Ouch! Just tore my ^%#!)$% thumb nail off!

[Chad Sheets]

Just have to vent for a few minutes until the darvocet kicks in... Washing the truck and tore my thumb nail off on the toolbox Blood all over the wash mit. I still have the entire truck to wash and wax still, and clean the inside all out and wash the carpet.



Got the fuel filter changed, oil and filter changed. Used a can of WD40 on the engine and let all the grime soak off. Gave it a good dousing with the hose then blew everything off dry. Impeller blades look clean, K&N filter is clean.



Still need to empty the blow by bottle, grease the front end and rotate tires too. I better take 2 darvocets and go into hippie mode Ok, starting to feel much better now

 

[chuck3]

Ouch

Sorry about the thumb nail, but on the bright side you sure got a lot of work done.

 

[illflem]

Chad, did you try jumping around on one foot? That usually works for me.

 

[HDH]

I have a HeavyBag Hanging from the Rafters just for that sort of thing. I punch out my pain or frustration.

 

[Bad340fish]

I dropped a Battery on my foot at work the other day, it landed just above the steel toe like they all do. Well I was mad anyways I attempted to kick the thing outa the way. It was next to a joint on the parking lot so it stayed and hurt my damn foot lol.



I got the Battery on my truck and instantly busted it with another battery. I felt much better after that childesh heh? lol

Clark



BTW I work for Interstate so i was not busting batteries on my ram lol

 

[Chad Sheets]

Well 8 hours later and she's cleaner than a show car... whew. 3 coats of wax. I hate all them bugs on that sport bumper and grille. Scrub a dub dub for an hour just on that area.



I have the hardest time keeping windows clean too. No matter what I use, or take it off with, they get all smeary and hazy after about a week or two. Any ideas?



Another thing. Noticed my passenger side door was a little unlevel with the rest of the body lines. Got it all adjusted and looking good, only to find out it leaks air like I dont know what. So, I adjusted it back to half crooked and sealing. Any ideas on this as well?



My rear is draging, hitting the rack. Peace, love and happiness.

 

[illflem]

Chad, while on the road I stopped at an auto parts to pick up some window cleaner, I wanted something like Windex etc, all they had was Rain-X window cleaner. Don't know what's in it but it sure does a good job keeping the haze off the windows. They also make Rain-X washer fluid, never tried it. Tried regular Rain-X window treatment and had bad results, it made the wiper rubber leave black marks all over the windshield, worked good on the side windows though. The Rain-X window cleaner hasn't caused this problem, I highly recommend it.

 

[HDH]

Ahhh, Washing and waxing the Beast!

Hey, Chad.
I use some Old Pantyhose rolled up in a Ball & soapywater for those Bugs. Works great on those Nuclear Age Bugs out by Taft! I swear Just one 30mile trip out to Taft from my house, And the Front of the Truck is Toast!

On the Window Thing, I use 409 Glass and Surface Cleaner With wadded up Newspaper. No More Streaks! or Haze!.
Most of the Paper Towels out now have some kind of light oil in the Fibers, Causing streaking and Haze to be left on the windows.
Hope this helps!

 

[CCahill]

OK... ... . I,m down on my knees stapling som metal lath on a bathroom floor, prior to doing some tile work... The lady of the house, who BTW was QUITE! attractive comes in and stands next to me. . She says hows it going this morning, Colin?... . I look up as I,m stapling to see her standing next to me in these SHORT shorts, and you could see all the way to her neck... . I proceed to catch the corner of my thumb/nail and tear it off and staple it to the metal lath..... Of course I was not only in extreme pain, but the bllod was like spurying all over my floor... . She looks at me with those dropdeadgeorgeous blue eys, and says... Did that hurt?



Of course I used my standard contractor statement : Oh no... . I'm a professional..... I do this all the time!!!



Colin

 

[Bad340fish]

LOL@ Colin, I did a double take on a parts delivery girl the other day and spilled my Dolly full of 10 batteries. She kinda laughed and got in her truck and left lol. Thank god I was on my way out and they were junk batteries not new ones.



Another thing that I have done is hurt myself while bent over a car/truck then stand up fast and nail my head on the hood. No one can tell me they have never done that

Clark

 

[CCahill]

OK... ... ... ..... One last one. . A few years back, I was driving my truck down a somewhat busy street... . I look over and see this woman that had a butt you could set a drink on... . well I look in front of me and heres a truck with a lift gate stopped about 10 feet in front of me... . didn't even have time to say " OH POOH"... I hit the guy @ about 28-30 mph..... It scooted his truck forward about 20 feet, and ripped my engine and trans off the mounts, into the radiator, the driveshaft fell out, and there I was... . What an idiot!!!!... . And she wasn't even a Jennifer Lopez look-a-like... Butt close (pun intended).



Colin

 

[QRTRHRS]

Worst part about tearing something up that would send a mere mortal to the emergency room is trying to get on with the job. Here you are, bandaged hand held up high to minimize the throbbing and all. Just wrecks your productivety.



CCahill... LOL

 

[WOWZY]

Originally posted by Chad Sheets

Just have to vent for a few minutes until the darvocet kicks in...

My wife said a few years back (in my partying days) that I drank too much beer. A few weeks later I had a Knee-board accident and the Knee-board hit me in the mouth, splitting my lip all the way to my nose. Anyway after the plastic surgeon got through I went and got the Darvoset perscription filled and saw that "Alcohol will intensify the effect" warning on the bottle. I drank 2 beers and popped one and it felt like a 12-pack. I told the old lady that I would only drink 2 beers a night from now on.



She didn't see the humor in it.

 

[Chris N5CWM]

Holy Mackerel you guys are CRACKING me up!

My stomach hurts from laughing so much!

I gotta get back to reading the rest of

these. . ROFLOL!!



-Chris

 

[EricBu12]

Time to invest in some nail clippers and a nail file to get those Edges off your finger so you wont catch it on something

 

[Max Wedge]

CCahill you are killing me with your experinces!



Well since we are here, in 1985 I dropped (Literally) a Chrysler 4-Speed out of my '64 onto my left hand--it slipped of the transmission jack, and my hand didn't stop much between it ane the concrete--but the transmission bounced and thats all I needed to get it out. Well here I am walking around in the driveway (in shock) holding my hand with the index finger just hanging there, and my brother comes out and pours peroxide in whats left of my palm--needless to say it went straight through, and burt like HECK! Didn't have to wait in the line at the emergency room either--they took me straight in. Doctor wanted to know if I forgot to throw the hand grenade after I pulled the pin--it was very ugly.



Couple of surgerys later hand is ok--index finger still won't work very well. Thats why I run an automatic now--fits on the jack much better



Max

 

[Irontrader]

I was rocking a gear back and forth with my hand one time and accidently pinched my middle finger between two gears. It really didn't hurt that much and at the time I wondered what the white thing was on my finger. My hands were real greasy and black from working on the tractor and I'd pulled the middle finger nail out by its roots. It was just attached at the end of the finger.



It bled a bit but had stopped bleeding by the time we got to the emergency room.



They took a look at my dirty hand and instructed me to go wash my hands in a sink.



After I cleaned my own hands, the doctor made a couple attempts to tuck the finger nail flap back into where it came from. It only took a couple attemps at that before I told them I needed some pain killer if they were going to keep trying to tuck it back in!!



After some pain killer it went in on the first try. A new nail grew in under the loose one and the top one fell off after awhile.



Really surprised me how easy a finger nail can be pulled out. Also I didn't know they have a square end back under the skin.

 

[WOWZY]

Early this year my supervisor at my old job dropped a die set on my finger. After grasping my finger and doin' the Pee-Pee dance for a minute, I realized that the edge of the die still had posession of my fingernail from me jerking my finger out. I looked at my finger and did the Pee-Pee dance some more. I never went to the doctor about it and it just recently finished growing to get it's first nail clipping.



Good thing I didn't have a tool in my hand or I'd be typing this from some penitentiary right now with an added double life sentence for someone trying to give me a bigger exhaust.