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Benjamin · 21-08-2015, 09:46 PM

Maybe don't enter the finger thread for a while

Ammi · 22-08-2015, 03:11 AM

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

...they'll be painful this morning, I think...

...DON'T GO INTO THE GARDEN and just rest them for a few days and keep them strapped up...

kirklancaster · 22-08-2015, 06:46 AM

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Originally Posted by Mokka

Don't do more damage by working through the pain... you will regret that more

Let them heal

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.

kirklancaster · 22-08-2015, 06:48 AM

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Originally Posted by Ammi

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

...they'll be painful this morning, I think...

...DON'T GO INTO THE GARDEN and just rest them for a few days and keep them strapped up...

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.

kirklancaster · 22-08-2015, 06:49 AM

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Originally Posted by Benjamin

Maybe don't enter the finger thread for a while

kirklancaster · 22-08-2015, 06:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Kazanne

Aw Kirk,what a warrior you are,I thought 'Livia' may have slipped on your fingers when you were erecting her,but seems she is not to blame,you take care,and get some kind soul to give you plenty of TLC.

So when are you coming Kaz?

jennyjuniper · 22-08-2015, 09:55 AM

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Originally Posted by kirklancaster

I was ahead of a tight schedule with my renovation work but today broke two fingers in a stupid accident.

I am right handed and they just happen to be on my right hand.

However, I will not let this stop me and will carry on.

Pain-killers and grit will get me through the dark days ahead.

I don't really know why I'm telling Tibb about this, apart from the hope that Liv, Ammi, Caitlin, Kaz or one of the other Tibb Hotties might give me some sympathy.

Well I'm not a hottie Kirk, but you still have my sympathy

How did you break them?

Cherie · 22-08-2015, 09:56 AM

Kirky

Kizzy · 22-08-2015, 10:03 AM

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

bots · 22-08-2015, 10:10 AM

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

kirklancaster · 23-08-2015, 08:24 AM

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Originally Posted by jennyjuniper

Well I'm not a hottie Kirk, but you still have my sympathy

How did you break them?

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

) 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

) 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.

kirklancaster · 23-08-2015, 08:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Kizzy

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

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

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

jennyjuniper · 23-08-2015, 09:51 AM

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.

waterhog · 23-08-2015, 09:57 AM

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Originally Posted by kirklancaster

I was ahead of a tight schedule with my renovation work but today broke two fingers in a stupid accident.

I am right handed and they just happen to be on my right hand.

However, I will not let this stop me and will carry on.

Pain-killers and grit will get me through the dark days ahead.

I don't really know why I'm telling Tibb about this, apart from the hope that Liv, Ammi, Caitlin, Kaz or one of the other Tibb Hotties might give me some sympathy.

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.

Marsh. · 23-08-2015, 01:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Ammi

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

kirklancaster · 24-08-2015, 08:35 AM

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Originally Posted by waterhog

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.

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.

Take care Hog.

waterhog · 24-08-2015, 09:04 AM

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 -

Calderyon · 24-08-2015, 10:56 AM

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

Kizzy · 24-08-2015, 11:05 AM

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Originally Posted by kirklancaster

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

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

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

kirklancaster · 24-08-2015, 10:23 PM

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Originally Posted by waterhog

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 -

A howler Hog.