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NoFumus

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If there is something rare, or bizarre, then it's going to happen to me rest assured. I can't even have normal accidents -- like say oh a nail gun or hammer --- nope it has to be something freaky like a string :rolleyes:

Yep, you're special.
 

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Let me see if I can explain: There was a nail in the wall about 10 feet off of the ground..... This nail had about 20 feet of twine attached to it. I had been using the twine to help me level things..... Anyway, I wanted to reuse this piece of twine in a different location. But instead of climbing up on a ladder and removing the nail and twine I started pulling in the twine as I figured it would simply pull off of the head of the nail.... But that isn't what happened ---- The nail came flying out of the wall with lightening speed---sort of like what a crossbow would do --- the nail hit me in the hand and went through my hand.

Thanks for taking the time to tell the tale. Just for that, I'll share the popcorn.
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If there is something rare, or bizarre, then it's going to happen to me rest assured. I can't even have normal accidents -- like say oh a nail gun or hammer --- nope it has to be something freaky like a string :rolleyes:

I guess you're lucky then that it was your hand.
 

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I used to program. And yes it is nice when you are on a roll.
My co workers learned to recognize the symptoms and leave me alone.
I totally get it. I put the headphones on and zone.
 

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My parents bought me a toy tool set for my 4th birthday. Being 1964, plastic tools had not yet been invented, so the tools were all quite real. Just small, shoddily made tools painted in pastel colors. I still have the little blue hammer, which is great for tacks.
Mom took the saw away when I started trying to cut things with it. Fortunately, it was a very flimsy crosscut saw that couldn't cut anything harder than a cake. But I was quite capable of scratching the furniture with it.
I broke the rest of the tools, one by one, trying to do real work with them. I do wonder what happened to the tool box, though.
I remember those days. Remember ice trays? Steel, ice trays. With that lever on top you had to pull back and it never worked right until your hands were frozen!
 

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Let me see if I can explain: There was a nail in the wall about 10 feet off of the ground..... This nail had about 20 feet of twine attached to it. I had been using the twine to help me level things..... Anyway, I wanted to reuse this piece of twine in a different location. But instead of climbing up on a ladder and removing the nail and twine I started pulling in the twine as I figured it would simply pull off of the head of the nail.... But that isn't what happened ---- The nail came flying out of the wall with lightening speed---sort of like what a crossbow would do --- the nail hit me in the hand and went through my hand.
That's freaky. Glad it only skewered your hand.
 

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Let me see if I can explain: There was a nail in the wall about 10 feet off of the ground..... This nail had about 20 feet of twine attached to it. I had been using the twine to help me level things..... Anyway, I wanted to reuse this piece of twine in a different location. But instead of climbing up on a ladder and removing the nail and twine I started pulling in the twine as I figured it would simply pull off of the head of the nail.... But that isn't what happened ---- The nail came flying out of the wall with lightening speed---sort of like what a crossbow would do --- the nail hit me in the hand and went through my hand.
Strange. a one in 10,000 chance that it would hit you just right to do that.
 
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