Alright so as you all know i jacked up my hand with some sheet metal a few months ago and the doc told me i couldnt drive my car (which hasnt been a problem since its been snowing and then it broke down) but i did anyways like a one handed bandit. Alright so three days ago i cut open my right hand now (yes working with sheet metal) and hand on the top of the knuckles and had to get 7 stiches on that![:@][:@][:@][:@] So i got sent back to see the nerve doctor again today and he said your right hand is fine it just probably hurts and it looks like your left hand will be good to go in a month or so. Thats three months ahead of schedule so its awesome! I know this isnt a tech post but you guys are the only ones who knew about this and im sure no one would care or have a clue what i am talking about in the off topic section. Its very funny trying to watch me type though with both hands all jacked up I guess its time to buy a good pair of gloves[&:]

 

take some pills or hit some herb it should ease the pains

 

A little bit of both man! Its not that painfull i can deal. I get cut up all the time its just a PITA when you cant do shiit with ur hands[&:]

 

what do you do with sheet metal? im intruiged

 

Sheet metal is a bitch man...worked at shop for 5 years now, every time we run these aluminum shims in my mill, i get 30-40 cuts all over my hands. Impossible to work with. Plus, coolant in a cut is like stabbing yourself with a billion needles.

 

Yeah tell me about it. Im an HVAC technician. I do everything from furnace repairs to duct work to hot water heat. I do mostly repair work though. Been doing it since i was about 14 i'd say so thats say so thats what about 7 years. Sheesh time flys. Well it pays the bills. Im Mech IV and NATE cert'ed which is like the ASE of HVAC lol. Now im a FF'er so with my luck ill have 3rd deegree burns in no time!

 

Lol nice. Im not really certified in anything...well, cept being the bitch boy. I just run a mill and a couple lathes, no major work. We build Benders, i make the parts to put them together. Wish i could get certified though,i could be making almost twice as much now just by having that certification paper. Rules suck...

 

Dude getting your certs is cake but i kind grew up in it! You can have mine though i wont be needing them anymore! I just do HVAC on the side now when im not FF'ing

 

Yea i grew up in machining as well. Grandpawas a machinest, dad has been for 25 years, ive only had this one shop job since i was 13, so i'm stuck in it for now.I know it is but im sooooooo unmotivated to go to college lol. Id have to pay for it myself, which is difficult for me to do right now.

****!Ill give you 10 bucks and throw in this crazy cool pen i got from home depot, hows that sound?

 

Sweet dude! I know what you mean. I was making a great amount of cash as an HVAC tech but its just a boring freaking job. I paid my way through EMT/Paramedic and Firefighting school so now i am finally doing what i want to do! I thought id be doing HVAC forever but now im happy i just saved up and got to go to school. I did (and still am doing) night school so i could still work in the day time. You can still get student loans and stuff. Thats what my gf is doing. Shes going to school to be an RN Admin.