scheides
01-14-2008, 02:28 PM
Ok so everyone has had their fair share of battle wounds. I had a good one yesterday and anna insisted on taking pics of it for some reason? Anyways, I was helping my parents out with the remodel of their house and wiring some new power outlets and what not over the weekend. I removed a TON of old splintery paneling and trim, filled with rusty nails with no gloves (because I'm stupid) with no problems. I wired some new outlets for them, no problemo.
Then came some new phone jacks. I did not have the correct punch-down tool with me so I decided to just improvise and use a screwdriver. A nice, small-ish to medium flathead screwdriver with a narrow head on it. I punched down several pieces of wire with no problem, and about the 10th one I did I just held the plug in my hand and started pushing down with the screwdriver....really hard. Needless to say, it slipped off of the connection and then about 1" into the palm of my hand. I felt electrical shock and that continued for about 10-15 minutes afterwards, just pulsating pain. Easily one of the worst amounts of pain I've felt, and I've had plenty of wounds (for a computer geek).
http://www.scheides.com/albums/decjan20072008/IMG_4994.sized.jpg
Hardly any blood, just a lot of pain. The screwdriver went in at an angle, from where it went in down to where the thumb meets the forefinger (the bones inside). I got a tetnis shot today just in case, and the doc says it should be fine (my finger was going numb so I wanted to see what they thought).
Anyways, anyone else have any decent battle wounds? Post them up!
Then came some new phone jacks. I did not have the correct punch-down tool with me so I decided to just improvise and use a screwdriver. A nice, small-ish to medium flathead screwdriver with a narrow head on it. I punched down several pieces of wire with no problem, and about the 10th one I did I just held the plug in my hand and started pushing down with the screwdriver....really hard. Needless to say, it slipped off of the connection and then about 1" into the palm of my hand. I felt electrical shock and that continued for about 10-15 minutes afterwards, just pulsating pain. Easily one of the worst amounts of pain I've felt, and I've had plenty of wounds (for a computer geek).
http://www.scheides.com/albums/decjan20072008/IMG_4994.sized.jpg
Hardly any blood, just a lot of pain. The screwdriver went in at an angle, from where it went in down to where the thumb meets the forefinger (the bones inside). I got a tetnis shot today just in case, and the doc says it should be fine (my finger was going numb so I wanted to see what they thought).
Anyways, anyone else have any decent battle wounds? Post them up!