Mixed feelings you get owning a land rover

kato Disco · Jul 13, 2013

After working on the old bus for a year and spending lots of money, it got through its mot yesterday. Yeaaa.

The nice mechanic asked me if I wanted a set of alloy wheels for it he had lying about. A set of boost wheels needing a refurb. Yeaaa again.

Put them in the back of the bus and caught my finger between them. So painful I couldn't even speak.

The pleasure and pain experienced was a first.

So how about you lot, any similar mixed feelings where your obsession with old rusty cars are concerned?

kato Disco · Jul 13, 2013

How long till this falls off?

TD5power · Jul 13, 2013

23 years

mundungus · Jul 13, 2013

Couple of weeks or so.

Did a similar thing a couple of years ago rummaging through the scrap steel at the stockholders.

Mine looked the same. The nail fell off after a while, you have to be really careful not to knock or catch it when it's only just hanging on, cos that's painful. The new nail grew underneath and was a funny shape for a while but that grew out eventually. It felt a bit fragile for quite a few months even after it looked completely back to normal.

RKServicing · Jul 13, 2013

I've lost 3 nails so far and All before I was 18. 2 of which were an instant off. OUCH! On the plus side. Nice not so shiney wheels and a pass!

Dippypud · Jul 13, 2013

If you go to the practice nurse at yer Doctors surgery, she'll put a hot needle thru it for you - it'll let the pressure off ...

I reckon you've cracked the bone at the end of yer finger tho...

haigy · Jul 13, 2013

Nout new there itl be alright in the end.itl fall off and youve got a new set of rims.well worth it

SpringDon · Jul 13, 2013

Fingers grow back for free. Alloy wheels cost money.

Tazz070299 · Jul 13, 2013

Nail falls off in about 2 weeks. The finger about 6 weeks later.

Tazz070299 · Jul 13, 2013

kato Disco said:
After working on the old bus for a year and spending lots of money, it got through its mot yesterday. Yeaaa.

The nice mechanic asked me if I wanted a set of alloy wheels for it he had lying about. A set of boost wheels needing a refurb. Yeaaa again.

Put them in the back of the bus and caught my finger between them. So painful I couldn't even speak.

The pleasure and pain experienced was a first.

So how about you lot, any similar mixed feelings where your obsession with old rusty cars are concerned?

That's just your Landy warning you it's quite happy with steel wheels and doesn't want any poncy boost alloys.:boink: They have a heart you know

livers · Jul 14, 2013

Acetone will get rid of that nail polish ya poof

Billy B · Jul 14, 2013

Tazz070299 said:
That's just your Landy warning you it's quite happy with steel wheels and doesn't want any poncy boost alloys.:boink: They have a heart you know

Yep, it's probably a defence mechanism

It thinks your turning it into a gaylander

kato Disco · Jul 14, 2013

Tazz070299 said:
That's just your Landy warning you it's quite happy with steel wheels and doesn't want any poncy boost alloys.:boink: They have a heart you know

That was my first thought, it ain't happy with me right now! Ungrateful bleddy thing

kato Disco · Jul 14, 2013

The finger feels like its gonna explode with the swelling. Might head to the docs tomorrow after the night shift. I don't fancy the hot needle thingy tho, sounds like torture.

Dippypud · Jul 14, 2013

kato Disco said:
The finger feels like its gonna explode with the swelling. Might head to the docs tomorrow after the night shift. I don't fancy the hot needle thingy tho, sounds like torture.

Tis only thru the nail - better when done... smells nasty tho...

Birdbrain · Jul 15, 2013

Dippypud said:
If you go to the practice nurse at yer Doctors surgery, she'll put a hot needle thru it for you - it'll let the pressure off ...

I reckon you've cracked the bone at the end of yer finger tho...

Do it yourself. My brother in laws a GP & I rang him for advice after doing something similar. The pressure behind the nail was keeping me awake. He told me to stick a needle in the gas flame and do it yourself or sit for three hours in casualty....

Brown · Jul 15, 2013

I must say I'm a bit sceptical of all this needle through the nail malarkey. Speaking as someone who has regularly hit my fingers and thumbs with hammers over the years I have lost nails on a number of occasions. At the urging of an acquaintance who fancied himself as a bit of a Steve Irwin type I tried this. a) it hurts, especially with a tender finger and b) it doesn't work - things carry on hurting and the nail comes off sooner or later anyway. If it's keeping you awake just have a few Nurofens for the first couple of nights and it will settle down eventually.

GREENHORN · Jul 15, 2013

I did this with my big toe! Hurt like a bastard! Fell off after 2 or 3 weeks and grew back really funny the nail that is...now its ingrown! Youre luck its your finger

nrgserv · Jul 15, 2013

3 months ago, shifting steel.

kato Disco · Jul 15, 2013

nrgserv said:
3 months ago, shifting steel.

That looks very nasty.

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