tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post377533011365783521..comments2024-03-26T11:27:35.814-07:00Comments on Tom Stephenson: A true horror storyUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-67334351631805099302015-10-16T01:34:33.375-07:002015-10-16T01:34:33.375-07:00Sorry I didn't respond to this sooner. I thoug...Sorry I didn't respond to this sooner. I thought I had.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-51189274200175695652015-10-15T01:09:56.639-07:002015-10-15T01:09:56.639-07:00I say, "Never mind. It doesn't belong to ...I say, "Never mind. It doesn't belong to me". (Not really).Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-73473269190508245832015-10-15T01:09:01.175-07:002015-10-15T01:09:01.175-07:00Me too. I often get someone else to check before I...Me too. I often get someone else to check before I cut.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-14084820290538961492015-10-15T01:08:26.937-07:002015-10-15T01:08:26.937-07:00That rule doesn't seem to apply to me, Weave.That rule doesn't seem to apply to me, Weave.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-40273378835296245472015-10-15T01:07:45.819-07:002015-10-15T01:07:45.819-07:00It was - in the end - a very funny experience, but...It was - in the end - a very funny experience, but I know he hated me at the time. He blamed himself for begging me to do the job when I said I wasn't suited to it.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-20682056980719801992015-10-15T01:06:23.031-07:002015-10-15T01:06:23.031-07:00You sort of get used to pressure when dealing with...You sort of get used to pressure when dealing with fragile, £250,000 things on an almost daily basis.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-46567912295297061802015-10-14T14:15:11.034-07:002015-10-14T14:15:11.034-07:00So you take sides too, Moll? Read the above!So you take sides too, Moll? Read the above!Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-21169320008456801252015-10-14T14:14:15.460-07:002015-10-14T14:14:15.460-07:00That would have been worth waiting for. Anyway, he...That would have been worth waiting for. Anyway, he begged me to work for him when I said it was not for me, so he couldn't really get too upset. The bloke who he fired bigged himself up beyond his capabilities.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-25682819303532432762015-10-14T13:41:40.435-07:002015-10-14T13:41:40.435-07:00I would have ventured at least one bitch slapI would have ventured at least one bitch slapJohn Going Gentlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14958171262765033946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-24461643463571111192015-10-14T13:12:57.972-07:002015-10-14T13:12:57.972-07:00That made my eyes water just reading about it. Big...That made my eyes water just reading about it. Bigger or not, he'd have been quite justified. He sounds like a good friend.Mollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08604864977387798470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-8558715450109829222015-10-14T12:03:00.423-07:002015-10-14T12:03:00.423-07:00Because I am bigger than him.Because I am bigger than him.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-78391073346222975712015-10-14T11:46:57.574-07:002015-10-14T11:46:57.574-07:00Why didnt he boot u up the arse?Why didnt he boot u up the arse?John Going Gentlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14958171262765033946noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-87762165157205640822015-10-14T08:34:24.596-07:002015-10-14T08:34:24.596-07:00When we binned a mistake we would say "it'...When we binned a mistake we would say "it's only thread." But, it was our own thread.Joanne Noragonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16601010208310707750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-49404300369339104712015-10-14T08:16:09.492-07:002015-10-14T08:16:09.492-07:00I'm crap at measuring, always have been. Inche...I'm crap at measuring, always have been. Inches, centimetres, makes no difference. I measure multiple times, and if possible, test cut it on scrap first.megan blogshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04555646904983619596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-9312918626841603922015-10-14T07:39:36.565-07:002015-10-14T07:39:36.565-07:00Somebody once said to me 'measure about six ti...Somebody once said to me 'measure about six times'cut once. Some truth in that Tom. Although on a much lesser scale, in the days when I made my own Christmas cards I was always placing the card wrongly in the guillotins so that the cutting line was wrong. I still have to run a bit of old paper throuigh it to remember exactly where it cuts.The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-12416819303041233242015-10-14T07:09:08.126-07:002015-10-14T07:09:08.126-07:00I would never have risked that guy's wrath a s...I would never have risked that guy's wrath a second time after witnessing the scene you describe. I'd have hauled ass out of there, never to return! Cowardly? Yep.Jenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12512800812290518552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-66594816822203902482015-10-14T06:40:46.508-07:002015-10-14T06:40:46.508-07:00That is a nightmare. I couldn't have done it ...That is a nightmare. I couldn't have done it the second time. Too much pressure for me.donna bakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13507579686738843451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-78599402439446376282015-10-14T03:29:00.745-07:002015-10-14T03:29:00.745-07:00I think only in inches. I have an illustration of...I think only in inches. I have an illustration of a centimetre against an inch drawn in felt tip pen on a windowsill at home in an attempt to remind me from time to time. But still it doesn't sink in.Rachel Phillipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16053924416805878169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-31210056954609460882015-10-14T02:55:05.810-07:002015-10-14T02:55:05.810-07:00There are now 2 generations of Brits who do not ha...There are now 2 generations of Brits who do not have a clue about imperial.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-55927487923995988972015-10-14T02:53:44.337-07:002015-10-14T02:53:44.337-07:00It's the same thing here. I think in inches bu...It's the same thing here. I think in inches but have to use centimetres for others and computers. All the Italian saws don't recognise anything other than units of 10 in any case. If I ask for 1 inch, they give me 25 mm. Plenty of scope for disaster.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-62694047903114201892015-10-14T02:46:46.487-07:002015-10-14T02:46:46.487-07:00I'm always measuring things in inches then cut...I'm always measuring things in inches then cutting them in centimetres. DOH!Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.com