thisnameistaken Posted February 13, 2013 Share Posted February 13, 2013 I'm the opposite I can't stand the sight of my own blood and I'm scared of power tools. I got a couple of big cuts during years working in restaurant kitchens and fainted each time! I donate blood regularly these days but once the needle goes in I don't look until it's come out again, I'd probably throw up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icastle Posted February 13, 2013 Share Posted February 13, 2013 Hmmm. Broke both my little fingers abseiling down a cliff on a darrrrk storrrrmy night (note to Kiwi - can I have a John Laurie smiley?) and had to play with them taped to the fingers next to them. Sliced my left thumb down to the bone with a scalpel and had to have it stitched by the lead guitarist in the band I was in at the time. If I was in a 'heavy' band then having blood running down your arm whilst playing might have been cool, but this was a folk band, and it wasn't. Managed to catch a finger on my right hand in a table router and nearly lost it. Not too bad because I still had the others, but it was uncomfortable. I now have a finger with a decorative scroll edge. I've usually got a broken, dented or botched bit about my person. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icastle Posted February 13, 2013 Share Posted February 13, 2013 [quote name='thisnameistaken' timestamp='1360754864' post='1975807'] I'm the opposite I can't stand the sight of my own blood and I'm scared of power tools. I got a couple of big cuts during years working in restaurant kitchens and fainted each time! I donate blood regularly these days but once the needle goes in I don't look until it's come out again, I'd probably throw up. [/quote] I'm not too bad with my own, maybe 2 or 3 seconds of stunned inactivity while I decide what I'm going to do about it. I'm fine with other peoples though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yepmop Posted February 13, 2013 Share Posted February 13, 2013 [quote name='Spike Vincent' timestamp='1360701327' post='1975105'] I had to take 10 years off with a similar non sock related injury. [/quote] Been there and done that 30 years ago and still suffering, no wonder my chiropracter can afford to buy vintage Fender strats!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigjohn Posted February 13, 2013 Share Posted February 13, 2013 (edited) I had a fight with the wardrobe door a couple of years ago. Caught it square with a big left hook. Would have been fine except I hit it right were there [i]was[/i]... nice little dainty porcelain handle, which broke off and flew across the room. Needless to say - it bloody hurt. For months. Very lucky it didn't do any more harm than bruise. Made rehearsal that night and for a few weeks after a rather painful affair too. I'd had a particularly bad day. Our wardrobe doors a built into the wall - about 3ft up. Said door was open, I closed it over, bent down to pick something up off the floor, stood back up and cracked my head on the door that re-opened under it's own weight. I'd hit it before I had a chance to think. Edited February 13, 2013 by bigjohn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roland Rock Posted February 13, 2013 Share Posted February 13, 2013 Mine are all woodwork related, as that's my day job. The worst was getting my thumb trapped in a thicknesser (thankfully not the sharp bit!) - it took a month or so to get the feeling back into my thumb. When a Japanese saw sprang away from the wood and onto my knuckle, it swole up a treat. It was the index finger of the left hand, so I had a fun couple of weeks fretting without using the index finger. Could have been much worse! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thumbo Posted February 13, 2013 Share Posted February 13, 2013 I heated up a couple of plates in the oven the other day, which is something I do regularly because our kitchen is always near freezing. I left the plates in a bit too long, grabbed them out of the oven and it took what seemed like a good few seconds to realise they were very hot, leaving me with large blisters on my index and middle finger tips of my fretting hand. Whoops! I won't be doing that again in a hurry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thumperbob 2002 Posted February 13, 2013 Share Posted February 13, 2013 Broke my collarbone at croft racetrack and still managed to play that weekends gig, sat down . Five kinds of agony though. Broke my right foot and was black and blue all over from an off with castrol Honda. Still managed that gig - but a standing gig for some strange reason. Broke my little finger mountain biking- that was a no show. Stands to reason, the faster you go, the safer you are ( for gigging ). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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