Another glass carboy casualty

[brewingkitty]

holy smokes!!

 

[iaefebs]

My glass story...... I was putting ice in a glass once to drink a soda. The ice chunk was a bit too large so I whacked it with the palm of my hand while it was in the glass to break it up a little. The bottom broke out of the glass and slick as a razor severed the end of my second toe off about halfway down the nail. The only thing holding it was a piece of skin on the side. You could flip it over just like opening a zippo lighter top. Grabbed some super glue and tape and stuck it back together. Believe it or not, no stitches and it reattached and healed up fine.

I have used super glue a couple of times in the last 25 years or so to repair a cut. I know it is not as sanitary as the stuff they use at the hospital, but why spend 4 + hours in ER when all they care about is your insurance card.

 

[TomSD]

Yeah those cuts that look worse than they are... you know the ones... the bleeders. Super glue is awesome for those.

My best story along that vein (pun intended) is back in my late teen years I worked as a stockboy in a grocery store. Come in at 2-3 in the AM and work until noon or so.

Anyway, came in off of like zero sleep and a couple brews to unload my frozen food truck. Slam out the pallets and start stocking. Back then there were no safety blades just what was pretty much a razor held in a folded piece of metal. I opened it to cut a box and, with thumb on the back, ran it over a box to open it... didn't open. Hrm, blade must be dull... could've sworn I changed it out when I came in. Put some more force on it and run it down again... no luck.

Look down at the blade and I was holding it backwards. The brand new razor (I had changed it) was now firmly embedded in the bone of my thumb. Amazingly there was little blood until I went back to the bathroom and pried it loose. It looked like something out of a slasher flick in there by the time I had it closed up, lol.

Super glue worked wonders.

 

[jkeeton]

I have used super glue a couple of times in the last 25 years or so to repair a cut. I know it is not as sanitary as the stuff they use at the hospital, but why spend 4 + hours in ER when all they care about is your insurance card.

Speaking of that stuff, I thought I read somewhere a few months ago, that someone was going to market a retail non-script version of that sterile glue.

Did anyone else hear that, or was that a homebrew induced drunken stuper?

john

 

[shamrockdoc]

Here ya go. May not be for the faint of heart, if not operate, mods please remove.

THIS IS AWESOME! But seriously sorry about your injuries....still it looks awesome!

 

[kgfitz]

I'd say that carelessness and PassedPawn brew hand-in-hand. Wish it weren't so, but alas it is.

No glass for me. I broke one in my pool and I'm done with that.

just wondering why you had a glass carboy in your pool??

 

[Marko73]

Chicks dig scars bro.

 

[HenryHill]

You'll heal, maybe ok, maybe badly, but you'll heal; I'm just glad the BEER IS OK.

 

[passedpawn]

just wondering why you had a glass carboy in your pool??

Because I was/am an idiot.

 

[Tiber_Brew]

just wondering why you had a glass carboy in your pool??

Because I was/am an idiot.

The dude lives in Clearwater. Why would he not have copious amounts of beer in a pool?

 

[devilishprune]

My glass story is not nearly that interesting!

Went to this store that sells beers and lets you drink them outside on the lawn. I got myself and SWMBO some pint glasses and relaxed and drank. I went to put our glasses up, and I stacked them together. Somehow, from the way that I had stacked them, when I set them down the top glass smashed the bottom one and cut a deep cut into my pinky.I didn't realize how bad until I felt some blood splashing down onto my foot.

SWMBO still wanted ice cream though, so I left a bit of a blood trail into the store. Still sorry about that one, and I wish I had known about super glue then. Cheap napkins don't do much to stop bleeding!

 

[boomr]

Thanks everyone for the support, the cuts will heal.
No beer abuse, just water in the carboy.

Yeah those cuts that look worse than they are... you know the ones... the bleeders. Super glue is awesome for those.

My best story along that vein (pun intended) is back in my late teen years I worked as a stockboy in a grocery store. Come in at 2-3 in the AM and work until noon or so.

Anyway, came in off of like zero sleep and a couple brews to unload my frozen food truck. Slam out the pallets and start stocking. Back then there were no safety blades just what was pretty much a razor held in a folded piece of metal. I opened it to cut a box and, with thumb on the back, ran it over a box to open it... didn't open. Hrm, blade must be dull... could've sworn I changed it out when I came in. Put some more force on it and run it down again... no luck.

Look down at the blade and I was holding it backwards. The brand new razor (I had changed it) was now firmly embedded in the bone of my thumb. Amazingly there was little blood until I went back to the bathroom and pried it loose. It looked like something out of a slasher flick in there by the time I had it closed up, lol.

Super glue worked wonders.

This one made me laugh. When I was younger, I worked in a warehouse. Was climbing some pallets(imagine between two straight up & down surfaces with about 1.5' - 2' in between) in the back room (was probably about 20-25 feet up), looking for some product. Found the product, I had to cut shrink wrap to get to it. Slipped while cutting shrink wrap, managed to stab & slice myself in the right wrist. Bled like a stuck pig, super glue worked great.