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[Moh]

Happy Birthday to me!

Happy (now belated) birthday!

I can't recall ever slicing myself while cutting stuff with a knife, but I've done it more than a few times with a mandoline slicer. (a safe slice mandoline will save your fingers!!)
(I gave myself a pretty good gash on my leg while using a safety razor last year. I still have the scar!)

[Zunu]

I swear it seems like 3 months since your last one.
Anyway... Happy birthday!
¡Salud, dinero y amor!

I know from experience that if I let my attention slip even a little bit while I'm cutting anything, I'm very capable of hacking up my fingers, thumb, or hand!

Yeah, I have no chill while cooking. I even use a fork to crack eggs. Honestly, I'm pretty clumsy in general. If I'm at someone's house there is a fairly good chance that I will spill a glass before the night is through. I haven't dismembered a finger yet that I know of, but I did slice one open pretty bad trying to put a file drawer back on its track, another time I stapled through a fingernail, and in the kitchen I sliced splash some oil on myself while deep frying and it left a 50 cent piece sized burn on my arm that took months to stop hurting and a couple of years to fade. So I take my sweet time in the kitchen and make no effort to look like a pro.

[Shoujo Q]

The problem I had was that my mother wanted potatoes cut a certain way which was not the way I usually do it. Thus I had half a potato that was as wide as the knife superglued, due to the starches, attached to the knife. It’s like a suction cup effect. She was micromanaging me, and I was trying to appease her. It backfired horribly.

Anyway, day 3 and it’s healing fine. It stopped bleeding overnight yesterday. The doctor looked at it and also gave me a tetanus shot since it’s been awhile. Thankfully it doesn’t hurt as much as the last time I got a shot.

Work has been fun. I never realized how much I use that thumb on a daily basis.

[Zunu]

Glad to hear it's healing ok!! Yeah, it's easy to get thrown off your game in that kind of situation. It's like driving a rental on an unfamiliar road while someone is nagging you or otherwise distracting you. You could be a great driver but the skill level might suffer under those circumstances.

[boinsie]

Happy birthday, Amped!!
Sorry about your thumb, Q, but glad it's getting better!!

Last year while using the electric hedge trimmer I was careless and hit my upper leg, just above the knee. Got cut open by three of the tines, through my sweatpants. That was a biig terror moment, but despite leaving a scar, it healed up very cleanly, amazingly no infection or anything. I now wear jeans and am much more mindful of not trimming towards myself!

[Spaghetti-Western]

I'm sorry to hear about the thumb injury, Shoujo Q
On the plus side, if you have high ferratin levels the bleeding will have done you good

Over the new year I gave the top of my foot an oil burn when I was cooking on a wood stove. I plopped the food into the pan carelessly, which made the oil splatter. I was feeling it for a while and there will be a minor scar I think.

Yup, I like my knives to have an edge - unlike my parents

[Nayoko-Kihara]

It feels like forever since I've been able to login here. The URL I usually used wasn't working so for a split second I was worried the place disappeared. Shit has been crazy.

Sorry to hear about your knife accident, Shoujo.

[Amped]

Thanks for putting the banner up. That's the vibe of JPLOP

[JonCC]

There's finally an alternative for the H!O picboard being tested: https://www.hellopicboard.com/home
Looks promising.

[JonCC]

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