Damn, there goes one of my excuses for not being as good a picker as I want
to be...

Bill in Nashville

On Mon, Nov 30, 2009 at 11:07 AM, mistertaterbug <[email protected]>wrote:

> I had the opportunity to get up close and personal with an embossing
> press some dozen years ago. Thanks to a faulty switch, the thing
> kissed my index, middle/social, and ring fingers with 15 tons pressure
> from tip to second knuckle. Had it not been for the 1/4" gap between
> dies, I'd have a permanent rock-n-roll sign going. Still, 8 breaks and
> a lot of busted skin, plus a number of weeks of bending fingers that
> were reluctant to bend. Still have to do it. Yow...I know a few
> luthiers around town here who've become acquainted with Table Saw the
> Sonofabitch. Seems like being musical is hazardous work. Why don't we
> all just quit it before we hurt ourselves?
>
> Nah...forget I said that. Sometimes it seems like playing fiddle tunes
> is about the only thing that pulls me through the day.
> Taterbug
>
> On Nov 29, 1:53 am, [email protected] wrote:
> > Just the facts. Yesterday, dark shop one quick cut on the table saw.
> Kick-back, my righthand hits the blade, chunks gone from thumb and
> > social finger. No nerve, tendon or bone damage, it was my lucky day. Just
> 19 stitches and two big, ugly bandages and a little pain. I would kick my
> son's
> > as for doing what I did,he knows better. No picking for a while.
> >
> > Clyde Clevenger
> > Just My Opinion, But It's Right
> > Salem, Oregon
> > Old Circle
> >
> > -
>
> --
>
> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups
> "Taterbugmando" group.
> To post to this group, send email to [email protected].
> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to
> [email protected]<taterbugmando%[email protected]>
> .
> For more options, visit this group at
> http://groups.google.com/group/taterbugmando?hl=en.
>
>
>

--

You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups 
"Taterbugmando" group.
To post to this group, send email to [email protected].
To unsubscribe from this group, send email to 
[email protected].
For more options, visit this group at 
http://groups.google.com/group/taterbugmando?hl=en.


Reply via email to