The My Vibe Thread

[YankeeRebel]

While giving your cousin a reach around?

And listening to Rod Stewart

 

[Yankee Traveler]

I have carpal tunnel from years of careening through ruts and whoop de doos and jumps on a motocross bike.
I used to tie flies with thee hands but those days are gone.

Mine is from sledge hammer use. I got to the point I was swinging an 8 lb sledge single handed driving pins. Had the handle cut to 18".
Then 40 lb jack hammers over head single handed. This was long before anti vibration gloves were "readily available".

Stupidity.

 

[Yankee Traveler]

I could listen to Rod Stewart all day rather than one, yes ONE, James Taylors whine opera.

Phil Collins for me.

 

[BigKen]

While giving your cousin a reach around?

Actually, I was working for GE, building Moisture Separator Reheaters. The tubes were 70' long and we welded a "U" on two of them. When they cooled, we carried about 12-15 and hung them on a rack before setting them in a bundle. The tubes separated cold steam from hot steam in a nuclear reactor. My partner had the 'U' ends and I had the tips. He missed the rack and had my wrist bend backwards and held on to the tubes, crushing the five little bones behind the thumb. Six weeks out of work. I was working 6 PM to 6 AM, 7 days a week. $3.35/hr for the first 40, $5.01 for the next 20 and $6.67/hr for Sat and $10.00/hr for Sunday. Gotta remember that this was 1972 and making $650 a week was a ton of money. Collecting $425 a week workers comp sitting at home with a cast wasn't all that hard to take.

 

[Southieinnc]

When I saw the Stones here just a couple years ago the show was as good as any I have ever been to.

I saw the Stones many years ago at Candlestick - thet sucked.
J Geils stole the show.....

 

[Southieinnc]

Actually, I was working for GE, building Moisture Separator Reheaters. The tubes were 70' long and we welded a "U" on two of them. When they cooled, we carried about 12-15 and hung them on a rack before setting them in a bundle. The tubes separated cold steam from hot steam in a nuclear reactor. My partner had the 'U' ends and I had the tips. He missed the rack and had my wrist bend backwards and held on to the tubes, crushing the five little bones behind the thumb. Six weeks out of work. I was working 6 PM to 6 AM, 7 days a week. $3.35/hr for the first 40, $5.01 for the next 20 and $6.67/hr for Sat and $10.00/hr for Sunday. Gotta remember that this was 1972 and making $650 a week was a ton of money. Collecting $425 a week workers comp sitting at home with a cast wasn't all that hard to take.

Remember when you didn't pay taxes for unemployment?
I was a welder/fitter back then and I'd make $50k for half a year then go on California unemployment for 6 months.
What a great deal until they started paying taxes on unemployment.
I didn't sit on the couch, I'd do tree work off thebooks until I started another job.....