You know saving your stupidity doesn't help a soul... at least I shared
it.... some one out there will think twice... and that maybe the one saving
grace of an incident like this....
Bout the jack stands.... Yeah I Know that drill....long time ago I came up
on a neighbor who was under his jeep in the middle of a dirt road... been
there 4 hours pinned by the falling Jeep.... Didn't get hurt.... but got
plenty smart after that....
I don't wash parts in Gas anymore either....( same guy... different day )
Keith Turk
Austin Healey 100 / Bugeye / Box Sprite / Bonneville Land Speed Racer
Camaro ( D Gas Altered )
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> From: Ajhsys@aol.com
> To: kturk@ala.net; spridgets@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: Shop safety
> Date: Tuesday, June 29, 1999 7:29 AM
>
> In a message dated 6/28/99 7:00:38 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
kturk@ala.net
> writes:
>
> << I stuck a Razor knife in my hand today and got to get carried to the
ER to
> get my 5 stitches cause I was stupid..... >>
>
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>
> Jeez, Keith, I hope there wasn't any brain damage! I think one of the
> reasons they keep you so long in the ER when you have an accident is so
you
> will think twice about all the time you wasted by doing something stupid
and
> getting hurt. Next time you will be more careful.
>
> What's even scarier is when you see one of your kids doing something
stupid
> (especially around a car). My oldest son was changing his front brake
pads.
> He jacked up both front wheels from the middle, under the engine, with
the
> floor jack, but didn't put it on stands. (Which were all of 5' away from
> where he was working.) Of course the jack went over to one side and the
car
> came down on it's lower suspension parts. Luckily the suspension is
lower
> than the brake rotors. (No damage, no one was hurt.)
>
> Now he knows to make sure the car is secure, even if it takes a little
> longer, and I'm sure he though about what condition he would be in if he
had
> been under the car! All you young pups out there, take heed! We all do
> stupid things, so learn from our mistakes.
>
> Get healed soon.
>
> Allen Hefner
> '77 Midget
> '92 Mitsubishi Expo LRV Sport
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