Your worst injury...

[Malc]

I have had a few accidents over the years, but the silliest was cleaning a lawn mower. I balanced on its handle and cleaned the crud off the cylinder of blades. I then pressed the trigger with my foot to spin it round. The torque of the motor caused it to overbalanced and I put my hand out to stop it falling. 2 finger ends disappeared into the grass. I had to drive to the Accident Hospital (we had one then) to get it seen to. They dressed the wounds and asked if I had had a tetanus shot recently. I said I hadn't . When I awoke the next morning, one arm had swollen so it resembled Popeye's. I had forgotten that I had a booster about 3 months previously, after my previous accident. The worst part was the large number of crows that gathered on the garden fence every time I went out to mow the lawn.

[Bob Tidbury]

Malc you do know that you can buy wild bird food in supermarkets  and pet shops  it might be a little less painful for you if not your bank balance.
Hope you are fit and well now and have learnt to unplug the mower BEFORE making any adjustments  or cleaning .
Bob

[Sprintex]

Malc you do know that you can buy wild bird food in supermarkets and pet shops  it might be a little less painful for you if not your bank balance.

Paul

[mark37/4]

Ok worset injury ive had was slicing my thumb open with a knife, was building a Airifx Messerschmitch Bf109-e3 and cutting the wings out, and as always i cut towards me, put to much force on the knife and the it slipped and decided to cut my thumb open with a nice cut,  so i went wrapped it in a tissue to try ang clog it, then put a plaster on, and went back to wrking on the model

another one was years ago when i was building a GMC truck kit by airfix, ans superglued my thumb and index fingure togeather,

then another superglue incident, i was helping my dad make a model slipway 1:24 fishing boat and i dropped superglue on my jeans, i said argh my aunts gonna kill me, he said, why,  i spilled superglue on my jeans, i said, he turned round and said itll burn, no it wont i said, this was quickly replied by me with AARRRGGHHHHH YOU BU$$3R  and it did burn a bit



as for non modeling injures, i went speedway when i was a kid, and saw some older kids runniong behind the cow shed, (grandstand) so i copied and ran head first in to a brick wall and bust my nose, another from when i was kid, was when i first used a iron, and wanted to see if it ws hot so i put my right hand ahaisnt it and soon found out it was hot, and had large blister for a few days

also sprained my left wrist in primary school whihc was a b$££$@r for me as im left handed, so kinda fell ebhind on work (plus i was eaisly distracted so behind anyways)

list is endless for me, but mainly cuts, brusises, and superglued hands

Mark