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Accidentally shoved a big splinter up the fingernail of one of my thumbs today working on one of the ponds. OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOU!  My thumb is still sore and throbbing hours later. Anybody every do that?
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Wuss?  You did know shoving things under fingernails is a form of torture right? A lot of nerve endings there. Never accidentally done it? 
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I've done it before while I was in Iraq doing some woodwork. Rubbing alcohol and a sharp knife is your friend. If you dont have a sharp knife then a needle. If you don't have a needle get an axe and get rid of the finger
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RB, I was lucky. It was so big I yanked it out in one big piece.  About an inch long and eight of an inch wide.
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Roofing nail all the way through my foot, sticking out the top. My dad took pliers grabbed on and pulled it out. Top that.
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Roofing nail all the way through my foot, sticking out the top. My dad took pliers grabbed on and pulled it out. Top that. Jeebus. I assume that was followed by the infamous tetnas shot. Worst that I've had happen was a loose wire from a picket fence go thru my knee when I fell off a bike when I was a child.
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I've done it, but the splinter wasn't 1" by 1/8". Why do the little things hurt the worst? 
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I try not to hurt myself, but my dad did manage to cut two of his fingers off with a table saw... He said it hurt just a little bit. With the line of work I'm in, I have seen far worse but when it's your family, it feels different.
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Cecil:
My toes are still curled up!
I can't remember how much it hurt, but when I was 4 or 5, Dad was working on a gasoline reel type lawnmower at my grandma's house. I really don't know what happened, but the next thing I know is tht he's rolling me on the ground to put me out, then I remember him carrying me to the car. Next memory is laying in Christ Hospital in Oak Lawn, Ill (I was literally the first person treated in the hospital after it was built) with each leg sticking out at an angle, covered in ice. Turns out Dad (he was a Chicago fireman) took a chance and went there first (it was the closest hospital) that it was open. It really wasn't, but the custodian was there, and was an ice machine full of ice, so he and Dad did the ice trick, then called the family GP. He drove out there and took over. Whatever they did worked, no scars, although at the time the doc. said that there would be....
But, I tell ya you don't want to be letting a MasterCraft ski boat down from a boat hoist, let the handle slip out of your hands, have it make a full revolution as then smack into your fingers! Then have your little sister run down to the pier and keep asking "Why are you rolling around on the pier and holding your hand?" I'll bet it was a good 5 minutes before I could even talk..... Homemade boat hoist, the handle was a piece of 5/15" x 2" steel, 24" long with a 6" bolt w/a piece of pipe so it would slide around on the bolt - the bolt/pipe was the "handle".
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Roofing nail all the way through my foot, sticking out the top. My dad took pliers grabbed on and pulled it out. Top that. No problem....Top THIS! I was 19 years old when 6 pounds of metal dust in the bottom of the machine I had just repaired, exploded. It blew me over 40 feet away and when I got up to walk out of the now burning area (I could get graphic here but won't) and the foreman wanted me to lie down because, as he said, "you're hurt". I said something like "Ya THINK"! I knew I was hurt pretty bad cause I felt almost no pain. Later we found out that the freak explosion was that the "Dust" from what was being buffed off a teflon coated cast aluminum/magnesium alloy pancake gridle, combined with the iron oxide of the collection bin to create Thermite. Perfect temp, ingriediants, and humidtity and BOOM, instant 3000+ degrees. The Dr's. Told my wife and family that there was ZERO chance of my survival, that the heat was so intense that even the steel toes in my boots were melted and that I had suffered burns to 98% of my body, 90% were 3rd degree. My wife informed them that they were wrong and she was sure I'd be fine. When they asked her why she thought that, she simply told them, "You know that area that was unburned?", well, when I went in to see him, all he said was, "IT" didn't get burned! Still wanna try for that boy?--"Now?" I walked out of the ICU in 91 days with only 1 small bandage from an infection and missing the top halves of my ears, but spent 3 of the next 7 years recovering from well over 100 reconstructive sugeries. But a 19 year old kid has his priorities and mine ended up producing 4 beautiful daughters. At 19, NOTHING gets in the way of "priorities"! Cecil, did you mention a splinter? Damn those hurt!
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Whoa. Rainman are you kin to Chuck Norris?
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Nope, They gave me 60,000 calories a day and I lost 60 pounds of muscle in 30 days. After almost 30 years I finally regained all that lost muscle, but it's all in a rock hard gut! Who wants a little ole sixpack when you can have a kegger?
Don't remember much of those first 30 days either----Morphine is GOOD!!!!
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Winner = Rainman
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I don't even wanna play. All my stuff got fixed by an attorney.
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I've done it, but the splinter wasn't 1" by 1/8". Why do the little things hurt the worst? I do everything in a big way. I guess it just seems the more one does the more likely one is likely to get hurt. There are times when I wonder why I'm not a normal couch potato like everybody else. 
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Yea Cecil,I have.Unfotunatly,more than once.
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Roofing nail all the way through my foot, sticking out the top. My dad took pliers grabbed on and pulled it out. Top that. No problem....Top THIS! I was 19 years old when 6 pounds of metal dust in the bottom of the machine I had just repaired, exploded. It blew me over 40 feet away and when I got up to walk out of the now burning area (I could get graphic here but won't) and the foreman wanted me to lie down because, as he said, "you're hurt". I said something like "Ya THINK"! I knew I was hurt pretty bad cause I felt almost no pain. Later we found out that the freak explosion was that the "Dust" from what was being buffed off a teflon coated cast aluminum/magnesium alloy pancake gridle, combined with the iron oxide of the collection bin to create Thermite. Perfect temp, ingriediants, and humidtity and BOOM, instant 3000+ degrees. The Dr's. Told my wife and family that there was ZERO chance of my survival, that the heat was so intense that even the steel toes in my boots were melted and that I had suffered burns to 98% of my body, 90% were 3rd degree. My wife informed them that they were wrong and she was sure I'd be fine. When they asked her why she thought that, she simply told them, "You know that area that was unburned?", well, when I went in to see him, all he said was, "IT" didn't get burned! Still wanna try for that boy?--"Now?" I walked out of the ICU in 91 days with only 1 small bandage from an infection and missing the top halves of my ears, but spent 3 of the next 7 years recovering from well over 100 reconstructive sugeries. But a 19 year old kid has his priorities and mine ended up producing 4 beautiful daughters. At 19, NOTHING gets in the way of "priorities"! Cecil, did you mention a splinter? Damn those hurt! Rainman, Now I do feel like a wuss, whimp, *ussy, wennie, (insert your favorite word). 
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When they asked her why she thought that, she simply told them, "You know that area that was unburned?", well, when I went in to see him, all he said was, "IT" didn't get burned! Still wanna try for that boy?--"Now?"
That part is funny.  The rest...OWWW! I'm glad you made it!
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Cecil: "I hate it when that happens."
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Rainman is the man on this one.
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When they asked her why she thought that, she simply told them, "You know that area that was unburned?", well, when I went in to see him, all he said was, "IT" didn't get burned! Still wanna try for that boy?--"Now?"
That part is funny. The rest...OWWW! I'm glad you made it! In truth, I had to parphrase what I really told her to keep from getting moderated with extreme prejudice! What can I say, at 19 there was really only ONE thing on my mind and this little set back was interfering with it. I'm pretty glad I made it too! I think my wife and kids are pretty glad too, at least more than 1/2 the time, but I could be wrong.
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Roofing nail all the way through my foot, sticking out the top. My dad took pliers grabbed on and pulled it out. Top that. No problem....Top THIS! I was 19 years old when 6 pounds of metal dust in the bottom of the machine I had just repaired, exploded. It blew me over 40 feet away and when I got up to walk out of the now burning area (I could get graphic here but won't) and the foreman wanted me to lie down because, as he said, "you're hurt". I said something like "Ya THINK"! I knew I was hurt pretty bad cause I felt almost no pain. Later we found out that the freak explosion was that the "Dust" from what was being buffed off a teflon coated cast aluminum/magnesium alloy pancake gridle, combined with the iron oxide of the collection bin to create Thermite. Perfect temp, ingriediants, and humidtity and BOOM, instant 3000+ degrees. The Dr's. Told my wife and family that there was ZERO chance of my survival, that the heat was so intense that even the steel toes in my boots were melted and that I had suffered burns to 98% of my body, 90% were 3rd degree. My wife informed them that they were wrong and she was sure I'd be fine. When they asked her why she thought that, she simply told them, "You know that area that was unburned?", well, when I went in to see him, all he said was, "IT" didn't get burned! Still wanna try for that boy?--"Now?" I walked out of the ICU in 91 days with only 1 small bandage from an infection and missing the top halves of my ears, but spent 3 of the next 7 years recovering from well over 100 reconstructive sugeries. But a 19 year old kid has his priorities and mine ended up producing 4 beautiful daughters. At 19, NOTHING gets in the way of "priorities"! Cecil, did you mention a splinter? Damn those hurt! Now just how in the heck is anyone supposed to top that and live? You have one bada** guardian angel and he deserves a commendation. Amazing story!
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Okay, I can't whine anymore about my soreness from two hours of basketball with the daughters. WOW, what a story!
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Rainman, it will be a pleasure to meet your acquaintance. A great story of the will to survive. Your wife has made it thru a similar long shot to survive. How is she doing? I want you folks on my side.
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