Redneck/SF Engineering - Page 14

VelociMorte · 12-02-2005, 14:33

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Originally Posted by jatx

After several unsuccessful treatments (freezing, chemicals, etc.) in college, I removed my own plantar warts from my left foot and treated thim this way. No canvas needle was available, so I used a sewing needle.

JAGeorgia likes to tell that story. Those warts have never come back!

Outstanding! I did the same thing to my ex-wife's plantar warts. She'd gone through all the same treatment repeatedly without result, so we decided to take more agressive measures. It sure was hard to hold her down though.

jatx · 12-02-2005, 14:39

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Originally Posted by VelociMorte

Outstanding! I did the same thing to my ex-wife's plantar warts. She'd gone through all the same treatment repeatedly without result, so we decided to take more agressive measures. It sure was hard to hold her down though.

I notice you said "ex-wife"!

VelociMorte · 12-02-2005, 15:02

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Originally Posted by jatx

I notice you said "ex-wife"!

Yea, but cutting a chunk out of her foot didn't have anything to do with her decision to bang half of the Sailors on Diego Garcia!

**Bill Harsey** · 12-02-2005, 15:59

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Originally Posted by VelociMorte

Damn Bill, I would've just used duct tape on a nick! Anytime I can see three inches of shin-bone, I try to make more permanent repairs though. I was able to continue splitting wood without an annoying and time-consuming trip to the hospital where they would have done the same thing I did, albeit under more sterile conditions. It did heal up nicely with no infection, but I do carry an assortment of sterile sutures in my kit now.

Just reading your initial post on this topic brought back warm memories of sticking something in my shin bone. I wimped out and went to a surgeon.

I have been stitched up with nothing to numb the wound site. We are also going to try avoiding that exercise in the future.

swatsurgeon · 12-02-2005, 16:38

Bill,
at least you have a REALLY BIG bandaid to hide the wound under..... with the types of instruments you work with, small wound just don't fit!!

vsvo · 12-02-2005, 17:08

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Originally Posted by jatx

After several unsuccessful treatments (freezing, chemicals, etc.) in college, I removed my own plantar warts from my left foot and treated thim this way. No canvas needle was available, so I used a sewing needle.

JAGeorgia likes to tell that story. Those warts have never come back!

In college I had a wart on the back of my hand, and my doctor prescribed the chemical/acid. Upon application, it would form a white film, turn into a scab, and the scab would eventually fall off. But the wart would reappear.

One night my girlfriend and I were sitting around watching a movie. I had just applied the medicine, and it had started to form the white film. Apparently my girlfriend decided to examine my hand, but I was too engrossed in the movie to notice. Next thing I knew, I felt a flash of pain, a funny sound came out of my mouth, and I looked down to see blood quickly welling up where the wart had been. She had ripped off the wart with her fingernails, and sat there looking at me with a triumphant grin.

The wart never came back, and I don't even have a scar on my hand!

aricbcool · 12-02-2005, 18:14

I had a plantar wart once on the edge of my foot. After a few months of unsuccessful wart patches and other BS, I ended up just peeling it off.

Lately my pet project has been my ingrown toenails. I had the edges cut out and then went through shock therapy (when the Doc tried to cauterize the roots). I had the chest plate to ground me and everything. Any time the Doc would leave the room, the nurse would tell me all about how he was using a cauterizing tool from the 70's and that nowadays they have much better stuff. Yeah, that made me feel much better.

After that traumatic experience, the damned things grew back, worse than before.

So, I cut 'em out myself, along with the outer edges, and am now training them to fly right.

Beats going back to Igor and his lovely assistant.

--Aric

ObliqueApproach · 12-02-2005, 20:39

Years ago I had a dozen or so small warts on both hands. As my PT regimen increased, I started eating 3-4 bananas and taking a potassium supplement. Don't know if it was the potassium, the bananas, or the PT, but all the warts disappeared in about 2 months with no blood or pain. I no longer eat bananas and the warts haven't returned. That was 5 years ago.

I have always had ingrown toenails and my medic solved the problem for me so try this. Let your nails grow so the white part extending beyond the skin is about an 1/8" long. Using small sharp nail scissors, start about 1/8" in from the inner edge of the nail and cut in and down at a 45 degree angle. You shouldn't be able to, but make sure you don't cut all the way to the bottom. Use a pair of small forceps or strong tweezers and grasp the cut part of the nail and pull it out. It will tear the remaining nail (no pain involved) out at the bottom including the hooked part that grows forward and causes the pain. You can see the hooked part on the nail when you remove it. Mine grow back every 2-3 months and I do this again. I haven't had any problems in the last 15 years by doing this. BTW I tried the training bit. It never worked and hurt like hell!

My wife would probably call this redneck medicine.

**Bill Harsey** · 12-02-2005, 21:35

JEEEEEZ, You guys are dredging up ouchy memories here.
I've had both my big toenails surgically altered after minor logging accidents like when I got my foot under the track of a moving D-8 cat.

Anything else pleasant you guys want to talk about?

**Bill Harsey** · 12-03-2005, 09:22

Speaking of that cat and why I got my foot under the track, you may or may not find this useful in the field.

KIDS DON'T TRY THIS AT HOME!

The reason I was standing too close to a moving cat was to hold a short piece of log up against a good sized tree so the cat could back into it and straighten some steel out that got bent and was in the way of using the winch.

Sometimes you can use the strength of the machine to your advantage but watch your feet.

aricbcool · 12-05-2005, 18:17

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Originally Posted by ObliqueApproach

I have always had ingrown toenails and my medic solved the problem for me so try this. Let your nails grow so the white part extending beyond the skin is about an 1/8" long. Using small sharp nail scissors, start about 1/8" in from the inner edge of the nail and cut in and down at a 45 degree angle. You shouldn't be able to, but make sure you don't cut all the way to the bottom. Use a pair of small forceps or strong tweezers and grasp the cut part of the nail and pull it out. It will tear the remaining nail (no pain involved) out at the bottom including the hooked part that grows forward and causes the pain. You can see the hooked part on the nail when you remove it. Mine grow back every 2-3 months and I do this again. I haven't had any problems in the last 15 years by doing this. BTW I tried the training bit. It never worked and hurt like hell!

My wife would probably call this redneck medicine.

Good deal. Thanks for the advice. I've been doing something similar for the last year or so. Recently I've been trying to train them because I found out that you need a waiver for any toe problems to get into OCS. So, hopefully I can get them to grow back normal in order to get through MEPS.

Regards,
Aric

Gordon · 12-14-2005, 23:40

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Originally Posted by VelociMorte

Outstanding! I did the same thing to my ex-wife's plantar warts. She'd gone through all the same treatment repeatedly without result, so we decided to take more agressive measures. It sure was hard to hold her down though.

Duct tape gets rid of plantars warts too. Just cut a small peice out to cover it and replace as needed so it stays on. Three weeks and your good to go. Pain free, but if its someone you don't like you can always burn them off...

**Peregrino** · 09-04-2006, 17:39

Instead of a solution, I have a solicitation. Sr. Harsey - HELP! I didn't properly store my chainsaw last year.

All the usual excuses but I never got around to draining the fuel system and it had a half tank of bad gas sitting in it for most of a year. (I don't have much call to use a chainsaw so when I got it out to test for hurricane season I realized I'd screwed up when it wouldn't start.) I drained it, put in fresh fuel, and got it to start. It worked for a while but now it won't run unless it's on it's side (felling position). As soon as I turn it upright, it quits. I suspect fuel contaminants are clogging something. Is there a solution short of rebuilding the carburator? (Helpful) Suggestions would be most welcome. I really don't want to rebuild a carburator. Thanx - Peregrino

**Bill Harsey** · 09-05-2006, 08:42

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Originally Posted by Peregrino

Instead of a solution, I have a solicitation. Sr. Harsey - HELP! I didn't properly store my chainsaw last year.

All the usual excuses but I never got around to draining the fuel system and it had a half tank of bad gas sitting in it for most of a year. (I don't have much call to use a chainsaw so when I got it out to test for hurricane season I realized I'd screwed up when it wouldn't start.) I drained it, put in fresh fuel, and got it to start. It worked for a while but now it won't run unless it's on it's side (felling position). As soon as I turn it upright, it quits. I suspect fuel contaminants are clogging something. Is there a solution short of rebuilding the carborator? (Helpful) Suggestions would be most welcome. I really don't want to rebuild a carburetor. Thanx - Peregrino

I'm impressed, Chainsaw carbs are specially designed to run in any position and if you can start it, it should run in any position.
If I had failed to drain the fuel out of a saw around here, the method is to put in FRESH MIXED fuel (just like you did), try starting the saw and if that fails, let it sit over night and then try again.

My saw shop charges me 25 dollars extra if I admit to having tampered with the carb before bringing it in.
There are many fun little things you can unscrew and clean, like the air-fuel mixture adjustment needle screws. The problem might be in the seat of these needle screws too.
The problem with taking these screws out is getting the adjustment right to start the saw for further adjustment while running, then knowing where to stop so the saw runs good but you haven't leaned out the air-fuel mix to the point of burning up the engine. You want to run just a little on the oil rich side for engine preservation, this is judged by slightly more smoky exhaust and a slight crackle in the engine sound.
If your saw sounds like a Formula 1 race car, it isn't going to last very long.

Simple things first, can you see any fuel lines that can be taken off and blown out with compressed air?

**Peregrino** · 09-05-2006, 09:24

Bill - Thanks, you've confirmed my fears. If a professional logger sends it to the shop, I have no business experimenting. The last time I played with the carb, it cost a lot more than $25. I learned enough from that experience to know my limits. I'll go get some high octane gas, make up a new batch of mix and let it sit (again). If that doesn't dissolve whatever's in there, it'll have to go in the shop. Later - Peregrino