BoatBanter.com - I'm Grandfather in, for now

On Sun, 03 Nov 2013 15:55:09 -0600, amdx wrote:

On 11/3/2013 11:55 AM, John H wrote:
On Sun, 03 Nov 2013 08:54:46 -0600, amdx wrote:

On 11/1/2013 2:42 PM, wrote:
On Fri, 1 Nov 2013 13:42:44 -0400, iBoaterer wrote:

I was getting bbs, slivers, dirt, etc. taken out of wounds long before I
ever had seen a Swiss army knife. We had plain Old Timer pocket knives.

My ex introduced me to real scalpels. They are actually pretty cheap
at a medical supply and there is a reason doctors prefer them, You can
get quite "surgical" with one when it comes to getting out a chunk of
wood. The little round tip blade is usually the most handy for things
like this.

It's been three days since I removed my sliver,
I have survived :-) no signs of infection.
I'm not a doctor and it has been years since I stayed at a Holiday Inn

I remember my Uncle Ernie once saying he cut his arm of near the wrist,
it was hanging by three strands. His aunt cleaned it up with turpentine
and wrapped it up real good. It healed up just fine.
He always did tell a lot of stories!
Mikek

Way to go. Glad to hear you saved your hand.

John H. -- Hope you're having a great day!

I hope you know I was being tongue in cheek when I said I survived.
Some seemed to be worried that I removed my own sliver, even resorting
to an exacto knife to open up the tissue. I guess there is just to much
talk in the media about infections.
Mikek

I know. I've taken out a pot full of slivers, using the key chain Swiss army knife. Kids don't get
intimidated by it, and it works well. With kids the trick is going slowly and doing only a little
butchering at a time. I don't think they'd stand for an exacto knife, but it'd probably work better.

John H. -- Hope you're having a great day!