When DIY goes bad
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I'd have to be stuck for a heck of a lot longer than 12 hours to do such a thing.
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Unfortunately, I get myself into predicaments like this on a semi routine basis. It seriously wouldn't surprise me if I found myself in a similar situation one day, like getting stuck in the chimney or something. Already knocked a ladder over this spring trying to clean leaves out of the gutter. Thankfully I had my cell phone and called my brother to prop the ladder back up.
Maybe its all a scam to collect 50K insurance on "loss of limb". This is scary thogh, as I was just about to replace my target wall in my burner and I was going to reach in through the view port - which is just big enough to get your arm stuck in there.
Twelve hours? What a lightweight lol
Check out this guy who got his arm stuck 5 years ago in the desert under a huge boulder. He toughed it out for several days before hacking off his own arm.....with a pocket knife.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5956900/
Both of these guys broke the rules, and they paid the price. Furnace guy, working alone, no cell phone. Canyon guy, hiking alone, didn't file a flight plan.
Check out this guy who got his arm stuck 5 years ago in the desert under a huge boulder. He toughed it out for several days before hacking off his own arm.....with a pocket knife.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5956900/
Both of these guys broke the rules, and they paid the price. Furnace guy, working alone, no cell phone. Canyon guy, hiking alone, didn't file a flight plan.
$50,000 to lose an arm? Not a very good deal.
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I've had a number of near misses on stuff like that. The worst is when the threat is not immediate like this one. Having an accident is one thing. Being helpless in a trap is another.
A minor one was with a hand held Rigid pipe threader. The trigger is on the wrong side of the handle. If it grabs and you're yanked, the force of the treader keeps your hand/finger on the trigger. After a couple of non-lethal events we had someone on standby at the plug.
No wonder we see risk at every corner as we age.
A minor one was with a hand held Rigid pipe threader. The trigger is on the wrong side of the handle. If it grabs and you're yanked, the force of the treader keeps your hand/finger on the trigger. After a couple of non-lethal events we had someone on standby at the plug.
No wonder we see risk at every corner as we age.
Safety, safety, safety!
I always think through the job looking for things that might bite me and I ALWAYS have my cellphone handy (in case I'm not squished or disabled enough to reach it or use it. Or have enough time to dial 911 before I pass out.)
I always think through the job looking for things that might bite me and I ALWAYS have my cellphone handy (in case I'm not squished or disabled enough to reach it or use it. Or have enough time to dial 911 before I pass out.)
Safety is important. We had a thread on here a long while back about if you liked to work alone or have someone around. On big jobs like this I make sure someone is around. Even me climbing on a ladder might be considered a big job (family history details many of us fall off of them).
Aron Ralston's book "Between a Rock and A Hard Place" is pretty fascinating, especially the actual narrative of his time in the canyon. Reckless, true, but he had the stuff when he needed it.
Originally Posted By: Vizzy
I too think this might be an insurance scam...12 hours is a very short period of time to do such a thing..
People today are so weak and desperate that it doesn't surprise me though.
Too bad the prosthetic is going to run $100k plus. Not everything is a scam in life. A little compassion, jeez..
http://helpjonmetz.com/
I too think this might be an insurance scam...12 hours is a very short period of time to do such a thing..
People today are so weak and desperate that it doesn't surprise me though.
Too bad the prosthetic is going to run $100k plus. Not everything is a scam in life. A little compassion, jeez..
http://helpjonmetz.com/
The man cut his own arm off - that makes him "weak and desperate?"
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I'd go with the desperate part of it, but that takes some stones if you ask me.
That's what I'm saying.
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