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Charles Darwin was right when he said "survival of the fittest" !
then again Forest Gump said it well too -
stupid is as stupid does .......this guy is redefining that word!
then again Forest Gump said it well too -
stupid is as stupid does .......this guy is redefining that word!
Thought you wanted me for something....
Yup,no matter how tempted you are, dont do it!!
Probably didnt want to wreck his shovel.
Yup,no matter how tempted you are, dont do it!!
Probably didnt want to wreck his shovel.
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Sons friend lost a couple fingers while working on a hay baler. Got it up and running, then seen a piece of twine hanging and just had to reach for it. Some how managed to pull himself back out. By rights he should have been missing an arm or worse. He got lucky
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Just incredible!!.... But in today's society, he would get injured, then find someone to sue and get millions for his "pain and suffering"
Here is another couple up for the Darwin award!
Guess 24,000 volts did not scare them.
Need drug money more!
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/12/30/2-electrocuted-at-substation-in-detroit.html
Guess 24,000 volts did not scare them.
Need drug money more!
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/12/30/2-electrocuted-at-substation-in-detroit.html
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That's actually pretty common. Little Rock usually has a sewer substation go down about every 6 weeks do to someone running off with the electrical components for there sump pumps.
Catering to stupid people only raises the bar of stupidity.
I see it everyday at work, no matter what you do, stupid people will find a whole new level of stupid.
I see it everyday at work, no matter what you do, stupid people will find a whole new level of stupid.
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Pictures are worth a 1000 words, I believe people not used to working around machinery do not fully appreciate the possible dangers, and some have become complacent do to years of no injury from some very foolish actions.
So I tell this true story as a bit of tractor education. Years ago I had a friend, he was just out of high school planning on attending a State college for Agriculture. He always wore loose long sleeve shirts with the tails hanging out and a part time occupation as a farm hand, trying to learn his trade from the ground up. One beautiful fall day he was chopping corn and for some reason he dismounted the tractor, he did not shut down the PTO. No one knows why he got off the tractor, but could surmise what went wrong, he got his loose long sleeve shirt caught in a revolving PTO shaft, (this was pre the requirement for shaft guards). He was found hours later deceased, his left arm severed at the shoulder. As I said no one know if his intention was to work near the PTO shaft or he was walking by it, in any event he was in very close proximity to rotating machinery. I would not call his accident stupid, probably out of respect for my friend, but like to believe he was not fully trained and or fully aware of the dangers of his actions, “inexperienced”. Today we have warning labels all over our equipment explaining the results of our actions, but how many of us actually read them, much less adhere to their warning. I think of my long lost friend every time I think of attaching a PTO shaft, and my tractor is not running. In my case the mental thought is better than a warning label, I miss him. God Bless his Soul…
So I tell this true story as a bit of tractor education. Years ago I had a friend, he was just out of high school planning on attending a State college for Agriculture. He always wore loose long sleeve shirts with the tails hanging out and a part time occupation as a farm hand, trying to learn his trade from the ground up. One beautiful fall day he was chopping corn and for some reason he dismounted the tractor, he did not shut down the PTO. No one knows why he got off the tractor, but could surmise what went wrong, he got his loose long sleeve shirt caught in a revolving PTO shaft, (this was pre the requirement for shaft guards). He was found hours later deceased, his left arm severed at the shoulder. As I said no one know if his intention was to work near the PTO shaft or he was walking by it, in any event he was in very close proximity to rotating machinery. I would not call his accident stupid, probably out of respect for my friend, but like to believe he was not fully trained and or fully aware of the dangers of his actions, “inexperienced”. Today we have warning labels all over our equipment explaining the results of our actions, but how many of us actually read them, much less adhere to their warning. I think of my long lost friend every time I think of attaching a PTO shaft, and my tractor is not running. In my case the mental thought is better than a warning label, I miss him. God Bless his Soul…
I am grateful to a supervisor that told me to tie up or do something about my long hair while working around a belt driven vacuum pump. No stickers or labels in those days. He apparently knew of someone who was essentially scalped. It didn't occur to me that that could happen just looking at the pump.
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Years ago, I worked for a print shop running a press. We made plastic wrappers and bags. Presses were around 30 ft long and 10 ft tall by 6 ft wide. Had large rollers and a huge drum that the plastic was wound around.
Gal from the bagging area came over and was talking to one of the operators. She had hair that went halfway down her back. She leaned back and some of her hair got caught and wound into one of the rollers
Thankfully she only had a chunk of hair ripped out and it didn't drag her into the press.
Gal from the bagging area came over and was talking to one of the operators. She had hair that went halfway down her back. She leaned back and some of her hair got caught and wound into one of the rollers
Thankfully she only had a chunk of hair ripped out and it didn't drag her into the press.
Seen all kinds of stuff, and there aren't always warning labels. RTV's don't' have a label under the seat regarding the engine-driven fan; and I've lost the end of my index finger because of it, not knowing that was a fan in there at the time. I certainly do now. Been down for about 8 weeks and just now able to kinda halfway hunt & peck enough to type.
Guy a few years ago when I worked for a JD dealer was hooking up a bush hog and the top link pin wasn't lined up quite right. So he sticks his finger in there and as he did, the hog was sitting on a rock that was on the shop floor, it shifted and lopped the end of that finger off as if it were a finger cutter. No mercy with equipment, so yes, you have to be on your toes.
I've seen guys working under loaders and someone walk by and lean up against the joystick, then loader drops. Nobody getting hurt because of it but the guy working under it sure moved quick.
Seen where a guy bypassed a seat switch for a customer, customer lost control and got bush hogged. Dunno if he lived or died. I don't want to be in any of those situations--and actually this instance is exactly why I refuse to comment on a switch bypassing, even for testing purposes.
And...many moons ago, I was about 10 I think. Lived out in the Midwest. My dad had friends who owned a large farm, and every summer he'd take us out to the farm for a few days, to get out of the big city life. We kids loved it. Anyway, the farmer had a daughter the same age as I was (well a few months younger). They had 3 wheelers, those dangerous things.....anyway, we were out riding and I got out front. Rode about 15 minutes and realized that she was nowhere behind me, nowhere to be seen. So I turned around thinking she'd taken a different way back to the house. Never found her. So I went back the trail I was riding and came up on the old tractor we'd passed, tractor hadn't been used in a good while but it was just sitting there. Passed it up, never seen her anywhere, so I turned around and headed back expecting to meet her at the house. On the way, I come up on the old tractor and seen the 3 wheeler a short distance away with nobody on it, laying on it's side. Got closer to the tractor and I found her. It had a hay fork on it, and she apparently lost control, ran head first into the fork. The fork was still sticking out of the back of her head. She was motionless, cold, and unresponsive. Being young, I panicked and had no clue what to do. Knew to not pull her off. Hopped back on 3 wheeler and got to the house and told my dad and the farmer what had happened, they called 9-1-1. Believe it or not, she is alive to this day, we are still friends, and amazingly enough, she is fine other than a scar on the back of her head. Cosmetic surgeries fixed the scar under her left cheek and she has some fake teeth. It was nothing short of miraculous that she lived through it. And interestingly enough she helped lead me to salvation a number of years ago, so in a sense, the circle is unbroken.
Again, I can't stress enough how dangerous farm equipment can be, equipment in general. Really anything can be dangerous but especially machinery. We all know it but some of us chose not to respect the power of what we've built, which is stupidity. And stupidity in the wild is what helps control population growth, and stupidity is a big reason we have so many laws...to protect idiots from themselves in most cases.
Guy a few years ago when I worked for a JD dealer was hooking up a bush hog and the top link pin wasn't lined up quite right. So he sticks his finger in there and as he did, the hog was sitting on a rock that was on the shop floor, it shifted and lopped the end of that finger off as if it were a finger cutter. No mercy with equipment, so yes, you have to be on your toes.
I've seen guys working under loaders and someone walk by and lean up against the joystick, then loader drops. Nobody getting hurt because of it but the guy working under it sure moved quick.
Seen where a guy bypassed a seat switch for a customer, customer lost control and got bush hogged. Dunno if he lived or died. I don't want to be in any of those situations--and actually this instance is exactly why I refuse to comment on a switch bypassing, even for testing purposes.
And...many moons ago, I was about 10 I think. Lived out in the Midwest. My dad had friends who owned a large farm, and every summer he'd take us out to the farm for a few days, to get out of the big city life. We kids loved it. Anyway, the farmer had a daughter the same age as I was (well a few months younger). They had 3 wheelers, those dangerous things.....anyway, we were out riding and I got out front. Rode about 15 minutes and realized that she was nowhere behind me, nowhere to be seen. So I turned around thinking she'd taken a different way back to the house. Never found her. So I went back the trail I was riding and came up on the old tractor we'd passed, tractor hadn't been used in a good while but it was just sitting there. Passed it up, never seen her anywhere, so I turned around and headed back expecting to meet her at the house. On the way, I come up on the old tractor and seen the 3 wheeler a short distance away with nobody on it, laying on it's side. Got closer to the tractor and I found her. It had a hay fork on it, and she apparently lost control, ran head first into the fork. The fork was still sticking out of the back of her head. She was motionless, cold, and unresponsive. Being young, I panicked and had no clue what to do. Knew to not pull her off. Hopped back on 3 wheeler and got to the house and told my dad and the farmer what had happened, they called 9-1-1. Believe it or not, she is alive to this day, we are still friends, and amazingly enough, she is fine other than a scar on the back of her head. Cosmetic surgeries fixed the scar under her left cheek and she has some fake teeth. It was nothing short of miraculous that she lived through it. And interestingly enough she helped lead me to salvation a number of years ago, so in a sense, the circle is unbroken.
Again, I can't stress enough how dangerous farm equipment can be, equipment in general. Really anything can be dangerous but especially machinery. We all know it but some of us chose not to respect the power of what we've built, which is stupidity. And stupidity in the wild is what helps control population growth, and stupidity is a big reason we have so many laws...to protect idiots from themselves in most cases.
It is a misapplication of Darwinism to relate stupidity/ignorance to selection and survival.
Most of these symptoms of ignorance occur after the ages of reproductive activity.
We should be critical of their parents! They are the ones who screwed up! ;-)
Most of these symptoms of ignorance occur after the ages of reproductive activity.
We should be critical of their parents! They are the ones who screwed up! ;-)
I guess the world is getting dumber...
On the news last night they had a special on how to clear your clogged/jammed snowblower... WITHOUT sticking your arm into the augers....
apparently several people lost fingers recently...
I actually seen that happen when I was a kid.... my neighbor stuck his hand in there with a small stick to clear a rock..... and the engine compression spun the auger and chewed up his hand..... very lucky.
On the news last night they had a special on how to clear your clogged/jammed snowblower... WITHOUT sticking your arm into the augers....
apparently several people lost fingers recently...
I actually seen that happen when I was a kid.... my neighbor stuck his hand in there with a small stick to clear a rock..... and the engine compression spun the auger and chewed up his hand..... very lucky.
When we talk about stupidity and ignorance the important consideration is it something that happens repeatedly.
We all make mistakes in judgement that can be costly both physically and financially. It's only when we do the same thing repeatedly .....
We all make mistakes in judgement that can be costly both physically and financially. It's only when we do the same thing repeatedly .....