Serveral times to drunk to stand but drove cars. Enough? NO!

One time when using a black power pistol the old western style 6 shooter, Shot a hole in a table, The flash from the powder running alone the surface until in burnt a hole in a plastic container, Setting off a pound of powder clearing the table and burning off most of his hair.There is a reason the old western men only loaded 5 of the 6 chambers and that day we found out why. Enough? NO!!

He has an idea to make a buff and a knife collection he wants polished! Metal buffs run at low speed to keep heat down I am told? So my father gets a bench grinder use for grinding steal that runs at high speed. Removes the grinding wheel and replaces it with a polishing wheel of his own disign. So in his need to have his knife collection in top condition he takes a knife, A stainless steel razor sharp bone handled number and starts to polish. Oh and try to talk to me at the same time. after watching the knife bite into the "buff" and get thrown away several times while he tried to talk I decided to remove myself as a distraction and "target" for a protential airborne razor sharp knife. No sooner had I put my car in reverse and left his house when his wife (an ambulance officer), Was telling him not to pull the knife out and ringing for her fellow workers to collect him.Enough? NO!!!

There are many others but these stand out the most in my memory.

Submitted on 10/11/2008

Submitted by: S.McConnell
Reference: Personal observations

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Candi said:
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Okay...The first two might be "too common" but the third...!!! That's the first I've heard of something like that! His wife being an ambulance officer -and your dad therefore probably the subject of many safety lectures, with his record!- adds icing to the cake! Thanks, S. McConnell, and feel free to share more! (One at a time, please; makes it easier to judge.) :-)

Bruce said:
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Good thing you realized a dangerous situation and got out of there before anything happened. He's also very lucky his wife was well trained in how to respond. Thanks!

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