The new Fork Tailed Doctor Killer

On Fri, 21 Mar 2008 05:58:38 -0700 (PDT),
wrote:

On Mar 21, 8:04*am, Denny wrote:
Now, I don't know what I would have done had that been my son I was
picking up at that airport that night...
Given this airport down in a hole, a pitch black night, no horizon,
rapidly rising ground, and low clouds;

The dark and clouds shouldn't have been prohibitive, given the IFR
flight plan. The airport wasn't in a hole--terrain was flat for two
miles west and forever to the north and northeast (the direction of
the destination).

What puzzles me is not the decision to take off, but rather the low
climb rate and the decision to use runway 27. If the weather resembled
what was reported nearby at OKV, runway 9 would have had a negligible
tailwind component.

Probably the same reason after all these years of using tools I stuck
my thumb in a table saw a little over a month ago. Up 16 hours,
something on his mind, decision making capabilities gone out the
window.

BTW, the thumb is healing nicely but the thumb print will never be the
same and being "just a tad sensitive" I seem to keep poking things
with it.
Roger Halstead (K8RI & ARRL life member)
(N833R, S# CD-2 Worlds oldest Debonair)
www.rogerhalstead.com

On Mar 21, 12:18*pm, Roger wrote:
On Fri, 21 Mar 2008 05:58:38 -0700 (PDT),
wrote:
What puzzles me is not the decision to take off, but rather the low
climb rate and the decision to use runway 27. If the weather resembled
what was reported nearby at OKV, runway 9 would have had a negligible
tailwind component.

Probably the same reason after all these years of using tools I stuck
my thumb in a table saw a little over a month ago. *Up 16 hours,
something on his mind, decision making capabilities gone out the
window. *

Yeah, probably so. Sad.

Sorry 'bout the thumb.

On Sat, 22 Mar 2008 04:01:24 -0700 (PDT),
wrote:

On Mar 21, 12:18*pm, Roger wrote:
On Fri, 21 Mar 2008 05:58:38 -0700 (PDT),
wrote:
What puzzles me is not the decision to take off, but rather the low
climb rate and the decision to use runway 27. If the weather resembled
what was reported nearby at OKV, runway 9 would have had a negligible
tailwind component.

Probably the same reason after all these years of using tools I stuck
my thumb in a table saw a little over a month ago. *Up 16 hours,
something on his mind, decision making capabilities gone out the
window. *

Yeah, probably so. Sad.

Sorry 'bout the thumb.

Me too, but it's healing nicely... Looks healed, but still tender so
I still keep a bandaid on it for protection.

The thumb isn't nearly the problem of flying into the side of a
mountain:-))
Roger Halstead (K8RI & ARRL life member)
(N833R, S# CD-2 Worlds oldest Debonair)
www.rogerhalstead.com

On Fri, 21 Mar 2008 12:18:06 -0400, Roger wrote:

What puzzles me is not the decision to take off, but rather the low
climb rate and the decision to use runway 27. If the weather resembled
what was reported nearby at OKV, runway 9 would have had a negligible
tailwind component.

Probably the same reason after all these years of using tools I stuck
my thumb in a table saw a little over a month ago. Up 16 hours,
something on his mind, decision making capabilities gone out the
window.

Not making excuses but doctors (for one of many professions) are like
this. They are forced to have to deal with fatigue and high level
decision making, it usually is someone else's life. Familiarity breeds
contempt (of life possibly ITC)

"Roger" wrote

Probably the same reason after all these years of using tools I stuck
my thumb in a table saw a little over a month ago. Up 16 hours,
something on his mind, decision making capabilities gone out the
window.

BTW, the thumb is healing nicely but the thumb print will never be the
same and being "just a tad sensitive" I seem to keep poking things
with it.

BT,DT!

Might I suggest the most basic safety practice; keep the blade no higher
than necessary to cut the wood.

Also, there is a rule that says once you hit your finger with a hammer, or
cut it with a saw, you WILL hit it on everything nearby, as often as is
possible. Seen it many times. DONE it many times! g
--
Jim in NC

On Sun, 23 Mar 2008 08:14:01 -0400, "Morgans"
wrote:


"Roger" wrote

Probably the same reason after all these years of using tools I stuck
my thumb in a table saw a little over a month ago. Up 16 hours,
something on his mind, decision making capabilities gone out the
window.

BTW, the thumb is healing nicely but the thumb print will never be the
same and being "just a tad sensitive" I seem to keep poking things
with it.

BT,DT!

Might I suggest the most basic safety practice; keep the blade no higher
than necessary to cut the wood.


That is why I only lost the very tip of my thumb.:-)) Even the
thumbnail is OK. Finger print will never be the same though.

Besides, you get a much cleaner cut on the wood with the blade low
like that.
Also, there is a rule that says once you hit your finger with a hammer, or
cut it with a saw, you WILL hit it on everything nearby, as often as is
possible. Seen it many times. DONE it many times! g
Doorknobs are magnetic to thumbs!

Joyce went out and purchased one of those metal splints they use on
broken fingers and toes. Twas only a buck plus change. (and well
worth it) One of the drug store chains had the same brand, but in
multiple sizes for around $6 each. The thing is soft Aluminum with a
foam padding. It's very easy to reshape the single size to fit most
any appendage. I reshaped the thing to fit snug but comfortably

As it's fully healed over I'm only wearing a Band-Aid over it to help
reduce the sensitivity IOW The Band-Aid is fro cleanliness and does
little to reduce the sensation when "bumping" things, but the amount
of swearing has been greatly reduced.
Roger Halstead (K8RI & ARRL life member)
(N833R, S# CD-2 Worlds oldest Debonair)
www.rogerhalstead.com

"Roger" wrote

As it's fully healed over I'm only wearing a Band-Aid over it to help
reduce the sensitivity IOW The Band-Aid is fro cleanliness and does
little to reduce the sensation when "bumping" things, but the amount
of swearing has been greatly reduced.

I did the deed, and used one of the metal splints to protect it, too.

One of the best other things I found were tube gauze bandages. Imagine a
mesh made like a tube sock. Put a gauze pad on the wound, then a tube
bandage over it, twist it a couple times at the end, then cut it long enough
to push back over it all again. It beats a bunch of tape, putting too much
pressure on it and making it throb!

I had a clean saw blade kerfs, right in the middle of the last joint of my
thumb. Seems the saw leaves mangled flesh that has to be clipped away, so
it will heal properly.

That was the worst I have ever done with a power tool, and I hope it stays
that way! (knock on wood)

Now, my hint on keeping from doing this again? ALWAYS have a couple fingers
hooked over top of the rip fence as you hand passes beside the blade, unless
the piece you are cutting is over a foot and a half wide. If the wood ever
kicks, or you slip, or ........., having a positive lock with you had will
keep from having it drawn into the blade before you could have a chance to
react. Plus, you always know where your hand is without looking at it. It
also does not cut down on your efficiency, at all, once you are used to
doing things that way.
--
Jim in NC