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Doofus trophy

I will take first dibs, just burnt the heck out of a finger with the soldering iron I just unplugged and absentmindedly picked it and put my finger on the tip.
 
John: didn't you take a chain saw to your leg earlier this year as well? You're a prime candidate for a high risk health insurance plan!
 
janschutz said:
I will take first dibs, just burnt the heck out of a finger with the soldering iron I just unplugged and absentmindedly picked it and put my finger on the tip.
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Don't touch the stove, junior. It's hot , told the Mother to her son. A little later, junior's hand was burnt..... doh!
 
I did and do stupid stuff but don't get hurt often. Worse was I almost cut off the end of my right pinkie on the table saw. The small piece of flooring I was trimming bucked. Of course the guard was off. It had to be
 
My memory may be a bit cloudy on this but didn't Johnpro receive the honor at one time for dropping a rubber sanding block into the engine compartment of Scary and discovering it a year or so later when he noticed the smell of burning rubber and smoke coming from that engine compartment? Yes, the rubber block was stuck between the exhaust header and some chassis part and was on fire!
 
JeffTepper said:
My memory may be a bit cloudy on this but didn't Johnpro receive the honor at one time for dropping a rubber sanding block into the engine compartment of Scary and discovering it a year or so later when he noticed the smell of burning rubber and smoke coming from that engine compartment? Yes, the rubber block was stuck between the exhaust header and some chassis part and was on fire!
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I don't remember that one but I do remember him leaving a wrench on the rear end of his 66
 
Steve: Yes, I remember that John did misplace a box wrench while working on the rear end of his '66 and discovered it quite a bit later when he was making another repair on the rear end. I don't remember the time gap but he had been driving around in that car for some time before re-discovering the wrench.
 
If we steal the doofus award I nominate myself, did this last fall....

Have on old stereo in my '69. I bought it new and installed it 25 yrs ago or so. Tape deck quit a long time ago and the radio quit picking up stations. Never really listened to it anyway. A couple weeks ago the wife and I were heading to the U.P. of Mi for a little vacation, 1k mile round trip. Thought it would be nice to have some tunes so I decided to buy a new system. First I hooked up an even older stereo just to see if it would pick anything up, nada. Then picked up the DIN plate so I could add a modern stereo ($100 for a crappy molded plastic pos). Picked up new stereo/speakers/wire at Bestbuy. Installed the rear speakers, ran new speaker wire and hooked up the new radio/cd player. Went very easy, soldered and shrank wrap the wires, took my time and did a nice job. Fired it up and could only pick up one station. Took the antenna off the fender (which takes 30 seconds) and it's not even hooked up (doofus #1)...plugged it in and it works fine....but, only one rear speaker is working, how can that be, the wiring is all new. Switched the wires and the same thing, other side now not working. Figured the new stereo was bad, yanked it out, cut the wires, then had to take a break to help my wife for a bit. Come back out, standing there looking in the trunk and I notice something, I had bought a brand new spool of speaker wire, what I hadn't used was laying in the trunk...and it was wired to the speaker that wasn't working...the new wire I had run to the radio was laying there, I hadn't even stripped the ends...DOH!! Rewired everything for a 2nd time and it works great.
 
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