Maybe don't enter the finger thread for a while

...how many fingers am I holding up this morning, Kirk...


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...they'll be painful this morning, I think...:hug:...DON'T GO INTO THE GARDEN and just rest them for a few days and keep them strapped up...

Thanks Mokka. It KILLS me being idle when there is so much work to be done, but I am in some pain this morning and just might heed your advice.

:laugh: Jim Carey.

As I've just told Mokka, I will probably do just that Ammi - rest them, gorge on painkillers and hope to get back to work ASAP.

Thanks Ammi.

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So when are you coming Kaz? :laugh:

Well I'm not a hottie Kirk, but you still have my sympathy:sad: How did you break them?

Kirky :bawling:

Did the hospital strap your fingers, please don't say you did it yourself?
Hope you feel better soon :)

its only a flesh wound .... get back to work :fist:

You are a hottie to me Jenny and I thank you for your sympathy love.

I bought an 8' long commercial stainless steel cupboard with sink for the 'Barbie Shed' and it is really heavy. Whilst unloading it, I had the heaviest end (as usual; Kirk the Donkey :laugh:) and put my right hand inside the open cupboard to lift it. The delivery guy, who was inside the van, lifted his end, and WHAM, both heavy stainless steel doors slammed down onto my fingers -- OUCH.

I just had a 'Blond' moment Jenny.

I actually think that I'll be OK to resume work on Monday - well, light work anyway, we'll see.

The base cupboard which I bought is just another example of how it's possible to secure expensive objects at bargain costs by being planning ahead, painstaking searching, and being patient.

I wanted something for the 'Barbie Shed' which provided safe, sealed, hygienic storage for party/barbecue plates, glasses, dishes, containers, etc, and cleaning implements, and also a stainless steel table on which to put cooked dishes of food on straight from the barbecue prior to serving (over the bar/counter I'd built).

I also wanted a small sink which I could plumb in for hand-washing purposes.

Even small used stainless steel tables were circa £150, and small used cupboards (which were hard to find) were £300 to £500. Small sinks with taps and traps were another £50 to £80.00 used on average.

I have searched for months (and prayed :laugh:) and finally came across this one which had the two built in cupboards, built in sink with taps and 8' of beautiful stainless steel worktop. The price of this very unit new is over £1,100 yet i paid just £100 for it.

The new barbecue in the pics is a 6 burner and had been reduced by the store to £200 from over £400 because it had two small, almost invisible dents (the size of pinpricks) on the front. I negotiated them down to just £125.

I sincerely hope that by the time I have finished this thread, when some Tibbies see something prohibitively expensive looking in magazines or on TV, they will be inspired to think; "Wait a minute, I could replicate that LOOK without spending a fortune".

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Thanks Jenny.

Thanks Kizzie. No, I once broke another finger and waited an hour at the hospital only for them to do what I could have done at home; strap it, tell me to rest it, and eat pain-killers :laugh:

I didn't want to take up their precious time which would be better spent on treating real emergencies, so I have just strapped them up myself, and I am resting them, and eating pain-killers :hehe:

I applaud your hard work and thriftiness Kirk. It is amazing what you can do (and save) when you put your mind to it.
I'm no DIY person, but I do make my own bread, cook from scratch, knit, sew, embroider etc, which in the long run saves a fortune. Mind you I had good training. In the 1950's my mum was a widow with seven kids still at home and she didn't get a scrap of help. So it was a case of having to 'make do and mend' as the saying goes.
Luckily I'm married to a man with the same mind-set and so nothing goes to waste in our house.
Please show us pictures when everything is finished. From what I've seen already, it's going to be a wonderful place to live.

kirky - I will reply in the only way I now how.

kirks fingers 23.08.15

I am so sorry to hear about your pain
no one has got a smirk
I hope the agony does not cain
because I will never show my 2 fingers to kirk.
we will get you through this dilemma
and you will show your power
because TIBB forum needs kirks trema
you are a constant flower.
I no some may hold up one finger
because my poetry does often break
but kirky could get no more forum blinger
this poster can never be accused of being fake.
you get well
posting on here must never stop
for you kirky I hope this does ring your bell
I am sorry if this special dedication is a flop.

take care mate and rest.

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Thank you Hog my mate. I will reply as I used to:

For Hog:

'A trouble shared is a trouble halved'
Isn't that what they say?
So I was hoping it was the same with pain
And sharing would make it go away.

So I posted my accident on the forum
For all of TIBB to see
But despite the kind words spoken
ALL the pain is just with ME.

But am I not super strong and tough?
A mythical macho man am I.
So when it hurts, in public I smile and joke,
And wait while I'm alone to CRY. :laugh:


Take care Hog.

broke my heart - we all deal with pain in funny ways.

but you are a TIBB forum solider and you will come through this even if you have a little cry.

I would offer to make you dinner kirky but all I have is fish fingers ? sorry could not resist -

Should have gone to the emergency room as soon as you broke them.

What you like? I hope they knit correctly then or they'll only have to rebreak them and set them again :/

:joker::joker::joker: A howler Hog.

My Auntie broke her finger and didn't get it done properly at the hospital and now it's crooked.

Believe it or not - I plastered 2 walls up today!!!. It did hurt like hell at times but I'm fine. :laugh:

I think mine will be OK Marsh. (I'm super tough :hehe:)

:kiss: Thank you Cherie.

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Only the tip. I always call it her witch finger. :hehe: