My doctor in New York used to say I had a self destruction whish and he was just there to put me back together. Of course he was the one that saw me after I got my finger touched with a friend running his chain saw, a drill bit breaking and taking some of the bone out of another finger, the 57 stitches from not knowing there was a clothes line up and hitting said clothes line with a 12 pound sledge hammer, and the list gets quite long... ----- Original Message ----- From: RJ To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, December 10, 2007 10:44 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] My 2 cents about safety
It sounds like the doctor that ask to see my thumb a few days after I tried to cut it off with a hand ax while splitting wood. He asked how in the hell did you do that? I told him with a ax. He went on and on how a blind person shouldn't be using tools that are dangerous. I calmly ask him how many blind persons verses sighted people he sees that cut off a finger or two, and bet him there were more sighted persons than blind persons that come to him for this reason. He gave in by telling me after thirty years dealing with me, he should have known better than try to talk sense into my head. By the way, the thumb did heal without medical intervention, which did amazed the doctor. And if the truth was known, it also amazed me. RJ ----- Original Message ----- From: robert moore To: Blind Handyman Sent: Monday, December 10, 2007 18:44 Subject: [BlindHandyMan] My 2 cents about safety I am not an authority on safety but this is my 2 cents worth. Concerning chainsaws or any other potentially dangerous piece of equipment. Lets start with the assumption you know the proper use and technique for the tool. The bottom line as it relates to blind VS sighted is this. If any one gets hurt it is the same for sighted or blind alike. I think there are 3 root causes for any injury. First you are doing some thing stupid and or not paying attention. Second the element of the unknown, such as a piece of mettle in the wood that is completely concealed. Making it impossible for the sighted and blind alike to know it is there. And finally equipment failure. Even if the tool appears to be in working condition there is always the unexpected failure that cannot be anticipated. If any one wants to take issue or add to any of these points, please do. I am very safety conscious and any further comments on this topic I will not take offence to. Thanks for letting me rant. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
