[Sca-cooks] Drakey's Disasters- was Evil Science Projects etc

[marilyn traber 011221]

> Craig Jones wrote:
> 
> > 
> > Maybe one day I'll make it to New York... Maybe I might look Adamantius
> > up when I'm there...  
> > 
> > Mind you, I know SCA people here who are more accident prone and in
> > casualty more than I, they just don't admit it...
> 

Drakey, I'm sure many of us are injured frequently. Every time I teach on the 
forge, I acquire a burn or three- it's something I know is going to happen, 
just like I know at the end of the day, my face will be black from charcoal 
dust and smoke, and there'll be an assortment of happy people wandering 
around showing off what they made. The difference is that we smiths know, 
going in, that we're doing something dangerous, and do it anyway. You, on the 
other hand, have a talent for making the safest activities into a potential 
disaster.

Your average smith, rassling with vice grips and a piece of recalcitrant 
steel, is not going to apply serious amounts of pressure in a direction 
that's likely to cause him to be hit in tender areas- or if they do, 
certainly not twice in 10 minutes, any more than the typical serious cook is 
going to cut themselves by cutting towards their anatomy.

Now, there's one smith I tease a bit, Oso- have you heard this story, Selene? 
It seems that Oso was doing some forge welding. Now forge welding is one of 
those things that only works properly if the steel is clean, the flux 
properly applied, the fire right, you're holding your mouth right, and your 
Sun isn't in opposition to Mars. Oso was happliy welding, and one of his 
students said, "Hey, Master Oso." And Oso said, don't interupt- it's 
welding." The student said, "But Master Oso..." "I'm welding- don't bother 
me". "But Master Oso, you're on fire". "So put it out- I'm busy".

Now, this is the reason why I blame the California fires on Oso- I figure he 
was trying to forge weld the San Andreas fault together...

I just had a horrible thought... Those Aussie fires a while back... Drakey, 
were you playing on the barbie?

But, Drakey, the reason you're such a wonderment, is that you can take the 
most innocuous activity and turn it into a disaster. Who else can coldcock 
themselves opening a refrigerator door? Or stab themselves in the nose, doing 
a simple sewing job?

Drakey, you need a keeper...

Saint Phlip,
CoD

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