Yesterday, I was turning the roughed and dried Bradford pear bowl blank given to me in Houston in June. I had it finished turned and was adding some embellishment to the rim when the piece of wood I was using to friction the rim..broke and my left hand got thrown onto the bowl. A piece of the rim broke loose sending a nice sized sliver into my left forefinger. I continued working on the piece until family members showed up for dinner. After dinner, I tried to dig the splinter out with little luck.....Hey...I'll wait until tomorrow...The resulting infection will aid it in coming out.....WRONG.....I woke up this morning with that finger red and swollen the entire length. 3 hours in the hospital a lady doctor removed it. It was about 3/8-1/2" long and about 1/8" in diameter. Now I've had a tetnus shot, an antibiotics shot, x-rays, oral antibiotics for 10 days. She didn't suture it and packed it so it would drain for a couple of days.....Oh and pain medication.....Becareful!
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Eric Burdon and the Animals were great. He is, I noticed, older than I remember him from photos in the '60s but he still has a great voice. Overall they were great entertainment. Only disappointment, they had updated a lot of their old standards and consequently most people didn't recognize the song until they were almost over....but still....they were good.
