[TheForge] [OT] Cats, boots (Was: chickens)

[peter fels]

On Mar 29, 2011, at 6:49 PM, Jerry Frost wrote:

> Yeah, these things get funnier the farther in the past they are. . . Like 
> TREES.

Sorta like the humor increases with the square of the temporal distance.

When the steel toe nailed my toes to the sole,
i briefly thought, maybe i ought to go to the emergency  room..
Then thought about the very awkward 1 1/2 hr drive ( stick shift),
the 2 1/2 hour wait last time i was there bleeding,
and then the fact that i was much better equipped and qualified to remove it myself.
> 
> Jer
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "peter fels" <artgawk at thegrid.net>
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> Sent: Saturday, March 26, 2011 9:46 PM
> Subject: Re: [TheForge] [OT] Cats, boots (Was: chickens)
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>> 
>> On Mar 26, 2011, at 12:21 PM, Jerry Frost wrote:
>> 
>>> I love that Pete; got the wrong foot out of the way. And just in the nick 
>>> of
>>> time too I bet!
>> 
>> You betcha...i couldn't tell which foot it was going to land on, it kinda 
>> teetered off at an odd angle,  so i figured it was 50-50.
>> Just in the nick of toes.
>> It's funnier now.
>>> 
>>> Phlip: compositions (Phenolics as I knew them anyway) have a similar 
>>> crush
>>> resistance but spring back so they won't trap your foot. They're also 
>>> much
>>> warmer in cold country and lighter.
>>> 
>>> Jer
>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>> From: "peter fels" <artgawk at thegrid.net>
>>> To: "Blacksmithing List Sponsored by ABANA" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
>>> Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2011 6:44 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [TheForge] [OT] Cats, boots (Was: chickens)
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> On Mar 24, 2011, at 11:13 AM, Paul N wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> Can I ask what collapsed the toe?
>>>> 
>>>> I have a fleeting memory of  diagonally striking a large object on the
>>>> anvil,,something i'd just welded that turned out to be a little too hot 
>>>> to
>>>> hold...it landed corner side down. I'd quickly moved the wrong foot out 
>>>> of
>>>> the way as it fell.
>>>>> 
>>>>> I recently bought a new pair, and while they're rated at 2500 lbs, I
>>>>> believe that is  static 2500 lbs, and I don't really know how much that
>>>>> relates to say a 200lb anvil falling 2 feet onto my toes.
>>>>> 
>>>>> My old pair saved countless minor injuries of heavy stuff dropping on 
>>>>> my
>>>>> foot. BTW, composite toes with the 2500 lb rating are also available.
>>>>> I'm not sure what their failure mode is.
>>>>> 
>>>>> **paul
>>>>> 
>>>>> On 3/24/2011 12:59 PM, peter fels wrote:
>>>>>> Ever since i spent an uncomfortable and rather bloody 1/2 hour cutting
>>>>>> my toes free of a collapsed steel toe boot..i'haven't worn them.
>>>>>> I have  the opposite size problem, 11 1/2 B..skinny feet...so i also
>>>>>> have trouble finding ones that fit.
>>>>>> Sometimes i try to convince myself that the steel toe saved my toes 
>>>>>> from
>>>>>> worse damage...but...
>>>>>> 
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