[TheForge] Real men dont use tongs

[Andy Vida]

marc3rd wrote:
> 
> Are you on a first name basis with the people at the burn ward yet?

	Nah.  Most of the burns have been unplesant, but
	relatively minor.  I've burned my hands "badly"
	on three occasions, twice in black heat grabs and
	once when, as I was splitting a sparkly-white bit
	of steel vertically in the vise for a fork, the
	chisel jumped out of the groove and the heel of my
	left hand went, full force, into the infernal
	iron.  That was one fugly burn, my hand nicely 
	charred and pretty deep, too.  What amazed me was
	how rapidly it healed, and along with the other
	two nasty ones, left absolutely no traces of ever
	having occured.  Stragner yet, I have a scale burn
	about 3/4" x 1/8 on my left wrist.  A piece of scale
	of precisely that shape popped onto that precise 
	spot perhaps five years ago and the scar stands out
	like a sore thumb to this day.

	Anyone know why it is that my really bad burns healed
	so perfectly and the annoyingly painful scale burns
	leave what appear to be lifelong scars?

	-Andy