[TheForge] Werk smart, not hard

[Jerry Frost]

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From: "A. Vida" <osan@netlabs.net>
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Sent: Friday, July 18, 2003 10:28 AM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] Werk smart, not hard


>
> Luckily, some of us seem to become marginally smarter as
> the years accumulate.  Now I try not to stick my parts into
> the whirling members of large, powerful machine tools.  It's
> worked wonders for my health.
>
> -Andy


I too have been extremely lucky to make it as far as I have with all my body
parts intact. (mostly)

I thank my father though for forcing me to work in his shop. Metal spinning
is one of your more dangerous trades, maybe not top 10 but close, at least
then. I saw so much blood and internal tissue growing up I developed a
serious aversion to putting MY body parts in harms way. I learned to keep
cool in the presence of pumping arteries, find pressure points, apply
pressure dressings, improvize same, call EMS, describe the situation, give
directions, etc. while applying direct pressure and so on.

I've found the keeping cool part extremely handy the couple times I've been
the victim and had to talk my "rescuers" through first aid.

Thanks Dad!

Frosty
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If it ain't forged
it ain't real.
Wrought iron is.
The FrostWorks

Meadow Lakes, AK.