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s.hughes

Re: How many scars has window cleaning given you ?
« Reply #20 on: April 28, 2005, 01:13:40 pm »
I cut myself with the scraper blade a while ago. Thought nothing of it as this happens all the time. Only problem is that it would not stop bleeding, so I ventured to the chemist to get a plaster. When the chemist saw the cut and the position of it ( Wrist, dont ask) he told me that it will never heal up unless I get stitches cause whenever you move your hand the cut would re-open. So off I went to the hospital, where they put them disposable stitches on. The funny thing is, they had to also bandage it round the whole hand and a good way up the arm to restrict my wrist movement. So I looked in a rather bad way for a week. You could imagine the fun that was made of me when the bandage came off and all my mates got to see this pin head of a cut. They seriously thought I had put the bandage on to get simpothy. Yee right.
I must add though that I am typing with a cut finger from cleaning the bottom of a door and slicing my finger on the door kick.

Steveyboy

telboy

Re: How many scars has window cleaning given you ?
« Reply #21 on: April 28, 2005, 03:50:21 pm »
I  WAS CLEANING SOME WINDOWS OF AN OFFICE                   BUILDING ONCE.     UNUSUAL WINDOWS  TOP AND BOTTOM         TOP ONE WAS FIXED BOTTOM ONE PIVOTED HORIZONTALY.

THE ONLY WAY TO CLEAN THE OUTSIDE OF THE TOP WINDOW WAS TO LAY ACCROSS THE BOTTOM WINDOW AND REACH UP 

HALF WAY THROUGH CLEANING AND THE BOTTOM WINDOW BROKE
RESULT 11 STITCHES IN MY ELBOW SCAR ON MY BACK AND I HAD TO PAY FOR THE BROKEN WINDOW ???

TELBOY ;)

Simon Carter

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Re: How many scars has window cleaning given you ?
« Reply #22 on: April 28, 2005, 04:21:03 pm »
Would you all please just stop it. Despite having had a relatively serious incident myself last year falling off a ladder, my bottle was still in tact until reading all of this.
I know I'm going to regret asking this, but is there anything intrinsicly dangerious about working with a pole?. For example has anyone dislodged a complete pain of glass & had their head cut off?.
Onwards and Upwards...

Pureandclean

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Re: How many scars has window cleaning given you ?
« Reply #23 on: April 28, 2005, 10:28:55 pm »
At one house they had an old english sheep dog, sitting in hall by front door, I was about to put ticket through letter-box, when dog launches at door, so I opens letter-box, places ticket flat on my hand and blows ticket through letter-box....but dog barks just at same moment and blows ticket back out through letter-box....cunning these canines :o :o :o

 ::) Blessings  ::)

Graeme

c w window cleanin

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Re: How many scars has window cleaning given you ?
« Reply #24 on: April 29, 2005, 09:37:18 pm »
a friend of mine was wiping the top edge of a window , when he realised he was slicing his finger tip to the bone--the window actually had a 1inch gap at the top(cut glass,razor sharp).the pane must have broken, and theyd replaced it with a more inhumane design , for us lads! the poor lad had to go to casualty :'(

Marc's on the Glass, LLC

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Re: How many scars has window cleaning given you ?
« Reply #25 on: May 01, 2005, 07:19:49 pm »
The first time I ever used a razor was 2 months into this business.  I had this habit of running my thumb across my squeegee to take of any anomolies.  Darned if I didn't forget what I had in my hands!  I habitually slid my thumb right across that bleepin razor!!  SSSSSLICE!!!  Yeah...can you just feel that?!!

texas girl

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Re: How many scars has window cleaning given you ?
« Reply #26 on: May 02, 2005, 03:32:20 am »
Oh my goodness; those scrapers!

That is where 95% of my scars originated. I think I have scars on 8 of my ten fingers.  ;D

Some could have used a stitch probably. Butterfly bandaids a must in your first aid kit. ;)

Don't you get angry at yourself when you get in a hurry and get careless?

We have all done it.

Hugs :-* :-*
Debbie