Smallfry
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Whole episode and subsequent posts have made me cringe, and have reminded me of a catalogue of incidents, and stuff I have witnessed. But we don't learn, do we ?
Back in the Eighties, mum got a puncture, so rather than pay for it to be repaired, I took it to work to fix, as we had all the stuff there to do it manually.
At lunchtime, broke the beads with a 28 ton excavator, and got the tyre levers out. First bead came off the rim no problem, but for the second, I had the end of a lever in the rim, and the tyre was levered down, while I set about it with a rubber hammer to get the tyre off. I was putting quite a lot of pressure on the lever, when the end slipped off of the rim. It hit me in the face so hard that I fell over. Didn't even see it coming. I was a bit dazed, and my top lip was bleeding severely.
Once they had finished laughing, one of my colleagues ran me to the local A&E (no minor injuries unit back then) where we had to wait for about an hour, with a bloody tee shirt pressed on my face.
During this time, a building worker came in, assisted by two of his mates. He had stepped on an unsupported scaffold board two floors up, and the board had tipped up endways, and he fell through to the ground, closely followed by the board, the metal end of which had ripped into his calf, and it was bleeding badly.
Just then, I was called in, but I said to the senior nurse that they should see to him first. "Oh Yes" she said, and went off, coming back shortly after with a bowl to stand his foot in !
She came to me and took me in for treatment. After cleaning up a bit it looked like I had a hare lip, being split right through into a nostril.
It would need to be stitched, and after being told I was not good looking enough for plastic surgery, I was asked if I would mind a couple of student nurses doing it under supervision. I agreed and had to lay down with one of these nurses at each side while they set to. With the senior nurse telling them what to do.
They were both stunners, and while both of them were leaning over me, I was conscious of their young firm bosoms rubbing against me, and I had to think about ice cubes and ugly fat men
. It was SO distracting, I didnt feel a thing.
Did a great job though, still got the scar, but not very noticeable.
Back in the Eighties, mum got a puncture, so rather than pay for it to be repaired, I took it to work to fix, as we had all the stuff there to do it manually.
At lunchtime, broke the beads with a 28 ton excavator, and got the tyre levers out. First bead came off the rim no problem, but for the second, I had the end of a lever in the rim, and the tyre was levered down, while I set about it with a rubber hammer to get the tyre off. I was putting quite a lot of pressure on the lever, when the end slipped off of the rim. It hit me in the face so hard that I fell over. Didn't even see it coming. I was a bit dazed, and my top lip was bleeding severely.
Once they had finished laughing, one of my colleagues ran me to the local A&E (no minor injuries unit back then) where we had to wait for about an hour, with a bloody tee shirt pressed on my face.
During this time, a building worker came in, assisted by two of his mates. He had stepped on an unsupported scaffold board two floors up, and the board had tipped up endways, and he fell through to the ground, closely followed by the board, the metal end of which had ripped into his calf, and it was bleeding badly.
Just then, I was called in, but I said to the senior nurse that they should see to him first. "Oh Yes" she said, and went off, coming back shortly after with a bowl to stand his foot in !
She came to me and took me in for treatment. After cleaning up a bit it looked like I had a hare lip, being split right through into a nostril.
It would need to be stitched, and after being told I was not good looking enough for plastic surgery, I was asked if I would mind a couple of student nurses doing it under supervision. I agreed and had to lay down with one of these nurses at each side while they set to. With the senior nurse telling them what to do.
They were both stunners, and while both of them were leaning over me, I was conscious of their young firm bosoms rubbing against me, and I had to think about ice cubes and ugly fat men
. It was SO distracting, I didnt feel a thing.Did a great job though, still got the scar, but not very noticeable.
