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General Discussion Area / Re: Ingrowing Toe Nial

« on: 03 June 2008, 21:01:07 »

.... it was a 'bale-grab'.....it was off the tractor and lying on the ground, I tried to reposition it slightly to align with the tractor`s front loading arm holes: the scissor grab toppled over and the scissor action lived upto it`s name and the moving arm passed over the metal bracket where my hand was....and severed the finger and part of the side of my palm and back of hand.
A rather Pythonesque spurting of arterial blood and then the pain hit like the hammers!  ... ....

Argh! It sounds horrible! Yuk!!!!!!!!

38402

General Discussion Area / Re: Ingrowing Toe Nial

« on: 03 June 2008, 20:28:57 »

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Four operations to save it and a week in hospital with a subsequent infection: I still have the finger but it`s stiff and so I often catch/bang it when working; at such times and in cold weather, the 'pinky' becomes incredibly-painful and often turns blue.  

Are things likely to improve?

For me the worse part was trying to recover the finger from the bale-grab mechanism and then drive myself the 46 miles to the nearest hospital....having waited (fruitlessly and alone) over 60 minutes for a 'lost' ambulance......`sometimes rural-life sucks!

Yuk!
What were doing putting your finger in the bailing machine anyway? :-? As you obviously know, farming gear very rarely takes any prisioners. I bet you were just .......  

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General Discussion Area / Re: Ingrowing Toe Nial

« on: 03 June 2008, 20:00:22 »

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I had a horrible accident some years back and managed to sever (and subsequently have surgically re-attached) my right 'pinky' finger in some farm equipment; ........  

  [size=20]Ouch![/size]

A bloke at work managed something similar recently with a lathe. Lost 1 & half fingers, fore finger & half his middle, unfortunately his wouldn't re-attach.

38404

General Discussion Area / Re: If I had £50m to play with...

« on: 02 June 2008, 11:55:02 »

I'd just bugger off somewhere sunny & get out of the rat race!  

38405

General Discussion Area / Re: Battery Prices

« on: 02 June 2008, 21:15:15 »

Anyone know how much a Vxl battery would be from a dealers, I do not have a TC
Are they any better than anything I could get from Halfords or a motor factor?

2.0L gls auto estate.

PM sent!  

38406

General Discussion Area / Re: Battery Prices

« on: 02 June 2008, 15:29:18 »

Anyone know how much a Vxl battery would be from a dealers, I do not have a TC
Are they any better than anything I could get from Halfords or a motor factor?

2.0L gls auto estate.

I bought a 55Ahr(?) a couple of weeks back on TC for a neighbour IIRC it was around £35.

38407

General Discussion Area / Re: I have a Wasp building a nest in my shed.

« on: 31 May 2008, 19:50:24 »

We had wasps build a nest in the folds of a garden chair while it was in the shed a couple of years back. No wonder I couldn't find where they were going.

38408

General Discussion Area / Re: LPG Doughnut Tank

« on: 31 May 2008, 21:44:01 »

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You just KNOW if one bulb goes, the others will follow shortly !

I had BOTH single filament tail lamps go on my car last week end. They must've both blown together as I only had the warning message once.

38409

General Discussion Area / Re: This being quiet is costing me money!!!!!!!!

« on: 01 June 2008, 01:12:30 »

Another quiet night for chat. Youngest stepson is 16 next week and wants a Scooter.
He has ben told it depends on how he buckles down to his exams. However I have been looking around on ebay and found myself bidding yesterday, out bid I have bid again tonight.
Come on offers, save me some money.

Make him get a paper/milk round to buy it himself.      
You know it makes sense!    

38410

General Discussion Area / Re: another depreciation disaster?

« on: 31 May 2008, 21:20:06 »

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But when they failed at high RPM `just shrapnel left; not recognisable as an engine!  

Which may be a tad inconvenient in the outside lane of the M6!      

38411

General Discussion Area / Re: another depreciation disaster?

« on: 31 May 2008, 21:10:31 »

I belive the tips of the rotors on early ones were bad and they used alot of oil but I think Mazda have sorted the problem, but I could be wrong :-/

Early? As on an Ro80? I believe the tips fell off! Hence a lot were converted to Ford V4.

38412

General Discussion Area / Re: another depreciation disaster?

« on: 31 May 2008, 21:02:40 »

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I have heard they do around 20mpg!

Petrol or oil?
I believe they're heavy on oil too.

38413

General Discussion Area / Re: kids

« on: 31 May 2008, 15:07:19 »

That'll be the least of your problem! Wait while they grow up! :-?

38414

General Discussion Area / Re: Why are people laughing at my fantastic car??

« on: 31 May 2008, 10:35:05 »

A while ago I had a 1994 Daimler Double Six 6.0 V12 and over £50,000 new......

I bet you wish you still had that, now that petrol is the best part of a fiver a gallon!        

It only did about 15 MPG

I can well imagine!    I commented to the owner of one of the last Series 3 Jag/Daimlers, (on the change over when a XJ40 was made so it wouldn't take a V engine) who was yet again filling it up. He'd left somewhere in Scotland & he was now filling it up for the [size=14]3rd[/size] time!!! This was in Bury, just 10 miles north of Manchester!!!

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General Discussion Area / Re: Why are people laughing at my fantastic car??

« on: 31 May 2008, 10:02:11 »

A while ago I had a 1994 Daimler Double Six 6.0 V12 and over £50,000 new......

I bet you wish you still had that, now that petrol is the best part of a fiver a gallon!