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    Posted by Robert Lambie on 29 November 2011 at 16:03

    What are the chances?

    After reading Mo’s recent thread about his finger. I thought ide post this one
    that happened to me last night.

    I was welding steel using a rod welder in our workshop.
    I was sorta "in the zone" while welding away, then knocking off the slack with a hammer, wire brushing then carrying on welding. you know the procedure.
    anyway, i weld a section with a heavy weld, then lift the welding hammer and chap off the slack. on doing so a large bit of red hot slack jumped up and landed "in my mouth" burning my lips. 😮 😕

    not amused and in pain, i decided to keep on my full face "auto-dark" welding helmet when chapping off the slack.
    10 minutes later, i chap off another big bit of slack, this time it jumps up, lands on the back of "my neck", immediately i stand up straight and when i do, it tumbles INSIDE my top and down my back.
    trying to stop it burning me i imediately arch my back to allow it to fall, when i do, it falls further…. right down the inside of my jeans + shorts burning my ar$e!

    now you can imagine the laughter as everyone is stood watching me breakdance then change to the river dance, then running to the toilet pulling my jeans away from my back side. 😳 :lol1: :lol1: :lol1:

    best of it was, i was wearing full protective clothing, gloves, mask, the lot! :lol1:

    anyway, thought i would share. 😕 :lol1:

    Jill Marie Welsh replied 13 years, 10 months ago 10 Members · 20 Replies
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  • Phill Fenton

    Member
    29 November 2011 at 16:54

    :lol1: :lol1: :lol1: Brilliant

    I had just read this when my phone rang. I was in fits of laughter when I answered the phone and couldn’t get my words out properly. My poor customer thought I was laughing at him :lol1: :lol1:

  • Craig Brown

    Member
    29 November 2011 at 17:37

    now that’s got to smart… 😉

  • Hugh Potter

    Member
    29 November 2011 at 18:20

    Brilliant!

    Using a similar welder I once set light to my mates overalls who was welding the other end of the bench, the splatter landed in his turn up and his overalls had smouldered away to his knee by time he noticed, I only knew when he came back from the valet bay with one leg shorter, blacker and wetter than the other!

    Same day I also burned my whole hand, I couldn’t get hold of the tube properly so flicked the glove off and grabbed it – they heard me hollar 2 units away!

    Being a very hot day – and having a body worth getting out, I’d tied my overalls round my waist at lunch, the welding after lunch shoulda been quick check of the apprentices work but it took half hour or more to sort the lads welding. Not having much in the way of h&s then I left my overalls round my waist. That evening I was down A&E getting 3rd degrees sunburn to my chest sorted out:-(

    Not as funny as you dropping slag down yer crack tho!

  • Nicola McIntosh

    Member
    29 November 2011 at 18:28

    :lol1: :lol1: :lol1: pity no one got it ready for youtube :lol1: :lol1: :lol1:

  • John Singh

    Member
    29 November 2011 at 18:47
    quote Hugh Potter:

    Not as funny as you dropping slag down yer crack tho!

    cracks need welding

    Rob: So that’s why they call you hot lips

  • Nigel Pugh

    Member
    29 November 2011 at 20:31

    Always yer arse Lambie 😀 Remember the scalpel in yer back pocket lol

    Nigel

  • Martin Pearson

    Member
    29 November 2011 at 22:26

    Always funnier when these sort of things happen to other people :lol1: :lol1:

  • Phill Fenton

    Member
    29 November 2011 at 22:59

    Let me relay my latest H&S misadventure.

    A couple of days ago I was reversing a large box van up to to the roller shutter of our unit. It was too big to go inside and I had asked Alison to watch the top of the van didn’t hit the overhang while I was reversing back.

    I could see her in the wing mirror saying something but couldn’t hear her properly so I wound down the electric window to hear what she had said – then pressed the button again to close it just as she started saying something else, so I instinctively stuck my head out of the window again only to be struck in the Jaw by the window as it closed

    My front tooth is still aching now 😕

  • John Singh

    Member
    29 November 2011 at 23:16
    quote Phill Fenton:

    Let me relay my latest H&S misadventure.

    A couple of days ago I was reversing a large box van up to to the roller shutter of our unit. It was too big to go inside and I had asked Alison to watch the top of the van didn’t hit the overhang while I was reversing back.

    I could see her in the wing mirror saying something but couldn’t hear her properly so I wound down the electric window to hear what she had said – then pressed the button again to close it just as she started saying something else, so I instinctively stuck my head out of the window again only to be struck in the Jaw by the window as it closed

    My front tooth is still aching now 😕

    She was shouting: "Whatever you do, Don’t stick ya head outta the window"

  • Harry Cleary

    Member
    29 November 2011 at 23:16
    quote Phill Fenton:

    Let me relay my latest H&S misadventure.

    A couple of days ago I was reversing a large box van up to to the roller shutter of our unit. It was too big to go inside and I had asked Alison to watch the top of the van didn’t hit the overhang while I was reversing back.

    I could see her in the wing mirror saying something but couldn’t hear her properly so I wound down the electric window to hear what she had said – then pressed the button again to close it just as she started saying something else, so I instinctively stuck my head out of the window again only to be struck in the Jaw by the window as it closed

    My front tooth is still aching now 😕

    Did you say; ‘Jesus Christ Mrs Fenton’? 🙂

  • Jill Marie Welsh

    Member
    30 November 2011 at 12:56

    Pix please….
    😀
    Love….Jill

  • Phill Fenton

    Member
    30 November 2011 at 13:16
    quote Jill Marie Welsh:

    Pix please….
    😀
    Love….Jill

    Of what – Robs scalded @rse or my fat lip 😕

  • Jill Marie Welsh

    Member
    30 November 2011 at 14:13

    Rob’s bottom. hahaha

  • Craig Brown

    Member
    30 November 2011 at 14:19
    quote Jill Marie Welsh:

    Rob’s bottom. hahaha

    What’s wrong with Phill’s bottom?

  • Ian Pople

    Member
    30 November 2011 at 16:00

    (hot)

  • Jill Marie Welsh

    Member
    1 December 2011 at 13:30

    If memory serves it was Phill’s lip, which is not as interesting as Rob’s bottom.
    😉

  • Craig Brown

    Member
    1 December 2011 at 13:35
    quote Jill Marie Welsh:

    If memory serves it was Phill’s lip, which is not as interesting as Rob’s bottom.
    😉

    ah there’s the confusion, it was Phill’s bottom lip 😉

  • Phill Fenton

    Member
    1 December 2011 at 13:56

    OK OK 🙄 – here’s a picture of me with my fat lip 😕


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  • John Singh

    Member
    1 December 2011 at 14:11

    Looks pretty good Phill

    when did start wearing glasses

  • Jill Marie Welsh

    Member
    1 December 2011 at 15:27

    Wow Phill you look great.
    That injury helped you out!
    Thank you…thank you verra much.

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