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Another reason never to do dishes by hand!!
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| Maureen Galvin 2004-10-25, 2:09 am |
| I had a full dishwasher so ran it right after dinner. There were a couple
of glasses left in the sink before going to bed and I decided to wash
them -what was I thinking!! Anyway, I pick up a glass to wash it and stick
my hand inside and damn if it does not break. I have a small cut on the
lowest joint of the thumb, but figure no big deal. I start to wash the last
couple of things and notice that the water is pink. I have slashed the
bottom knuckle of my index finger wide open - OUCH!! So I'm sitting here
with about six bandaids hoping that it stops bleeding and I dont need to get
stitches  Doesn't look hopeful and I'm probably goign to go to the ER in
a bit. Geez, cant a girl catch a break?
Maureen
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| Barbara OBrien Smith 2004-10-25, 4:07 am |
| Maureen,
Hope you didn't need stitches and this doesn't slow you down too much with
transcribing.
Barbara
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| Ed Chait 2004-10-25, 7:07 am |
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> Maureen,
> Hope you didn't need stitches and this doesn't slow you down too much with
> transcribing.
>
I will second those sentiments.
I'm stay fairly aware of hand injuries, since having any significant injury
to my hands would put me out of commision on both my jobs.
Last year I had a felon on my left index finger that made typing really
painful for a few days.
Hope it heals quickly and that you do OK Maureen.
Regards,
ed
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| Anne Carle 2004-10-25, 7:07 am |
| On Mon, 25 Oct 2004 01:15:45 -0500, "Maureen Galvin"
<maureen.galvin@comcastdotnet> wrote:
>I had a full dishwasher so ran it right after dinner. There were a couple
>of glasses left in the sink before going to bed and I decided to wash
>them -what was I thinking!! Anyway, I pick up a glass to wash it and stick
>my hand inside and damn if it does not break. I have a small cut on the
>lowest joint of the thumb, but figure no big deal. I start to wash the last
>couple of things and notice that the water is pink. I have slashed the
>bottom knuckle of my index finger wide open - OUCH!! So I'm sitting here
>with about six bandaids hoping that it stops bleeding and I dont need to get
>stitches Doesn't look hopeful and I'm probably goign to go to the ER in
>a bit. Geez, cant a girl catch a break?
>
>Maureen
>
OUCH! A knuckle injury stays painful for sooooo long! Did you end up
needing stitches? Have you had a tetanus shot in the last ten years?
Anne/OH
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| Maureen Galvin 2004-10-25, 7:07 am |
| Thanks everyone. Yep, got my tetanus shot this morning  along with five
stitches on the index finger and dermabond on the thumb. Ugh!! 2004 hurry
up and end will ya.
Maureen
"Anne Carle" <acarle@munge.com> wrote in message
news:aalpn09gl3jlvl09r8tleop36f3qtaevlu@4ax.com...
> On Mon, 25 Oct 2004 01:15:45 -0500, "Maureen Galvin"
> <maureen.galvin@comcastdotnet> wrote:
>
> OUCH! A knuckle injury stays painful for sooooo long! Did you end up
> needing stitches? Have you had a tetanus shot in the last ten years?
>
> Anne/OH
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| KMitch429 2004-10-25, 11:07 am |
| DO NOT EVER DO DISHES AGAIN!
Simple answer!
The tools of our trade -- have to protect them any way we can.
Hope your wounds heal soon.
(remove purple from up above, never from my life!)
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| Jeannie H Wilson 2004-10-25, 11:07 am |
| >Thanks everyone. Yep, got my tetanus shot this morning along with five
>stitches on the index finger and dermabond on the thumb. Ugh!! 2004 hurry
>up and end will ya.
Sorry to hear about that! I always tell my DH that I don't like washing dishes
in the sink or doing similar things that may end up hurting my hands. I
tripped over some toy on my stairs the other day and slid down them on my side
rather than trying to catch myself with my hands. My butt and hip hurt, but my
hands were still fully functional! Funny how just a small injury to your hand
can seem so crippling when you transcribe for a living!
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| Anne Vasquez 2004-10-25, 11:07 am |
| I still have a scar on my pinky finger from exactly the same thing.
Took 6 stitches. I agree that doing dishes by hand is a hazardous exercise!
Anne
Maureen Galvin wrote:
> I had a full dishwasher so ran it right after dinner. There were a couple
> of glasses left in the sink before going to bed and I decided to wash
> them -what was I thinking!! Anyway, I pick up a glass to wash it and stick
> my hand inside and damn if it does not break. I have a small cut on the
> lowest joint of the thumb, but figure no big deal. I start to wash the last
> couple of things and notice that the water is pink. I have slashed the
> bottom knuckle of my index finger wide open - OUCH!! So I'm sitting here
> with about six bandaids hoping that it stops bleeding and I dont need to get
> stitches Doesn't look hopeful and I'm probably goign to go to the ER in
> a bit. Geez, cant a girl catch a break?
>
> Maureen
>
>
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| Becky Young 2004-10-25, 11:07 am |
| >So I'm sitting here
>with about six bandaids hoping that it stops bleeding and I dont need to get
>stitches Doesn't look hopeful and I'm probably goign to go to the ER in
>a bit. Geez, cant a girl catch a break?
ER, I think you _did_ catch a break!
Anchor Hocking glassware, by any chance? Or Corelle? I've done the same thing
twice and had to be stitched once and should have been the other time.
The last time, we were having a BBQ and we were all drinking beer. I had to go
the ER at the hospital where I was a manager, beer on my breath, and have my
finger stitched.
He always said he did it under a "beer block" which I have always thought was
very clever of him.
I haven't read ahead, but I hope you go and have it taken care of - the one I
didn't get stitched is still numb, some 15 years later.
Becky Young
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| Becky Young 2004-10-25, 11:07 am |
| > five
>stitches on the index finger and dermabond on the thumb.
I think you'll be glad you had this done.
>Ugh!! 2004 hurry up and end will ya.
A fervent "amen" coming from here!!!
Becky Young
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| Gdubson 2004-10-25, 11:07 am |
| >Anchor Hocking glassware, by any chance? Or Corelle? I've done the same thing
>twice and had to be stitched once and should have been the other time.
That Corelle stuff is dangerous, shatters into very sharp pieces!
Gisele
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| Eliyahu Rooff 2004-10-25, 7:09 pm |
| Hope it heals up quickly and without problems! For the future, get
a couple of those bottle brushes and skinny-handled dish brushes for
stuff like this. I've got them because my hands are too big to even
try and fit inside a glass.
Eliyahu
"Maureen Galvin" <maureen.galvin@comcastdotnet> wrote in message
news:zOCdnRqoRYmQB-HcRVn-rA@comcast.com...
|I had a full dishwasher so ran it right after dinner. There were a
couple
| of glasses left in the sink before going to bed and I decided to
wash
| them -what was I thinking!! Anyway, I pick up a glass to wash it
and stick
| my hand inside and damn if it does not break. I have a small cut
on the
| lowest joint of the thumb, but figure no big deal. I start to
wash the last
| couple of things and notice that the water is pink. I have
slashed the
| bottom knuckle of my index finger wide open - OUCH!! So I'm
sitting here
| with about six bandaids hoping that it stops bleeding and I dont
need to get
| stitches Doesn't look hopeful and I'm probably goign to go to
the ER in
| a bit. Geez, cant a girl catch a break?
|
| Maureen
|
|
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| Anne Vasquez 2004-10-25, 7:09 pm |
| Better yet, wait for the next dishwasher load!
I hope it heals well and quickly, Maureen.
Anne
Eliyahu Rooff wrote:
> Hope it heals up quickly and without problems! For the future, get
> a couple of those bottle brushes and skinny-handled dish brushes for
> stuff like this. I've got them because my hands are too big to even
> try and fit inside a glass.
>
> Eliyahu
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| Im1whalen 2004-10-25, 7:09 pm |
| >Anyway, I pick up a glass to wash it and stick
>my hand inside and damn if it does not break.
Not very elegant or classy but, mostly cuz of all the kids, we use reusable
plasticware as much as possible (I hate to wash dishes). I know its not the
cheapest way but it sure makes my life easier.
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| Anne Carle 2004-10-25, 7:09 pm |
| Glad to hear you saw to business, Maureen. I hope it heals quickly.
Anne/OH
On Mon, 25 Oct 2004 05:58:17 -0500, "Maureen Galvin"
<maureen.galvin@comcastdotnet> wrote:
>Thanks everyone. Yep, got my tetanus shot this morning along with five
>stitches on the index finger and dermabond on the thumb. Ugh!! 2004 hurry
>up and end will ya.
>
>Maureen
>
>"Anne Carle" <acarle@munge.com> wrote in message
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>
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| JulieW8 2004-10-25, 7:09 pm |
| On Mon, 25 Oct 2004 19:07:35 GMT, Anne Vasquez
<annevasquez@NOSPAMhotmail.com> spilled the contents of his/her brain
by saying:
>Better yet, wait for the next dishwasher load!
Better yet, use plastic cups! <G>
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| RaeMorrill 2004-10-25, 10:07 pm |
| >Better yet, use plastic cups! <G>
>
>
Drink right out of the carton?
Rae Morrill in Maine
"Ya can't get theyuh from heeah"
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| Gdubson 2004-10-25, 10:07 pm |
| >Drink right out of the carton?
>
>Rae Morrill in Maine
In front of an open fridge door.
Gisele
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| LizzieB 2004-10-25, 10:07 pm |
| Gdubson wrote:
>
>
> In front of an open fridge door.
And don't forget the latent nutritional value for your family in all
that backwash.
LizzieB.
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| Gdubson 2004-10-25, 10:07 pm |
| >And don't forget the latent nutritional value for your family in all
>that backwash.
>
>LizzieB.
Eeeew!
Gisele (putting carton back)
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| Maureen Galvin 2004-10-25, 10:07 pm |
| See, I actually like hand washing dishes in hot soapy water (yeah call me
sick). Dont get me wrong, no way in heck I'd do it every single day two or
three times a day, but there are some times that I just like to do it. It's
kind of therapeutic and relaxing so long as it was my decision to do them
I was just feeling kind of domestic yesterday. I got just about all of the
laundry done, did my fall cleaning of the yard, even had dinner made and
eaten before 6:00. I was ahead of the game and feeling pretty good. I
should have known that like any good reality show, there would be a shocking
spin to my night.
Maureen
"Im1whalen" <im1whalen@aol.com> wrote in message
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>
> Not very elegant or classy but, mostly cuz of all the kids, we use
> reusable
> plasticware as much as possible (I hate to wash dishes). I know its not
> the
> cheapest way but it sure makes my life easier.
| |
| Maureen Galvin 2004-10-25, 10:07 pm |
| Double EWWW!! Thank goodness my kids have never picked up on that. They
get grossed out because the milk sticks to the top of the plastic milk
cartons
Maureen
"Gdubson" <gdubson@aol.comnospam> wrote in message
news:20041025215400.10984.00002347@mb-m14.aol.com...
>
> Eeeew!
>
> Gisele (putting carton back)
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| LizzieB 2004-10-25, 10:07 pm |
| Gdubson wrote:
>
>
> Eeeew!
>
> Gisele (putting carton back)
I know you spewed.
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| Gdubson 2004-10-25, 10:07 pm |
| >>
>
>I know you spewed.
>
Yep, and now the kitchen floor is a mess. I do admit to the occasionally
therapeutic value of housework, as long as you don't go crazy about it.
Gisele
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| RaeMorrill 2004-10-25, 10:07 pm |
| >And don't forget the latent nutritional value for your family in all
>that backwash.
[vbcol=seagreen]
ROFL - well I see we all have a member of the male species living with us
Rae Morrill in Maine
"Ya can't get theyuh from heeah"
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| Gdubson 2004-10-25, 10:07 pm |
| >ROFL - well I see we all have a member of the male species living with us
>
>
>Rae Morrill in Maine
As I've told here before, I was pretty much raised in a barn, and my husband
came from a much more normal family. He would never drink straight out of the
carton. All of his family, though, get up frmo the dinner table without asking
to be excused. They just wander off! It seems so strange to me, though I can
hardly say why.
Gisele
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| LizzieB 2004-10-25, 10:07 pm |
| Gdubson wrote:
> All of his family, though, get up frmo the dinner table without asking
> to be excused. They just wander off! It seems so strange to me, though I can
> hardly say why.
Not only were we not allowed to get up from the dinner table without
asking, we weren't allowed to ask. We got up when dad was done and HE
wanted to get up. Period. End of story.
LizzieB.
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| ChrissyPete2 2004-10-26, 2:07 am |
| I did that once too. I now make sure that the glasses I buy are wide enough for
my hands to fit into easily or are very thick and won't break from doing so.
Hope you heal quickly!
| |
| ChrissyPete2 2004-10-26, 2:07 am |
| >Funny how just a small injury to your hand
>can seem so crippling when you transcribe for a living!
>
that is sooo true! I once stood up and smacked the backside of my hand directly
onto a sharp corner -- it bruised so badly internally and I couldn't stretch my
fingers outright for a while. Put a kink into production for sure.
| |
| Anne Vasquez 2004-10-26, 2:07 am |
| Yes indeed. I found out a few years ago that it IS possible to type
with a broken right 5th finger, but it's not much fun. And it's really
s-l-o-w.
Anne
ChrissyPete2 wrote:
>
>
> that is sooo true! I once stood up and smacked the backside of my hand directly
> onto a sharp corner -- it bruised so badly internally and I couldn't stretch my
> fingers outright for a while. Put a kink into production for sure.
| |
| Anne Vasquez 2004-10-26, 2:07 am |
| Wash dishes by hand by choice? Yep, that's sick all right! ;-)
Anne
Maureen Galvin wrote:
> See, I actually like hand washing dishes in hot soapy water (yeah call me
> sick). Dont get me wrong, no way in heck I'd do it every single day two or
> three times a day, but there are some times that I just like to do it. It's
> kind of therapeutic and relaxing so long as it was my decision to do them
>
> I was just feeling kind of domestic yesterday. I got just about all of the
> laundry done, did my fall cleaning of the yard, even had dinner made and
> eaten before 6:00. I was ahead of the game and feeling pretty good. I
> should have known that like any good reality show, there would be a shocking
> spin to my night.
>
> Maureen
| |
| Margie 2004-10-26, 11:08 am |
| I broke a bone in my left 5th finger by hyperextending it . Hand
surgeon "casted" it in a very slightly flexed position (to prevent
full extension) and left the little cast open on the underside so I
could flex the finger, because I told him I absolutely had to be able
to type if at all possible. Leave it to me to figure out a way to
break a finger and still be able to work. Healed without problem,
except on some cold, rainy days (like today -- are you loving it,
Judity?).
Margie
On Tue, 26 Oct 2004 03:55:39 GMT, Anne Vasquez
<annevasquez@NOSPAMhotmail.com> wrote:
[vbcol=seagreen]
>Yes indeed. I found out a few years ago that it IS possible to type
>with a broken right 5th finger, but it's not much fun. And it's really
>s-l-o-w.
>
>Anne
>
>
>ChrissyPete2 wrote:
| |
|
| Speaking of dishwashers, my girlfriends Kenmore was missing the little
wheels on the front of the lower wash rack which causes the wash arm to hit
and hang up on it. Sears wants an arm and a leg for new wheels, so I got to
looking around, and used the plastic lid off of an old bottle of vitimins,
heated up an ice pick on her stove, and poked a hole through the center, and
put it on the wash rack, and it worked pretty good, then I noticed a checker
from her kids checker game laying under the kitchen table, hey that worked
great for the other side. It isn't perfect, but at least the wash arm isn't
jamming up against the lower dish rack anymore.
| |
| Ed Chait 2004-10-27, 4:06 am |
|
"Chuck" <clm701@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:10nukdtellu2c4b@corp.supernews.com...
> Speaking of dishwashers, my girlfriends Kenmore was missing the little
> wheels on the front of the lower wash rack which causes the wash arm to
hit
> and hang up on it. Sears wants an arm and a leg for new wheels, so I got
to
> looking around, and used the plastic lid off of an old bottle of vitimins,
> heated up an ice pick on her stove, and poked a hole through the center,
and
> put it on the wash rack, and it worked pretty good, then I noticed a
checker
> from her kids checker game laying under the kitchen table, hey that worked
> great for the other side. It isn't perfect, but at least the wash arm
isn't
> jamming up against the lower dish rack anymore.
>
Very resourceful Chuck.
ed, domestic McGuyver
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| SANDITYPES 2004-10-27, 7:07 am |
| >> Speaking of dishwashers, my girlfriends Kenmore was missing the little
>hit
>to
>and
>checker
>isn't
>
>
>Very resourceful Chuck.
>
>ed, domestic McGuyver
>
Must be a guy thing - my husband once fixed my car with a bolt and a
rollerskate wheel.
Sandi
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| 14tonks 2004-10-27, 11:07 am |
| "SANDITYPES" <sanditypes@aol.comshazbot> wrote in message
news:20041027073824.03602.00002868@mb-m04.aol.com...
> Must be a guy thing - my husband once fixed my car with a bolt and a
> rollerskate wheel.
>
No, it's just having an engineer's/mechanic's mind, which isn't really just
a guy thing. I think the difference is that boys get more encouragement to
tinker with that kind of stuff than girls do, but the talent isn't
necessarily sex-linked. I got very good at cobbling all kinds of odd items
into equipment and/or make-do fixes when I had to maintain my own lab
equipment, and then it carried over into household finagles. I once built a
whole tonometer we needed for a research project out of the bits and pieces
of old motors, pulleys, clamps, corks, and glassware accumulated in various
junk drawers. My favorite finagle is the plumbing for the shower massage in
my bathroom, though. When I moved in here and went to install it, I found
that the plumbing piece hiding behind the standard shower head was a
one-piece construction of nonstandard size that disappeared back behind the
tiled wall without any joint at all at which it could be disassembled. My
landlord was not interested in knocking out a wall and replumbing my
bathroom so I could have a shower massage, I didn't have the money to pay my
own plumber to do it even if I could have gotten the landlord to agree to
that, and the one standard plumber's adapter that is made for the problem
didn't fit that _really_ nonstandard pipe end, which probably dates back to
at least the early 1900s. I got a little machining done on the inside of the
standard adapter with a bit of baking bribery, and then upended all my
household odd bits and pieces until I had patched together a non-leaking
adapter connection that let me have my shower massage. (I think there's at
least one pill-bottle cap involved in that one as well.) It looks like Rube
Goldberg was at work up there at the end of the pipe, but it's been working
great for 8 years now, with no big plumber's bill.
By the way, anything that can't be fixed with duct tape or hairpins can't be
fixed. It has to be a real hairpin, though, not one of those bobby-pin
things. (Those of you guys who only know about the wonders of duct tape, I
strongly recommend you cultivate the acquaintance of a lady with hairpins
and investigate the other great fix-it tool. I remember being at a cat show
with a guy who ran a service station and garage for a living when a blizzard
and ice storm struck on Sunday afternoon . When he had used up all his fixes
to get the clogged windshield squirter squirting again before we hit the
road for home, I finally convinced him to let me at it with a hairpin. I
had to take my hair down and leave him the rest of my hairpins to add to his
toolkit when we got home, though, LOL. They work better than paperclips for
things like popping CD and Zip drives open, too.)
--
Sheila
To reply to me, add the prefix real. to my address.
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| Eliyahu Rooff 2004-10-27, 11:07 am |
|
"14tonks" <mail.2.14tonks@recursor.net> wrote in message
news:2u9hq0F285lulU1@uni-berlin.de...
> "SANDITYPES" <sanditypes@aol.comshazbot> wrote in message
> news:20041027073824.03602.00002868@mb-m04.aol.com...
>
> No, it's just having an engineer's/mechanic's mind, which isn't really
just
> a guy thing. I think the difference is that boys get more
encouragement to
> tinker with that kind of stuff than girls do, but the talent isn't
> necessarily sex-linked.
Back when I had the bike shop, I had several women working as mechanics.
Every bit as good as the guys, and they tended to be more meticulous and
more attentive to details.
>
> By the way, anything that can't be fixed with duct tape or hairpins
can't be
> fixed. It has to be a real hairpin, though, not one of those bobby-pin
> things.
These are the U-shaped wire ones with a bit of corrugation in the
middle? Haven't seen those for years.
Eliyahu
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| 14tonks 2004-10-27, 11:07 am |
|
"Eliyahu Rooff" <lrooff@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:10nvcnl62rjpq17@corp.supernews.com...
> can't be
>
> These are the U-shaped wire ones with a bit of corrugation in the
> middle? Haven't seen those for years.
>
> Eliyahu
>
>
Them's the ones. They're still out there if you look, for those of us who
know they are the only thing that really works to keep long hair where you
want it. (Bobby pins were invented for just that - bobbed hair.)
--
Sheila
To reply to me, add the prefix real. to my address.
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| Barbara OBrien Smith 2004-10-27, 7:09 pm |
| Maureen,
Hope you didn't need stitches and this doesn't slow you down too much with
transcribing.
Barbara
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| Becky Young 2004-10-28, 2:07 am |
| >Must be a guy thing - my husband once fixed my car with a bolt and a
>rollerskate wheel.
Mine fixed our truck with a bobby pin that I dug out of the bottom of my purse.
He fixed the washer with grape jelly. He was the rigger of all time.
Yeah, I think it is a guy thing!
Becky Young
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| RaeMorrill 2004-10-28, 2:07 am |
| >He fixed the washer with grape jelly. He was the
[vbcol=seagreen]
I'd like to hear more of that story.
Rae Morrill in Maine
"Ya can't get theyuh from heeah"
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| Becky Young 2004-10-28, 4:06 am |
| >
>I'd like to hear more of that story.
I've been told that it was belt dressing. When it occurred, I didn't know how
he did it or what he did, just that he hollered, "Do we have any jelly? Not
preserves, JELLY" and I handed it to him. 30 minutes later I'm doin' a load of
clothes.
Becky Young
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| RaeMorrill 2004-10-28, 11:07 am |
| >"Do we have any jelly? Not
>preserves, JELLY" and I handed it to him. 30 minutes later I'm doin' a load
>of
>clothes.
>
LOL. Sounds like Mr. Heloise!
Rae Morrill in Maine
"Ya can't get theyuh from heeah"
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| Ed Chait 2004-10-28, 7:08 pm |
|
> Maureen,
> Hope you didn't need stitches and this doesn't slow you down too much with
> transcribing.
>
I will second those sentiments.
I'm stay fairly aware of hand injuries, since having any significant injury
to my hands would put me out of commision on both my jobs.
Last year I had a felon on my left index finger that made typing really
painful for a few days.
Hope it heals quickly and that you do OK Maureen.
Regards,
ed
| |
| Anne Vasquez 2004-10-29, 2:07 am |
| I still have a scar on my pinky finger from exactly the same thing.
Took 6 stitches. I agree that doing dishes by hand is a hazardous exercise!
Anne
Maureen Galvin wrote:
> I had a full dishwasher so ran it right after dinner. There were a couple
> of glasses left in the sink before going to bed and I decided to wash
> them -what was I thinking!! Anyway, I pick up a glass to wash it and stick
> my hand inside and damn if it does not break. I have a small cut on the
> lowest joint of the thumb, but figure no big deal. I start to wash the last
> couple of things and notice that the water is pink. I have slashed the
> bottom knuckle of my index finger wide open - OUCH!! So I'm sitting here
> with about six bandaids hoping that it stops bleeding and I dont need to get
> stitches Doesn't look hopeful and I'm probably goign to go to the ER in
> a bit. Geez, cant a girl catch a break?
>
> Maureen
>
>
| |
| Becky Young 2004-10-29, 2:07 am |
| >So I'm sitting here
>with about six bandaids hoping that it stops bleeding and I dont need to get
>stitches Doesn't look hopeful and I'm probably goign to go to the ER in
>a bit. Geez, cant a girl catch a break?
ER, I think you _did_ catch a break!
Anchor Hocking glassware, by any chance? Or Corelle? I've done the same thing
twice and had to be stitched once and should have been the other time.
The last time, we were having a BBQ and we were all drinking beer. I had to go
the ER at the hospital where I was a manager, beer on my breath, and have my
finger stitched.
He always said he did it under a "beer block" which I have always thought was
very clever of him.
I haven't read ahead, but I hope you go and have it taken care of - the one I
didn't get stitched is still numb, some 15 years later.
Becky Young
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| LizzieB 2004-10-29, 7:12 pm |
| Gdubson wrote:
>
>
> Eeeew!
>
> Gisele (putting carton back)
I know you spewed.
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| Anne Carle 2004-10-29, 7:12 pm |
| Glad to hear you saw to business, Maureen. I hope it heals quickly.
Anne/OH
On Mon, 25 Oct 2004 05:58:17 -0500, "Maureen Galvin"
<maureen.galvin@comcastdotnet> wrote:
>Thanks everyone. Yep, got my tetanus shot this morning along with five
>stitches on the index finger and dermabond on the thumb. Ugh!! 2004 hurry
>up and end will ya.
>
>Maureen
>
>"Anne Carle" <acarle@munge.com> wrote in message
>news:aalpn09gl3jlvl09r8tleop36f3qtaevlu@4ax.com...
>
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| Maureen Galvin 2004-10-29, 7:12 pm |
| See, I actually like hand washing dishes in hot soapy water (yeah call me
sick). Dont get me wrong, no way in heck I'd do it every single day two or
three times a day, but there are some times that I just like to do it. It's
kind of therapeutic and relaxing so long as it was my decision to do them
I was just feeling kind of domestic yesterday. I got just about all of the
laundry done, did my fall cleaning of the yard, even had dinner made and
eaten before 6:00. I was ahead of the game and feeling pretty good. I
should have known that like any good reality show, there would be a shocking
spin to my night.
Maureen
"Im1whalen" <im1whalen@aol.com> wrote in message
news:20041025174544.22172.00002524@mb-m18.aol.com...
>
> Not very elegant or classy but, mostly cuz of all the kids, we use
> reusable
> plasticware as much as possible (I hate to wash dishes). I know its not
> the
> cheapest way but it sure makes my life easier.
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| Gdubson 2004-10-29, 7:12 pm |
| >>
>
>I know you spewed.
>
Yep, and now the kitchen floor is a mess. I do admit to the occasionally
therapeutic value of housework, as long as you don't go crazy about it.
Gisele
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| Eliyahu Rooff 2004-10-29, 7:12 pm |
| Hope it heals up quickly and without problems! For the future, get
a couple of those bottle brushes and skinny-handled dish brushes for
stuff like this. I've got them because my hands are too big to even
try and fit inside a glass.
Eliyahu
"Maureen Galvin" <maureen.galvin@comcastdotnet> wrote in message
news:zOCdnRqoRYmQB-HcRVn-rA@comcast.com...
|I had a full dishwasher so ran it right after dinner. There were a
couple
| of glasses left in the sink before going to bed and I decided to
wash
| them -what was I thinking!! Anyway, I pick up a glass to wash it
and stick
| my hand inside and damn if it does not break. I have a small cut
on the
| lowest joint of the thumb, but figure no big deal. I start to
wash the last
| couple of things and notice that the water is pink. I have
slashed the
| bottom knuckle of my index finger wide open - OUCH!! So I'm
sitting here
| with about six bandaids hoping that it stops bleeding and I dont
need to get
| stitches Doesn't look hopeful and I'm probably goign to go to
the ER in
| a bit. Geez, cant a girl catch a break?
|
| Maureen
|
|
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| KMitch429 2004-10-29, 7:12 pm |
| DO NOT EVER DO DISHES AGAIN!
Simple answer!
The tools of our trade -- have to protect them any way we can.
Hope your wounds heal soon.
(remove purple from up above, never from my life!)
| |
| Gdubson 2004-10-31, 2:08 am |
| >Drink right out of the carton?
>
>Rae Morrill in Maine
In front of an open fridge door.
Gisele
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| Gdubson 2004-10-31, 2:08 am |
| >And don't forget the latent nutritional value for your family in all
>that backwash.
>
>LizzieB.
Eeeew!
Gisele (putting carton back)
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| RaeMorrill 2004-10-31, 2:08 am |
| >And don't forget the latent nutritional value for your family in all
>that backwash.
[vbcol=seagreen]
ROFL - well I see we all have a member of the male species living with us
Rae Morrill in Maine
"Ya can't get theyuh from heeah"
_______________________________
Spam mailers WILL be reported to their respective postmasters and AOL TOSSPAM!
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| Gdubson 2004-10-31, 2:08 am |
| >ROFL - well I see we all have a member of the male species living with us
>
>
>Rae Morrill in Maine
As I've told here before, I was pretty much raised in a barn, and my husband
came from a much more normal family. He would never drink straight out of the
carton. All of his family, though, get up frmo the dinner table without asking
to be excused. They just wander off! It seems so strange to me, though I can
hardly say why.
Gisele
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| Anne Carle 2004-10-31, 2:08 am |
| On Mon, 25 Oct 2004 01:15:45 -0500, "Maureen Galvin"
<maureen.galvin@comcastdotnet> wrote:
>I had a full dishwasher so ran it right after dinner. There were a couple
>of glasses left in the sink before going to bed and I decided to wash
>them -what was I thinking!! Anyway, I pick up a glass to wash it and stick
>my hand inside and damn if it does not break. I have a small cut on the
>lowest joint of the thumb, but figure no big deal. I start to wash the last
>couple of things and notice that the water is pink. I have slashed the
>bottom knuckle of my index finger wide open - OUCH!! So I'm sitting here
>with about six bandaids hoping that it stops bleeding and I dont need to get
>stitches Doesn't look hopeful and I'm probably goign to go to the ER in
>a bit. Geez, cant a girl catch a break?
>
>Maureen
>
OUCH! A knuckle injury stays painful for sooooo long! Did you end up
needing stitches? Have you had a tetanus shot in the last ten years?
Anne/OH
| |
| LizzieB 2004-10-31, 2:08 am |
| Gdubson wrote:
>
>
> In front of an open fridge door.
And don't forget the latent nutritional value for your family in all
that backwash.
LizzieB.
| |
| Maureen Galvin 2004-10-31, 2:08 am |
| Double EWWW!! Thank goodness my kids have never picked up on that. They
get grossed out because the milk sticks to the top of the plastic milk
cartons
Maureen
"Gdubson" <gdubson@aol.comnospam> wrote in message
news:20041025215400.10984.00002347@mb-m14.aol.com...
>
> Eeeew!
>
> Gisele (putting carton back)
| |
| LizzieB 2004-10-31, 2:08 am |
| Gdubson wrote:
> All of his family, though, get up frmo the dinner table without asking
> to be excused. They just wander off! It seems so strange to me, though I can
> hardly say why.
Not only were we not allowed to get up from the dinner table without
asking, we weren't allowed to ask. We got up when dad was done and HE
wanted to get up. Period. End of story.
LizzieB.
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| ChrissyPete2 2004-10-31, 2:08 am |
| I did that once too. I now make sure that the glasses I buy are wide enough for
my hands to fit into easily or are very thick and won't break from doing so.
Hope you heal quickly!
| |
| Anne Vasquez 2004-10-31, 2:08 am |
| Yes indeed. I found out a few years ago that it IS possible to type
with a broken right 5th finger, but it's not much fun. And it's really
s-l-o-w.
Anne
ChrissyPete2 wrote:
>
>
> that is sooo true! I once stood up and smacked the backside of my hand directly
> onto a sharp corner -- it bruised so badly internally and I couldn't stretch my
> fingers outright for a while. Put a kink into production for sure.
| |
| Margie 2004-10-31, 2:08 am |
| I broke a bone in my left 5th finger by hyperextending it . Hand
surgeon "casted" it in a very slightly flexed position (to prevent
full extension) and left the little cast open on the underside so I
could flex the finger, because I told him I absolutely had to be able
to type if at all possible. Leave it to me to figure out a way to
break a finger and still be able to work. Healed without problem,
except on some cold, rainy days (like today -- are you loving it,
Judity?).
Margie
On Tue, 26 Oct 2004 03:55:39 GMT, Anne Vasquez
<annevasquez@NOSPAMhotmail.com> wrote:
[vbcol=seagreen]
>Yes indeed. I found out a few years ago that it IS possible to type
>with a broken right 5th finger, but it's not much fun. And it's really
>s-l-o-w.
>
>Anne
>
>
>ChrissyPete2 wrote:
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| Ed Chait 2004-10-31, 4:08 am |
|
"Chuck" <clm701@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:10nukdtellu2c4b@corp.supernews.com...
> Speaking of dishwashers, my girlfriends Kenmore was missing the little
> wheels on the front of the lower wash rack which causes the wash arm to
hit
> and hang up on it. Sears wants an arm and a leg for new wheels, so I got
to
> looking around, and used the plastic lid off of an old bottle of vitimins,
> heated up an ice pick on her stove, and poked a hole through the center,
and
> put it on the wash rack, and it worked pretty good, then I noticed a
checker
> from her kids checker game laying under the kitchen table, hey that worked
> great for the other side. It isn't perfect, but at least the wash arm
isn't
> jamming up against the lower dish rack anymore.
>
Very resourceful Chuck.
ed, domestic McGuyver
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| 14tonks 2004-10-31, 4:08 am |
|
"Eliyahu Rooff" <lrooff@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:10nvcnl62rjpq17@corp.supernews.com...
> can't be
>
> These are the U-shaped wire ones with a bit of corrugation in the
> middle? Haven't seen those for years.
>
> Eliyahu
>
>
Them's the ones. They're still out there if you look, for those of us who
know they are the only thing that really works to keep long hair where you
want it. (Bobby pins were invented for just that - bobbed hair.)
--
Sheila
To reply to me, add the prefix real. to my address.
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| Becky Young 2004-10-31, 7:07 am |
| >Must be a guy thing - my husband once fixed my car with a bolt and a
>rollerskate wheel.
Mine fixed our truck with a bobby pin that I dug out of the bottom of my purse.
He fixed the washer with grape jelly. He was the rigger of all time.
Yeah, I think it is a guy thing!
Becky Young
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| Becky Young 2004-10-31, 7:07 am |
| >
>I'd like to hear more of that story.
I've been told that it was belt dressing. When it occurred, I didn't know how
he did it or what he did, just that he hollered, "Do we have any jelly? Not
preserves, JELLY" and I handed it to him. 30 minutes later I'm doin' a load of
clothes.
Becky Young
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