Personal Safety

[Mountain trapper]

I put a fence around the bee garden to keep the chickens out. We don't have bears like you to damage the hives.

Once I get the bee fence in I'll get a solar fence charger and add a couple strands of hot wire around it to further discourage the bears.

 

[user 7704]

Once I get the bee fence in I'll get a solar fence charger and add a couple strands of hot wire around it to further discourage the bears.

I bet one of them is named Yogi

 

[Mountain trapper]

I bet one of them is named Yogi

Yeah. And soon to be a Yogi bear rug....

 

[DrPrepper1]

I use Icy Hot every day for my back and hip. Also, straight lidocaine in squirt bottle.

Emu oil here.. works pretty well.

 

[Mountain trapper]

Emu oil here.. works pretty well.

I've heard about people using that. The thing that worked best for me was a little Filipina massage girl. She worked wonders on my carpel tunnel and bad back after getting kicked by a draft horse.

 

[Brent S]

Back to the safety aspect here. Don’t forget PPE! (Personal protective gear). Yesterday morning I was working on the tractor, drilling out a broken grease fitting that an easy out wouldn’t remove. Any way, I normally wear glasses at least, but didn’t have them on at the time. The drill bit shattered and sent a 1” piece of it right at my eye. It was hot enough that it sizzled and stuck, I had to pluck it off. It hit, luckily, flat vs pointed as it had enough force it would have punctured my eye. It’s bad enough as it burned the upper and lower lid but also burned the white of the eyeball. So I’m wearing an eye patch for a few days. Could have been worse, but better yet, could have been prevented with a little common sense. I don’t think I will drill without eye protection ever again....

 

[user 6493]

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Back to the safety aspect here. Don’t forget PPE! (Personal protective gear). Yesterday morning I was working on the tractor, drilling out a broken grease fitting that an easy out wouldn’t remove. Any way, I normally wear glasses at least, but didn’t have them on at the time. The drill bit shattered and sent a 1” piece of it right at my eye. It was hot enough that it sizzled and stuck, I had to pluck it off. It hit, luckily, flat vs pointed as it had enough force it would have punctured my eye. It’s bad enough as it burned the upper and lower lid but also burned the white of the eyeball. So I’m wearing an eye patch for a few days. Could have been worse, but better yet, could have been prevented with a little common sense. I don’t think I will drill without eye protection ever again....

arrrrrrr,,matey arrrrrrrrr,,,,

 

[Brent S]

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arrrrrrr,,matey arrrrrrrrr,,,,

Lol, It’s been just over a day and I’m tired of playing pirate already!

 

[user 6493]

I wasn't sure you would get that....lol

 

[Mountain trapper]

Back to the safety aspect here. Don’t forget PPE! (Personal protective gear). Yesterday morning I was working on the tractor, drilling out a broken grease fitting that an easy out wouldn’t remove. Any way, I normally wear glasses at least, but didn’t have them on at the time. The drill bit shattered and sent a 1” piece of it right at my eye. It was hot enough that it sizzled and stuck, I had to pluck it off. It hit, luckily, flat vs pointed as it had enough force it would have punctured my eye. It’s bad enough as it burned the upper and lower lid but also burned the white of the eyeball. So I’m wearing an eye patch for a few days. Could have been worse, but better yet, could have been prevented with a little common sense. I don’t think I will drill without eye protection ever again....

I've learned the hard way about the importance of wearing safety glasses. I keep about a dozen pair scattered around the place. I always have ear plugs on hand too. I won't even start the chainsaw without ear plugs and safety glasses. I'm glad that it wasn't worse than it was. You lucked out.

 

[DrHenley]

aarrrrrrr,,matey arrrrrrrrr,,,,

 

[Brent S]

That’s awesome Doc!

 

[user 7704]

When in 3rd grade, a girl hit me in the eye with a snowball that had gravel in it.

I was a young pirate. Lol