[AT] Fw: Truck & Tractor Tool Guide Part Two

[Louis]

I was in the doctor's office that afternoon.  I couldn't hardly stand
it.  It really hurt to blink.  Fortunately, I  didn't have to wear a
patch.  

That afternoon after I left the doctor's office, I went to TSC and got a
pair of safety glasses.  I had been lucky to that point.  Now I wear my
safety glasses when I am grinding and even when I am using the wire
wheel or any other activity that can get crap in my eyes. That afternoon
the eye doctor really bawled me out, for my own good. 

As I get older, I am realizing the importance of safety and taking care
of myself..

Lou

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----- Original Message -----
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 I was grinding on something the sparks went into my garbage can
> and set some paper on fire.  At the same time I got a spark in my eye.

> Lou

I  learned the hard way almost thirty years ago to use eye protection
for grinding. I never knew for sure how it happened but I can still
recall the pain that eventually drove me to a doctor to have a piece of
steel removed from my eye. It was during harvest and I was using a
p.t.o. combine behind the 930 Case. I had to work with one eye for a
while as the doc put a patch over the injured one. Luckily it was the
left eye injured. leaving my right eye still functional for all the over
the shoulder work involved in pull type combining. I was lucky. Good
vision, like so many things, is often taken for granted until we lose
it.

Ralph in Sask.
http://lgoff.sasktelwebsite.net/


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