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Originally Posted by CunningStunt
HOW is your HEARING these days?
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My hearing is fucked. I used to put my earbuds under my muffs, and crank them to the max all day to drown out the rattling from the work heads. That machine was loud as fuck. Had my share of injuries on it too, got a nice gash in my wrist once. Missed a plate hole and the spike came flying up between the chutes and lodged itself sharp end first right below my thumb. Also have a slightly wonky index finger that got smashed between the top of the rail and the hydraulic hammer sleeve while dislodging a stuck stick from the claws. had a laborer slip an get his thumb stuck in the tools, cut it off at the first joint. All sorts of good times on the spiker. Lots of bumping and banging between machines too. Not too bad considering the majority of the crew is either high as fuck or still half pissed from the night before most days. I probably smoked my way through pounds hotboxing that cab with people. The foreman used to come jump on my machine and roll gaggers when he got stressed out. The tracks bring out quite the collection of people.
