[TheForge] Real men dont use tongs

Wed Dec 3 14:37:00 2003

Andy:  A medic once told me that the skin on the gripping surfaces of the
human hand is thicker than elsewhere and will heal more readily.  Even your
fingerprints will return to normal as long as the deep skin layers are not
totally destroyed.  Grant
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Andy Vida" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2003 8:12 AM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] Real men dont use tongs


>
>
> 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
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