Even the headline is terrifying

[Steve Browning]

https://www.independent.co.uk/tv/culture/martin-kemp-chainsaw-accident-injury-update-b2852031.html

[TimR]

Bloody hell!

 

There is a thread somewhere about finger injuries. 🤣

 

I once sliced the tops of my index and middle finger on the day of a gig. I wrapped them in micropore, but halfway through our first set, someone from the audience was gesturing at my white bass that had splatter marks all across it. 🤦‍♂️

[BassTractor]

51 minutes ago, TimR said:

Bloody hell!

 

There is a thread somewhere about finger injuries. 🤣

 

I once sliced the tops of my index and middle finger on the day of a gig. I wrapped them in micropore, but halfway through our first set, someone from the audience was gesturing at my white bass that had splatter marks all across it. 🤦‍♂️

 

Bloody amateur! I bought a bloody white Van Halen bass from the off! 😁

[Si600]

Chainsaws are terrifying things, or at least, mine scares the bejeebers out of me, but really:

 

"The 64-year-old, who had picked up the chainsaw by the blade to cut a piece of wood,"? 

[Owen]

The trousers which are full of fluff that are meant to stop a chainsaw in it's tracks really do work. I also have two completely functioning legs. There is a conncection here. 

[Hellzero]

1 hour ago, Si600 said:

Chainsaws are terrifying things, or at least, mine scares the bejeebers out of me, but really:

 

"The 64-year-old, who had picked up the chainsaw by the blade to cut a piece of wood,"? 

I had exactly the same thought... 🤔 🤦🏻

[Downunderwonder]

A dozy thing to do but ordinarily one would not come completely undone picking up a chainsaw by the 'blade'

 

You might slice a couple of fingers on the points when it got away away on you but the blade is stationary until you gun it.

 

I am calling BS on the whole thing. It would be a superhuman effort to grasp the chainbar ahead of the drive motor and lift. Like trying to pick up a bass horizontal from the 3rd fret.

 

There is a front handle for that.

 

One handing the saw while operating and using other hand to muck about with the wood and oops/AAAAAAARRRRGGG!!!!!. That I can buy.

[TimR]

While Martin is known mostly for being in Eastenders and Gogglebox, he also played a bit of bass in the 80s.

 

But he is currently touring his DJ set.

 

Hurting a few fingers but still being able to press a few buttons on his laptop surely gains some kudos amongst the millenials? 

[Si600]

@Downunderwonder I had exactly the same thought overnight. I can't see how just picking it up by the chainbar would do any serious harm. Certainly you could cut yourself because you are grabbing the sharp bits and it would be a good effort given where the center of balance is on a chainsaw.

 

More than likely he picked up the thing he was cutting and moved it without paying enough attention to what he was doing.