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Author Topic: When fixing your refrigerator... (a cautionary tale)  (Read 1995 times)
The Anvil
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« on: April 13, 2012, 11:51:31 AM »

Beware of that innocent looking copper tube in the back of the freezer.

So I touch the tube (wasn't actually intentional, I was feeling around for something) and my finger sticks like Flick's tongue to that flagpole. "Ah crap..." I says to myself. Fortunately my mother happened to be in the other room.

Me: "Ma, I need you to get me the hair dryer right now please."
My mother: "Okay hold on a minute."
Me: "No ma, I mean I really need it RIGHT NOW."
My mother: "Okay I'm coming."

I hear her lallygagging getting her ass off the couch and now I'm getting severely annoyed and ready to kiss my fingertip skin goodbye.

Me: "Ma, seriously, I need you to MOVE BEFORE I GET FROSTBITE FOR THE LOVE OF GOD WOMAN!!!"

That got her attention. She comes a running into the kitchen and hands me the hairdryer (with plug) while I'm standing there with my right hand stuck in the freezer.

Me:"Well plug it in PLEASE!"
My mother: "Oh..."

My right index fingertip is kinda freezer burned but I think I lucked out and I'm gonna keep the skin. I hope.
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musclehead
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« Reply #1 on: April 13, 2012, 12:05:31 PM »

the last time I stuck my fingers some place they didn't belong i nearly killed myself completing the circuit between points at 220 volts Shocked Shocked Shocked Shocked

I've got pics somewhere it blew a good sized hole out the back of my thumb nail.  I called my buddy the plumber........ Lips Sealed
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« Reply #2 on: April 13, 2012, 12:41:49 PM »

(wasn't actually intentional, I was feeling around for something)

So often that ends badly, doesn't it?

Now that I think of it, it may apply both physically and verbally.   Wink 

Glad to hear you got your finger back this time.   Smiley 
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« Reply #3 on: April 13, 2012, 12:59:33 PM »

It's amazing how much trouble we can get ourselves into with so little effort. Glad it wasn't too serious.
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« Reply #4 on: April 13, 2012, 01:54:22 PM »

 2funny Kinda sorta sorry. Really couldn't help myself at all. uglystupid2 Next time ASK. crazy2 RIDE SAFE. That'll larn ya to keep yer cotton pickin fingers outin where da don't belong. cooldude
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BradValk48237
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« Reply #5 on: April 13, 2012, 01:56:13 PM »

I TRIPLE dog dare ya!

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alph
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« Reply #6 on: April 13, 2012, 04:31:31 PM »

(wasn't actually intentional, I was feeling around for something)

last time i did that i ended up with a kid....  Evil

BTW, what the hell are you doing living with your mother?  does she still make your lunch, put it in a brown paper baggie??
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« Reply #7 on: April 13, 2012, 04:41:25 PM »


  Kinda like as a kid when i would have my younger brother "lick" the old metal ice tray bottom.  just can't do that any more with the icemakers, darn.  would still like to try that on my brother. Grin

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« Reply #8 on: April 13, 2012, 04:43:18 PM »


BTW, what the hell are you doing living with your mother?  does she still make your lunch, put it in a brown paper baggie??

  or clean those skid marks out of your shorts?  Grin
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« Reply #9 on: April 13, 2012, 04:59:17 PM »

What I'm taking away from this is that my hobby of nude appliance repair is more dangerous than I had originally thought.
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The Anvil
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« Reply #10 on: April 13, 2012, 06:28:14 PM »

BTW, what the hell are you doing living with your mother?  does she still make your lunch, put it in a brown paper baggie??

It has it's advantages.  Wink

But she lives with us and watches the kids while we work.

And I would highly recommend wearing clothing any time you're working around vapor-cycle refrigeration equipment... and gloves.
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But none together can testify to the rhythm of a road well bent.
Saddles and zip codes, passports and gates, the Jones' keep.
In August the water is trickling, in April it's furious deep.

1997 Valk Standard, Red and White.
Toledo Mark
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« Reply #11 on: April 13, 2012, 06:40:53 PM »

Beware of that innocent looking copper tube in the back of the freezer.

So I touch the tube (wasn't actually intentional, I was feeling around for something) and my finger sticks like Flick's tongue to that flagpole. "Ah crap..." I says to myself. Fortunately my mother happened to be in the other room.

Me: "Ma, I need you to get me the hair dryer right now please."
My mother: "Okay hold on a minute."
Me: "No ma, I mean I really need it RIGHT NOW."
My mother: "Okay I'm coming."

I hear her lallygagging getting her ass off the couch and now I'm getting severely annoyed and ready to kiss my fingertip skin goodbye.

Me: "Ma, seriously, I need you to MOVE BEFORE I GET FROSTBITE FOR THE LOVE OF GOD WOMAN!!!"

That got her attention. She comes a running into the kitchen and hands me the hairdryer (with plug) while I'm standing there with my right hand stuck in the freezer.

Me:"Well plug it in PLEASE!"
My mother: "Oh..."

My right index fingertip is kinda freezer burned but I think I lucked out and I'm gonna keep the skin. I hope.

Anvil...  This is all in fun, but thank god you live with your mom. Grin Grin
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« Reply #12 on: April 13, 2012, 06:45:09 PM »

I remember as a kid say 8-9 years old tops my older brother dared me to stick my tongue for like 10 seconds in the winter to the metal clothesline pole.   I didn't believe him that it would stick for that little time frame.  Well, I was wrong and after 10 seconds, I pulled and pulled until my tongue skin was pretty well gone and bleeding pretty good then came off.  BOY THAT HURT - didn't even bet him on it darn it, coulda made a buck.  Reminds me of a story with my now deceased uncle when I was a few years older like 10-12 after we went fishing came back with a few nightcrawlers leftover.  Me and my older brother dared him to swallow a nightcrawler and if he did we would give him a quarter.  He made a quarter that afternoon -  YIKES!!! Roll Eyes Undecided
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« Reply #13 on: April 13, 2012, 07:01:45 PM »

anvil lives with his mom

his name is jamie

he's posting pic of pink drills and pink gun purses. Roll Eyes Roll Eyes Roll Eyes
 Grin Grin Grin Grin Grin
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The Anvil
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« Reply #14 on: April 13, 2012, 07:43:54 PM »

Beware of that innocent looking copper tube in the back of the freezer.

So I touch the tube (wasn't actually intentional, I was feeling around for something) and my finger sticks like Flick's tongue to that flagpole. "Ah crap..." I says to myself. Fortunately my mother happened to be in the other room.

Me: "Ma, I need you to get me the hair dryer right now please."
My mother: "Okay hold on a minute."
Me: "No ma, I mean I really need it RIGHT NOW."
My mother: "Okay I'm coming."

I hear her lallygagging getting her ass off the couch and now I'm getting severely annoyed and ready to kiss my fingertip skin goodbye.

Me: "Ma, seriously, I need you to MOVE BEFORE I GET FROSTBITE FOR THE LOVE OF GOD WOMAN!!!"

That got her attention. She comes a running into the kitchen and hands me the hairdryer (with plug) while I'm standing there with my right hand stuck in the freezer.

Me:"Well plug it in PLEASE!"
My mother: "Oh..."

My right index fingertip is kinda freezer burned but I think I lucked out and I'm gonna keep the skin. I hope.

Anvil...  This is all in fun, but thank god you live with your mom. Grin Grin

Ask her how thankful she is.

But the lasagne makes it worth all the trouble.
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Boxer rebellion, the Holy Child. They all pay their rent.
But none together can testify to the rhythm of a road well bent.
Saddles and zip codes, passports and gates, the Jones' keep.
In August the water is trickling, in April it's furious deep.

1997 Valk Standard, Red and White.
FryeVRCCDS0067
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« Reply #15 on: April 13, 2012, 08:41:42 PM »

I remember as a kid say 8-9 years old tops my older brother dared me to stick my tongue for like 10 seconds in the winter to the metal clothesline pole.   I didn't believe him that it would stick for that little time frame.  Well, I was wrong and after 10 seconds, I pulled and pulled until my tongue skin was pretty well gone and bleeding pretty good then came off.  BOY THAT HURT - didn't even bet him on it darn it, coulda made a buck.  Reminds me of a story with my now deceased uncle when I was a few years older like 10-12 after we went fishing came back with a few nightcrawlers leftover.  Me and my older brother dared him to swallow a nightcrawler and if he did we would give him a quarter.  He made a quarter that afternoon -  YIKES!!! Roll Eyes Undecided

Not too long ago my partner in crime at work, the other maintenance guy ate a medium size live spider in the break room during lunch just to mess with the rest of us. We all gave him a buck each, even though there was no bet, we just thought he deserved it.  Grin

Anvil, be glad your Mom found the hair dryer. Woulda been bad if she'd had to urinate on you to get you off of there.  Smiley
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The Anvil
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« Reply #16 on: April 13, 2012, 08:49:20 PM »

I remember as a kid say 8-9 years old tops my older brother dared me to stick my tongue for like 10 seconds in the winter to the metal clothesline pole.   I didn't believe him that it would stick for that little time frame.  Well, I was wrong and after 10 seconds, I pulled and pulled until my tongue skin was pretty well gone and bleeding pretty good then came off.  BOY THAT HURT - didn't even bet him on it darn it, coulda made a buck.  Reminds me of a story with my now deceased uncle when I was a few years older like 10-12 after we went fishing came back with a few nightcrawlers leftover.  Me and my older brother dared him to swallow a nightcrawler and if he did we would give him a quarter.  He made a quarter that afternoon -  YIKES!!! Roll Eyes Undecided

Not too long ago my partner in crime at work, the other maintenance guy ate a medium size live spider in the break room during lunch just to mess with the rest of us. We all gave him a buck each, even though there was no bet, we just thought he deserved it.  Grin

Anvil, be glad your Mom found the hair dryer. Woulda been bad if she'd had to urinate on you to get you off of there.  Smiley

I wasn't stung by a jellyfish Shocked

Seriously tho, I would have had more success peeing on myself. Not that I speak from experience. But it was the main evaporator line. If I'd tried the water thing they'd have had to cut me out with a chainsaw.
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Boxer rebellion, the Holy Child. They all pay their rent.
But none together can testify to the rhythm of a road well bent.
Saddles and zip codes, passports and gates, the Jones' keep.
In August the water is trickling, in April it's furious deep.

1997 Valk Standard, Red and White.
FryeVRCCDS0067
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« Reply #17 on: April 13, 2012, 09:23:22 PM »

I remember as a kid say 8-9 years old tops my older brother dared me to stick my tongue for like 10 seconds in the winter to the metal clothesline pole.   I didn't believe him that it would stick for that little time frame.  Well, I was wrong and after 10 seconds, I pulled and pulled until my tongue skin was pretty well gone and bleeding pretty good then came off.  BOY THAT HURT - didn't even bet him on it darn it, coulda made a buck.  Reminds me of a story with my now deceased uncle when I was a few years older like 10-12 after we went fishing came back with a few nightcrawlers leftover.  Me and my older brother dared him to swallow a nightcrawler and if he did we would give him a quarter.  He made a quarter that afternoon -  YIKES!!! Roll Eyes Undecided

Not too long ago my partner in crime at work, the other maintenance guy ate a medium size live spider in the break room during lunch just to mess with the rest of us. We all gave him a buck each, even though there was no bet, we just thought he deserved it.  Grin

Anvil, be glad your Mom found the hair dryer. Woulda been bad if she'd had to urinate on you to get you off of there.  Smiley

I wasn't stung by a jellyfish Shocked

Seriously tho, I would have had more success peeing on myself. Not that I speak from experience. But it was the main evaporator line. If I'd tried the water thing they'd have had to cut me out with a chainsaw.

 Grin Grin Grin I don't know if it's a gift or a curse but I'm easily amused and enjoying this thread greatly.  Grin Grin Grin
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« Reply #18 on: April 14, 2012, 02:49:39 AM »

Beware of that innocent looking copper tube in the back of the freezer.

So I touch the tube (wasn't actually intentional, I was feeling around for something) and my finger sticks like Flick's tongue to that flagpole. "Ah crap..." I says to myself. Fortunately my mother happened to be in the other room.

Me: "Ma, I need you to get me the hair dryer right now please."
My mother: "Okay hold on a minute."
Me: "No ma, I mean I really need it RIGHT NOW."
My mother: "Okay I'm coming."

I hear her lallygagging getting her ass off the couch and now I'm getting severely annoyed and ready to kiss my fingertip skin goodbye.

Me: "Ma, seriously, I need you to MOVE BEFORE I GET FROSTBITE FOR THE LOVE OF GOD WOMAN!!!"

That got her attention. She comes a running into the kitchen and hands me the hairdryer (with plug) while I'm standing there with my right hand stuck in the freezer.

Me:"Well plug it in PLEASE!"
My mother: "Oh..."

My right index fingertip is kinda freezer burned but I think I lucked out and I'm gonna keep the skin. I hope.

 i read this and thought that its a good thing that he dont play with elctrical........... and then i saw this

the last time I stuck my fingers some place they didn't belong i nearly killed myself completing the circuit between points at 220 volts Shocked Shocked Shocked Shocked

I've got pics somewhere it blew a good sized hole out the back of my thumb nail.  I called my buddy the plumber........ Lips Sealed

and wondered if these 2 were related? 2funny 2funny
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« Reply #19 on: April 14, 2012, 04:55:36 AM »

12 year old boy in Jahore Bahru visiitng parents for summer vacation.

The local ice cream salesman came peddling his bicycle and freezer sidecar.

I rush out with money and he plops an ice lolly in my hand.

A boy at the age of 12 access's the iced treat by inserting the paper wrapped lolly into his mouth stick first so as to blow air up into the wrap releasing it from the frozen contents.

The freezer of the salesman was cooled with dry ice which made the frozen treats REALLY cold.

It took me a couple of minutes running luke warm water across my lips to separate skin and paper.
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The Anvil
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Derry, NH


« Reply #20 on: April 14, 2012, 11:28:51 AM »

Beware of that innocent looking copper tube in the back of the freezer.

So I touch the tube (wasn't actually intentional, I was feeling around for something) and my finger sticks like Flick's tongue to that flagpole. "Ah crap..." I says to myself. Fortunately my mother happened to be in the other room.

Me: "Ma, I need you to get me the hair dryer right now please."
My mother: "Okay hold on a minute."
Me: "No ma, I mean I really need it RIGHT NOW."
My mother: "Okay I'm coming."

I hear her lallygagging getting her ass off the couch and now I'm getting severely annoyed and ready to kiss my fingertip skin goodbye.

Me: "Ma, seriously, I need you to MOVE BEFORE I GET FROSTBITE FOR THE LOVE OF GOD WOMAN!!!"

That got her attention. She comes a running into the kitchen and hands me the hairdryer (with plug) while I'm standing there with my right hand stuck in the freezer.

Me:"Well plug it in PLEASE!"
My mother: "Oh..."

My right index fingertip is kinda freezer burned but I think I lucked out and I'm gonna keep the skin. I hope.

 i read this and thought that its a good thing that he dont play with elctrical........... and then i saw this

the last time I stuck my fingers some place they didn't belong i nearly killed myself completing the circuit between points at 220 volts Shocked Shocked Shocked Shocked

I've got pics somewhere it blew a good sized hole out the back of my thumb nail.  I called my buddy the plumber........ Lips Sealed

and wondered if these 2 were related? 2funny 2funny

Actually I spent a number of years in the commercial/industrial electrical industry. I've been hit with everything up to 480V. 277V by far hurts to worst.  Cheesy <---That's pretty much exactly what your eyes do.

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Boxer rebellion, the Holy Child. They all pay their rent.
But none together can testify to the rhythm of a road well bent.
Saddles and zip codes, passports and gates, the Jones' keep.
In August the water is trickling, in April it's furious deep.

1997 Valk Standard, Red and White.
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