I jokingly mentioned superglue for one of the early visits to the emergency room for my kid. Yep, that would be their favored method I am told, but he keeps getting gashes that are not suitable, so stitches are given.
On 13 Aug 2007, at 07:44, Rich Thomas wrote: > No, what would be manly is to go get a needle and thread, and fix > it up > right there so you can keep working with a proper repair! Or maybe > some > JB Weld or microwave oven bits? > > Really though, if you find yourself in a bind like that, superglue > works > wonders to put things back together skin-wise -- it is used in some > cases to close wounds without stitches. I think you can buy some > at the > drugstore that is "specially formulated" for cuts and such (that > means a > new packaging and a much higher price), but it is the same stuff as > your > regular superglue. I might be FOS but my neighbor the trauma surgeon > told me that, and another surgeon friend said yeah that'll work. > > --R > > andrew strasfogel wrote: >> ROFLOL!! >> >> Actually, it would have been more "manly" to take the stitches >> IMO. That's >> one feature of medical care that I really do NOT cotton to. >> >> >> On 8/13/07, Donald Snook <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> Casey wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> "Hi, my name is Casey, and I'm an idiot." >>> >>> >>> >>> Welcome to the club Casey. I can certainly relate. It seems like >>> a lot >>> of the time when I do some automotive project, I make six trips >>> to the >>> store and usually have to correct something that I screwed up >>> when I was >>> fixing the previous item. I didn't work on my car this weekend, >>> but I >>> did some home improvement projects (we are selling our house and I >>> needed to fix a few things). Here's my dumbshit story: >>> >>> >>> >>> I had to replace the bathroom faucet. Not that big of a deal, >>> right? >>> Our house was built in 1929, so it has lots of cool architectural >>> details and lots of character. What that usually means is that >>> modern >>> day replacement items don't fit and must be retrofitted in order to >>> work. We have a pedestal sink in the hall bathroom. I had to >>> move the >>> pedestal out of the way to get at the plastic nuts that hold the >>> faucet >>> in place. I had already broken one of the knobs, so I had to >>> replace >>> the faucet that day. As I am moving the pedestal out of the way, I >>> twisted it and a large junk broke off in my hand. Because of the >>> awkward >>> position of my hands and body, my hand dropped the broken piece >>> and slid >>> straight down the razor sharp edge of the broken porcelain. It >>> cut me >>> between my thumb and index - badly. It immediately started >>> bleeding. >>> It was bad, but I had to finish the sink or we have no water in the >>> bathroom. So, I wrapped it up as well as I could and went back to >>> working on the faucet. >>> >>> >>> >>> As you can imagine using tools and twisting and torqueing >>> everything in >>> there, my bandage would not stay on (not that it mattered it was >>> soaking >>> through in less than 60 seconds). I probably should have gone to >>> the ER >>> and gotten it stitched, but that wouldn't be very manly, so I just >>> worked through it. About 45 minutes later, I was done. It looked >>> like >>> someone had been murdered in our bathroom. The bathroom is black >>> and >>> white (lots of white). It looked like the restroom in a >>> slaughterhouse >>> when I was done. I had gone through all of the gauze bandages in my >>> first aid kit and had switched to paper towels. >>> >>> >>> >>> Now, I have to figure out how to glue the pedestal back together >>> or buy >>> a new one. This is fairly routine. I usually hurt myself in one >>> or the >>> other for every home improvement project. >>> >>> >>> >>> If you ever need to clean up a lot of blood, ammonia works pretty >>> well - >>> smells awful, but it works. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Donald H. 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