There are a lot of things that I don't want to touch. I don't want my finger to poke through the bag, when I am picking up dog poo. I am sure Courtney Love has some disease (or two). Moving chain saw blades.
I have the unfortunate pleasure (if that is the right word), to have done two of these already in my life. No, there was no bachelor party hookup with Courtney Love. Yes, I have stuck my hand in dog poo, kid poo and vomit. And yes, I touched the chain saw this weekend.
Luckily, I am still typing this with all ten fingers (it would be much more alarming if I weren't a touch typist - "I'm only typing this with two fingers"). I was trimming some trees and as I cut the branches, I would pull some of them away to get better access for the next cut. Stupidly, I held the chainsaw in my left hand, reached across with my right and pulled on the branch.
I actually felt the moving chain saw blade with the pad on my index finger and realized that I had nicked my middle finger knuckle! I'm not sure how I didn't seriously cut either of the fingers - a small band aid was all that was required.
Lessons learned
Wear proper protective equipment when you are using a chainsaw.
Put the chainsaw down if you need to pull on stuff.
Don't touch the chainsaw blade when it is moving.
I was lucky to keep my fingers.
2 comments:
upon reading your first sentence, I was thinking, "did Beau somehow spy on me this weekend?" I had the "finger in dog poo" incident in a major way on Saturday before mowing the back yard. Egads, how raunchy.
-Roger
upon reading your first sentence, I was thinking, "did Beau somehow spy on me this weekend?" I had the "finger in dog poo" incident in a major way on Saturday before mowing the back yard. Egads, how raunchy.
-Roger
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