Sorry Ginge

I completely failed to remember the superglue in the heat of the
moment and wound up getting stitched at casualty.

Was working on the pushbike and one of my nice Halfords Pro hex bits
snapped letting the wrench slip and drag the beautifully sharp end
right across the top on my index finger. Inch long deep slice.

According to the doc I was lucky not to cut the tendon.

Now to see if Halfords will honour the lifetime guarantee. Should I
wash the bloody off first do you think?

 

Depends on the shop. A small shop refused to honour the warrantee
without a receipt, a large shop didn't need the receipt.

I'd wash the blood off first if I was you.

 

Sounds messy, I'll bet there was that moments pause where it looked ok,
but then you just knew blood was about to start leaking.

I wouldn't have thought there were any tendons around the top of the
finger, but what do I know.

I would, they might get stroppy on H&S reasons if you take it in covered
in blood.

 

wrote

He should keep the blood and take a magnifying glass with him and
*insist* they look at the damage it did him and all commit hari kari by
way of apology.

 

"Could you replace these broken spanners?"

"That's fine, where's the receipt?"

"Don't have one, they were a gift."

"We really need the receipt"

"I wouldn't get this shit with SnapOn"

"How do we know you didn't steal them?"

"Do I look like the sort of person that shoplifts?"

"Well how would I know?"

"Do I look like the sort of person who kills in a fury?"



Standard fucking shit-head manager in a shop with an attitude compounded
by me, short of time and in a foul mood- not something that's going to
end up with a successful outcome.

 

Only by going to a larger store. When I asked to see the manager in the
first store he was in his early 20s and in all honesty I was probably
dismissive with him so got the '**** you' response.

Knowing my faults doesn't help with addressing them sometimes...

 

Ah. Yes. And you straighten your fingers using what, dynamic relaxation?

 

No, I figured whatever does it would run through the center of the
finger so it was less vulnerable.

Surely evolution could have come up with a better design.

 

If evolution was planned in anyway I suspect a lot of things would be
better engineered.

 

I certainly do. Bear has evolved to serve as a lesson to us all.

HTH

 

I've got the receipt, only bought them on Wednesday from the big-ish
Worcester branch.

On second look there was only a tiny bit on there, but I'll give it a
clean. Shouldn't have snapped though, was't using much force on it.

 

Well, exactly. And it was only bought on Wednesday.

 

Actually, I didn't even notice I'd cut myself. The bit of the bit
that cut my was that sharp it sliced and I didn't feel a thing.

The huge amount of blood and my mate going a bit white was the first
thing I saw.

The cut is about an inch long on the index finger near the knuckle. I
suppose that's the base of the finger rather than the top but it
depends on how you look at it.

heh, yeah.

 

Ben says...

This bit of gobbledygook sounds even funnier when you say it out loud in
Ben's comedy brummie accent.

 

"The bit of the _hex_bit_that_snapped_ that cut _me_ was that sharp it
sliced my finger and I didn't feel a thing."

Can't bloody type with it all bandaged up.

 

You've whooshed me there unless you're obliquely coming at the does
god exist argument.

For mammals I was thinking of the lack of redundancy and protection
for crucial parts, the lack of an upgrade path, the limited
environmental conditions over which they operate.

 

we've got two of a few things (eyes, frontal lobes, lungs, kidneys,
arms)

Skull, rib-cage.

hmm.

 

A spare heart ready to fire up would be nice as would a second liver,
more important for the drinkers

Something a bit faster would be better. I know we get moaned at if the
next upgrade slips by a month or so.

 

actually, the whole notion of heart beating is pretty inefficient, some
sort of rotary pump system would be a lot better.

 

Why have any sort of pump, when you can have peristalsis?