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Wobbly John

Re: "Casualty moments"
« Reply #25 on: 09 May, 2010, 10:18:10 pm »
I untangled some string from the blades of a rotovator, while the engine was still running.  :facepalm:

... and towed it home on the bike trailer with the handles sticking out 2 ft beyond the rear of the trailer. I had turned the engine off by this time though.  ::-)

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Jules

  • Has dropped his aitch!
Re: "Casualty moments"
« Reply #26 on: 10 May, 2010, 12:03:59 am »
Quote from: little miss mac on 09 May, 2010, 08:03:01 pm
I attended a children's party with my son and did not know where he was for approx. 80% of the time.

I went out today with my wife, 16 year old daughter and 5 year old son looking for a Indian restaurant in Twickenham that did a lunch buffet. As there's a wide choice and as both women were staggering around on heels, daughter has recently outgrown wife and there's some kind of height war going one, 5 year old and I  went on ahead to choose where to go. When we found a restaurant  I introduced my 5 year to a waiter, told the waiter I  needed a table for four and left son alone in the restaurant for five minutes while I  found the others.

12 year old son went to Thorpe Park with a friend of the same age.
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Kim

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Re: "Casualty moments"
« Reply #27 on: 10 May, 2010, 12:50:48 am »
I used a meths burner and, in the absence of a more appropriate tool, unprotected thumbs to flare the ends of the newly-shortened chain tubes on the SMGT.
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Pedaldog.

  • Heedlessly impulsive, reckless, rash.
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Re: "Casualty moments"
« Reply #28 on: 10 May, 2010, 02:04:40 am »
dRIVEN A MOTOCYCLE FOR 12 MILES LOADED WITH BORDERLINE OPIATES!  Bought another guitar that i shouldn't have dione.
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rogerzilla

  • When n+1 gets out of hand
Re: "Casualty moments"
« Reply #29 on: 10 May, 2010, 06:45:37 am »
Quote from: Mal Volio on 09 May, 2010, 08:53:08 pm
Wrong time of the year  :o

Ours is in glorious bloom after its haircut last autumn

Just trying to keep it out of the loft.  It is flowering perfectly well.

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delthebike

Re: "Casualty moments"
« Reply #30 on: 10 May, 2010, 07:19:19 am »
Walked around the parapet wall of a six storey building while it was covered in sheet ice with no fall protection, on either side.

Edit: just to make it clear I was on top of the wall.
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Asterix, the former Gaul.

Re: "Casualty moments"
« Reply #31 on: 10 May, 2010, 08:33:46 am »
Got up, got out of bed..
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clarion

  • Tyke
Re: "Casualty moments"
« Reply #32 on: 10 May, 2010, 09:09:26 am »
Quote from: asterix on 10 May, 2010, 08:33:46 am
Got up, got out of bed..

Dragged a comb across my hair...
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Jaded

  • The Codfather
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Re: "Casualty moments"
« Reply #33 on: 10 May, 2010, 09:23:36 am »
...picked the other hair off the pillow and sighed.
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Auntie Helen

  • 6 Wheels in Germany
Re: "Casualty moments"
« Reply #34 on: 10 May, 2010, 10:15:03 am »
Quote from: delthebike on 10 May, 2010, 07:19:19 am
Walked around the parapet wall of a six storey building while it was covered in sheet ice with no fall protection, on either side.
What, today? Southend must be cold!
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redshift

  • High Priestess of wires
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Re: "Casualty moments"
« Reply #35 on: 10 May, 2010, 02:54:47 pm »
Quote from: rogerzilla on 09 May, 2010, 07:02:01 pm
What have you done today that the health and safety people wouldn't like?

Cycled to work.  ::-)

Used a sharp knife to open a box of tapes.  ::-)
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Greenbank

Re: "Casualty moments"
« Reply #36 on: 10 May, 2010, 03:59:55 pm »
(A while ago but worthy of a mention...)

Trimmed the hedge in the front garden in light drizzle with an electric hedge trimmer. I did use an RCD at least...

Also, in days of old whilst working in catering:-

Used a metal spoon in lieu of a 60A fuse to keep one of the kitchen circuits on. Luckily I removed all evidence before the electrician turned up to fix it properly.
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mattc

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Re: "Casualty moments"
« Reply #37 on: 10 May, 2010, 07:24:01 pm »
Walked upstairs while pulling a jumper off over my head.
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mike

Re: "Casualty moments"
« Reply #38 on: 10 May, 2010, 07:27:31 pm »
strimming the ditch using my oakleys as 'safety glasses'

Quote from: Greenbank on 10 May, 2010, 03:59:55 pm
Trimmed the hedge in the front garden in light drizzle with an electric hedge trimmer. I did use an RCD at least...

BTDT.  Cut through the cable too, thank goodness for the RCD. 
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rogerzilla

  • When n+1 gets out of hand
Re: "Casualty moments"
« Reply #39 on: 10 May, 2010, 08:45:21 pm »
Quote from: mike on 10 May, 2010, 07:27:31 pm
strimming the ditch using my oakleys as 'safety glasses'

Quote from: Greenbank on 10 May, 2010, 03:59:55 pm
Trimmed the hedge in the front garden in light drizzle with an electric hedge trimmer. I did use an RCD at least...

BTDT.  Cut through the cable too, thank goodness for the RCD. 

I only bought a petrol mower because I was fed up of cutting the cable with the electric one.
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Basil

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Re: "Casualty moments"
« Reply #40 on: 10 May, 2010, 08:51:24 pm »
Quote from: rogerzilla on 09 May, 2010, 07:02:01 pm
What have you done today that the health and safety people wouldn't like?

At work today I enquired who had eaten all the pies.  To a preggers colleage.

I've just counted my bits.  They're still all there.
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rogerzilla

  • When n+1 gets out of hand
Re: "Casualty moments"
« Reply #41 on: 10 May, 2010, 09:34:59 pm »
Quote from: Basil on 10 May, 2010, 08:51:24 pm
Quote from: rogerzilla on 09 May, 2010, 07:02:01 pm
What have you done today that the health and safety people wouldn't like?

At work today I enquired who had eaten all the pies.  To a preggers colleage.

I've just counted my bits.  They're still all there.
Most people do it the opposite way around..."congratulations, when's it due?"  THUMP.
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nicknack

  • Hornblower
Re: "Casualty moments"
« Reply #42 on: 14 May, 2010, 10:23:45 am »
Climbing up very steep rocky gully in Scotland on my own with no ropes nor nuffink. I had the scar on my belly from sliding down 20 feet or so for many years afterwards. If I'd slid a few feet further the drop was vertical for a 100+ feet.

Actually the most stupid thing I've ever done is probably far more common. It involved drinking all day with lots of beer and finishing the evening off with a couple of bottles of champagne and 2 or 3 bottles of red wine. I then drove from London to Nottingham.

It was a very long time ago.
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Zoidburg

Re: "Casualty moments"
« Reply #43 on: 14 May, 2010, 04:50:24 pm »
I just cycled in to town.

Not wearing a helmet.

Or hi-viz.

Nor did I use the cycle lane but quite blatantly took up an entire middle lane as I followed a 3 lane one way system to cross a roundabout.
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Riggers

  • Mine's a pipe, er… pint!
Re: "Casualty moments"
« Reply #44 on: 14 May, 2010, 04:57:28 pm »
I got sweaty palms just reading that Zoiders.
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clarion

  • Tyke
Re: "Casualty moments"
« Reply #45 on: 14 May, 2010, 04:57:50 pm »
I'm amazed you're alive.

Come to London.  We have Cycle Superhighways here.  They will keep us safe.
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Zoidburg

Re: "Casualty moments"
« Reply #46 on: 14 May, 2010, 04:59:10 pm »
Quote from: Riggers on 14 May, 2010, 04:57:28 pm
I got sweaty palms just reading that Zoiders.
It's edgy stuff I know.

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