I saw that happen many years ago only it was a rack of computer gear with
the bottom panel removed - same result !
...Wayne
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] On Behalf Of Rick Beckrich
Sent: Thursday, 16 July 2015 8:59 AM
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Subject: Re: [OM] IMG: Late Afternoon Arrivals
Never had that problem, but long ago, I stuck my arm up under a dashboard
and burnt a metal watchband in two. Took a month til I could wear a watch
again... Leather band.
.
Leather band
On Jul 15, 2015 5:39 PM, "Jim Nichols" <jhnichols@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I must admit that I have never heard of that hazard. Thanks for the
> heads up.
>
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
>
> On 7/15/2015 4:34 PM, Jez Cunningham wrote:
>
>> Remember how car batteries used to have big lead lugs joining each
>> cell to the next? Just the right gap between them for a ring to
>> bridge the gap, draw some hundreds of amps, vaporise and neatly
>> remove and cauterise a finger.
>>
>> On 15/07/2015, Jim Nichols <jhnichols@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> Ken,
>>>
>>> Rings can be a hazard in some circumstances. A boy a few years
>>> older than me, who was loading something on his father's stake-bed
>>> truck, jumped off the truck and his ring caught on the top of the bed.
>>> Needless to say, he lost a finger.
>>>
>>> I am familiar with the rule about no rings when working with
>>> rotating machine tools.
>>>
>>> When I had open heart surgery, one of the nurses told my wife to
>>> stick around for a moment and she would give her my ring, because
>>> the hands often swell following surgery. Knowing I had difficulty
>>> removing it, Donna asked her how they would get it off. She smiled
>>> and said, "We have our ways". In a couple of minutes, she handed Donna
the ring.
>>>
>>> Jim Nichols
>>> Tullahoma, TN USA
>>>
>>> On 7/15/2015 4:04 PM, Ken Norton wrote:
>>>
>>>> I still do have a ring on my finger. I can't bring myself to take
>>>> it
>>>>> off.
>>>>>
>>>> That's perfectly OK. Nothing wrong with it. Besides, it shows the
>>>> lasses that you aren't some creep living in his mom's basement.
>>>>
>>>> I wore mine for about the first year, but developed a severe skin
>>>> sensitivity to it. That and getting myself royally zapped! I've
>>>> tried wearing it through the years but it's a no-go. My dad didn't
>>>> wear his because as a precision tool maker, it was a work hazard.
>>>> So I just fell in with his example.
>>>>
>>>> AG
>>>>
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