Not a buck 110, but an x-acto knife in my teens

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ps: There is a reason they call them power tools,
some even come with motors these days!
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2 Things - this wasn't a power plane. It was a plain old #2 hand plane, and I wasn't even WORKING in the shop, I won't do that with no one home - I was cleaning up, to look for a tool that I could not find, when the plane fell off the bench.

Last night when I felt better, I went downstairs, retracted the blade, cleaned off the blood (so it would not rust), put it in it's box, and put it back in it's proper place on the shelf (it was in the proper place, but not properly put away). I still have not found what I was looking for (a reloading press) - have NO idea where that is hiding

I had a bad experience with a new nurse at a Navy hospital. Maybe it was because I was Army but she brutalized me. Now i do not allow any new doctors work on me unless its vitals. Its silly but i make a point of asking every doctor I don't know who is going to work on me how long they have been doing it. It catches them off guard so they are usually honest.

I also ask for a business card or write their name down so that I don't get an over inflated bill. I had a doctor bill my insurance $650 for looking at my chart at the nurses station. I never met him and he never came in my room. I got that removed.

Be prepared in all aspects.

That's why all of us Coasties and Marines know to "Never Trust The Navy"!!!!

With good reason.

I was charged $200 by a doctor who poked my ribs with his fingers for 10 seconds and told me "Even if they're broken, there's nothing I can do."

About 20 years ago I had a lump on my shoulder blade removed, it seemed like a simple procedure so I had the new, young doctor in town do it in the hospital emergency room.

The doctor was a nice guy but during the procedure I found our that he was unprepared and inexperienced. He had no one to help him and did not have the correct instruments or amount of supplies needed; later the wound became very infected. The operation was not going well and I was getting nauseous so I started talking to the doctor to take my mind off the difficulties.

I asked him, "So, what did you do before you became a doctor"? He replied that he was a Geologist, and I have the scar to prove it!

Mike

(P.S. No slight against Geologists intended here, but this doctor should have stayed in mining instead of medicine).

Remember 50% of all Doctors graduate in the bottom half of their class.

Just a suggestion- this could be a teachable moment. Even if he didn't extend the blade, explaining to him (and everyone else in the family)- without placing blame- about putting things away properly leading to less bloodshed could emphasize the point.

It's taken many years to convince my wife to tighten the caps on containers so that a little jostling on the shelf or in the 'fridge won't lead to a big spill......

actually, thinking about it, the blade could have gotten extended by the drop to the floor, so...