Re: So, I burnt myself ...

John Wilkins wrote:
> Bobby D. Bryant wrote:
> > On Wed, 17 Aug 2005, "Cyde Weys" <cyde@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> >
> >>Two nights ago I was making lasagne and I burnt myself really badly.
> >>No, I didn't touch the hot pan or rack. I touched the heating
> >>element ITSELF. Which probably runs at 700 degrees Fahrenheit or
> >>more. It was the weirdest burn I've ever experienced. I guess I've
> >>burnt myself on "colder" things than that before, because it always
> >>hurts like a bitch immediately. Not so with this oven. It didn't
> >>hurt at all ... when it happened, anyway. I guess it instantly
> >>cauterized the wound and killed the nerve cells. As soon as I
> >>pulled my finger away from the heating element I saw white charred
> >>skin (with other burns sometimes you don't even see any physical
> >>evidence until your body starts responding; this burn WAS its own
> >>physical evidence). And I smelled burnt flesh (really, that's not a
> >>good smell).
> >
> >
> > Once, back in my ironworker days, I picked up a piece of steel that
> > was hotter than I anticipated, and saw a little puff of smoke go up
> > from my fingertip.
> >
> I once worked in a rubber mill making truck gearshift covers. It was heated to
> around 600°F. I had burns from my fingertips to my elbow, and felt none of
> them when I did them.

I can't believe you guys are so clumsy,...

....okay here's my story. While in high school I worked in a fast-food
place and was asked to drain the grease well. It was pumped out through
a hose with a metal end which was grabbed by a cork handle. Unbeknownst
to me the cork handle had come loose, so when I picked up the hose with
the hot grease pumping through, the end swiveled around inside the
handle and before I could stop it left a tidy burn trail right across
my forhead.

At the time I played a lot of basketball, and very few noticed the flaw
in my explanation that I had gotten sunburned while wearing a headband.

Robert


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> John S. Wilkins, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Biohumanities Project
> University of Queensland - Blog: evolvethought.blogspot.com
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> hypothesis in natural science." Tractatus 4.1122


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