slim_boy_fat
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No, that and Twitter et al get a wide berthHaving experienced that personally, are you on WhatsApp…….
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zx9
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When we got married twenty six years ago I refused to take a wedding ring because I have never worn a ring of any kind, it did cause a few comments on the day but we are still married and I still have all my fingers. 
Edit: Weld splatter injuries include: welding under a car, it burned through my jumper and my t shirt, I felt it running down my stomach before it came to rest in my belly button. Not nice.
Edit: Weld splatter injuries include: welding under a car, it burned through my jumper and my t shirt, I felt it running down my stomach before it came to rest in my belly button. Not nice.
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Ditto re not wearing a watch. haven't worn one for over 60 years . Many people have asked how I tell the time I always answer "there is always some prat who will tell me ." i then immediately ask them the time and they always look at their watch and tell me . Problem is you eventually run out of people to ask.
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Again , ditto regarding any rings .When we got married twenty six years ago I refused to take a wedding ring because I have never worn a ring of any kind, it did cause a few comments on the day but we are still married and I still have all my fingers.
Edit: Weld splatter injuries include: welding under a car, it burned through my jumper and my t shirt, I felt it running down my stomach before it came to rest in my belly button. Not nice.
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It's not just the electrical danger but the snagging / catching as well.
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same here dont wear a ring im left handed and it snagged a few times and nearly cut my finger off
watches i couldn't wear too much static and they wouldnt work properly but did if i took them off and put to one side
Close,it’s a rotator,for turning the log whilst on the saw bed.
I did that when I was 17 it was a hell of a lesson!
I don’t wear gloves when around machinery if it catches the tip you have a elastic band pulling you in.
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The_Yellow_Ardvark
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Got this Clarks 13mm/ 1/2" hammer drill the other day.
After setting a chain of events in motion this morning, leading to a few senior managers having to go find supper soft triple ply tpilet paper. I set to work testing it.
Doing a PAT inspection showed a pass, but plugging it is, showed other wise.
Slow to run, excessive noise and then it popped the plug fuse.
Opening it up was simple, if you know a little trick.
Not that there is a hidden screw under the rubber hand grip. But how to remove the grip with out damaging the tabs.
Press a fine flat blade from the front, bend towards the grip and pop up.
Issue one.
Lack of any lubricant on the gears or bearings.
Behind the chuck is a sliver sleeve, this is the bearing to hold the O?P shaft in hammer action.
I had to boil it hot soapy water to free it off and remove the grease.
Issue 2.
Dry rear bearing. No lub from factory.
Both Carbon Brush holders not sat home in their holders. So the brushes are running on an edge and had worm badly.
Front Gears and bearings cleaned and lubricated.
Greased rear bearing.
Replacement brushes and holders re set. There are no securing clips, nor is their anything in the other half of the case.
Blob of 2 pack now secures them.
Tested, 10amp fuse fitted, as advised by Clarks and a PAT carried out.
One more item working.
After setting a chain of events in motion this morning, leading to a few senior managers having to go find supper soft triple ply tpilet paper. I set to work testing it.
Doing a PAT inspection showed a pass, but plugging it is, showed other wise.
Slow to run, excessive noise and then it popped the plug fuse.
Opening it up was simple, if you know a little trick.
Not that there is a hidden screw under the rubber hand grip. But how to remove the grip with out damaging the tabs.
Press a fine flat blade from the front, bend towards the grip and pop up.
Issue one.
Lack of any lubricant on the gears or bearings.
Behind the chuck is a sliver sleeve, this is the bearing to hold the O?P shaft in hammer action.
I had to boil it hot soapy water to free it off and remove the grease.
Issue 2.
Dry rear bearing. No lub from factory.
Both Carbon Brush holders not sat home in their holders. So the brushes are running on an edge and had worm badly.
Front Gears and bearings cleaned and lubricated.
Greased rear bearing.
Replacement brushes and holders re set. There are no securing clips, nor is their anything in the other half of the case.
Blob of 2 pack now secures them.
Tested, 10amp fuse fitted, as advised by Clarks and a PAT carried out.
One more item working.
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Forgotten about this. On Saturday I sheared a bolt, PIA as it’s one that holds the sidesteps on the pickup. Without it, there was a vibration. Sunday morning I successfully removed the sheared bolt with an easy out! First time I’ve had one work!
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Photos or it was a figment of your imagination!
The photos of the Osprey will have to do!
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Wedg1e
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Mainly starting “I just happened to be naked when I slipped and…. “
Yep; actually my mate's wife is also a nurse and when she was doing A&E as part of her basic training they had a lady brought in clad only in a nightie, having (it was claimed) stood on a chair to change a light bulb... you can guess the rest, and apparently getting all the broken glass out wasn't as far as they had to go.
One from my ex was the day she and a student nurse were washing mud and cack off the arm of a guy who'd been in a farming accident.
They were literally running his arm under a tap... while the rest of him was upstairs in theatre, being prepared for an attempt at reattachment.
Quite surreal, she said.
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My second ex-wife grumbled that I didn't wear a wedding ring; her words were that she didn't see why she had to be 'marked' when I wasn't.
Stupid bint was quite happy to stand in the jewellers for some time trying them all on and spending my money, though, never said a bloody word then
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That’ll carry a few more fish.
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Yes a few broken bones over the last fifty five years but everything is still there and working.And hopefully, all your other bits and Bobbitts.....
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Worked with a guy in Germany (Hi Lambert) who shorted a welder through his wedding ring . . . managed to not do it for 20 yrs, but one morning, he nearly lost a finger. Was off work a couple of weeks, came back with a still very charcoal looking band of skin around that digit . . .
A mate of mine arc'd his wedding ring changing a starter motor with the battery still connected. He doesn't need to wear a ring anymore - it's scarred into his finger.
I've worn a ring for almost 20 years and not had an issue yet.
