sometimes, you're just lucky

Thecatman · Post by **Thecatman** » Wed Feb 04, 2015 7:25 pm

That's pretty gnarly. Using a magnet sounded like good ol yankee ingenuity.

Ratty · Post by **Ratty** » Wed Feb 04, 2015 7:42 pm

I love a happy ending. Glad it came out alright Iggy.

ygmir · Post by **ygmir** » Wed Feb 04, 2015 7:45 pm

Thecatman wrote:That's pretty gnarly. Using a magnet sounded like good ol yankee ingenuity.

well, here's a photo of the magnet in use:

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and removal: *note the entry wound above* (below in photo actual)

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MyDearFriend · Post by **MyDearFriend** » Wed Feb 04, 2015 8:05 pm

VultureChow wrote:Maybe you just need some good sturdy leather chaps?

Yeah...

That would work for me.

Do not even go there, we would have to knock so many people down to get next to him...

Sorry you got hurt, Yggy, but geez how hard do you have to hit to shatter a steel wedge like that?

ygmir · Post by **ygmir** » Wed Feb 04, 2015 8:34 pm

MyDearFriend wrote:
VultureChow wrote:Maybe you just need some good sturdy leather chaps?

Yeah...

That would work for me.
Do not even go there, we would have to knock so many people down to get next to him...

Sorry you got hurt, Yggy, but geez how hard do you have to hit to shatter a steel wedge like that?

well a 10 lb. splitting maul hits hard, even in a old set of "Mayberry RFD" hands.

southern crone · Post by **southern crone** » Wed Feb 04, 2015 8:57 pm

Have a speedy recovery, Ygmir. I hope you are up to date with a Tetanus shot.

Post by **AntiM** » Thu Feb 05, 2015 6:56 am

He is now, huh?

Yggy, I couldn't look at the pictures. Eek!

^Rhino! · Post by **^Rhino!** » Thu Feb 05, 2015 7:17 am

ygmir wrote:
MyDearFriend wrote:
VultureChow wrote:Maybe you just need some good sturdy leather chaps?

Yeah...

That would work for me.
Do not even go there, we would have to knock so many people down to get next to him...

Sorry you got hurt, Yggy, but geez how hard do you have to hit to shatter a steel wedge like that?
well a 10 lb. splitting maul hits hard, even in a old set of "Mayberry RFD" hands.

The MAIN thing, yggy, is that you are OK and will be as good as new soon.

^Rhino! · Post by **^Rhino!** » Thu Feb 05, 2015 7:18 am

Plus, yggy, chicks dig scars.

Post by **Elderberry** » Thu Feb 05, 2015 7:32 am

You've had a few stories like this if I recall correctly.

Glad you're OK. With all the help you were to the Doc and his staff, I hope they waived (or at least discounted) their fee.

It's amazing what people call lucky! It would have been lucky had you not had the story to tell.

Now, it's just a good thing you survived relatively unscathed.

Joeln · Post by **Joeln** » Thu Feb 05, 2015 9:14 am

Impressive Yggy! Great story with lots of cool Keystone Kops type action too.
That shard must have been moving to travel like that.

As to all those pictures, did I ever tell anyone I'm squeamish around needles and such?
Need to have needle alerts sort of like spoilers...

^Rhino! · Post by **^Rhino!** » Thu Feb 05, 2015 9:39 am

Spotted a new potential use for abandoned underground mines today:

Bike Parks.

Some Louisville Kentucky folk are giving it a try:

http://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyle ... story.html

I wish 'em the best of luck. First tennis, now bikes, what's next? This pace even has zip lines. Sounds like fun place to look up and go to.

ygmir · Post by **ygmir** » Thu Feb 05, 2015 9:44 am

Elderberry wrote:You've had a few stories like this if I recall correctly.

Glad you're OK. With all the help you were to the Doc and his staff, I hope they waived (or at least discounted) their fee.

It's amazing what people call lucky! It would have been lucky had you not had the story to tell. Now, it's just a good thing you survived relatively unscathed.

hah yeah JK......."waived or discounted" and doctors/hospitals don't seem to go together.
They were impressed, though, with the magnet and did mention it might be good to have one like that, for differing reasons.

and, "lucky" in this case, was that the shard lodged between two large veins, and just above an artery. A little either way and it'd have been a much bigger operation and repair.

and sorry Joeln! didn't think about squeamish.......and yeah "Keystone cops".......well, I sorta live that way.....hahaaha

Joeln · Post by **Joeln** » Thu Feb 05, 2015 10:12 am

Funny thing, if I'm faced with blood in real life I just do what needs to be done.
But show me a picture of it and it's like somebody mentioning castration.

Ugly Dougly · Post by **Ugly Dougly** » Thu Feb 05, 2015 10:18 am

Ygmir, we all want you wear these from now on in:

ygmir · Post by **ygmir** » Sun Oct 04, 2015 9:27 pm

well.......
so I was moving some large logs today, for winter milling, from the neighbors place
with my bobcat, with fork attachment.

I also moved a couple of large logs he had sitting in the way,,cull stuff.
as I dropped one on the pile, it fractured and started to roll.
A shard, pointed and about 300 lbs was driven, in sort of slow motion, into the cab/cage with me.
And me, locked into the seat by the safety bar, and nowhere to run or duck.

I braced for puncture (it was really sharp at the broken, splintered end towards me), and it hit my stomach (large target), but as it pressed, hit something or was levered and went sideways, and slammed into the cage with the point, so it jammed there.
so all it did was scratch me up and tear my shirt.
and luckily, as I back away, the shard loosened so I could push it off my lap.

Patsh · Post by **Patsh** » Sun Oct 04, 2015 9:52 pm

You must have abs of steel!

(But, do they match your steel-toed Crocs?)

So glad you're OK, Yggy...

lucky420 · Post by **lucky420** » Mon Oct 05, 2015 6:20 am

Whew....

Glad you didn't get punctured!

sadie · Post by **sadie** » Mon Oct 05, 2015 6:31 am

Holy crap, Yggy. That's the stuff nightmares are made of. So glad it stopped
when it did.

Post by **Sham** » Mon Oct 05, 2015 6:55 am

The idea of pushing this log off your lap with a sharp shard involved, may me squirm a bit. I'm glad your "lap" is ok!

Post by **Elderberry** » Mon Oct 05, 2015 9:23 am

Damn. You've had a few of those close calls. Hope that luck continues to hold out. Glad you're OK.

Elorrum · Post by **Elorrum** » Mon Oct 05, 2015 10:46 am

time to fashion a little armor perhaps?

forty_eight · Post by **forty_eight** » Mon Oct 05, 2015 12:39 pm

Ygmir as a child?

ygmir · Post by **ygmir** » Mon Oct 05, 2015 4:06 pm

forty_eight wrote:Ygmir as a child?

I started driving at 16, I guess that's still a child?

forty_eight · Post by **forty_eight** » Mon Oct 05, 2015 4:14 pm

^ good point

you're usually on both sides of the threat in these stories, lol

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