In message <4.1.19990914132306.00943d30@pop.fast.net>, Andy Kunz
<support@MONTANADESIGN.COM> writes
>>Get in the habit to not reach for *anything* that falls off of a
>>workbench.  Your brain isn't fast enough to evaluate whether it is safe
>
>I have a friend who instinctively caught an Xacto knife that was falling.
>
>Stuck through his palm.  Fortunately it missed the ligaments.

I used to instinctively catch falling soldering irons :-(. I've
eventually managed to train myself out of the habit - hopefully :-).
--

Nigel.

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