JDgreen
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Today's local newspaper has a column written by a senior editor, he just turned 62 years old. He described his week off his job, a manadatory payless one. He heats with wood, he had rented a splitter to split his firewood for next winter, and while the machine was hooked to his truck, a hydraulic hose burst while the engine of the splitter was running, and the resulting fire almost engulfed his truck. He said he put it out throwing handfulls of snow on the fire. No fire extinguisher? He was lucky there was snow on the ground.
After he returned the splitter, he got careless with his chain saw and gashed his leg above one kneecap badly...he had left his protective chaps in his garage. After a trip to the emergency room, he decided not to continue work on the wood cutting project.
I agree with that...in over 40 years of using power tools of all kinds, including chain saws and things just as dangerous, I have never really injured myself beyone a cut or two. One of my brothers in law has been missing part of two fingers for most of his life...got careless with a circular saw. Another one lost the tips of three fingers being careless around a brush chipper about five years ago. I have had hundreds of thousands of chances to injure myself in my lifetime and although I have been careful, I have also been lucky, and I like to think somebody upstairs has been watching over me as well...
So, just a friendly reminder to everyone here...as you begin your chores for the spring mowing season...PLAY IT SAFE AND PLAY IT SMART. Thanks for letting me have my say. :thumbsup:
After he returned the splitter, he got careless with his chain saw and gashed his leg above one kneecap badly...he had left his protective chaps in his garage. After a trip to the emergency room, he decided not to continue work on the wood cutting project.
I agree with that...in over 40 years of using power tools of all kinds, including chain saws and things just as dangerous, I have never really injured myself beyone a cut or two. One of my brothers in law has been missing part of two fingers for most of his life...got careless with a circular saw. Another one lost the tips of three fingers being careless around a brush chipper about five years ago. I have had hundreds of thousands of chances to injure myself in my lifetime and although I have been careful, I have also been lucky, and I like to think somebody upstairs has been watching over me as well...
So, just a friendly reminder to everyone here...as you begin your chores for the spring mowing season...PLAY IT SAFE AND PLAY IT SMART. Thanks for letting me have my say. :thumbsup: