The Bigfella
02-23-2009, 01:15 AM
Safe that is.....
Last Wednesday I was over at a mate's place cutting up some old steel that he'd given me for the new shed. I was using his big angle grinder, so he gave me his clear faceshield.
It is one of those horrible old ones, where it isn't easy to adjust to different sizes, so I just crammed it on and got the job done - about 30 or so cuts through 1 1/4" steel posts.
The helmet scratched my forehead up a bit - nothing to think about really. Next day it was a bit sore and a bit red, but I was into the glassing of the hull on the Yellowtail. By Thursday night, I was regretting not going to the Doc. Swollen, nasty looking.
Friday there was nothing for it - off to the Doc and onto the Keflex. There's millions of little buggers been trying to drill a hole or two in my damn skull. They seem to have got part way in... left a bit of a dent there so far too. At least the pills are working.
Who'da thunk that a little scratch on the forehead could lead to all that pain, swelling and a hole in the head eh?
It reminds me of about 6 years back when we took a kids soccer team to the South Pacific Championships in Vanautu. One of the kids got a scratch on his nose and some flesh-eating bacteria got in and started galloping across his nose. Scary stuff.
Last Wednesday I was over at a mate's place cutting up some old steel that he'd given me for the new shed. I was using his big angle grinder, so he gave me his clear faceshield.
It is one of those horrible old ones, where it isn't easy to adjust to different sizes, so I just crammed it on and got the job done - about 30 or so cuts through 1 1/4" steel posts.
The helmet scratched my forehead up a bit - nothing to think about really. Next day it was a bit sore and a bit red, but I was into the glassing of the hull on the Yellowtail. By Thursday night, I was regretting not going to the Doc. Swollen, nasty looking.
Friday there was nothing for it - off to the Doc and onto the Keflex. There's millions of little buggers been trying to drill a hole or two in my damn skull. They seem to have got part way in... left a bit of a dent there so far too. At least the pills are working.
Who'da thunk that a little scratch on the forehead could lead to all that pain, swelling and a hole in the head eh?
It reminds me of about 6 years back when we took a kids soccer team to the South Pacific Championships in Vanautu. One of the kids got a scratch on his nose and some flesh-eating bacteria got in and started galloping across his nose. Scary stuff.