Dumb things.....

[Goatman]

Anyone else do anything really dumb today?

We finished putting an 8.8 (locked and geared) and a budget boost in a TJ this morning. I used a stubby end wrench on the other end of an impact on a rusty bolt and nearly tore the end off my finger.......OUCH!!!

Now I'm sitting here with a wraped up, throbbing finger that I can't use to hit the keys. But at least the Jeep is finished. Dinner isn't for a few hours.....I think I'm going to take a nap. :rattle:

[Jes]

I just finnished mounting my new tires on my beadlocks, in my livingroom. Does that qualify as "dumb"? :D

[Goatman]

I just finnished mounting my new tires on my beadlocks, in my livingroom. Does that qualify as "dumb"? :D

I don't know....did you break anything?

:variety: :spin1: :eyes:

Playing some tunes while you where working? :music:



:D

[Jes]

did you break anything?



I broke a sweat getting the tires on the rims. :D

[Goatman]

I broke a sweat getting the tires on the rims. :D



:laugh: :laugh:



:cheers:

[woody]

Dang Richard...

that's be my signal to drink heavily.

LOL @ picturing Jesse rasslin tires on the liv. rm floor... the neighbors downstairs like WTF is he doing up there!!!

[Kejtar]

Anyone else do anything really dumb today?

We finished putting an 8.8 (locked and geared) and a budget boost in a TJ this morning. I used a stubby end wrench on the other end of an impact on a rusty bolt and nearly tore the end off my finger.......OUCH!!!

Now I'm sitting here with a wraped up, throbbing finger that I can't use to hit the keys. But at least the Jeep is finished. Dinner isn't for a few hours.....I think I'm going to take a nap. :rattle:
Ouch..... find some cold brew to cool the finger and remember you gotta keep emptying it so that you can get a freshly chilled one out to replace the other one.

[Lincoln]

I missed two easy shots today and retrieved my own birds. :looser:

That's all the dumber my day got. Been a pretty good day.

[What Rd]

I managed to get a nice case of food poisoning - the DAY BEFORE THANKSGIVING!!! (timing is everything, isn't it?)

I can't get over the image of Jes wrangling rubber in his livingroom. Either he's not married or doesn't want to be!

:nono:

[Fergie]

I missed two easy shots today and retrieved my own birds. :looser:

That's all the supider my day got. Been a pretty good day.

[Grant]

Anyone else do anything really dumb today?

:

Not today, but Sunday.

Cutting a cage out of a Alpine Sunbeam, well cage would be a generous description,

"Sch40 deathtrap" would be better.

Access was lousy, so I am using a cutting disc on a 7" grinder. Last cut and the cage pinched the blade, 5000rpms was instantly transferred into major rotational force on said grinder. used my left ring finger as a grinder bumpstop. Said finger exploded like an overripe grape, operator was too dazed and confused and cowardly to rip off the nail, even though it was barely attached at the quick.

So full sympathies on the sore digit.

:rattle:

[Kejtar]

Not today, but Sunday.

Cutting a cage out of a Alpine Sunbeam, well cage would be a generous description,

"Sch40 deathtrap" would be better.

Access was lousy, so I am using a cutting disc on a 7" grinder. Last cut and the cage pinched the blade, 5000rpms was instantly transferred into major rotational force on said grinder. used my left ring finger as a grinder bumpstop. Said finger exploded like an overripe grape, operator was too dazed and confused and cowardly to rip off the nail, even though it was barely attached at the quick.

So full sympathies on the sore digit.

:rattle:
OUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCH.... got pics?? :D or maybe better not....

[Goatman]

Whoa....Grant, OOOOOOUUCCHH!!!


See, I knew I'd find someone who was as dumb as I am.........


:D :D


You were wearing leather gloves....right?

[Grant]

Yup, I always wear gloves, glasses and hearing protection. I have been particularly anal about it since Bill-a-Vista got the steel in his eye a couple years ago.

About the only thing I should have done, was wear thick gloves, rather than MIG type gloves. But the gloves definitely helped limit the carnage.

I have thought the whole thing through and I screwed up in the way I was cutting the cage, kinda like cutting down on an unsupported limb with a chainsaw. I was cutting a vertical section and the weight of the cage came down on the blade as it cut through. I won't make that mistake again.

And typing (or anything else for that matter) sucks with a messed up finger.

[churky89]

When working on the JEEP,sometimes ya hafta disconnect the battery...Right?
Then when ya get done you hit the key ....nuttin.....THEN you remember ....
DUH!I forgot to connect the battery :doh:

[dyna]

Volenteered to work, blew 5 gear out of my truck. thats enough stupidity for one day.

[Goatman]

Yup, I always wear gloves, glasses and hearing protection. I have been particularly anal about it since Bill-a-Vista got the steel in his eye a couple years ago.

And typing (or anything else for that matter) sucks with a messed up finger.

Yeah, me too. After Bill's incident I put on the safety glasses as soon as I walk into the garage, then I also wear a face shield whenever I'm grinding. I found some bifocal safety glasses that work real well for my older eyes....... :)

[woody]

I took a cheap haircut today... and the clippers went Tango Uniform at a point that was bad for business... so I had to shave it down.

Bald is beautiful?

[goodburbon]

I turned down sex so I could get the jeep running for this weekend

[Goatman]

I turned down sex so I could get the jeep running for this weekend

What's so dumb about that? :confused:





:D

:D

[XJJPR]

I found some bifocal safety glasses that work real well for my older eyes....... :)


OMG, you actually admitted that!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Next you'll have them on the trail!!!!!! :D


hinkley

[Goatman]

OMG, you actually admitted that!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Next you'll have them on the trail!!!!!! :D


hinkley

On the trail........that's not a bad idea! :idea:

I'll have to run over to Harbor Freight and get another pair.


:D

[Beezil]

When working on the JEEP,sometimes ya hafta disconnect the battery...Right?


Exactly right. Disconnecting the battery to work on the jeep is incredibly dumb.

[Goatman]

Why is it that when you have a bad finger, you bump it on every friggin' thing around..... :cry: :(

Must be some kind of bad finger karma.........

:rattle:

[bjoehandley]

Wasn't fixing mine, but I got on the wrong end of a radar gun on the way to work yesterday morning, two days after buying a used RC off a co-worker (luckily he didn't ask what was in the metal breifcase in the cargo area.)

[thooogy]

Put xfer case in 4hi while I had the back jacked up. After finishing the AAL install I took it for a test drive - why's it making that grinding sound??:D

[sidriptide]

two days after buying a used RC off a co-worker (luckily he didn't ask what was in the metal breifcase in the cargo area.)

talk about self-incrimination... good thing he didnt run the tags or VIN on the toy car huh??

[GSequoia]

Dumb things...

Let's see, Thursday night polish off a bottle and a half of wine in a much too short period of time?

[Goatman]

Dumb things...

Let's see, Thursday night polish off a bottle and a half of wine in a much too short period of time?



Depends on whether it was good wine or not......

[old_man]

I woke up this morning and found that half my bottle of Jack was gone. I sure don't remember drinking it, but my head sure hurts.

As for the finger thing, back before I learned to take off my rings when working on mechanical stuff, I mashed my ring down almost to the bone with a highlift. I had to grab the dremel tool with a emery cutoff wheel and slice it off before I lost the finger. Good thing it was on the left hand. I don't know how well I would have done cutting that thing off left handed in that much pain. Your going to laugh, I actually had to hold the ring in the vice while I cut it. Good thing nobody was watching.

[Lou]

I woke up this morning and found that half my bottle of Jack was gone......

Just weird....coincidence?
As a matter of tradition, I used to allocation one bottle of Jack for each major PCB job that I routed. When done routing and the bottle was empty, I would stuff check plots in to the bottle and keep it as a momento.

[bjoehandley]

I was more worried about not being able to produce a reciept on the truck, he got the truck at the store we work at and I was the cashier who sold it to him. Although I was more worried we would ask about weapons too, Since I was on my way to work, I had my boxcutter on me.