WOW THAT WAS CLOSE

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About to use one of the lifting frames at the gym.

As usual the weight plates have been put away higgledy piggeldy.

I decide to tidy them up.

There are short rods each side of the frame for the weights to slide on.

I slide on a 10lb weight and as I move my hand away a part of my hand snags the weight and the weight smoothly slips off.

As it guillotines earthwards and with no concious thought on my part I scrunch my right big toe back.

As the weight chops into my tennis shoe I feel it scrape across the end of my big toe.  

[Detn8er]

YIPE!!!!   

[boss hoss bill]

Paul

That would have Toe-tally sucked, if you hadn't used your cat like reflexes to keep you from the killer weight.

That staying healthy will kill ya!

Stay safe

Bill

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Paul

That staying healthy will kill ya!

Bill

[robin]

About to use one of the lifting frames at the gym.

As usual the weight plates have been put away higgledy piggeldy.

I decide to tidy them up.

There are short rods each side of the frame for the weights to slide on.

I slide on a 10lb weight and as I move my hand away a part of my hand snags the weight and the weight smoothly slips off.

As it guillotines earthwards and with no concious thought on my part I scrunch my right big toe back.

As the weight chops into my tennis shoe I feel it scrape across the end of my big toe.  

     ????????????  What the hell does that mean , must be an English thing

[trout dude]

Robin it means

 hig•gle•dy-pig•gle•dy (ˈhɪg əl diˈpɪg əl di)

adv.
1. in a jumbled, confused, or disorderly manner; helter-skelter.
adj.
2. confused; jumbled.


Glad your ok Paul

[czuch]

Glad everything ---worked out---for ya.
I didnt make it to the gym yesterday.
Thats like, 9 years in a row.

[CajunRider]

Don't tell that story to OSHA!!!

Next thing you know, we'll be required to wear steel-toes to have a decent work-out!    

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Good reflexes though... glad your big piggie came out unscathed!    

[DIGGER]

About to use one of the lifting frames at the gym.

As usual the weight plates have been put away higgledy piggeldy.

I decide to tidy them up.

There are short rods each side of the frame for the weights to slide on.

I slide on a 10lb weight and as I move my hand away a part of my hand snags the weight and the weight smoothly slips off.

As it guillotines earthwards and with no concious thought on my part I scrunch my right big toe back.

As the weight chops into my tennis shoe I feel it scrape across the end of my big toe.  

At the gym they always say that if you drop  10 lbs its good for your health.

[0leman]

At the gym they always say that if you drop  10 lbs its good for your health.

Yes, but not on your toe.

Dropped a 45 lbs that came close to my right foot.  Thankfully I am a bad shot and missed.   

[Jess from VA]

As kids, we played mumbeldy-peg barefooted.   For about a half hour.