Random Thoughts

[onlinebiker]

Of course I get a splinter in a finger on my right hand.  Using my left hand to dig out a tiny splinter was a new exercise in 'damn that hurts'.

I used to know a fellow woodworker who didn’t believe in digging out splinters. He would let them get infected, the squeeze the splinter out along with the pus.

Haven’t heard from him in years. I suspect he died of gangrene.

Boru

I got a monster splinter one time handling stainless steel.sheet metal (wearing gloves). 

It was at an odd angle for me to get ahold of so a girl who worked in the injection molding side of the shop offered to pull it out with the tweezers.

She almost gagged - it was a bit over 3 cm long....

Bled a fair bit too.....

The guys in the shop were making - "It was so big she gagged" jokes all afternoon....