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OUCH!
Steve 309
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Just been mowing the 'lawn' (mostly cherry & oak leaves overlying moss) here at OH's house. Took off the grass box and reached in to scoop out the stuff that had fallen out of the front thereof.
OUCH!
The blades hadn't stopped!
Fortunately they were only moving slowly, so I got a well-deserved sharp rap on the knuckles and a bruised fingernail (now turning black). I'm lucky still to have them all attached! How stupid can you get?
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They're due for sharpening now in fact. Good job it's the end of the season!
First time I've ever done that in 45 years of gardening. And the last. A timely reminder.
Never cut a cable or got a shock (well, not gardening anyway - taking apart my train set's transformer when I was 11 was another matter!), and good job too since the lawn mower didn't have a RCD on it and I'm not certain about the way the whole installation is earthed! Don't ask.
Steve
Glad you're ok. It's easily done - I've been close to doing it myself. Don't know whether it's too much haste, or trying to be efficient
I've cut cables on hedgetrimmers before - because I tackled my Dad's enormous beech hedge when he got too old, and only had one weekend to do it. He didn't like me turning up early either...
I seem to remember slicing through my finger once, because I did something similar to you. Still had some hedge to do next day, so I just taped it up very tight....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Bloody hell Steve!
Yes.
That's more or less what I said at the time.
That was a two magpie result and a timely warning. By sharing this you will have saved one or two of us from taking unnecessary risks.
Two for joy?
apart from falling into the septic tank yesterday, I once cut my thumb badly on a hedge trimmer when my hand slipped off the middle handle half way down the blades.
OH's father cut half a finger off with a saw once.
Two for joy. You're here to tell the tale!
Dropped a pair of secateurs pointy end down on my foot once. Blood spurted about 1ft into the air. Lesson learnt, whenever l see something falling, I jump back. Don't try to catch pointy stuff. You can pick it off the ground.