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    • ttyymmnn
      ttyymmnn last edited by ttyymmnn

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      I have no idea what is going on here.

      As for being at the ER, my son tried to cut his finger off with a pocket knife. I think we’ll be able to save the arm.

      Some lessons are best learned empirically.

      #Planelopnik all the things

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      • facw
        facw last edited by

        13-year old me with a pocket knife:
        Runs blade across palm
        "This isn't that sharp"
        Runs blade across palm again
        "Maybe it is"

        I also still have a scar on my thumb from opening my Leatherman one handed and not getting the blade I expected. Was a nice flap of skin that in hindsight I really should have gone to the hospital for, but college age me clearly wasn't so wise.

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        • HoustonRunner
          HoustonRunner @ttyymmnn last edited by

          @ttyymmnn Yep, it is hard to stay outside your own "circle of blood".

          2015 Suburban 4WD / 1988 Suburban (#squarebody) / 1976 BMW 2002

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          • BicycleBuck
            BicycleBuck last edited by

            Out of all the cub scouts in my den, it was my son who cut himself while opening his knife. I was working with another kid who afraid to open his knife, so I dismissed my son’s first few attempts to get my attention. Then I turned around and saw the blood.

            Never discount the possibility that you might live through it.

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              ForSweden last edited by ForSweden

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              • benn454
                benn454 @facw last edited by

                @facw I've got an inch long scar on the web of my left thumb from the time Kid Me learned you're supposed to cut AWAY from you.

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                • WhoIsTheLeader
                  WhoIsTheLeader last edited by

                  I once took down a good deal of dropped ceiling by trying to use it as a step. Don't.

                  Also, your son will persevere and learn some lessons from this. It builds character 😉

                  Color enthusiast, Citroën fanatic, and Cruze driver

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                  • ttyymmnn
                    ttyymmnn @facw last edited by

                    @facw I blame his uncle who gave him the knife and didn’t get a lock blade.

                    #Planelopnik all the things

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                    Yamaha YTR-8445
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                    • RamblinRover
                      RamblinRover @ForSweden last edited by

                      @forsweden "Could you just... move a little bit... trying to give somebody the Evil Eye. Thanks. Thank you!"

                      Koyaanisqatsi resumes

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                      • jminer
                        jminer @ttyymmnn last edited by

                        @ttyymmnn Hope your son didn't do any permanent damage.

                        Also he's up there fighting rats in mortal combat. I used to work for a restoration company that would come in and clean up and repair after water/fire and so on. The most disgusting places I have ever been in was a hospital. I'm not even counting the germs/sick people ickiness.

                        This was a major regional hospital, that's regularly ranked in the top batch of hospitals for this or that nationally. There were rats the size of cats in the ceiling and in the basement (never go into a hospitals basement!!!) there were cockroaches the size of small rats.

                        Former hoarder of motorcycles, recent CA transplant, nerd.

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                        • BicycleBuck
                          BicycleBuck @ttyymmnn last edited by

                          @ttyymmnn said in Meanwhile, at the ER...:

                          @facw I blame his uncle who gave him the knife and didn’t get a lock blade.

                          Shots Fired!!!

                          Never discount the possibility that you might live through it.

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                          • jminer
                            jminer @ttyymmnn last edited by

                            @ttyymmnn said in Meanwhile, at the ER...:

                            @facw I blame his uncle who gave him the knife and didn’t get a lock blade.

                            Don't ever give a kid a non-locking blade knife. Yes swiss army knives are awesome, but I still have scars from closing one on my hand 25 years ago. When the kid gets old enough he can have a non-locking blade if he wants one.

                            Former hoarder of motorcycles, recent CA transplant, nerd.

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                            • ttyymmnn
                              ttyymmnn @jminer last edited by

                              @jminer Well, he’s 18, but our family in general doesn’t have much experience with knives.

                              #Planelopnik all the things

                              Yamaha YTR-8335
                              Yamaha YTR-8445
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                              • ttyymmnn
                                ttyymmnn @jminer last edited by

                                @jminer Hospitals are a great place to get sick.

                                #Planelopnik all the things

                                Yamaha YTR-8335
                                Yamaha YTR-8445
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                                • ClassicDatsunDebate
                                  ClassicDatsunDebate @ttyymmnn last edited by

                                  @ttyymmnn
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                                  • I
                                    ibRAD @ttyymmnn last edited by

                                    @ttyymmnn said in Meanwhile, at the ER...:

                                    @jminer Well, he’s 18, but our family in general doesn’t have much experience with knives.

                                    I thought your son was grown! Hope he's OK. Will he need more than stitches?

                                    I just gave my 8yr old a pocket knife (and accompanying safety lesson). Now you've got me worried.

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                                    • davesaddiction
                                      davesaddiction @ttyymmnn last edited by

                                      @ttyymmnn Oof... Yeah, some lessons you just have to learn yourself. Hope you're in and out quick. Urgent care wouldn't have been sufficient for this one?

                                      TR-6060 . RWD . LS3 . MagneRide . Brembos ... 4 doors + 5 seatbelts

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                                      • ttyymmnn
                                        ttyymmnn @ibRAD last edited by

                                        @ibrad Thanks. No major damage. Just a flesh wound. A tetanus shot and some stitches (and a $150 copay) will take care of it.

                                        #Planelopnik all the things

                                        Yamaha YTR-8335
                                        Yamaha YTR-8445
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                                          ibRAD last edited by

                                          @ttyymmnn Good to hear!

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                                          • KAC
                                            KAC last edited by

                                            As for what's going on there, either electrical or plumbing work. Working inside dropped ceilings is always fun /s.

                                            '85 Buick Electra STW, ever changing work van, '99 Nissan Almera sedan

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                                            • jminer
                                              jminer @ttyymmnn last edited by

                                              @ttyymmnn said in Meanwhile, at the ER...:

                                              @jminer Well, he’s 18, but our family in general doesn’t have much experience with knives.

                                              I don't even use a non-locking blade and I've carried a knife every day for over 25 years. I have one swiss army knife that my grandfather gave me when I was like 9 (that I cut myself by closing it on my hand).

                                              Everything I actually use is either a fixed blade or locking.

                                              Former hoarder of motorcycles, recent CA transplant, nerd.

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                                              • ttyymmnn
                                                ttyymmnn @davesaddiction last edited by

                                                @davesaddiction said in Meanwhile, at the ER...:

                                                quick. Urgent care wouldn't have been sufficient for this one?

                                                Probably would have been. Didn’t think about it. We only waited about 15 minutes before they called us back.

                                                #Planelopnik all the things

                                                Yamaha YTR-8335
                                                Yamaha YTR-8445
                                                Schilke P5-4

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                                                • DipodomysDeserti
                                                  DipodomysDeserti last edited by

                                                  My sister’s brand new ER burst a water main right at the beginning of our first covid wave. Good times were had.

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                                                  • Chariotoflove
                                                    Chariotoflove @ttyymmnn last edited by

                                                    @ttyymmnn said in Meanwhile, at the ER...:

                                                    my son tried to cut his finger off with a pocket knife

                                                    Better luck next time?

                                                    Curator, Kia enthusiast, dad joke specialist

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                                                    • ttyymmnn
                                                      ttyymmnn @Chariotoflove last edited by

                                                      @chariotoflove said in Meanwhile, at the ER...:

                                                      Better luck next time?

                                                      He’sa bit of an underachiever.

                                                      /s

                                                      #Planelopnik all the things

                                                      Yamaha YTR-8335
                                                      Yamaha YTR-8445
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