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

[Huette von Ahrens]

Well, I heard that story from the Master's mouth.

And I could tell you stories about Master Atar
that would scare the bejesus out of you ...
but not on this forum.

Huette

--- marilyn traber 011221 <phlip at 99main.com>
wrote:

> 
> 
> > 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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