Welding instructor story

OK, I got one too. Back in the '70s when I was one of 20000 guys building guided missile frigates at Todd Shipyards, I was working bent over in an engine room and someone way up above me was cutting some steel and a big old ball of fiery slag landed right in my plumber's crack and sat there sizzling while I leaped around. It wound up being 3 little 3rd degree burns all in a most excruciatingly embarrassing place. Worst thing was, every day I had to start my shift by going to the dispensary, dropping trou and laying over a gurney while, you guessed it, the female nurse had to change the dressing. Seemed to take *forever* to get through that one.

Seeing as how the Kingdome got blown to Kingdome come a few years ago, Clark, I figger your story's a little um overstated. Mine, however, is absolute truth.

GWE

Hmm. Don't go publicizing this story too much or OSHA is going to invent a new form of Personal Protective Gear specifically aimed at the 'ol plumber's crack....!

Hmm. Goggles? Helmet? High-temperature crack putty?

Jim

jim rozen wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@drn.newsguy.com:

Well....the crack putty is a good idea....has several safety possibilities: a) keeps hot chips from metalworking machines from injuring a worker. b) keeps molten metal from welding from injuring a worker c) keeps noxious fumes from causing possible short and long-term health deterioration of nearby workers d) reduces a potentially explosive hazard in the presence of flames, sparks or other ignition sources e) reduces the need for hearing protection f) protects nearby workers from shockwave hazards

And you can mold a nice handle in so when the time comes you can rip it right out, thus removing you from the necessity of using your girlfriend's bikini wax ..

jeez, I wonder how far down this thread can go?

GWE

I think it is close to the "bottom" now ...

mikey

And also protects the wearer from potential retaliatory actions of said nearby workers.

mj

Someone beat you to it.

This always happens at work too. All the other tables at coffee time in the cafeteria are talking about Eigenvectors and carbon nanotubes or wave functions or something boring like that.

Our table is always talking about projectile vomiting or a backed-up toilet or something.

Jim

Watch those nanotubes. We just got notified at work that our outfit put a moratorium on working with the critters due to safety reasons, serious lung toxicity problems as I recall.

Pete Keillor

I'm usually at the table that is discussing Eigenvectors of projectile vomiting or wave functions of a backed-up toilet.

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Skip the middleman - apply plumber's crack directly to wax ring! - GWE