Re: Well this bloody well sux.

[John]

If you didn't damage the body rails, you might be able to get a
replacement finder.

On 11/12/2016 12:30 PM, P.J. Alling wrote:

Yes, I know.  The poor thing will never be the same again.  Too the
brunt of the blow on the FA-1W finder, which will certainly never be the
same.

On 11/12/2016 3:38 AM, Malcolm Smith wrote:

John wrote:

Wouldn't have taken as long as it did if it hadn't been a holiday. I
could
have gone to my primary care physician at the local VA clinic.

I just didn't want to wait three days until Monday to get a tetanus
shot (if
I had needed it).

And unlike PJ's LX, it will heal in time.
+++

Very wise getting it sorted there and then.

As for PJ's camera, of all the cameras to drop, an LXouch!

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Re: Well this bloody well sux.

[P.J. Alling]

Yes, I know.  The poor thing will never be the same again.  Too the 
brunt of the blow on the FA-1W finder, which will certainly never be the 
same.


On 11/12/2016 3:38 AM, Malcolm Smith wrote:

John wrote:

Wouldn't have taken as long as it did if it hadn't been a holiday. I could
have gone to my primary care physician at the local VA clinic.

I just didn't want to wait three days until Monday to get a tetanus shot (if
I had needed it).

And unlike PJ's LX, it will heal in time.
+++

Very wise getting it sorted there and then.

As for PJ's camera, of all the cameras to drop, an LXouch!

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RE: Well this bloody well sux.

[Malcolm Smith]

John wrote:

Wouldn't have taken as long as it did if it hadn't been a holiday. I could
have gone to my primary care physician at the local VA clinic.

I just didn't want to wait three days until Monday to get a tetanus shot (if
I had needed it).

And unlike PJ's LX, it will heal in time.
+++

Very wise getting it sorted there and then.

As for PJ's camera, of all the cameras to drop, an LXouch!

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Re: Well this bloody well sux.

[John]

On 11/11/2016 4:50 PM, Malcolm Smith wrote:

John wrote:

I've been doing some repairs around here & last night I slipped with a wood
chisel & put a deep laceration through the end of my left thumb; split the
nail in half. Stopped the bleeding & bandaged it myself last night, but I
had to get a tetanus shot, and of course the local VA clinic is closed
today.

I just got home from 4 hours in the emergency room over at the Durham VA
Hospital. Three and a half hour wait for a half hour treatment, but I'm not
fussed. I expected I'd be low priority, so I took along a book to read while
I waited.

Turned out I got a Tetanus booster in 2013, so I didn't need to get the shot
after all. They did re-bandage it quite nicely.
+++

Nasty, glad it got bandaged well at least from the wait. 3.5 hours is good;
our last treatment in the local hospital was a few mins under 12 hours from
arrival to departure. (including arrival by ambulance).

Malcolm




Wouldn't have taken as long as it did if it hadn't been a holiday. I
could have gone to my primary care physician at the local VA clinic.

I just didn't want to wait three days until Monday to get a tetanus
shot (if I had needed it).

And unlike PJ's LX, it will heal in time.

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Re: Well this bloody well sux.

[Alan C]

Too true. If it can happen, it will happen. We old toppies need to 
incorporate quick risk assessments in our daily lives.


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-Original Message- 
From: Daniel J. Matyola

Sent: Friday, November 11, 2016 11:39 PM
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Subject: Re: Well this bloody well sux.

OUCH!

Don't you just hate when that happens?  I am always inflicting minor
injuries on myself.

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On Fri, Nov 11, 2016 at 3:00 PM, John <sesso...@earthlink.net> wrote:


I've been doing some repairs around here & last night I slipped with a
wood chisel & put a deep laceration through the end of my left thumb;
split the nail in half. Stopped the bleeding & bandaged it myself last
night, but I had to get a tetanus shot, and of course the local VA
clinic is closed today.

I just got home from 4 hours in the emergency room over at the Durham VA
Hospital. Three and a half hour wait for a half hour treatment, but I'm
not fussed. I expected I'd be low priority, so I took along a book to
read while I waited.

Turned out I got a Tetanus booster in 2013, so I didn't need to get the
shot after all. They did re-bandage it quite nicely.



On 11/11/2016 9:54 AM, P.J. Alling wrote:


Once again to prove that there's nothing mechanical I cannot break, I
managed to drop the LX that I keep planning to use, but never do, four
feet onto a concrete floor, which even considering that the LX is built
like a light tank didn't do it any good at all.  This could cap my week
of wreaking havoc, on everything from computer equipment, to my car, to
now the LX.

I was going to say on the bright side that I hadn't managed to destroy
my cell phone, but then remembered that I did actually break a landline
phone last Sunday.

I think I just want to go to bed and stay there until Jan 1st to avoid
destroying anything else for the rest of the year.



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RE: Well this bloody well sux.

[Malcolm Smith]

John wrote:

I've been doing some repairs around here & last night I slipped with a wood
chisel & put a deep laceration through the end of my left thumb; split the
nail in half. Stopped the bleeding & bandaged it myself last night, but I
had to get a tetanus shot, and of course the local VA clinic is closed
today.

I just got home from 4 hours in the emergency room over at the Durham VA
Hospital. Three and a half hour wait for a half hour treatment, but I'm not
fussed. I expected I'd be low priority, so I took along a book to read while
I waited.

Turned out I got a Tetanus booster in 2013, so I didn't need to get the shot
after all. They did re-bandage it quite nicely.
+++

Nasty, glad it got bandaged well at least from the wait. 3.5 hours is good;
our last treatment in the local hospital was a few mins under 12 hours from
arrival to departure. (including arrival by ambulance).

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Re: Well this bloody well sux.

[Daniel J. Matyola]

OUCH!

Don't you just hate when that happens?  I am always inflicting minor
injuries on myself.

Dan Matyola
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On Fri, Nov 11, 2016 at 3:00 PM, John  wrote:

> I've been doing some repairs around here & last night I slipped with a
> wood chisel & put a deep laceration through the end of my left thumb;
> split the nail in half. Stopped the bleeding & bandaged it myself last
> night, but I had to get a tetanus shot, and of course the local VA
> clinic is closed today.
>
> I just got home from 4 hours in the emergency room over at the Durham VA
> Hospital. Three and a half hour wait for a half hour treatment, but I'm
> not fussed. I expected I'd be low priority, so I took along a book to
> read while I waited.
>
> Turned out I got a Tetanus booster in 2013, so I didn't need to get the
> shot after all. They did re-bandage it quite nicely.
>
>
>
> On 11/11/2016 9:54 AM, P.J. Alling wrote:
>
>> Once again to prove that there's nothing mechanical I cannot break, I
>> managed to drop the LX that I keep planning to use, but never do, four
>> feet onto a concrete floor, which even considering that the LX is built
>> like a light tank didn't do it any good at all.  This could cap my week
>> of wreaking havoc, on everything from computer equipment, to my car, to
>> now the LX.
>>
>> I was going to say on the bright side that I hadn't managed to destroy
>> my cell phone, but then remembered that I did actually break a landline
>> phone last Sunday.
>>
>> I think I just want to go to bed and stay there until Jan 1st to avoid
>> destroying anything else for the rest of the year.
>>
>>
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Re: Well this bloody well sux.

[John]

I've been doing some repairs around here & last night I slipped with a
wood chisel & put a deep laceration through the end of my left thumb;
split the nail in half. Stopped the bleeding & bandaged it myself last
night, but I had to get a tetanus shot, and of course the local VA
clinic is closed today.

I just got home from 4 hours in the emergency room over at the Durham VA
Hospital. Three and a half hour wait for a half hour treatment, but I'm
not fussed. I expected I'd be low priority, so I took along a book to
read while I waited.

Turned out I got a Tetanus booster in 2013, so I didn't need to get the
shot after all. They did re-bandage it quite nicely.



On 11/11/2016 9:54 AM, P.J. Alling wrote:

Once again to prove that there's nothing mechanical I cannot break, I
managed to drop the LX that I keep planning to use, but never do, four
feet onto a concrete floor, which even considering that the LX is built
like a light tank didn't do it any good at all.  This could cap my week
of wreaking havoc, on everything from computer equipment, to my car, to
now the LX.

I was going to say on the bright side that I hadn't managed to destroy
my cell phone, but then remembered that I did actually break a landline
phone last Sunday.

I think I just want to go to bed and stay there until Jan 1st to avoid
destroying anything else for the rest of the year.



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RE: Well this bloody well sux.

[Malcolm Smith]

Igor  wrote:

Malcolm:

In that case, the opposite should be done: you need to cut the "umbilical
cord". Him doing well as a junior student at a university is an indication
of him being capable of everything (mostly).
So, he just needs to realize that, and take a full control of things in his
own hands.

So, pass the idea of tethering a phone to your _son_ instead!
(and it is a physical tethering, not in the sense of data!)
:-)

E.g. Something like this: 
https://www.amazon.com/T-REIGN-Retractable-Carabiner-Polycarbonate-Attachmen
t/dp/B00BF6QR6O
http://www.gearkeeper.com/communication/cellphones.html
https://www.amazon.com/CELL-PH-RETRACTING-SECURITY-TETHER/dp/B0007TQWI8
http://www.industrialsafetyproducts.com/python-safety-1500047-hook2loop-bung
ee-tether/?gclid=Cj0KEQiA9ZXBBRC29cPdu7yuvrQBEiQAhyQZ9C9nlei0ZcvTRbuUG34xMb5
y8PXfyQ3k_82To-Sqbd8aAh_F8P8HAQ
https://www.amazon.com/Frogs-Tung-Retractable-Mobile-Device/dp/B00JTKOPY4
++

It's really his own problem as such now, as the things he's lost this year
we haven't paid for. It just gets to me, as he lost more in one term than I
did in my entire time at school. Apart from your suggestions above, I came
close to superglue as a remedy.

Malcolm


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RE: Well this bloody well sux.

[Malcolm Smith]

Stan Halpin wrote:

I am surprised - I thought all youth (I.e., under 30s) had their phones
surgically attached to their hand. I understood it happens at age 12, much
like "coming of age" ceremonies and tattoos of tribal times.
+++

That's what I thought!

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Re: Well this bloody well sux.

[P.J. Alling]

So I guess they can be called human Schnauzers,

Hell I don't even want to have a chip implanted in my dog. There's some 
evidence that a particularly nasty form of cancer can be triggered in 
some dogs by identity chips and they're not entirely reliable when scanned.




On 11/11/2016 12:36 PM, Igor PDML-StR wrote:


Stan, wait, - not far from now phones (or whatever those devices will 
be called once they will have "phone" app optional) will be surgically 
_implanted_ in the hand.


And if someone thinks it's a Sci-Fi, - there are already people who 
voluntarily implant chips into themselves (some do several!):

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microchip_implant_%28human%29

Igor


 Stan Halpin Fri, 11 Nov 2016 09:25:32 -0800 wrote:

I am surprised - I thought all youth (I.e., under 30s) had their 
phones surgically attached to their hand. I understood it happens at 
age 12, much like "coming of age" ceremonies and tattoos of tribal times.



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[Igor PDML-StR]

Stan, wait, - not far from now phones (or whatever those devices will be 
called once they will have "phone" app optional) will be surgically 
_implanted_ in the hand.


And if someone thinks it's a Sci-Fi, - there are already people who 
voluntarily implant chips into themselves (some do several!):

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microchip_implant_%28human%29

Igor


 Stan Halpin Fri, 11 Nov 2016 09:25:32 -0800 wrote:

I am surprised - I thought all youth (I.e., under 30s) had their phones 
surgically attached to their hand. I understood it happens at age 12, much 
like "coming of age" ceremonies and tattoos of tribal times.



Stan

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[Stan Halpin]

I am surprised - I thought all youth (I.e., under 30s) had their phones 
surgically attached to their hand. I understood it happens at age 12, much like 
"coming of age" ceremonies and tattoos of tribal times.

Stan

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> 
> Malcolm Smith Fri, 11 Nov 2016 08:38:37 -0800 wrote:
> 
>  He's 21 and in his third year of university - where he is doing very 
> well. His ability to break or lose things is certainly worth a first.
> 
> I will pass your suggestion on to my wife; regardless of his age, it has
> merit!
> 
> Malcolm
> 
> 
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Malcolm:

In that case, the opposite should be done: you need to cut the "umbilical 
cord". Him doing well as a junior student at a university is an indication 
of him being capable of everything (mostly).
So, he just needs to realize that, and take a full control of things in 
his own hands.


So, pass the idea of tethering a phone to your _son_ instead!
(and it is a physical tethering, not in the sense of data!)
:-)

E.g. Something like this: 
https://www.amazon.com/T-REIGN-Retractable-Carabiner-Polycarbonate-Attachment/dp/B00BF6QR6O

http://www.gearkeeper.com/communication/cellphones.html
https://www.amazon.com/CELL-PH-RETRACTING-SECURITY-TETHER/dp/B0007TQWI8
http://www.industrialsafetyproducts.com/python-safety-1500047-hook2loop-bungee-tether/?gclid=Cj0KEQiA9ZXBBRC29cPdu7yuvrQBEiQAhyQZ9C9nlei0ZcvTRbuUG34xMb5y8PXfyQ3k_82To-Sqbd8aAh_F8P8HAQ
https://www.amazon.com/Frogs-Tung-Retractable-Mobile-Device/dp/B00JTKOPY4

Cheers,

Igor



 Malcolm Smith Fri, 11 Nov 2016 08:38:37 -0800 wrote:

 He's 21 and in his third year of university - where he is doing 
very well. His ability to break or lose things is certainly worth a first.


I will pass your suggestion on to my wife; regardless of his age, it has
merit!

Malcolm



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RE: Well this bloody well sux.

[Malcolm Smith]

Igor wrote:

Malcolm:
I don't know how old your eldest, but tethering (what can be tethered) can
be a [partial] solution.

I am impressed by the simlicity of the solution for tethering kids' gloves
that is (was?) widely used in Russia. You take an thick thread/thin rope, or
better yet an elastic band that sometimes is used as a waistband in pants (a
narrow one, 1/4" - 1/3"), and attach two gloves/mittens to its ends. It
looks like this:
  https://goo.gl/8j8TdA
Then you insert that band through the sleeves of the winter coat so that the
gloves are hanging out of the sleeves. You can also saw the middle of the
tether to the back of the coat (inside).
But, of course, if the coat is lost, ... ;-)

I would guess there might be some tethering solutions for cell phones...
Like you have for the lens caps.
+

 He's 21 and in his third year of university - where he is doing very
well. His ability to break or lose things is certainly worth a first.

I will pass your suggestion on to my wife; regardless of his age, it has
merit!

Malcolm



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[Igor PDML-StR]

P.J.: Yep, sometimes there are "unlucky streaks". Just relax and don't 
handle anything critical this week.


Malcolm:
I don't know how old your eldest, but tethering (what can be tethered) can 
be a [partial] solution.


I am impressed by the simlicity of the solution for tethering kids' gloves 
that is (was?) widely used in Russia. You take an thick thread/thin rope, 
or better yet an elastic band that sometimes is used as a waistband in 
pants (a narrow one, 1/4" - 1/3"), and attach two gloves/mittens to its 
ends. It looks like this:

 https://goo.gl/8j8TdA
Then you insert that band through the sleeves of the winter coat so 
that the gloves are hanging out of the sleeves. You can also saw the 
middle of the tether to the back of the coat (inside).

But, of course, if the coat is lost, ... ;-)

I would guess there might be some tethering solutions for cell phones...
Like you have for the lens caps.

Cheers,

Igor



Malcolm Smith Fri, 11 Nov 2016 07:21:48 -0800 wrote:

P.J. Alling wrote:

Once again to prove that there's nothing mechanical I cannot break, I
managed to drop the LX that I keep planning to use, but never do, four 
feet

onto a concrete floor, which even considering that the LX is built like a
light tank didn't do it any good at all.  This could cap my week of 
wreaking

havoc, on everything from computer equipment, to my car, to now the LX.


I was going to say on the bright side that I hadn't managed to destroy my
cell phone, but then remembered that I did actually break a landline phone
last Sunday.

I think I just want to go to bed and stay there until Jan 1st to avoid
destroying anything else for the rest of the year.
+++

Exceptionally annoying.

My eldest leaves things on public transport, this year alone it's two
'phones, an iPad and a coat, but we're not done with 2016 yet, so...

Malcolm

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[Malcolm Smith]

P.J. Alling wrote:

Once again to prove that there's nothing mechanical I cannot break, I
managed to drop the LX that I keep planning to use, but never do, four feet
onto a concrete floor, which even considering that the LX is built like a
light tank didn't do it any good at all.  This could cap my week of wreaking
havoc, on everything from computer equipment, to my car, to now the LX.

I was going to say on the bright side that I hadn't managed to destroy my
cell phone, but then remembered that I did actually break a landline phone
last Sunday.

I think I just want to go to bed and stay there until Jan 1st to avoid
destroying anything else for the rest of the year.
+++

Exceptionally annoying.

My eldest leaves things on public transport, this year alone it's two
'phones, an iPad and a coat, but we're not done with 2016 yet, so...

Malcolm


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Well this bloody well sux.

[P.J. Alling]

Once again to prove that there's nothing mechanical I cannot break, I 
managed to drop the LX that I keep planning to use, but never do, four 
feet onto a concrete floor, which even considering that the LX is built 
like a light tank didn't do it any good at all.  This could cap my week 
of wreaking havoc, on everything from computer equipment, to my car, to 
now the LX.


I was going to say on the bright side that I hadn't managed to destroy 
my cell phone, but then remembered that I did actually break a landline 
phone last Sunday.


I think I just want to go to bed and stay there until Jan 1st to avoid 
destroying anything else for the rest of the year.


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