"Colin B." wrote:
> Most of 'em probably lost their fingers from doing a bit of extra
work
> around harvest time on the farms. I suspect more people lost limbs
to
> bailers and binders than to hand saws or hammers, over any time
window
> when both were common activities.
Don't forget corn pickers.
Matter of fact a farmer cut off his arm to save himself when it got
caught in a corn picker the other day, according to news reports.
Lew
On Nov 23, 4:08 pm, [email protected] (elliot) wrote:
> Thinking of the guy buying a table saw...Carpenters use to come to work
> carrying different hand saws. I remember my uncle snapping a line and
> using a rip saw...back in the day...not alot of heavy guys on the job
> site...
Yes, and they had at least 3 different hammers as well, and knew how
to use them!
"Lew Hodgett" wrote
> Don't forget corn pickers.
>
> Matter of fact a farmer cut off his arm to save himself when it got
> caught in a corn picker the other day, according to news reports.
... and cane cutters.
Met a one-handed Aussie cane cutter back in the sixties who'd reportedly
chopped his hand off at the wrist with a cane knife after being bitten by a
taipan.
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On Nov 27, 12:03 am, "Lew Hodgett" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Matter of fact a farmer cut off his arm to save himself when it got
> caught in a corn picker the other day, according to news reports.
Puts me in mind of the time I was at the local watering hole one night
chatting with a guy who delivered for a local feed mill in his spare
time who told me he'd knocked at a house he knew, expecting the wife
to answer because it was harvest time in the middle of the day, and
the farmer answered, in his bathrobe. Looked like he had a rash on his
arms. He said "I was clearing out the combine when the sleeve of my
union suit got caught and it started to pull me in. I managed to grab
a piece of stationary iron so I stayed put but I couldn't move, and it
slowly ripped my long underwear off my body through my pants and
shirt. Took longer than you'd expect, and it was kinda painful. After
it was done I drove the tractor into the yard and parked it. I'll get
back out there tomorrow but I decided to take the rest of the day off."
Colin B. wrote:
> Ross Hebeisen <[email protected]> wrote:
>> ya and i remember whe i was a kid alot of those old carpenter's with
>> hand saws missing fingers. howd they do that?
>
> Most of 'em probably lost their fingers from doing a bit of extra work
> around harvest time on the farms. I suspect more people lost limbs to
> bailers and binders than to hand saws or hammers, over any time window
> when both were common activities.
My wife's grandfather was short a few digits due to getting to close to
the sows when the little piglets were freshly arrived. Yum, fingers -
the other white meat...
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> Colin B. wrote:
>> Ross Hebeisen <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> ya and i remember whe i was a kid alot of those old carpenter's with
>>> hand saws missing fingers. howd they do that?
>>
>> Most of 'em probably lost their fingers from doing a bit of extra work
>> around harvest time on the farms. I suspect more people lost limbs to
>> bailers and binders than to hand saws or hammers, over any time window
>> when both were common activities.
>
> My wife's grandfather was short a few digits due to getting to close to
> the sows when the little piglets were freshly arrived. Yum, fingers - the
> other white meat...
"Baby - the other other white meat." --Fat Bastard
Ross Hebeisen <[email protected]> wrote:
> ya and i remember whe i was a kid alot of those old carpenter's with
> hand saws missing fingers. howd they do that?
Most of 'em probably lost their fingers from doing a bit of extra work
around harvest time on the farms. I suspect more people lost limbs to
bailers and binders than to hand saws or hammers, over any time window
when both were common activities.