Guest guest Posted September 3, 2006 Report Share Posted September 3, 2006 Ross McKay wrote: >So I was just slicing up a cabbage for sauerkraut, with me handy-dandy >V-slicer, but I started on a big piece without using the guard - and >sliced off the top of my finger > >If you'll pardon the pun, any tips? (I thought I'd ask here, because, >well, surely I'm not alone in this! Damned stupid distractions! Maybe a >mead is in order...) > > No, Ross, you aren't alone. I did the exact same thing with a mandolin, so my dh bought me a cutting glove. I'm not sure what's available Down Under or if it would be worth it to order it over the internet, but I got mine from http://www.hubert.com, search word " cutting glove. " It is knit with a cut resistent fiber, interwoven with teflon fibers and has lasted me a couple of years now. I never use my mandolin without it now. HTH! --s Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 3, 2006 Report Share Posted September 3, 2006 Suzanne Noakes wrote: >No, Ross, you aren't alone. I did the exact same thing with a mandolin, >so my dh bought me a cutting glove. [...] Excellent, and I think I may have seen them in my local kitchenware emporium. Goodie, another excuse to visit that toy shop thanks, Ross. -- Ross McKay, Toronto, NSW Australia " Let the laddie play wi the knife - he'll learn " - The Wee Book of Calvin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 3, 2006 Report Share Posted September 3, 2006 Ross McKay wrote: >Suzanne Noakes wrote: > > > >>No, Ross, you aren't alone. I did the exact same thing with a mandolin, >>so my dh bought me a cutting glove. [...] >> >> > >Excellent, and I think I may have seen them in my local kitchenware >emporium. Goodie, another excuse to visit that toy shop > > Hope you found something while you were there, glove or no. I'm wondering if you need to tweak your sig line now: " Let the laddie play wi the v-slicer - he'll learn " ..... --s Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 3, 2006 Report Share Posted September 3, 2006 Ross McKay wrote: > > So I was just slicing up a cabbage for sauerkraut, with me handy-dandy > V-slicer, but I started on a big piece without using the guard - and > sliced off the top of my finger > > If you'll pardon the pun, any tips? (I thought I'd ask here, because, > well, surely I'm not alone in this! Damned stupid distractions! Maybe a > mead is in order...) Ooohh .. no forgiveness for the pun! And yeah, mead is in order! I've not sliced my tips off, but I did hit my toe with a hoe (cute rhyme, huh?) and took off a good deal of the nail. To which, of course, everyone asked " Why weren't you wearing shoes? " so yeah, I guess everyone has their moments! There is one product that works really well for these sorts of things: the Bandaid " Advanced healing " line. They are probably called something else in Oz. Anyway, they glom onto the skin and don't let go for like, 4 days. But they are antibiotic and don't let air or water in either, so the skin heals underneath without getting infected (and without hurting like mad), then the bandage falls off. I used one of these on my daughter's knee when she got one of those nasty scrapes that keeps kids up crying all night. She couldn't feel a thing! Worked when she lost part of her nail too ... just glommed it on instead of the nail. It's a very weird idea, but I'm kinda noted for weird ideas. Anyway, I only started using them because my son got some for some surgery, and I was impressed. It's kinda like " fake skin " they would have in some scifi movie. Alternatively, the new approach to wounds is to keep them *moist* ... put some neosporin on the wound and cover it with a bandage (preferably waterproof, since it's on you hand). And keep changing the bandage. There are also moist " burn care " bandages that work. Or a Pascalite clay pack, if you have some (that stuff will heal it up nicely too, but it's a little harder to work with, esp. while you are in pain!). -- Heidi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 3, 2006 Report Share Posted September 3, 2006 Your so bad Ross, heh, tips & mead. Well I was concerned about even using the hand grater to shred, compared to hand slicing very thin. Audrey <snippet> > So I was just slicing up a cabbage for sauerkraut, with me handy- dandy > V-slicer, but I started on a big piece without using the guard - and > sliced off the top of my finger > > If you'll pardon the pun, any tips? (I thought I'd ask here, because, > well, surely I'm not alone in this! Damned stupid distractions! Maybe a > mead is in order...) > -- > Ross McKay, Toronto, NSW Australia > " Let the laddie play wi the knife - he'll learn " > - The Wee Book of Calvin > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 3, 2006 Report Share Posted September 3, 2006 Heidi wrote: >There is one product that works really well for >these sorts of things: the Bandaid " Advanced healing " >line. [...] Cool, that sounds like the go. I'll wander around to the pharmacist this morning and get some. Oh, and the mead definitely did help... cheers, Ross. -- Ross McKay, Toronto, NSW Australia " Let the laddie play wi the V-slicer - he'll learn " - The Wee Book of Calvin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 3, 2006 Report Share Posted September 3, 2006 Hah, Ross...always an exscuse to add to our toy wish list...chicken (jk). Audrey <snippet > > >No, Ross, you aren't alone. I did the exact same thing with a mandolin, > >so my dh bought me a cutting glove. [...] > > Excellent, and I think I may have seen them in my local kitchenware > emporium. Goodie, another excuse to visit that toy shop > > thanks, > Ross. > -- > Ross McKay, Toronto, NSW Australia > " Let the laddie play wi the knife - he'll learn " > - The Wee Book of Calvin > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 3, 2006 Report Share Posted September 3, 2006 Hey, Ross I think she (s) got you on that one this time! Snickers, Audrey <snippet> > > > Hope you found something while you were there, glove or no. > > I'm wondering if you need to tweak your sig line now: > > " Let the laddie play wi the v-slicer - he'll learn " ..... > > --s > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 3, 2006 Report Share Posted September 3, 2006 Thanks for the tip, oh no not another pun, sorry! Well anyways, don't forget the arrowroot to stop the bleeding. Audrey <snippet>> > There is one product that works really well for > these sorts of things: the Bandaid " Advanced healing " > line. They are probably called something else in Oz. > Anyway, they glom onto the skin and don't let go > for like, 4 days. But they are antibiotic and don't let > air or water in either, so the skin heals underneath > without getting infected (and without hurting like mad), > then the bandage falls off. > > -- Heidi > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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