How's this for bad luck

[dnsellers]

Hey everyone. I just figured this is a better place to post this lil bit 'o luck I ran into. I'll quote from my other post...<br /><br />

Originally posted by Derek Sellers:<br /> I like your idea!! I will definatly keep everything posted as I progress. I love thru hull, but on a cruiser like this, it would probably be more annoying than anything. I've decided to swap the h20 pump also. I actually got set back the other day when the inverter charger slid off the h20 heater in the back of my SUV (both pulled from the boat) and landed on a deep cycle battery. needless to say, it actually set fire to the entire back of my truck. Luckily my buddy with me saw it up in flames just as we started smelling it and warned me to pull over. We got the back doors open and everything pulled/stomped out, but lowe and behold, my $1,000 30amp 3 bank inverter/charger, water heater, several pieces of the brand new full enclosure canvas were destroyed. Hows that for a crap story??? And I can't get that damn smell outta my truck now. Burnt plastic/canvas...yummy. But the truck itself is okay. Anyone else have any stories similar to this, or is it just my crap luck.

Just wanted to share my grief. Thanks for listening.

 

[llfish]

Re: How's this for bad luck

This is why batteries come with caps on the battery posts.<br /><br />They also make them for wood planner blades. I had a set but did not use them the day I took my blades to be sharpened. Put the blades in my pocket. Later I reached into my pocket to get some change and sliced open my finger. Ten stitches. You should have see the look on the poor girls face when I polled my hand out of my pocket.

 

[WillyBWright]

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Used to work on lawnmowers. Customer brings his lawnmower blade for sharpening. I go back, sharpen it, hand it back to him. He looks at it, then looks at me as he rubs his thumb along one portion saying "This isn't sharp." ... I handed him a kleenex for the blood and left the service counter before I lost it. <br /><br />I saw someone pulling out of the local appliance megadealer with a brand new fridge sitting upright in the back of a pick-up, still in the box and not tied down. Proud owner hits the gas and WHAM! I hope they pack those things well.

 

[llfish]

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Boy as people we sure can do dumb things

 

[Northern Eclipse]

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Your not the only one had a friend that lived down the street from me, look out one morning to see the Fire department at his house turns out he had a Car battery on the garage floor and a coil of copper tubing ended up making contact with the battery, ( He is a HVAC tech) burnt out the entire garage... another day I see him with his hands all wrapped up, asked him what happened, he tells me he had picked up 5 gallons of liquid Chlorine for the Pool, any way the jug tipped over in the back of his van and had nasty reaction with the carpet, he proceded to remove the spill with his hands..

 

[Rudderman]

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I was carrying a heavy cutter for a spindle moulder (shaper) a few years ago and it slipped out of my hand as I was walking along. My reflex reaction was to try to catch it....not a good idea! I caught it right on the sharp edge...cut right through my fingernail...ouch!

 

[ED21]

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I guess their is no need to tell you guys where a splitting ax fell when I dropped it as I was walking barefoot on a concrete slab.<br />I still remember all the nurses in the ER coming to take a look. <br />The good news was nothing amputated.

 

[Luna Sea]

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Many years ago, before I aquired all of the wisdom I have now....... <br /><br />I added some oil to my truck at lunch, saw smoke coming out from under the hood on the way home, pulled over, popped the hood, there's the dipstick cutting my battery in half like a butterknife. <br /><br />Note to self: Don't put dipstick anywhere near the battery when adding oil.....

 

[Twidget]

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Not really mechanical, but a lesson no the less. <br /><br />My dad used to have a cat that would have kittens and hide them in the rocks by the lake. You would never see them until they were big enough to come out on their own. Cute little buggers, but totally wild.<br /><br />My step mom had a favorite, so I had the bright idea of picking it up for her. I picked the cute little kitten up, it turned around and bit my thumb. It still had its milk teeth, and one went completely through the pad of my thumb to to bottom of the nail and put a dent from the inside out. <br /><br />About this time, I decided that picking the kitten up was probably not the smartest thing to do, so I flung it away. Step mom is sitting a few feet away and mad, flying kitten lands in her lap. After landing, it runs up her shirt, around to her back and onto the top of her head. She grabs kitten, kitten grabs her, kitten is airborne again. After that, for some reason that wasnt her favorite kitten anymore.

 

[Realgun]

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Its ok things happen like-<br /><br />I voluteered to help my Dad dig some ditches for his sprinkler system. The ground was very hard caleche. Basically loose marble, calcium carbonate. We were using a hand axe to dig with. Not getting anywhere really. I got tired and the Old Man started in. I was standing behind him and got a STUPID idea to come closer and see. Well I can tell you I went to my knees when the axe hit me in the head! And I was wearing gloves and put my hand on top of my head and came away with a lota blood. Blood was everywhere and my poor Dad and step Mom were almost panicked thinking he fractured my skull. Thing is he hit me pretty hard but my skull didn't even get scratched. <br />Only 13 stitches. The damn novacaine wore off before the Doc started sewing, due to an awfully long wait in the E.R. and I was wincing and he was asking why? My wife acuses me of being hard headed. I wonder why.

 

[lakelivin]

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Anyone else getting reminded of that sketch Billy Crystal and another guy did on Saturday Night Live where both said "don't you just hate it when ....."?

 

[wallbanger2]

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Growing up in Cali, one of my monthly jobs as a kid in the house was too turn the soil in the park strip. I had managed to conveniently foget to do it one summer untill it was the end of August. My Dad decided that it was time to remedy that and had me proceed to try and turn this rock hard soil with a pitch fork. After about 4 hours I was going to take a break and when I went to stab the fork into the ground I managed to stick it through my right big toe. As I hopped into the house with blood spurting out of the hole in the shoe my Dad simply said "after you get that cleaned up and bandaged you can finish turning the dirt. Thats not going to get you out of doing it."

 

[dnsellers]

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Welp..I'm glad there was no injury to me or my friend...like there WAS to most of you all in your stories. I still have to come outta pocket for this crap! The most injury I got was a burnt hand from deciding not to *****foot around and grabbing the scolding/flaming stuff in the back of my truck and throwing it out (fiance would kill me!! if I damaged anything besides MY toys)Either way... learn from others mistakes...you can never be too careful.

 

[dnsellers]

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My apologies..I noticed it starred out the word ***** in my last post while posting the word *****foot. I didn't mean this in a bad way..I meant I didn't hesitate to grab the items on fire in the back of the truck. I didnt mean to be offensive. Maybe I should have spelled it pusyfoot? Either way, I hope most, if not all, can relate!! Cheers!!

 

[roscoe]

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Now if you had used your fiance's pet cat's foot (pusyfoot) to push out the burning items.......<br /><br />You'd really be in hot water.

 

[dnsellers]

Re: How's this for bad luck

This is very true...