Bits of Wisdom

[h_i_s]

Bits of Wisdum

How many of us learn from our mistakes?
How many of us learn from the mistakes of others?
Have you any examples to share?


Today ... while shampooing my hair in the kitchen sink, too much suds had accumulated. i wanted the suds to go down the drain, and no matter how much water i ran, they just wouldn't go! So, i suddenly had this 'brilliant' idea.
i turned the water on full blast, and turned on the garbage disposal. The suds started to go down the drain a bit quicker, so i bent my head down and continued rinsing. Immediately i realized my mistake. ... but i had realized about 2.5 seconds too late.
Yes ... a long chunk of my silken tresses went down with those suds and became twisted into a nasty knot. At least i didn't get stuck in the friggin thing. It could have been much worse. Fortunately, i was able to untangle most of the huge piece of knotted ends which resulted. Unfortunately, no amount of conditioner, nor combing could fix the mistake entirely. i ended up having to rip as much of the ends of my hair free as i could manage.
i lost about 2.5 inches of length from the ends of that section of hair. Luckily, since that section of hair was from the underneath section of hair below the crown, in the midsection of my head, the damage is not noticable at all. But talk about a learning experience ....

My lesson for today:
Garbage disposals have a rotating motor/blade, and my hair is more than long enough to reach the blade.



Do you have a mishap, or learning experience to share? Ever have something negative occur as a result of just not thinking carefully enough prior to acting on a brain storm of an idea?

 

[graceanne]

I learned that if you are so mad that you MUST punch the wall, make sure it's not brick or concrete. *nods*

 

[h_i_s]

I learned that if you are so mad that you MUST punch the wall, make sure it's not brick or concrete. *nods*

nods back, in agreement ..
Oh yeah. Been there done that too. Same rule applies when kicking furniture and stuff. Not that furniture is made of brick or concrete, but kicking a bean bag chair sure beats kicking the solid wood desk, etc ect.

 

[caela]

I learned that if you are so mad that you MUST punch the wall, make sure it's not brick or concrete. *nods*

Hitting the grates on lockers is bad too.

 

[Killishandra]

Umm... I just want to say, I'm glad you're okay, Sinn.

Honestly, my heart jumped as I read the part where you dip your hair back into the sink with the running disposal. Sounded like a bloody horror movie scene, only real. I'm sure as hell glad nothing worse happened (but I'm sorry to hear about the hair.)

*feels a lil sick in the stomach* Don't scare me like that again!


*Edited to say: I am on my period, so excuse me while I get emotional over stuff like this.*

 

[graceanne]

nods back, in agreement ..
Oh yeah. Been there done that too. Same rule applies when kicking furniture and stuff. Not that furniture is made of brick or concrete, but kicking a bean bag chair sure beats kicking the solid wood desk, etc ect.

Wow. Thanks for the heads up. So far I haven't kicked anything.

I also want to state, in my defense, that normally if I'm hitting things it's cause I'm on steroids and they make me very aggressive.

 

[Betticus]

Under no curcumstances should you ever pull your dads finger.

 

[Betticus]

One also shouldn't put Angelic Assassin up for public auction. Even if the going bid was 5000 plus travel and lodging and meals.

 

[graceanne]

K said:

Do NOT pee on electric fences.

 

[tealsphynx]

Umm... I just want to say, I'm glad you're okay, Sinn.

Honestly, my heart jumped as I read the part where you dip your hair back into the sink with the running disposal. Sounded like a bloody horror movie scene, only real. I'm sure as hell glad nothing worse happened (but I'm sorry to hear about the hair.)

*feels a lil sick in the stomach* Don't scare me like that again!


*Edited to say: I am on my period, so excuse me while I get emotional over stuff like this.*

I'm having flashbacks to (uhm..can't remember who it was...something T I think...) Hair Torture thread....

 

[Guest]

How many of us learn from our mistakes?
How many of us learn from the mistakes of others?
Have you any examples to share?


Today ... while shampooing my hair in the kitchen sink, too much suds had accumulated. i wanted the suds to go down the drain, and no matter how much water i ran, they just wouldn't go! So, i suddenly had this 'brilliant' idea.
i turned the water on full blast, and turned on the garbage disposal. The suds started to go down the drain a bit quicker, so i bent my head down and continued rinsing. Immediately i realized my mistake. ... but i had realized about 2.5 seconds too late.
Yes ... a long chunk of my silken tresses went down with those suds and became twisted into a nasty knot. At least i didn't get stuck in the friggin thing. It could have been much worse. Fortunately, i was able to untangle most of the huge piece of knotted ends which resulted. Unfortunately, no amount of conditioner, nor combing could fix the mistake entirely. i ended up having to rip as much of the ends of my hair free as i could manage.
i lost about 2.5 inches of length from the ends of that section of hair. Luckily, since that section of hair was from the underneath section of hair below the crown, in the midsection of my head, the damage is not noticable at all. But talk about a learning experience ....

My lesson for today:
Garbage disposals have a rotating motor/blade, and my hair is more than long enough to reach the blade.



Do you have a mishap, or learning experience to share? Ever have something negative occur as a result of just not thinking carefully enough prior to acting on a brain storm of an idea?

Speaking as someone who has been (amongst other things) An honest to Gods, professional Plumber, for the last eighteen or nineteen years....
You are a lot luckier than you know....
Not only is your hair long enough to reach those blades... Even a piss poor disposal has enough torque to possibly remove a section of your scalp...NOT just your hair..
A bit less lucky and you could have been throughly screwed.. Yanking a piece out of your scalp can kill you..Though it usually doesn't..
Or your hair could have been caught in a stalled unit... Though, if there had been someone else handy, there is a socket on the bottom center of the unit which will accept a 1/4 inch Allen key... This can be used to rotate the unit backwards once it is turned off..

*grin* As for having something negative occur through not considering carefully enough... DOes most of my life before 35 count???

 

[Master Sensei]

Hitting the grates on lockers is bad too.

Ditto.

Never try to move a 90 gallon aquarium by yourself, even if it's empty. It's beyond sad when you crack a brand new aquarium of that size.

 

[His_pita]

Under no curcumstances should you ever pull your dads finger.

LMAO!! I learned that one at a very young age myself.


Sinn that was horrifying! You are a very lucky woman to have gotten out of that as well as you did. Like touching a hot stove I bet you won't ever forget this important lesson.

 

[h_i_s]

LMAO!! I learned that one at a very young age myself.


Sinn that was horrifying! You are a very lucky woman to have gotten out of that as well as you did. Like touching a hot stove I bet you won't ever forget this important lesson.

i certainly won't forget it any time soon, if ever at all, pita. i was already scared of the garbage disposal as it was, and always have been. i'm one of those who (usually .. imagines quite too vividly for my own likings, the possibility of tragedy/accidents etc before they occur ... i'm an overly cautious type ... MOST of the time). There have been a few times when my Master has had to reach His hand down the drain to clear the disposal. Even with it turned off, i've often stood behind Him in a freaked out state, very nervously asking Him to pleeeeeeease not put is hand in there ... EVEN though it IS turned OFF.

EKVITKAR, yes ... i am aware of just how lucky i am that i lost nothing more than a little bit of hair. i'm scared of that disposal & always have been. i'd quickly peeked down into the thing, before, just to understand how it works. Just viewing the mechanics, and understanding what damage it could do made my skin crawl and my stomach lurch. Thanks for the heads-up though.

tealsphynx, i did experience a few flashes of my own at the moment of realizing that my hair had been grabbed by the thing. i wasn't so worried about losing some length to my hair, it just wasn't the priority at the time.
It was that half of a second as i reached to turn off the switch ... amazing how much thought can happen in half of a second.
It was a thought of, "Shit ... uuuuuuhhh fuck, motherf... God, let me turn it off fast enough to prevent getting my scalp torn off and my face slammed into the sink by the force of this thing".
Second thought was, "Fuck am i lucky...".
Third thought was, "Shit, i just grew out all of the damn layers .... i hope my hair doesn't look weird now .. was it from on top?? ... uggghh ... i'd hate to have bangs again .. grrrrrrr...".
Fourth thought, "Whatever, i'm fine, all that counts ... hair grows back, and besides, i can deal with bad hair days, i'm a wiz when it comes to styling fixes.".
Fifth thought, "God, that was a really stupid thing to do.".

Killi, sorry for making your stomache sick. Yeah, it was a scary moment. NO WORRIES though, i won't scare you like that again. i'm too scared to go near the thing. Oh, and my hair is 100% fine ... had a huge twisted knot of hair that i had ripped off in my hand once i'd managed to pull as much free as i could, but nothing more than that to show for damage. i can't even find where it was ripped off at the ends now. i'm fine, and very lucky.

 

[gingermango]

OUCH! The garbage disposal story hits too close to home. GoddessO has a nasty habit of trying to dispose of "indisposable" things (such as mango pits ) in ours, leaving me to clean/repair/flush out the results of her efforts. Oh, well.

Here's another good lesson - a dull knife and a potato are an bad combination that can result in a lost finger in the kitchen. No, I didn't actually lose the finger, but it was a darn close thing. Now I sharpen my knifes religiously and don't have such problems any more.

 

[m wisdom]

A few bits of wisdom ...

... don't fall asleep while driving.

... making a turn in a intersection at 90 km/h (56 miles/h) is difficult but doable.
... it's not a good idea to try it when there is traffic on the road.
... doing it two days after you got your driving licence is not doable.

... when you have to catch a transatlantic flight don't be late for checkin.

... before you lean on the railing in your tree house, make sure it's nailed and fixed to a tree.

... if you transport a TV in a shopping cart, make sure it wont fall off and hit the ground if the cart should come to an unexpected halt.

... if you buy a computer in the US, make sure to change the power setting from 110V to 220V before plugging it into a Swedish electrical outlet.

... when skiing and jumping, always inspect the landing area before jumping. Even if it "looked good" yesterday.
... after jumping and you land in the middle of a mogul field because you didn't check first, and you manage to actually ski through it at a way too high speed. People will be very impressed. (Don't tell them it was pure luck you made it.)

 

[Andante]

Never head for the bathroom, via the kitchen, on a sunday morning, stark naked, if you're not absolutely sure that said kitchen is not occupied by your SO and a pair of complete strangers who've come by to pick a kitten.

 

[Betticus]

Never head for the bathroom, via the kitchen, on a sunday morning, stark naked, if you're not absolutely sure that said kitchen is not occupied by your SO and a pair of complete strangers who've come by to pick a kitten.

heheheheheheheheehehehhehehe

 

[h_i_s]

K said:

Do NOT pee on electric fences.

... and don't spit into the wind, either.

 

[h_i_s]

Never head for the bathroom, via the kitchen, on a sunday morning, stark naked, if you're not absolutely sure that said kitchen is not occupied by your SO and a pair of complete strangers who've come by to pick a kitten.

ooooooo .... too funny!!

 

[h_i_s]

If you are ever traveling on the highway and suddenly have a flat tire .... and then try to change it yourself, only to realize that you do not have a jack ....... and get the bright idea of backing your car up to the nearest emergency highway phone to call for help ......... move that spare tire from off of the ground behind the vehicle BEFORE backing up!!

Yeah, i've done that.

Cutting long story short: Another driver stopped and let me use their cell phone to call for help.

my help arrived and asked me where my spare tire was .... they would not accept, "under my car" for an answer, and instead explained to me while rolling their eyes in a mocking manner, "this model is not one that allows for storing the spare underneath". Of course the only reply i could give, "Well, MINE does .. now.".

Just another one of those 100% "duh" type of mistakes which i have not and will not ever repeat!!

 

[m wisdom]

Just another one of those 100% "duh" type of mistakes which i have not and will not ever repeat!!

Well, duh...



I have the same feeling about my bits off wisdom, have made all off them except 2 that I have learned from others. (Drop a TV and reckless driving right after getting the license)

 

[tealsphynx]

Wow, I didn't know that a garbage disposal could rip off your scalp! Then again I make it a point not to reach anything I don't want to lose down the disposal....I have nasty images of it freakishly turning on by itself and eating me alive....maybe I watched too many horror movies as a kid. I have a little grab-it's claw thingy for retrieving dropped items out of the disposal.

 

[h_i_s]

Wow, I didn't know that a garbage disposal could rip off your scalp! Then again I make it a point not to reach anything I don't want to lose down the disposal....I have nasty images of it freakishly turning on by itself and eating me alive....maybe I watched too many horror movies as a kid. I have a little grab-it's claw thingy for retrieving dropped items out of the disposal.

Exactly, and i don't know where i ever got the notion that a garbage disposal CAN turn on accidentally or by itself .... but am one to believe that just because i've never SEEN it myself does not mean it is not possible.
As far as horror stories/movies go .. i STILL can't watch them, but i try to. my Master chuckles at me the whole time whenever we watch anything gory or suspenseful .. He thinks it is funny that i cover my eyes (sometimes my ears too) when i think something startling is about to occur. i hate the feeling of my stomach jumping up into my throat as i jump due to being startled while watching that stuff. i always end up peeking from between my fingers though, i hate to miss something and not know what is going on as i watch the rest of the show.

i've seen those grab-it-claw thingies before .. but can never recall where. i REALLY NEED one of those!!! It would also be great for reaching the top shelves in my kitchen. i've always kept a stool in the kitchen, one of those claws would work. Gonna keep my eyes open .. mayeb they have them at the dollar stores, or at one of those "Only Sold on TV" stores at the mall.

 

[graceanne]

Wow, I didn't know that a garbage disposal could rip off your scalp! Then again I make it a point not to reach anything I don't want to lose down the disposal....I have nasty images of it freakishly turning on by itself and eating me alive....maybe I watched too many horror movies as a kid. I have a little grab-it's claw thingy for retrieving dropped items out of the disposal.

I know what you mean. LOL I've never had a garbage disposal myself, but several of the houses I've cleaned do. Whenever I drop things down there I make K come pull them out.