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  1. Original post
    Just zis Guy, you know?
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    I'm still here (having avoided the proverbial bus thus far). Actually
    I'd be in an ideal position to catch up this week, being off work, but
    since this is the result of an eye injury which makes it painful to
    look at a screen for more than a couple of minutes, that's not to be.

    A cutting blade came off my miniature power tool at 20,000rpm and took
    out the left-hand lens of my specs. Luckily this was made of
    polycarbonate, so aside from bruising and scratches and having to wash
    out the bits of lens shrapnel the eye is fundamentally OK, if very
    painful. The ophthalmologist was amazed at the lack of damage, given
    the power of the impact (it caused dents on the inner lining of the
    eye, which apparently requires very considerable force and is usually
    accompanied by more extensive damage).

    A clear case of plastic product saves - well, eyesight, if not life.

    Guy
    --
    http://www.chapmancentral.co.uk

    "To every complex problem there is a solution which is
    simple, neat and wrong" - HL Mencken

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  2. Doki
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    "Just zis Guy, you know?" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    news:[email hidden]...

    Quoted message said:

    I'm still here (having avoided the proverbial bus thus far). Actually
    I'd be in an ideal position to catch up this week, being off work, but
    since this is the result of an eye injury which makes it painful to
    look at a screen for more than a couple of minutes, that's not to be.

    A cutting blade came off my miniature power tool at 20,000rpm and took
    out the left-hand lens of my specs. Luckily this was made of
    polycarbonate, so aside from bruising and scratches and having to wash
    out the bits of lens shrapnel the eye is fundamentally OK, if very
    painful. The ophthalmologist was amazed at the lack of damage, given
    the power of the impact (it caused dents on the inner lining of the
    eye, which apparently requires very considerable force and is usually
    accompanied by more extensive damage).

    A clear case of plastic product saves - well, eyesight, if not life.

    Polycarb spec lenses or polycarb safety glasses?

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  3. David Martin
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    Doki said:

    "Just zis Guy, you know?" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    news:[email hidden]...

    Quoted message said:

    I'm still here (having avoided the proverbial bus thus far). Actually
    I'd be in an ideal position to catch up this week, being off work, but
    since this is the result of an eye injury which makes it painful to
    look at a screen for more than a couple of minutes, that's not to be.

    A cutting blade came off my miniature power tool at 20,000rpm and took
    out the left-hand lens of my specs. Luckily this was made of
    polycarbonate, so aside from bruising and scratches and having to wash
    out the bits of lens shrapnel the eye is fundamentally OK, if very
    painful. The ophthalmologist was amazed at the lack of damage, given
    the power of the impact (it caused dents on the inner lining of the
    eye, which apparently requires very considerable force and is usually
    accompanied by more extensive damage).

    A clear case of plastic product saves - well, eyesight, if not life.

    Polycarb spec lenses or polycarb safety glasses?

    Would have expected polycarb safety specs to not shatter. Definitely
    sold on the use of appropriate eye protection after a few incidents
    (where I was wearing PPE). Face full of hot solution in a chemistry
    lab and stone hitting specs at 40mph on a fast downhill.. Not to
    mention keeping midges out of the eyes.

    ...d

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  4. p.k.
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    Just zis Guy said:
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    A clear case of plastic product saves - well, eyesight, if not life.

    Guy

    Ah but if you hadn't been wearing them would you have been more careful and
    checked the equipment? (;-)

    More seriously, glad to hear you are fairly ok

    pk

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  5. wafflycat
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    "Just zis Guy, you know?" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
    news:[email hidden]...

    Quoted message said:


    A clear case of plastic product saves - well, eyesight, if not life.

    Guy

    Glad to hear you are going to be okay.

    Cheers, helen s

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  6. Nobody Here
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    Just zis Guy said:

    I'm still here (having avoided the proverbial bus thus far). Actually
    I'd be in an ideal position to catch up this week, being off work, but
    since this is the result of an eye injury which makes it painful to
    look at a screen for more than a couple of minutes, that's not to be.

    A cutting blade came off my miniature power tool at 20,000rpm and took
    out the left-hand lens of my specs. Luckily this was made of
    polycarbonate, so aside from bruising and scratches and having to wash
    out the bits of lens shrapnel the eye is fundamentally OK, if very
    painful. The ophthalmologist was amazed at the lack of damage, given
    the power of the impact (it caused dents on the inner lining of the
    eye, which apparently requires very considerable force and is usually
    accompanied by more extensive damage).

    A clear case of plastic product saves - well, eyesight, if not life.

    If you weren't wearing your helmet it serves you right. A friend
    of mine didn't have a helment on when the end came off his miniature
    power tool at 20,000 rpm and it might have been exceeedingly dangerous if
    not for the helmet he didn't have on. ;-)

    Glad you're ok.

    --
    Nobby

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  7. Graeme Dods
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    you know? said:

    A clear case of plastic product saves - well, eyesight, if not life.

    Yes, and think of the knee/leg injury it saved you too! 🙂

    Good to hear you're okay. I used to be a little more relaxed about eye
    protection, but one of our customers provides industrial safety training
    and has some truly horrific pictures of eye injuries from relatively
    mundane sources, euchh...

    Graeme

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  8. Richard
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    Just zis Guy said:

    A cutting blade came off my miniature power tool at 20,000rpm and took

    [censored] fire. Glad to hear you're OK.

    A colleague of mine had a glass eye, through using a wire brush in a
    drill; one of the wires ejected itself at high speed.

    R.

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  9. dkahn400
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    Just zis Guy said:

    A cutting blade came off my miniature power tool at 20,000rpm and
    took out the left-hand lens of my specs. Luckily this was made of
    polycarbonate, so aside from bruising and scratches and having to
    wash out the bits of lens shrapnel the eye is fundamentally OK, if
    very painful.

    Ugh, nasty! This is your good eye you've injured? This kind of thing
    sends a chill right down the spine. Take very good care of it and have
    a speedy recovery.

    --
    Dave...

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  10. Badger
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    Just zis Guy said:

    I'm still here (having avoided the proverbial bus thus far). Actually
    I'd be in an ideal position to catch up this week, being off work, but
    since this is the result of an eye injury which makes it painful to
    look at a screen for more than a couple of minutes, that's not to be.

    A cutting blade came off my miniature power tool at 20,000rpm and took
    out the left-hand lens of my specs. Luckily this was made of
    polycarbonate, so aside from bruising and scratches and having to wash
    out the bits of lens shrapnel the eye is fundamentally OK, if very
    painful. The ophthalmologist was amazed at the lack of damage, given
    the power of the impact (it caused dents on the inner lining of the
    eye, which apparently requires very considerable force and is usually
    accompanied by more extensive damage).

    A clear case of plastic product saves - well, eyesight, if not life.

    Guy

    And they say cycling is dangerous? Model railways should carry a health
    (and wealth) warning!

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  11. daren
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    Statistically, if you have one "good eye", I am afraid you are much
    more likely to damage it (compared with the bad eye) in an incident.
    This from someone with a >3 dioptre difference.

    I noticed for the first time yesterday, pottering around on the New
    Bike(TM), that I don't make 180 degree turns anticlockwise for
    precisely this reason.

    Hope you feel better soon Guy,
    regards,
    daren

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