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<blockquote data-quote="Poke78" data-source="post: 3558109" data-attributes="member: 4333"><p>Self-induced: dropping a 22-magnum single-action on its hammer with a cartridge under the hammer. BANG - shot in the left abdomen, bullet traveled under the ribs to under my left shoulder blade where it remains today, 46 years later. </p><p></p><p>Medical: schwannoma tumor on my cervical spine was robbing me of feeling in my lower extremities, solved by surgery in 2006. Also lost my left kidney to a non-cancerous tumor in 2012 and the right kidney isn't operating at full capacity.</p><p></p><p>Military: during live artillery fire at Ft. Sill with severe storms moving in (eventually included a tornado), the battery was told to move to a new firing position.This meant all of the ammunition that had been assembled with fuses had to be disassembled before moving. One gun section screwed up the disassembly of a variable-time fuse that includes a supplemental charge. I was the XO and was assisted by the senior NCO (chief of the battery) to fix the problem. We had to send everybody away while we fixed that problem with lightning dancing all around the position. I just knew static was going to get into that supplemental charge.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Poke78, post: 3558109, member: 4333"] Self-induced: dropping a 22-magnum single-action on its hammer with a cartridge under the hammer. BANG - shot in the left abdomen, bullet traveled under the ribs to under my left shoulder blade where it remains today, 46 years later. Medical: schwannoma tumor on my cervical spine was robbing me of feeling in my lower extremities, solved by surgery in 2006. Also lost my left kidney to a non-cancerous tumor in 2012 and the right kidney isn't operating at full capacity. Military: during live artillery fire at Ft. Sill with severe storms moving in (eventually included a tornado), the battery was told to move to a new firing position.This meant all of the ammunition that had been assembled with fuses had to be disassembled before moving. One gun section screwed up the disassembly of a variable-time fuse that includes a supplemental charge. I was the XO and was assisted by the senior NCO (chief of the battery) to fix the problem. We had to send everybody away while we fixed that problem with lightning dancing all around the position. I just knew static was going to get into that supplemental charge. [/QUOTE]
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