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Posted: 8/14/2021 12:10:33 PM EDT
Holy mother-crapping son of a buck... I still don't know what got slung up into my leg, but luckily, it only bled for a few minutes...
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Posted: 8/14/2021 12:11:39 PM EDT
[#1]
push mower?
was the back flap open? |
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Posted: 8/14/2021 12:13:25 PM EDT
[#2]
Sorry op, hope your wife finishes up for you.
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Posted: 8/14/2021 12:14:59 PM EDT
[#3]
Ouch. Back in the 70's I ran over the die-cast sprinkler my mom had in the back yard. Fucked up the blade pretty bad and shot the sprinkler completely through the 6' wood fence and into the neighbor's yard. Luckily nothing living was hit.
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Posted: 8/14/2021 12:15:39 PM EDT
[#4]
Definitely qualifies as an ouch!
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Posted: 8/14/2021 12:16:46 PM EDT
[#5]
I hit a gas line valve.
Sounds like a jet airplane |
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Posted: 8/14/2021 12:17:12 PM EDT
[#6]
Found that pocket knife you lost huh?
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Posted: 8/14/2021 12:20:10 PM EDT
[#7]
Quote HistoryQuoted: push mower? was the back flap open? Back flap was not open. Whatever it was punched through my pants just above the boot. Hurts like hell. It'll get better. No dirt was applied. |
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Posted: 8/14/2021 12:20:11 PM EDT
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Life is too short to bother mowing your lawn (mine is 4 acres). Pay to have that shit done! I bet that's going to be sore for a while .... still better than running over a ground hive of yellowjackets.
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Posted: 8/14/2021 12:20:45 PM EDT
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Yikes! I sometimes mow barefoot just for the thrill of it. I should probably stop.
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Posted: 8/14/2021 12:22:12 PM EDT
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Well that don't look good OP. Hope it heals up ok.
Riding a lawn tractor one day cutting the grass and I hit a stone about the size of a shooter marble. Saw it bounce of the tree ahead of and came straight back and hit square in my right eye, I had safety glasses on and it cracked them. Happened in a split second, by the time I saw it it hit me, had I not had safety glasses on it would have been real bad. I always wear leather boots and glasses cutting grass or weed whacking. |
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Posted: 8/14/2021 12:25:47 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Yikes! I sometimes mow barefoot just for the thrill of it. I should probably stop.  Attached File |
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Posted: 8/14/2021 12:28:30 PM EDT
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Yeah when I line trim I put on long and thick baseball/soccer socks over my regular socks. Helps protect more than you'd think. And very breathable to boot!
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Posted: 8/14/2021 12:28:54 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Life is too short to bother mowing your lawn (mine is 4 acres). Pay to have that shit done! I bet that's going to be sore for a while .... still better than running over a ground hive of yellowjackets. My lot is half an acre. With a push mower, it takes me less than a half hour to finish. Except today, because fuck finishing. The hole in my pants is the size of a dime. The hole in my leg is the size of a quarter. I'm wondering if I should go to the doc in a box and get a tetanus shot. |
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Posted: 8/14/2021 12:30:20 PM EDT
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I’ve shot a rock through my window before. Rpm is a hell of a drug.
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Posted: 8/14/2021 12:31:01 PM EDT
[#15]
Ouch! That had to hurt, hope nothing is embedded in there.
If it makes you feel any better, one of my former neighbors hit a wire clothes hanger while mowing. A piece of it went completely through his shin bone and stuck out the back of his leg. It messed him up pretty good, got an infection inside the bone. Be careful. |
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Posted: 8/14/2021 12:33:12 PM EDT
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And I mow in flip flops.
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Posted: 8/14/2021 12:34:40 PM EDT
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My brother ran over his big toe about twenty five years ago.
The guys at the Firehouse two blocks from the house heard his scream. They knew who it was by his voice and responded before 911 was called. |
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Posted: 8/14/2021 12:34:48 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: And I mow in flip flops. Not smart. Safety toe only. |
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Posted: 8/14/2021 12:35:47 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Yikes! I sometimes mow barefoot just for the thrill of it. I should probably stop. Get some flip-flops for maximum safety. |
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Posted: 8/14/2021 12:39:08 PM EDT
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Reminds me of the episode of "Quincy, Medical Examiner" where a neighbor-man was killed by a bolt or screw shot from a guy's mower - all the way across the street.
I still think the premise was ridiculous, but shit does indeed happen. You may want to get an x-ray, at least, to be sure nothing's stuck in there. Or, douse it in rubbing alcohol and go at it with a pen-knife, like I would!   
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Posted: 8/14/2021 12:41:58 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I’ve shot a rock through my window before. Rpm is a hell of a drug. My lawn service guys sent a rock through my Anderson sliding basement door. The rock was tiny and still blew the glass out. That was an expensive lesson for him to cut AWAY from the house. |
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Posted: 8/14/2021 12:42:03 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Yikes! I sometimes mow barefoot just for the thrill of it. I should probably stop. Get some flip-flops for maximum safety. |
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Posted: 8/14/2021 12:44:48 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Get some flip-flops for maximum safety. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Yikes! I sometimes mow barefoot just for the thrill of it. I should probably stop. Get some flip-flops for maximum safety. What he said... |
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Posted: 8/14/2021 12:46:02 PM EDT
[#24]
You are supposed to pick up the dry dog turds before you mow
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Posted: 8/14/2021 12:47:58 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Get some flip-flops for maximum safety. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Yikes! I sometimes mow barefoot just for the thrill of it. I should probably stop. Get some flip-flops for maximum safety. I have Birkenstocks for that. |
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Posted: 8/14/2021 12:49:40 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: My lot is half an acre. With a push mower, it takes me less than a half hour to finish. Except today, because fuck finishing. The hole in my pants is the size of a dime. The hole in my leg is the size of a quarter. I'm wondering if I should go to the doc in a box and get a tetanus shot. Give a neighbors kid $20 to mow it. Crack a beer and enjoy while it's getting done for you. I'm not lazy or apposed to working my ass off, but I mowed enough lawn at the house I grew up in as a young lad to even consider doing it myself. If you're worried then go get checked out. Puncture wounds are the hardest to clean and most prone to infection. If you think it just hit hard enough to break the skin open I'd pour a drink, kick back, elevate, put some peroxide on it, and see how it looks in a couple days myself. |
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Posted: 8/14/2021 12:52:26 PM EDT
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I've got my ankle and shit hit many times mowing lawn when I was younger. Hurt like hell. Mowed the lawn of my grandmother's business for years. Finally learned to scour the area for rocks prior to mowing.
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Posted: 8/14/2021 12:52:38 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Give a neighbors kid $20 to mow it. Crack a beer and enjoy while it's getting done for you. I'm not lazy or apposed to working my ass off, but I mowed enough lawn at the house I grew up in as a young lad to even consider doing it myself. If you're worried then go get checked out. Puncture wounds are the hardest to clean and most prone to infection. If you think it just hit hard enough to break the skin open I'd pour a drink, kick back, elevate, put some peroxide on it, and see how it looks in a couple days myself. Oh, it's a little bit deeper than that... I have it slathered in triple antibiotic ointment, covered, and elevated. We'll see, I reckon. |
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Posted: 8/14/2021 12:54:41 PM EDT
[#29]
I ran over a litter of bunnies one morning.... Wasn't pretty!
39 |
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Posted: 8/14/2021 12:55:11 PM EDT
[#30]
Might be a good idea to think about when the last time you had a tetanus shot.
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Posted: 8/14/2021 12:56:01 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Back flap was not open. Whatever it was punched through my pants just above the boot. Hurts like hell. It'll get better. No dirt was applied. Might get that X-rayed to make sure nothing got into you. |
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Posted: 8/14/2021 12:56:34 PM EDT
[#32]
Have your husband teach you next time
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Posted: 8/14/2021 12:58:53 PM EDT
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Quoted: I ran over a litter of bunnies one morning.... Wasn't pretty! 39 Ewwwww..... Quoted: Might be a good idea to think about when the last time you had a tetanus shot. No idea. Last one I remember was forty years ago. I have had several surgeries since then, though... |
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Posted: 8/14/2021 1:01:26 PM EDT
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I mow in boots and pants, and I'm even riding a garden tractor.
Kharn |
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Posted: 8/14/2021 1:01:55 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I ran over a litter of bunnies one morning.... Wasn't pretty! 39 One.of the guys at work mows fawns every now and then because they won't move. He occasionally breaks the flavor seal on a skunk or two as well. Mower is not your standard push or riding mower but a large Kubota tractor. |
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Posted: 8/14/2021 1:02:41 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: One.of the guys at work mows fawns every now and then because they won't move. He occasionally breaks the flavor seal on a skunk or two as well. Mower is not your standard push or riding mower but a large Kubota tractor. That's just wrong... |
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Posted: 8/14/2021 1:06:41 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I've shot a rock through my window before. Rpm is a hell of a drug. |
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Posted: 8/14/2021 1:08:47 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Yikes! I sometimes mow barefoot just for the thrill of it. I should probably stop. Dude. No. Just no. If I use a pushmower, I'm in steel-toed boots. |
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Posted: 8/14/2021 1:11:59 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Yikes! I sometimes mow barefoot just for the thrill of it. I should probably stop.  Attached File |
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Posted: 8/14/2021 1:12:43 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Might get that X-rayed to make sure nothing got into you. Just get an MRI. Problem solved.
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Posted: 8/14/2021 1:14:43 PM EDT
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If you are sitting higher than the blade level, you will have less risk of this.
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Posted: 8/14/2021 1:19:41 PM EDT
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My old neighbor was a brainiac ER doc and he used to weed eat with knee high rubber boots and goggles. The crap that went on next door at our house must have made him shake his head. My favorite was starting the firepit with gasoline!
The biggest surprise I ever got from my lawn mower was a live shotgun shell that popped out from under the safety flap. The blade didn't hit it, I suppose that was good. |
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Posted: 8/14/2021 1:21:12 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Dude. No. Just no. If I use a pushmower, I'm in steel-toed boots. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Yikes! I sometimes mow barefoot just for the thrill of it. I should probably stop. Dude. No. Just no. If I use a pushmower, I'm in steel-toed boots. I know exactly how wrong it is. I wear steel-toed boots all day every day. By the time the weekend gets here I’m like fuck it. I also use the trimmer without the guard and split wood occasionally with no shoes on. I’ve had some really close calls splitting wood. I always wear eye protection though. |
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Posted: 8/14/2021 1:23:21 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Yikes! I sometimes mow barefoot just for the thrill of it. I should probably stop. I did that yesterday, but it's a battery-powered mower so it's probably safe. |
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Posted: 8/14/2021 1:24:06 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I’ve shot a rock through my window before. Rpm is a hell of a drug. I have a rock embedded in my siding. They get some real speed. |
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Posted: 8/14/2021 1:26:47 PM EDT
[#46]
Looks... painful
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Posted: 8/14/2021 1:27:23 PM EDT
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when I was a kid, my dad embedded a piece of wire in his calf that way.
we were a riding mower family after that. |
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Posted: 8/14/2021 1:28:15 PM EDT
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Not sure why I thought of this when I read the OP, but here we are…
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Posted: 8/14/2021 1:28:29 PM EDT
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During the deep freeze in February, my pipes burst and I couldn’t find the water cut off out at the road due to 8” of snow covering the meter. I eventually found the lid and and shut the water off for repairs. So I wouldn’t have that problem again, I stuck a heavy metal stake thru the hole in the meter cover and left it that way until last week.
I was out mowing on my zero turn, jamming to some 70’s classic rock and guzzling beer last weekend when I mowed right over the stake. The mower deck pushed the stake over causing the lid to lift up and into the blades. MF’er! Mower stopped immediately. Lid parts flew out everywhere. Mower is fine, but I can’t find the stake anywhere. Plus my meter is uncovered now. Pissed at myself for leaving the stake in the stake in the hole for 6 months. Moran. |
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Posted: 8/14/2021 1:29:00 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Looks... painful No doubt... Also, fuck Walgreen's and CVS both for making it so fucking difficult to schedule an appointment to get a fucking tetanus shot that I'll just going to sit here doing fuck-all about it. |
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