ThomasPowers Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 Man Up and see a Doctor! Words to live by! I nearly died when I was 28, six weeks after my marriage and we were pretty sure our first was on it's way. After a bit of emergency surgery---15 minutes from diagnosis to going under and they bumped a planned cardiac surgery to put me on the table---my wife told me that if I ever ignored medical stuff again and died, she was going to KILL ME! (Married 38 years in August; so the threat has worked so far...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted June 25, 2022 Share Posted June 25, 2022 You mean like how well my new diet was working to defat me? I was eating Safeway salad bar salads for lunch and drinking water when I felt hungry and losing weight fast. Woo HOO I was dropping weight like I drop puns at a meeting. Deb was bugging me to see the doctor but I had a weight loss plan that was really working. Silly woman hates to admit she's wrong. I mean SERIOUSLY I'd lost weight from 195 down to 126 in 4 months! Then I noticed I was getting weaker even had trouble trotting across a road. Soooo one day I mentioned casually I might want to see the doc. She had me in the car in about 20 minutes she and the doc had been colluding and I was met in the waiting room when we walked in. Gee, blood sugar running close to 900, A1c around 10 is high? Ketoacidosis IS great for weight loss though. Yeah, I put the weight back on. <sigh> Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QbBlacksmith Posted July 31, 2022 Share Posted July 31, 2022 And wearing gloves can be very dangerous as well. anything hot can get in your gloves and be held in place and burn your even worse than without. also reduces hammer accuracy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott NC Posted July 31, 2022 Share Posted July 31, 2022 Air arc slag in a glove leaves a lasting depression. In your flesh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Les L Posted August 1, 2022 Share Posted August 1, 2022 Scott, Or any other place inside your clothing it gets. When I was in my early 20’s I started working in a shipyard, I was working a repair job on a barge and they sent me inside the rake, against the front header, to cut out brackets with the air gouger, first time using one no instructions provided. Didn’t take long to learn how to use it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott NC Posted August 2, 2022 Share Posted August 2, 2022 Les, confined spaces are the worst. I used to build barges in Portland and they were double hull and just welding in them was miserable. Nevermind gouging slag. Nowhere for it to fly off to. Ricochet... You had to follow your suitcase welder cord just to find your way back out..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluerooster Posted July 11, 2023 Share Posted July 11, 2023 Sometimes I'll wear one welding glove on my holding hand. I pick my welding gloves to fit well, and come completely off with a single shake of my hand. I seldom wear tight fitting gloves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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