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I had a neighbour friend who was not a mortician but embalmed his own wife. (lemmy.world)

submitted 6 hours ago by BonesOfTheMoon to c/microblogmemes

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 3 hours ago (2 children)

I witnessed a fatal lathe accident. The kind that would have easily been featured in rotten.com back in the day. They shut the whole shop down and noone worked for a month. It was awful.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 37 minutes ago

I've never worked with a lathe, but PTOs on the farm were terrifying. I was taught to be afraid, and I was.

[–] Zannsolo 10 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Yikes, remember kids no loose items near the violently spinning things.

I used to be a plumber and spent a lot of time running a pipe threader all I ever thought about while using it was if I mess up this thing will force my body through a 5 in gap.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

if i mess up, this thing will force my body through a 5 in. gap.

which isn't totally unfeasable

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 hour ago

Jesus. What a way to go