Keep an Eye Out
The question of safety when using a lawn mower was answered many years ago when a blade snapped off the mower I was using and embedded itself about 5 cm’s into the side of the house.
Hence, I’ve always used steel capped boots and ear muffs when mowing but my safety glasses used to get so easily scratched that I didn’t bother using them. Anyway, how often are you likely to get hit in the eye while mowing.
About 6 months ago, I bought a new pair of safety glasses but still got slack and only took to wearing them occasionally. Probably not a wise move considering I wear expensive glasses.
A couple of weeks back, I was merrily trimming away on a pleasant Sunday morning while annoying the neighbours when a stone decided to head my direction from the bottom of the mower and impacted my left eye at considerable speed.
How am I recovering? Well, a bit shaken from the what if but I can still see out of the chipped safety glasses okay.
Take care out there and keep an eye out whether your are driving or mowing and enjoy the festive season.
Yowsers! Bet you’ll wear them all the time now! Oh and I think they’re like bicycle helmets and need replacing after serious impact even if they weren’t destroyed in the impact.
p.s. MERRY CHRISTMAS!
Seasons Greeting to you, Thomas. We’re just back from a run and swim at the beach and Santa was there on his bike. Told him to bugger off back to the north pole.
I had a similar experience…. but not with safety glasses. The lawn mower picked up a stone and shot it right through my sunroom window. neat little hole, just like a bullet hole.
Yeah, right! So you’re embarrassed to tell us you live in a crime ridden neighbourhood and it really is a bullet hole.
I’ve always worn Chinese safety glasses (squints to make the point)….
Very narrow minded.
Once in eastern Nevada, the house I lived in had some form of ground cover that passed as grass over the hard scrabble land surface. While mowing, a minuscule stone was ejected, ricocheted off the metal siding and struck me in the right eye. Dead center. Luckily I wore contact lenses. The lens cracked but absorbed the impact and no damage was done. Always wore safety glasses after that.
Learning the hard way.