Thread: How many fingers do you have?

Known as the phalanges of the hand I have 28, collectively they form 8 fingers & 2 opposable thumbs.....they're the items my dogs are insanely jealous of.
All this despite repetitive attempts at amateur self amputation with various machines .

Bruce C.

Still got all of mine, no bad accidents, nothing. I'm not lucky, I'm careful! The thought of losing any parts still sends shivers down my spine (literally). The possibility is always in the back of my mind when I work so I always approach each job looking for the possible risks.
Bruce, have you seen that Garry Larsen cartoon where the dog scientists (in lab coats and nerd glasses) are studying door handles to try to work out how to open them?

Mick the cautious

Eight and a half

I had a job that I had to get out.......a head cold and was full of Sudafed...oops....lost top 3/4 of ring and pinky of right hand on a Woodfast buzzer 15 or so years ago.

The only place it slows me up is lifting a heavy toolbox/suitcase or a sheet of 8 by 4

It has had its lighter moments though.

I'm involved in basketball and nothing delights me more than asking a newcomer (usually an eight to ten year old kid) to "give me three and a half!!

People often ask if it hurt

I explain that when it happened, I went into shock and then, in the hospital, they give you drugs and stuff to help.

I also describe the Occupational Therapy sessions and the gorgeous nurse I had. I remember one session went something like:

Me - Will I be able to play the piano after therapy?
GN - Of course
Me - Excellent, I couldn't do it before!!

Seriously though what a whinger, there are people missing lots more bits than me

Bill

Originally Posted by bill_h

Eight and a half

IMe - Will I be able to play the piano after therapy?
GN - Of course
Me - Excellent, I couldn't do it before!!

Bill

Boom Boom

My dog's got no nose
Really. How does it smell ?
Terrible
etc

My left hand is missingfirst nuckle on pinky, pointer is down to 2nd nuckle middle is sealed stiff on first nuckle. Happened on a edge bander about 4 years ago. Bl....y thing wasnt working well;; boss, foreman and next in line all out. Was told to spend last hour of day on this and if got something through better than nothing. "If it jamms hit this button.... stops everything. BULL S...

it jammed hit button everything stopped put hand in to remove edging tripped cut off blade lever that WAS still working bit into little finger hit weddind band and flipped hand over and did the rest. Business had tp spend $k10 on safety.

Best fun I have is when around small kids hold remains of my pointer up to nose and ask the kids to help me as its stuck up me snoze, then scream bl....y murder when it comes out 'minus' rest. Think Ive cured 10 from picking noses

Sure have, there's a joke in our house that if the dogs had thumbs, we'd be redundant.
really happened 3 yrs ago, , walked back to car from picking 4 yr old up from pre-school we spotted Reggie(our alpha male border collie) sitting in drivers seat of car, prompted serious Q from me to 4 yr old daughter "Why can't dogs drive cars?" straight faced answer "cause they haven't got licences , gee your dumb dad!".

Bruce C.

Thanking the lord I've still got all of them. Tried ripping off a thumb once but it survived!

All 10 hand digits still there but risk losing 'em at times when the fight over the Visa occurs 'round woodshow time mainly

Cheers

all of them and i want to keep it that way if i can.

but i did take a large chunk of flesh out of the end of my left thumb with an axe about 9 yrs ago flesh grew back but theres no feeling in that area now

Around the time i got into wood working in a more serious manner i used to see a triton demonstrater at bunnings and a few other hardware stores, he only had about 5 1/2 fingers for both hands.(inludes thumbs)
i always thought that it wasnt a real clever piece of managment, having this bloke who looks like a walking accident site trying to get people to buy tools that can cut your fingers off.
funny that! dont you think?

Cheers Ian

Originally Posted by Robert WA

PROTEST

This poll is unfair to Tasmanians.

The poll was for FINGERS .. NOT HEADS

and just for the record. I have 8 puls 2

Still got all 10, but they're all damaged one way or another. The scars have scars of their own. All relatively minor injuries thankfully - just lots of them.

The thumb I spiked with a chisel 8 weeks back is recovering. Nicked the bone, and partially severed a tendon. It has normal movement range now - but it used to be double jointed (which my daughter loved and now that don't work. Doc tells me it should be OK again in another 6 weeks or so.

Still got all ten but have had to count them from time to time to make sure.
Closest encounter was with a 9"angle grinder while cutting custom orb on a roof job. I was having trouble changing the cutting disc as the grinder was rocking around on the ground. My offsider came to my assistance by putting his foot on it. You guessed it straight on the go button with me hanging onto the spanners. Lost a lot of flesh but can still count to ten without removing my boots. By the way someone had definately unplugged the cord. Now I do it myself.
Regards
Bob

In the wood machining trade there was an old saying. You could always tell a good and experienced wood machinist by how many fingers were missing.

I must be a bad wood machinist because I have all of my fingers but them a bit more time spent on the shaper and who knows how many I would have now.

Daniel

ive got all mine still,but like most of the other replys i've had some close calls .
first one while cutting a piece of wood on the dropsaw it got jambed while cutting it and threw it back badly fracturing my left thumb and narrowly missing my face.
second one happen last year just before knock off time i was cutting down a 100mm piece of lamiwood down to 30mm in width and 2.0m in length with a potable circular saw it got jambed kicked back and it ended up slicing and fracturing the tip of my left finger next to the thumb not bad for 27 years in the trade