Rookie mistake results in pain and humiliation

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Re: Rookie mistake results in pain and humiliation

Postby Mulger bill » Tue Apr 17, 2012 6:15 pm

msg wrote:The best way to look at any injury is to repeat to yourself " Bones mend, cuts heal and chicks dig scars" :D
So true but you must never mention that it happened because of cack handed wrenching. :o
Khendar must come up with some tale of noble heroism in the face of a homicidal tradie wielding a fully loaded F250 or similar. :wink:
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Re: Rookie mistake results in pain and humiliation

Postby khendar » Mon Apr 23, 2012 10:00 am

Mulger bill wrote:
msg wrote:The best way to look at any injury is to repeat to yourself " Bones mend, cuts heal and chicks dig scars" :D
So true but you must never mention that it happened because of cack handed wrenching. :o
Khendar must come up with some tale of noble heroism in the face of a homicidal tradie wielding a fully loaded F250 or similar. :wink:
I could try claiming that I got video of the incident:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RP0Yo1FAjY8

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Re: Rookie mistake results in pain and humiliation

Postby khendar » Mon Apr 30, 2012 4:27 pm

Seeing as you guys seem to love the gory stuff, here's some photos of the "scratch" healing.

5 hours after the incident
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All butterfly'd up
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A week later
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2 weeks later (today)
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Re: Rookie mistake results in pain and humiliation

Postby Mulger bill » Mon Apr 30, 2012 6:29 pm

Looks to be healing well Khendar. Shame really as it doesn't look like the scarring will be braggable enough :wink:

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Re: Rookie mistake results in pain and humiliation

Postby cyclotaur » Wed May 02, 2012 11:06 pm

scotto wrote:
MichaelB wrote:
khendar wrote:....Warning slightly gross high resolution wound image below:
http://timparkinson.net/pics/IMAG0004.jpg

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Pfft, that's nothing. I was expection much worse.

It'd hurt but.
barely a flesh wound. Not from Adelaide are you !!
I dunno ... his thumb seems to have been cut clean off. :mrgreen:
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Re: Rookie mistake results in pain and humiliation

Postby khendar » Thu May 03, 2012 10:36 am

cyclotaur wrote: I dunno ... his thumb seems to have been cut clean off. :mrgreen:
Yeh I lost that fixing a flat about a year ago.

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