Re: To err is human
In one of Robert B. Parker's Spenser novels, the eponymous character admits he's "a little afraid of chainsaws".
I can understand that. I spent a little over a year in "timber processing", running one interesting saw.
Number of seconds working that saw : roughly 8,640,000 (50hrs x 48wks)
Number of seconds being involved in an accident with that saw : 3
Number of seconds spend in ER : 18,000
A friend has a table saw that he uses quite often. In the 30+ years I've known him where he probably averages an hour a week on it, he's not had so much as a pucker-moment. But because of those 3 seconds of mine where I nearly had a 2x1 enter my chest cavity at high speed (lucky not to even break a bone!) we both give it some very healthy respect. I'm also the same with any powered saw as well. Or grinder. Flesh takes a long time to slow the momentum of those blades!
(Yes yes, I know I'm late, on my way now...)
Biting the hand that feeds IT
