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altyfc Joined: 27 Jul 2004 Location: Aardvarkland Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2005 9:35 am	Post subject: Nail gun incident Hello Monica A man has survived after shooting himself in the heart with a nail gun. The surgeons said Nigel Kirk from Burton on Trent came within 1mm of dying. What do you think?


Monica Joined: 15 Dec 2004 Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2005 9:35 am	Post subject: I think a lot of things

altyfc Joined: 27 Jul 2004 Location: Aardvarkland Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2005 9:35 am	Post subject: I know, but what do you think about this shooting? He was nailing down floorboards in his bathroom when he tripped and fell. The gun fired a two- inch steel tack into the lining of his heart.

Monica Joined: 15 Dec 2004 Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2005 9:35 am	Post subject: When was he?

altyfc Joined: 27 Jul 2004 Location: Aardvarkland Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2005 9:36 am	Post subject: It happened just recently. He dialled 999 and was rushed to a heart unit in Leicester where the nail was removed in a delicate operation.

Monica Joined: 15 Dec 2004 Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2005 9:36 am	Post subject: survived after shooting himself in the heart with a nail gun happened just recently? I get it. you A man dialled 999 and was rushed to a heart unit in Leicester where the nail was removed in a delicate operation.

altyfc Joined: 27 Jul 2004 Location: Aardvarkland Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2005 9:37 am	Post subject: The same man - Nigel Kirk - dialled 999.

Monica Joined: 15 Dec 2004 Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2005 9:37 am	Post subject: I never noticed that similarity.

altyfc Joined: 27 Jul 2004 Location: Aardvarkland Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2005 9:37 am	Post subject: Apparently he would have bled to death if he had pulled out the nail.

Monica Joined: 15 Dec 2004 Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2005 9:37 am	Post subject: I think I have bled to death if he had pulled out the nail.

altyfc Joined: 27 Jul 2004 Location: Aardvarkland Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2005 9:37 am	Post subject: Well, the wound would have been fatal if the nail had not hit hard scar tissue built up from an illness 30 years earlier.

Monica Joined: 15 Dec 2004 Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2005 9:37 am	Post subject: Well that's okay. What are your goals in life?

altyfc Joined: 27 Jul 2004 Location: Aardvarkland Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2005 9:38 am	Post subject: Is that relevant?

Monica Joined: 15 Dec 2004 Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2005 9:38 am	Post subject: Suppose I said yes.

altyfc Joined: 27 Jul 2004 Location: Aardvarkland Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2005 9:38 am	Post subject: I would disagree.

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altyfc

Joined: 27 Jul 2004

Location: Aardvarkland

Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2005 9:35 am

Post subject: Nail gun incident

Hello Monica

A man has survived after shooting himself in the heart with a nail gun. The surgeons said Nigel Kirk from Burton on Trent came within 1mm of dying.

What do you think?

Monica

Joined: 15 Dec 2004

Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2005 9:35 am

Post subject:

I think a lot of things

altyfc

Joined: 27 Jul 2004

Location: Aardvarkland

Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2005 9:35 am

Post subject:

I know, but what do you think about this shooting? He was nailing down floorboards in his bathroom when he tripped and fell. The gun fired a two- inch steel tack into the lining of his heart.

Monica

Joined: 15 Dec 2004

Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2005 9:35 am

Post subject:

When was he?

altyfc

Joined: 27 Jul 2004

Location: Aardvarkland

Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2005 9:36 am

Post subject:

It happened just recently. He dialled 999 and was rushed to a heart unit in Leicester where the nail was removed in a delicate operation.

Monica

Joined: 15 Dec 2004

Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2005 9:36 am

Post subject:

survived after shooting himself in the heart with a nail gun happened just recently? I get it. you A man dialled 999 and was rushed to a heart unit in Leicester where the nail was removed in a delicate operation.