Ouch Phil!

Quote from: fred. on 24 February 2016, 05:01:12 PM
How did you ever get to be old?

Quote from: Techno on 24 February 2016, 06:30:37 PM
Luck.....Pure & simple.
Cheers - Phil

And the forbearance of Mrs T

Quote from: Techno on 24 February 2016, 04:15:25 PM

(Which was nothing compared to what nearly happened yesterday, when I tripped on the Dremmel's flex, while holding a scalpel..(twerp !)...Could have been an embarrassing chat with the boys in blue...
"So, Mr Lewis.....Explain again, how you stabbed your wife in the back with a sharp instrument, while she was sitting at the computer"......It was close. 

Cheers - An Idiot.

I knew a chap in school who was somewhat 'accident' prone. One time, he was involved in a motor bike accident. He was 'bombing' along (probably about 30 mph) when he reached an unmarked crossroads. Being him, he did not slow down. A car appeared from the side just as he was about to cross the crossroads. He hit the wing of the car, flew over the bonnet and landed on the road on the other side of the car, leaving the bike behind ...... and his shoes. Apart from a few bruises, he was O.K.

His surname was Lewis.

Is this genetic?

 

Cheers - Phil

Bout time you retired Phil....

IanS

Quote from: Just a few Orcs on 15 February 2016, 09:24:20 AM
slit trance

Slit trance!  

Definition: that moment shortly after you've cut yourself where you know you should be applying pressure, but can't resist taking a peek to see just how bad it is.  Second and further peeks may follow if the trance (and/or cut) is particularly deep  

Best one of those I ever did, was with a pointy No. 21 (?) Swann Morton blade, when I poked it through a slab of Fimo.

Cut on the end of the usual finger (index, left hand) looked quite small...but it had obviously gone in a fair way.
Squeezed it...to make sure there wasn't any crud in there....And it was like a water pistol.

I remember calling to Mrs T to show her my new trick....Squirting blood into the wash basin from a few inches away.
I was impressed.

Cheers - Phil

Quote from: Techno on 26 February 2016, 11:28:03 AM
Best one of those I ever did, was with a pointy No. 21 (?) Swann Morton blade, when I poked it through a slab of Fimo.

Cut on the end of the usual finger (index, left hand) looked quite small...but it had obviously gone in a fair way.
Squeezed it...to make sure there wasn't any crud in there....And it was like a water pistol.

I remember calling to Mrs T to show her my new trick....Squirting blood into the wash basin from a few inches away.
I was impressed.

Cheers - Phil

I see a new circus act in there somewhere: "Roll up, roll up.  Come see the Amazing Techno and his Ejaculatory Digits..." 

It's like Techno is an anti-vampire. Not wanting to drink it in, but gush it out.

"Count seeks person with ejaculatory digits for friendship and evening meals."

Macbeth, Act 5, Scene 1

Lady Macbeth: "Yet who would have thought the old man to have had so much blood in him."

I'm (apparently) very mean with my blood. (I was told this !  )

First time I ever gave blood, it took me three times as long to give a pint, as those around me.
(i.e. folk were starting after me, and finishing well before me, to the extent that I was effectively being 'lapped')

The nurse gave me some plastic thing to squeeze on, to see if that would increase the speed of the flow....It didn't.

In the end they gave up, and said that even though I hadn't given a whole pint.....That would have to do. (I was causing a backlog of donors.)

I only went back once more.....It was too embarrassing, 

Cheers - Phil

Quote from: Techno on 26 February 2016, 02:27:25 PM
I'm (apparently) very mean with my blood. (I was told this !  )

First time I ever gave blood, it took me three times as long to give a pint, as those around me.
(i.e. folk were starting after me, and finishing well before me, to the extent that I was effectively being 'lapped')

The nurse gave me some plastic thing to squeeze on, to see if that would increase the speed of the flow....It didn't.

In the end they gave up, and said that even though I hadn't given a whole pint.....That would have to do. (I was causing a backlog of donors.)

I only went back once more.....It was too embarrassing, 

Cheers - Phil

You see that's the problem with squirting it around so liberally: when you get to a situation where it matters, you just can't get it out...

I'm also mean with my blood! Never tried to donate, but my veins jump out of the way whenever the needle goes in for blood tests, collapse almost instantly and then flow is redirected from my extremities! I've fainted at least twice and the tourniquet never gets left on if they need three vials!  Must be a Welsh thing ;-)

Cheers!

Meirion

Quote from: Techno on 26 February 2016, 02:27:25 PM
I'm (apparently) very mean with my blood. (I was told this !  )

First time I ever gave blood, it took me three times as long to give a pint, as those around me.
(i.e. folk were starting after me, and finishing well before me, to the extent that I was effectively being 'lapped')

The nurse gave me some plastic thing to squeeze on, to see if that would increase the speed of the flow....It didn't.

In the end they gave up, and said that even though I hadn't given a whole pint.....That would have to do. (I was causing a backlog of donors.)

I only went back once more.....It was too embarrassing, 

Cheers - Phil

They should have just given you a Dremel and craft knife!

Followed by superglue and green stuff for repairing the damage...

I had a sculpting mishap today; plugged in my curing lamp and the bulb blew. As did all the fuses in the room, four people's computers lost power and everyone had to take an early lunch 
I'm hiding out at home now, but have to go back in to see if its fixed.

Ooooer ! 

Very occasionally, at Techno Towers, if a bulb 'blows' .......it 'flicks' the trip switch and 'stops' everything else on that circuit.....But that sort of thing has never blown a load of other fuses.

Cheers - Phil