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 nearly died!
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Chris H
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Posted: Wed Nov 17, 2004 12:00 pm

Now I am not one for dramatics but I nearly died, well nearly lost a limb, well my right index finger.

i can now say hand on heart that my finger is stronger than both a metal fence and a 19's door rolling back under the cars weight.

Bit of a mess and chunks of skin missing but the fingers still there and I can move it.

What happened was we moved the energy from the upstairs driveway to the slabs in our drive. Thing is energy has no brakes etc and the car was rollign back and I couldn't stop it and my mum and sister stood idly by and said is it sore when my finger momentarilly stopped a ton of motorvehicle.

Then I had to lift the back end over about 4 feet again myself now theres blood all down the side of the energy.

Thought I'd let you all know, so kids stay safe, I risk my bits so you lot don't need to!
StuHough
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Posted: Wed Nov 17, 2004 12:15 pm

R u ok m8
JB
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Posted: Wed Nov 17, 2004 1:01 pm

what did u trap it between?
Roger Red Hat
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Posted: Wed Nov 17, 2004 1:49 pm

pic!!

cant beat a bit of gore :p

gone to docs about it?
A14LN C
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Posted: Wed Nov 17, 2004 4:02 pm

I hope it aint ur pokin finger!!!!!!!!!! lol
schakal
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Posted: Wed Nov 17, 2004 4:07 pm

unlucky there chris,hope your finger gets well soon mate .
Neal
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Posted: Wed Nov 17, 2004 4:48 pm

Jonnyboy wrote:
what did u trap it between?


Chris H wrote:
both a metal fence and a 19's door


:p
Chet T16
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Posted: Wed Nov 17, 2004 5:07 pm

Its not the stories you tell, its the WAY you tell em!
JB
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Posted: Thu Nov 18, 2004 12:54 am

oh...need more detail...wat door?....how?
Chris H
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Posted: Thu Nov 18, 2004 3:23 am

ohhh the pain, the pain of it all.

the gate, notice the paints all theres still

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the edge of the door where my finger got trapped, notice still chunks of skine near the bottom

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the trim got ripped off too

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me finger in a big plaster

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the horror, the horror
Chris H
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Posted: Thu Nov 18, 2004 3:35 am

and this is why

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yes thats 3 cars in the front, 2 19's on the slabs still nto slabbed the other bit cos its effort

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I had to lift it in there myself

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tyre tracks to prove that I could only shove it in diagonally then lift it over

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need to cut the hedge a bit

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JB
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Posted: Thu Nov 18, 2004 3:43 am

minging skin on door.
mals
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Posted: Thu Nov 18, 2004 3:45 am

It's good to see you have pushed through that pain barrier, lifted yourself from your deathbed long enough to take pics of it all.
Chris H
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Posted: Thu Nov 18, 2004 4:29 am

well my public needs me
david3533
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Posted: Thu Nov 18, 2004 6:56 am

Chris H wrote:
ohhh the pain, the pain of it all.

the gate, notice the paints all theres still

Image

the edge of the door where my finger got trapped, notice still chunks of skine near the bottom

Image

the trim got ripped off too

Image

me finger in a big plaster

Image

the horror, the horror



ooooh that looks nasty, should now take it easy and put your feet up! any body got a sling so chris can rest his finger Laughing
Roger Red Hat
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Posted: Thu Nov 18, 2004 11:30 am

the things we do for bloody cars
Neal
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Posted: Thu Nov 18, 2004 11:35 am

i successfully skinned all my knuckles on one hand changing my exhaust last weekend.

pulling and pulling on it to seperate the 2 halves, suddenly it lets go and my scrape my hand along the ground at high speed holding the zorst. That really nasty old rough type of tarmac too. Should have used the rubber hammer to smack it... Oh well, the benefit of hindsight eh
Roger Red Hat
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Posted: Thu Nov 18, 2004 1:19 pm

yeah that is by far the worst thing..

when you know youve got to pull something to get it out, and you know any moment its gonna go, and ya hands go flyingback and rip aprt on something.

just one of the joys of being a mehcanic.

mind you breaker bar dose most of the good stuff.
andy-16v
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Posted: Thu Nov 18, 2004 2:21 pm

There was a time when whilst perched on top of a building pulling an ol' straining wire across an alleyway between two buildings a feckin tie broke and i smacked myself in the face at 40mph...............that hurt Surprised Crying or Very sad

P.S have u wiped the blood from the car? Twisted Evil
Chris H
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Posted: Fri Nov 19, 2004 5:01 am

yeah wiped most of it and watched my dead skin fall to the ground.
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