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Re:Japan has 33k businesses at least a century old by johnohara on Friday February 14, 2020 @11:42AM (#22327963)
Episode 38 was about as real as it gets for me. We all know somebody, somebody's father, or somebody's uncle with a similar passion for woodworking, equally similar "digit reduction," same explanation, "yeah, stupid mistake, my fault," and a new respect for the tools of the trade.

Thank you for the link.

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Re:Japan has 33k businesses at least a century old by blaser-waffle on Friday February 14, 2020 @01:23PM (#22328800)
Wait, he lost a finger in the episode? Or it was about how he hurt himself during the work?

Either way -- whoa.

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Re:Japan has 33k businesses at least a century old by johnohara on Friday February 14, 2020 @07:56PM (#22332110)
1/2" (or more) off the tip of his finger. Then, after an overt warning and short delay to let you get ready -- showed it.

At one time I worked with a guy who had lost the index and middle fingers of his left hand. He used to raise it up and say "peace!" Then laugh and put a cigarette in between what remained. Great guy to work with but as you say -- whoa.

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