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                        <title>RE: Another Injury.........</title>
                        <link>https://guitarnoise.forum/news/another-injury/paged/2/#post-262948</link>
                        <pubDate>Thu, 06 Sep 2007 04:31:27 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[Quote:&quot;LOL, yeah, that was Marvelous Optimist - we played it together when I met up with him in Texas. Can&#039;t be too many people around who&#039;ve played on a song written about their own death!!...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[Quote:"LOL, yeah, that was Marvelous Optimist - we played it together when I met up with him in Texas. Can't be too many people around who've played on a song written about their own death!!! "<br><br>I'm pretty sure Homeland security still remembers that trip  :lol:  :twisted: <br><br>"The Box"  Probably one of the best songs written and performed by a Forum member.(IMHO)<br><br><a href="http://www.box.net/shared/n6dxt5n20j">http://www.box.net/shared/n6dxt5n20j</a><br><br>"Ill drink one down, throw the other on the ground"]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://guitarnoise.forum/news/">News</category>                        <dc:creator>smokindog</dc:creator>
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                        <title>RE: Another Injury.........</title>
                        <link>https://guitarnoise.forum/news/another-injury/paged/2/#post-262942</link>
                        <pubDate>Thu, 06 Sep 2007 03:46:07 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[QUOTE: &quot;Happily it seems that the reports of your demise are somewhat exaggerated&quot;Didn&#039;t we have that scare a few years ago :lol:  I think someone wrote a song about it too :wink:

LOL, yeah...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[QUOTE: "Happily it seems that the reports of your demise are somewhat exaggerated"<br><br>Didn't we have that scare a few years ago :lol:  I think someone wrote a song about it too :wink:

LOL, yeah, that was Marvelous Optimist - we played it together when I met up with him in Texas. Can't be too many people around who've played on a song written about their own death!!!<br><br>All this weeding and chopping down of trees isn't great for the fingers - well, chopping it to small bits today for easy disposal. Don't think I've got one unbroken fingernail left! Although on the credit side, I still have a full complement of fingers and other limbs - not bad considering I've been using an electric saw for two days!<br><br>Yep, I just checked....nothing missing!<br><br>Think I'll give Ric's idea a miss - I'd probably try and mould them under the cold tap then plunge my fingers into the boiling water....you know when you see TV programmes, and someone says, "Don't try this at home!".......that's ME they're talking to.....<br><br> :D  :D  :D <br><br>Vic]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://guitarnoise.forum/news/">News</category>                        <dc:creator>Vic Lewis VL</dc:creator>
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                        <title>RE: Another Injury.........</title>
                        <link>https://guitarnoise.forum/news/another-injury/paged/2/#post-262929</link>
                        <pubDate>Thu, 06 Sep 2007 02:29:24 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[QUOTE: &quot;Happily it seems that the reports of your demise are somewhat exaggerated&quot;Didn&#039;t we have that scare a few years ago :lol:  I think someone wrote a song about it too :wink:]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[QUOTE: "Happily it seems that the reports of your demise are somewhat exaggerated"<br><br>Didn't we have that scare a few years ago :lol:  I think someone wrote a song about it too :wink:]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://guitarnoise.forum/news/">News</category>                        <dc:creator>smokindog</dc:creator>
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                        <title>RE: Another Injury.........</title>
                        <link>https://guitarnoise.forum/news/another-injury/paged/2/#post-262915</link>
                        <pubDate>Thu, 06 Sep 2007 00:27:48 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[(Still pissed off about that nail, though. I HATE using plecs - now I&#039;m going to have to use one, for at least a couple of weeks.)

Oh man, just let us know how you&#039;re doing in a month. I&#039;m ...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[(Still pissed off about that nail, though. I HATE using plecs - now I'm going to have to use one, for at least a couple of weeks.)

Oh man, just let us know how you're doing in a month. I'm willing to bet quite some money that if you spend the next month on playing with a plec you'll come to be really thankfull for that damaged nail. The only reason I play with a pick is because I cut my finger way back and I had no choice, best thing that ever happened to me.<br>Happily it seems that the reports of your demise are somewhat exaggerated 

Not quite, it's more that nobody here has the guts to tell him he really is dead. He'll probably figure it out on his own sooner or later. :P]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://guitarnoise.forum/news/">News</category>                        <dc:creator>Ignar Hillström</dc:creator>
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                        <title>RE: Another Injury.........</title>
                        <link>https://guitarnoise.forum/news/another-injury/paged/2/#post-262907</link>
                        <pubDate>Wed, 05 Sep 2007 23:17:31 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[Have a quick recovery old pal!]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[Have a quick recovery old pal!]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://guitarnoise.forum/news/">News</category>                        <dc:creator>Rgalvez</dc:creator>
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                        <title>RE: Another Injury.........</title>
                        <link>https://guitarnoise.forum/news/another-injury/paged/2/#post-262895</link>
                        <pubDate>Wed, 05 Sep 2007 22:11:29 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[Is it really &quot;news&quot; when Vic gets injured - again?!?  :lol:]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[Is it really "news" when Vic gets injured - again?!?  :lol:]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://guitarnoise.forum/news/">News</category>                        <dc:creator>ColoradoFenderBender</dc:creator>
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                        <title>RE: Another Injury.........</title>
                        <link>https://guitarnoise.forum/news/another-injury/#post-262885</link>
                        <pubDate>Wed, 05 Sep 2007 21:36:25 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[Glad to hear it&#039;s nothing serious, Vic; I was a bit worried when I saw yet *another* accident report from the Lewis household! :lol:I have no intentions of moving any microwave ovens.....I&#039;d...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[Glad to hear it's nothing serious, Vic; I was a bit worried when I saw yet *another* accident report from the Lewis household! :lol:<br>I have no intentions of moving any microwave ovens.....I'd probably drop it on my foot, and break a finger lifting it off...... 

Funny you should say that; similar story!  I dropped a 19" TFT PC monitor on my foot today.  Hurt like hell, luckily nothing's broken.  Then I had the bad luck of taking a chunk out of my right-hand ring finger, right over the middle joint.  Now I can't bend it without it bleeding all over my guitar :(  Hope this trend doesn't continue - I'd rather leave the accidents to the experts (Vic, that's you mate :lol: )<br><br>Pete]]></content:encoded>
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                        <title>RE: Another Injury.........</title>
                        <link>https://guitarnoise.forum/news/another-injury/#post-262881</link>
                        <pubDate>Wed, 05 Sep 2007 21:14:11 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[I&#039;m new around here, Vic, but I noticed that you&#039;ve even had an obituary on the forum in the recent past!  Happily it seems that the reports of your demise are somewhat exaggerated - and no ...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[I'm new around here, Vic, but I noticed that you've even had an obituary on the forum in the recent past!  Happily it seems that the reports of your demise are somewhat exaggerated - and no picking/fretting fingers lost in this one either.  Although even if you had it wouldn't all be over - one of the Black Sabbath guitarists (forget which) has played for decades with leather finger-extensions because he lost the tips of two fingers as a teenager.<br><br>Ricochet's suggestion involving boiling water and soft tissue might have been a little ill-considered given your reputation ...   :D <br><br>David]]></content:encoded>
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                        <title>RE: Another Injury.........</title>
                        <link>https://guitarnoise.forum/news/another-injury/#post-262858</link>
                        <pubDate>Wed, 05 Sep 2007 19:26:33 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[BTW, Vic, finger picks are pretty nice. I&#039;ve gotten right fond of the Dunlop plastic ones. As shipped, they&#039;re torture devices that allow no blood flow to the fingertips and would cause them...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[BTW, Vic, finger picks are pretty nice. I've gotten right fond of the Dunlop plastic ones. As shipped, they're torture devices that allow no blood flow to the fingertips and would cause them to turn black and fall off if left on too long. What I do is put them in a glass of water, stick it in the microwave till it boils, dip the pick out with a spoon, jam the boiling hot (thus softened) pick on my index finger and immediately thrust said index finger under the stream of cold water that I've thoughtfully previously turned on so I can save myself from scalding my fingertip off, cool and set the pick to size. If I do it all with reasonable alacrity, I can accomplish it with minimal pain, no permanent damage, and have perfectly fitting picks that will stay in place and be comfortable in use. If I use only my index finger, which is the largest, I don't have to worry about which pick fits which finger, they're interchangeable. I do love my metal fingerpicks, but they have a bad habit of unexpectedly flying away if I get too enthusiastic in my playing, and that can be embarrassing in front of an audience. Broken nails are a bigger problem, and regrowing them takes a lot longer than putting on another fingerpick or even chasing down and retrieving a flyaway.

if there is ever an opening, there's work for you down Guantanamo way :wink:]]></content:encoded>
						                            <category domain="https://guitarnoise.forum/news/">News</category>                        <dc:creator>TwistedLefty</dc:creator>
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                        <title>RE: Another Injury.........</title>
                        <link>https://guitarnoise.forum/news/another-injury/#post-262855</link>
                        <pubDate>Wed, 05 Sep 2007 19:10:57 +0000</pubDate>
                        <description><![CDATA[BTW, Vic, finger picks are pretty nice. I&#039;ve gotten right fond of the Dunlop plastic ones. As shipped, they&#039;re torture devices that allow no blood flow to the fingertips and would cause them...]]></description>
                        <content:encoded><![CDATA[BTW, Vic, finger picks are pretty nice. I've gotten right fond of the Dunlop plastic ones. As shipped, they're torture devices that allow no blood flow to the fingertips and would cause them to turn black and fall off if left on too long. What I do is put them in a glass of water, stick it in the microwave till it boils, dip the pick out with a spoon, jam the boiling hot (thus softened) pick on my index finger and immediately thrust said index finger under the stream of cold water that I've thoughtfully previously turned on so I can save myself from scalding my fingertip off, cool and set the pick to size. If I do it all with reasonable alacrity, I can accomplish it with minimal pain, no permanent damage, and have perfectly fitting picks that will stay in place and be comfortable in use. If I use only my index finger, which is the largest, I don't have to worry about which pick fits which finger, they're interchangeable. I do love my metal fingerpicks, but they have a bad habit of unexpectedly flying away if I get too enthusiastic in my playing, and that can be embarrassing in front of an audience. Broken nails are a bigger problem, and regrowing them takes a lot longer than putting on another fingerpick or even chasing down and retrieving a flyaway.]]></content:encoded>
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