Miniature Wargaming can be HAZARDOUS to your health!

4 posts ยท Sep 8 1998 to Sep 10 1998

From: Mark A. Siefert <cthulhu@c...>

Date: Tue, 08 Sep 1998 00:49:50 -0600

Subject: Miniature Wargaming can be HAZARDOUS to your health!

Hi All: Excuse me if their is an unusual number of errors in this message, my
left hand index finger is under half an inch of gauze which makes typing
difficult.  I just got back from the emergency room after an X-Acto
knife got away from my and cut the dickens out of my hand. (I couldn't find
any chicken livers. 10 pt reference) The accident occurred while
I was preparing some plastic tubs that I was converting into sci-fi
buildings for wargaming purposes. I got three stitches and a tetanus shot (the
latter was surprising painless, it was the former that stung a
bit).
I warn any and all miniature wargamers to be careful with your tools. The life
you save could be your own.

From: Jared E Noble <JNOBLE2@m...>

Date: Tue, 8 Sep 1998 09:14:20 -0900

Subject: Re: Miniature Wargaming can be HAZARDOUS to your health!

Dan Akyroyd's classic Julia Child sketch on SNL...great sketch!

Jared Noble

****************************************88

Hi All: Excuse me if their is an unusual number of errors in this message, my
left hand index finger is under half an inch of gauze which makes typing
difficult.  I just got back from the emergency room after an X-Acto
knife got away from my and cut the dickens out of my hand. (I couldn't find
any chicken livers. 10 pt reference) The accident occurred while
I was preparing some plastic tubs that I was converting into sci-fi
buildings for wargaming purposes. I got three stitches and a tetanus shot (the
latter was surprising painless, it was the former that stung a
bit).
I warn any and all miniature wargamers to be careful with your tools. The life
you save could be your own.

From: Michael Brown <mwbrown@s...>

Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1998 20:24:07 -0700

Subject: RE: Miniature Wargaming can be HAZARDOUS to your health!

This spring I had two stiches in the web between my left thimb and index
finger... the Xacto knife slipped and went in about 1cm. DON"T Cut toward your
hand!

Michael Brown

----------
From:	Mark A. Siefert.
Sent:	Monday, September 07, 1998 11:49 PM
To:	Full Thrust Mailing List
Subject:	Miniature Wargaming can be HAZARDOUS to your health!

Hi All: Excuse me if their is an unusual number of errors in this message, my
left hand index finger is under half an inch of gauze which makes typing
difficult.  I just got back from the emergency room after an X-Acto
knife got away from my and cut the dickens out of my hand. (I couldn't find
any chicken livers. 10 pt reference) The accident occurred while
I was preparing some plastic tubs that I was converting into sci-fi
buildings for wargaming purposes. I got three stitches and a tetanus shot (the
latter was surprising painless, it was the former that stung a
bit).
I warn any and all miniature wargamers to be careful with your tools. The life
you save could be your own.

From: Allan Goodall <agoodall@a...>

Date: Thu, 10 Sep 1998 23:36:02 GMT

Subject: Re: Miniature Wargaming can be HAZARDOUS to your health!

On Wed, 09 Sep 1998 20:24:07 -0700, Michael Brown <mkkabrow@wco.com>
wrote:

> This spring I had two stiches in the web between my left thimb and

When I trim, I cut towards my thumb in a paring motion. The control is quite
good (at least for me). So how do I save my thumb from being cut to ribbons? A
local store (Lee Valley Tools) sells green "tape." It's not really all that
sticky to anything but itself, but it's a fairly thick mesh material. A few
layers of that, and even an Exacto knife won't get through.