-=> CHARLES ANGELICH wrote to PHIL MARLOWE <=-

 CA> I know many people put one hand down next to a screw when they
 CA> are trying to get it started (especially in wood). I did that
 CA> and the screwdriver slipped. Made a very odd sound as it
 CA> pierced the skin between my thumb and my hand and left an "X"
 CA> where it had gone completely through and out the other side
 CA> (Phillips). Hurts when you push a somewhat blunt object through
 CA> your hand.

I can outgross that. Running a printing press improperly cleaned
by the night shift I was adjusting the web roller guide
when the allen wrench slipped out of the dry ink filled
adjustment allen screw.
My hand dropped to the roll stock running through the press
at 540 Ft/Min., couple hundred pounds of revolving mass
and two 2 H.P. DC motors came to a stop as my finger slid 
between the hard rubber and stainless steel pinch rollers.
My fingernail was driven along the bone to just about the first 
joint where I removed it with cheap loose pliers on something 
like the fifth attempt to grasp the nail.
Then I went to my supervisior to get soome peroxide
to pour over the wound. 
This happened first thing in the morning and I finished the day 
though it was a major owie when that finger touched the frame 
of the press while adjusting various settings throughout the day.

CA> I don't do that anymore. ;-)

Me neither ;-)
Someone less fortunate than I did the same thing and it rendered his
whole arm largely useless. To this day I'll never know why the 
bone in the finger did not crush resulting in that more serious 
outcome.
OH yeah, this sytem I thought I'd fixed is evidencing
problems again and actually may never have stopped having
them but the problems of a hang or crash with Win 3.1
are less severe than with Win 98 so I've managed to work around it.
Gotta try putting in a different hard drive ribbon cable
as that's free but fear it may be the H.P.'s on 
motherboard board I/O :-(
Those are about the only things left it could be.
Then again the Seagate drive I put in there is ten years old...
Two failed drives in a row?
Glad I kept the 6.4 Gig Quantum drive as it's possible it's
good.

 
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