Look Ma! No hands

I think I'd rather replace the zipper on a pair of infant jeans than even contemplate darning socks!! :)

Hugs!!

-- Connie :)

We all need to learn from this to be extra careful, lest it be said of any one of us that...

"She became too attached to her work." "She loved quilting so much she couldn't put it down." "She and her machine were inseparable." "She always kept her work at her fingertips." :P

chipper

Ack! Polly, that hurts just thinking about it. :( I hope your finger is feeling better soon -- and I'm glad to see you have kept your sense of humor.

I got my last tetanus shot in 1989. It gave me hives, so I haven't had one since then- and yes, I tell every doctor that I don't have a recent one and why not. I spend a lot of time knocking on wood cuz I have had quite a few instances where I should have had one over the past years including seven surgeries.

Leslie, Missy & The Furbabies in MO.

OUCH! Hope it'll heal rapidly! I think, Polly, you just showed us that it's dangerous to concentrate too hard sometimes!

G-R-O-A-N!!!!

Yow, Polly! Guess it just shows even the most careful can get distracted. Glad to hear the giraffe is fine though. :-)

Best regards, Michelle in NV

Been there, done that, felt very stupid and careless. I think it happens to quite a few dedicated stitchers during their lifetime. I know of three others (besides our dear Polly) who have done this.

My dad (a mechanic who knew whereof he spoke) told me that part or parts of the needle could stay in my finger for a long time. A sliver of wood, he said, is organic and causes inflammation and will quickly work itself out. A sliver of metal is relatively sterile and can stay imbedded for years. He was right, four or five years later I withdrew a short section of the needle from my finger.

Very good, Chipper!

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Ow, ow, ow, ow, ow! I hope someone kissed it & made it better. Giraffe's have the softest tongues:) I've always wondered how that happens, but I'm not curious enough to stick my fingers under there. I hope you're all better by now.

There are exceptions Carolyn. I have had a piece of rose thorn in my finger for about 5 years that DH said would work it self out. I'm still waiting......

Dee in Oz

----- Original Message ----- From: "Carolyn McCarty" > My dad (a mechanic who knew whereof he spoke) told me that part or parts

And I have a bit of pencil lead in my thigh. Got stabbed on the school bus in 1962.... still there/no problems. Unless that's why I didn't know about Frigidaire??? Maybe it migrated to the part of my so-called brain that figgers out stuff. That could explain a lot!!! ;-)

Leslie, Missy & The Furbabies in MO.

There is a zen level of concentration that happens sometimes, and you just forget about that needle going up and down. I was focused on fixing the fabric just right while machine appliqueing and reached right through the needle area. Oops! Two different times. Now I don't think I can concentrate that hard on anything.....

Thank you all. Lots better tonight. However, you can be certain that I'll be more careful. (And you won't catch me holding pins in my mouth either.) Polly

"Pauline" Ow, ow, ow, ow, ow! I hope someone kissed it & made it better. Giraffe's

Actually, it's kind of funny that you mention that ... when I was in kindergarten, a schoolmate had an "accident" at the pencil sharpener which resulted in my being "stabbed" in the bone between my nose and eye (right under the start of my left eyebrow) ... my parents took me to the ER, and they did their best to dig the lead out but it was too deep (which, BTW, hurt worse than gettin' stabbed in the first place). So now it just looks like I have a blue "beauty spot" there!!

That piece of lead's been there for over 30 years!! Guess that 'splains a lot 'bout me, doesn't it?! :)

Hugs!!

-- Connie :)

The school of thought on splinters working themselves out isn't just about the inflammation - it's also about how close to the surface of the skin it is. When wood gets wet, it swells up ... so ostensibly after soaking the splintered area in water for a while, it would swell up, expand the skin it's lodged in, and then when the wood shrinks, it'd be easy to get it out.

At least, that's what our school nurse told me, years, years, years ago. Her method of removing splinters wasn't to gouge the things out with a needle or tweezers, but to soak our hand in water ... 30 minutes later, out the offensive little bugger would pop!! Sure did beat getting probed by a needle in an already tender spot!! We little'uns sure were grateful!! :)

Hugs!!

-- Connie :)

I had a girlfriend/neighbor in high school that stepped on a safety pin. She wouldn't let her mother touch it to pull it out & she wouldn't let her mother take her to the doctor. As the years passed, you could see it getting deeper & deeper in the heel of her foot. We've lost touch now, but it was there for at least 10 years that I know of. I wonder if it ever caused any problems. Eeew! Makes my skin crawl just thinking about it.

Pauline Northern California

She wouldn't *let* her mother take her to the doctor? Indeed. I had a mother who would have taken the entire high school to the doctor if she took the notion. She was tiny and soft-spoken but that was one tough little lady. Polly

"Pauline" I had a girlfriend/neighbor in high school that stepped on a safety pin.