wrote:
> > On 25/08/2023 16:48, siwilson wrote:
> >> On 25/08/2023 09:45, ogden wrote:
> >>> Mark Roberts wrote:
> >>>> siwilson <siwi...@nodamnspamn.hotmail.com> wrote:
> >>>>> Tricky coves, hedgetrimmers.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> I can't quite work out how, but today there was a cutter/forearm
> >>>>> intersection resulting in quite a lot of blood. [1]
> >>>>
> >>>> Where's the bloody pictures??
> >>>
> >>> Was exactly what I asked him when he told me. "Pics or it never
> >>> happened."
> >>>
> >>> And yet, still, nothing.
> >>
> >> https://photos.app.goo.gl/KeykHbtxCZoKyBfHA consider yourself warned,
> >> I didn't watch when the stitches went in.
> >
> > JESUS! What do you use to trim the hedge, a Colt 45 ???
> A Stihl something or other, with the "ripping" blade.
>

We had a Stihl 2T brush cutter/strimmer with a FOAD blade option like a circular saw at the chateau. What with that and the chainsaw I'm surprised blood wasn't drawn.

On 25/08/2023 15:48, siwilson wrote:
> On 25/08/2023 09:45, ogden wrote:
>> Mark Roberts wrote:
>>> siwilson <siwi...@nodamnspamn.hotmail.com> wrote:
>>>> Tricky coves, hedgetrimmers.
>>>>
>>>> I can't quite work out how, but today there was a cutter/forearm
>>>> intersection resulting in quite a lot of blood. [1]
>>>
>>> Where's the bloody pictures??
>>
>> Was exactly what I asked him when he told me. "Pics or it never
>> happened."
>>
>> And yet, still, nothing.
>
> https://photos.app.goo.gl/KeykHbtxCZoKyBfHA consider yourself warned, I
> didn't watch when the stitches went in.
>

Number 1 might be an option. :-)

<https://www.boredpanda.com/tattoos-covering-scars-stories>

--
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FJR1300AS

In article <kkrtaoFr28qU1@mid.individual.net>, siwilson says...
>
> On 25/08/2023 09:45, ogden wrote:
> > Mark Roberts wrote:
> >> siwilson <siwi...@nodamnspamn.hotmail.com> wrote:
> >>> Tricky coves, hedgetrimmers.
> >>>
> >>> I can't quite work out how, but today there was a cutter/forearm
> >>> intersection resulting in quite a lot of blood. [1]
> >>
> >> Where's the bloody pictures??
> >
> > Was exactly what I asked him when he told me. "Pics or it never happened."
> >
> > And yet, still, nothing.
>
> https://photos.app.goo.gl/KeykHbtxCZoKyBfHA consider yourself warned, I
> didn't watch when the stitches went in.

You could get three fingers in there!

On Friday, 25 August 2023 at 22:48:44 UTC+1, petrolcan wrote:
> In article <kkrtao...@mid.individual.net>, siwilson says...

> > https://photos.app.goo.gl/KeykHbtxCZoKyBfHA consider yourself warned, I
> > didn't watch when the stitches went in.
> You could get three fingers in there!

Years ago I was running, just before dawn on an A road. There wasn't a path as such
on the right hand side of the road (and not an even one on the left) so I ran on the left
(A46 north of Bath FWIW).

A lorry passed close to me and I felt a blow to my right arm, just above the elbow.

I kept running and after three miles or so came into a small village as dawn broke, then
I noticed the blood all over my left hand (which had been rubbing the right arm).

Went to hospital, had a local anaesthetic then the nurse started to clean up the
wound. I felt rather sick when she was apparently 'fingering' my wound with
one (gloved) finger in it up to the first joint.

Best guess was I got hit by something protruding from the side of the lorry
like a lashing point but really fuck knows.

Still, though, nowhere near as impressive as Simon's injury and it's quite
staggering how much damage was done by a hedge cutter...

On 25/08/2023 22:48, petrolcan wrote:
> In article <kkrtaoFr28qU1@mid.individual.net>, siwilson says...
>>
>> On 25/08/2023 09:45, ogden wrote:
>>> Mark Roberts wrote:
>>>> siwilson <siwi...@nodamnspamn.hotmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> Tricky coves, hedgetrimmers.
>>>>>
>>>>> I can't quite work out how, but today there was a cutter/forearm
>>>>> intersection resulting in quite a lot of blood. [1]
>>>>
>>>> Where's the bloody pictures??
>>>
>>> Was exactly what I asked him when he told me. "Pics or it never happened."
>>>
>>> And yet, still, nothing.
>>
>> https://photos.app.goo.gl/KeykHbtxCZoKyBfHA consider yourself warned, I
>> didn't watch when the stitches went in.
>
> You could get three fingers in there!

And three fingers of 100% Navy Rum in the carrier.

--
Rusty Hinge
To err is human. To really foul things up requires a computer and the BOFH.

On 25/08/2023 15:48, siwilson wrote:
> On 25/08/2023 09:45, ogden wrote:
>> Mark Roberts wrote:
>>> siwilson <siwi...@nodamnspamn.hotmail.com> wrote:
>>>> Tricky coves, hedgetrimmers.
>>>>
>>>> I can't quite work out how, but today there was a cutter/forearm
>>>> intersection resulting in quite a lot of blood. [1]
>>>
>>> Where's the bloody pictures??
>>
>> Was exactly what I asked him when he told me. "Pics or it never
>> happened."
>>
>> And yet, still, nothing.
>
> https://photos.app.goo.gl/KeykHbtxCZoKyBfHA consider yourself warned, I
> didn't watch when the stitches went in.
>
Hmmm a couple of veins but fortunately the bits that operate the hand
were missed. It looks like they have just done a wash-out and it looks
nice and clean.

On 25/08/2023 17:04, Mark Roberts wrote:
> On Fri, 25 Aug 2023 15:48:57 +0100, siwilson
> <siwilson@nodamnspamn.hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>> https://photos.app.goo.gl/KeykHbtxCZoKyBfHA consider yourself warned, I
>> didn't watch when the stitches went in.
>
> <satisfied>
> Yummy :) Did you make it do the talking thing?

LOL!

wah wah waaaaaah

--
Eddie eddie@deguello.org