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Friday, February 19, 2016

Don't Use The Door Today!

The wind actually dictates what Dear Farmer does some days.  Today the temperature is warmer than usual which means Dear Farmer has been planning a whole bunch of "to-do"s that he hadn't been able to do during the freezing temps.  However, when he awoke this morning, he heard the wind.  Blowing at a constant
16 mph and with gusts up to 50 mph, it's going to be a "rather blustery day today".
This means there will be no:

  • moving of hay in the fields 
  • high limb-cutting work 
  • climbing on the feed bins 
  • placing of tarps  
The last time we had a blustery day Dear Farmer chose to work indoors fixing machinery.  That was a good idea.  The only hitch with the plan was getting in and out of the machine shed.  The service door is at such an angle that the wind glues the door shut.  In order to get out one must pull the door open with all one's might! Then hold the door open, skootch the body around to the outdoors, and then move out of the way quickly as the wind will catch the door and suck it back shut with a resounding "THWAK!".
The in and out plan was to work well as there would be few ins and outs.  But the first time the plan was in action...things did not go well.  Dear Farmer's hand did not move away from the inside edge of the door fast enough and the door slammed shut on Dear Farmer's index finger.  This is where we all say "ouch!".
This was not just a finger slammed in a door.
This was a finger crushed by a heavy metal service door at ??mph.  Dear Farmer knew this was not going to be good.
It took Dear Farmer a good couple minutes to pry the door open again and dislodge his finger from the doorway.  I won't continue to describe the feeling of blood oozing from inside his gloved hand, or the squishy feeling of a finger that isn't supposed to be squishy...Dear Farmer rushed inside the house yelling for the Wife.  We didn't remove the glove from the hand, but did rush to the ER.
Dear Farmer stayed conscious during the duration of the x-rays, shots, and sewing of the mangled digit.  He passed out after the adrenaline rush was gone.
The result of the door's violent attack is an index finger shorter than the rest.  An index finger that doesn't have the feeling that the rest of his fingers have.
And so we add to the list of things that cannot be done on a windy day:

  • no using of doors.

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