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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Owwwwwwwwww! Without thinking, I just picked up a cast iron Creuset lid that had come straight from the hot oven. I'm an idiot.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The tap is still running, right?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

lol...I gave it a good run for sure

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Last bad one for me was picking up a stainless steel saucepan. Gas was slightly of centre so had been heating the secondary handle. Ended up with Bacarat (reversed though) branded into my hand because I didn't want to drop the boiling pasta water all over myself. Bloody hurt that one.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You. posted that on the day..?

or was it a remnant of a dream I had.?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Yeah, I think I did. Seems I'm retelling stores then hey...

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I picked up a glass tube straight out of a furnace, it wasn't glowing but it was bloody hot. A few hundred Cs. For a few weeks my hand looked like that nazi guy from raiders of the lost ark, seared into a grasp shape. It was fairly painful. Luckily no scars.

The danger of heat can't be seen with eyes, it has to be learnt well for each situation.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Holy shit, that sounds awful. Glad you're healed.

We have an unwritten rule in the house that anything in the kitchen that's hot from the oven gets a towel or mitt thrown over it, but I should have known better than to assume. All good now.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Oh Jesus, I’ve done something similar without thinking.

Keep it cool, cold water and if you have aloe Vera that will help.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think I got to the cold tap quickly enough to avoid any damage, still stings tho. On the plus side, I have no fingerprints on 3 out of 5 digits - what should I do with this superpower?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Well seeing as you don’t have fingerprints on some of your fingers you could get away with murder!