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Kevin Jenness
02-23-2023, 11:33 AM
Coming home from upstate NY yesterday with a used lathe in tow I made it to 30 miles from home when I got t-boned by a semi at a dangerous intersection. My fault, I pulled out from a stoplight without seeing him coming, but he must have seen me and braked or I would be in a warmer climate rather than dealing with a fractured scapula. Be careful out there!
George Yetka
02-23-2023, 11:42 AM
Ouch, you got lucky.
Ron Citerone
02-23-2023, 11:47 AM
Glad you are all right Kevin! My daughter got hit in the front/side a few weeks ago. She is 8 months pregnant and luckily is OK. We all need to be careful out there!
Bill Dufour
02-23-2023, 3:29 PM
How did the lathe make out?
Bill D.
Get well soon, so you can unload that lathe.
Rich Engelhardt
02-24-2023, 6:19 AM
I though at first we were going to talk about razors - so - while I'm glad you made it ok, I'll just mention I'm a fan of double edge blades & a good old 'clam shell".
They get you such a much closer shave than the toss aways do.
Kevin Jenness
02-24-2023, 3:09 PM
How did the lathe make out?


With the help of a friend I was able to retrieve it from the towing yard and get it in the shop. A Oneway 2436 and it appears unscathed. Honestly, I would have been happy to write it off in return for walking above ground. The car doesn't look so hot though.496181
Ken Fitzgerald
02-24-2023, 4:15 PM
You are, indeed, lucky to have survived it with just a broken scapula! Glad to hear the lathe survived too.
Jim Becker
02-24-2023, 6:54 PM
I'm glad you're ok other than the break, Kevin, and hope you heal up well.
Ronald Blue
02-24-2023, 9:49 PM
Glad you are mostly okay. Certainly could have been much worse.Hope you heal quickly so you can get that lathe going.
Tom M King
02-25-2023, 9:23 AM
Glad it wasn't worse!!
Steve Schlumpf
02-25-2023, 10:19 AM
Wow! Happy to hear that you weren't critically injured! Heal quickly and share the story of how you got your lathe often. We all need the reminder about how quickly things can change when driving!
Mike Henderson
02-25-2023, 10:53 AM
Scary story - hope you heal quickly.

Mike
Rod Sheridan
02-28-2023, 8:04 PM
I though at first we were going to talk about razors - so - while I'm glad you made it ok, I'll just mention I'm a fan of double edge blades & a good old 'clam shell".
They get you such a much closer shave than the toss aways do.

Agreed, I have a modern Merkur, and my dad’s one he carried overseas in WWII……Nice razors…..Regards, Rod