A nice cut on my bowling thumb...

[sprocket]

Position round is this coming Monday and we're bowling for the second half championship. Today at work I sliced across the end of my thumb above the nail. It's kind of a pinched ragged cut where I could probably pull a chunk off. I pushed it back together and bandaged it tight.

I heal pretty fast so hopefully it will be healed enough to bowl on Monday. I don't use my thumb except for a few spares anyway, but I always use my thumb for the ten pin.

It gets me thinking though. We have a 22 point lead over second place with a 40 point system. There are seven guys on my team. I have been bowling well for the last six weeks; about 20 pins over my average. I'm probably overdue for a week off. There's no reason they can't win without me this Monday. Even if they went 10 and 30 we would still win the half. Then I would be well rested and healed for sure to bowl for the championship the next week.

What would you do in this situation?

[EboniteKid299]

Probably not bowl.. sounds like a pretty serious injury no need to make it any worse either

[bowl1820]

You can super glue it shut (google it).

Also A old school trick for the tore up thumb/finger is the potato trick. Cut a hole in a potato and shove your thumb/finger in the hole. (See the bowling movie "Dreamer" he does it in it.). It works good on blisters too.

[billf]

I do the potato trick on a regular basis. Yes, I cut my thumb and fingers often at work.

[sprocket]

You work with your hands like I do. Here's a tip for me: I need to deburr my dang parts right away!
You know how you can tell I'm a good machinist? I still have all my fingers and they are all shaped normally. I've never really gotten a bad injury. This thumb thing is really nothing. Once I cut a knuckle on a surface grinding wheel and cut into the tendon. I needed stitches and didn't bowl for a few weeks. That tendon took forever to heal but I have 100% motion now.

I might have to hit you up for some mechanic advice some time. A friend and I do most of our own car stuff but he knows more than me. Tomorrow or Saturday it's inner and outer tie rods and upper control arms on my Mark VIII.

[sprocket]

Well my thumbs all better and I decided to just bowl. But now there's a new problem: I strained my back working on my car yesterday. My lower back is petty sore. Don't ask me to pick anything up off the ground. I do generally heal fast though, so I'm hoping it will loosen up for tonight. I've bowled with a sore back before and usually it doesn't affect me adversely. Sometimes I think it actually helps.

[RoccoRock]

I have been using super glue for years. I use lock tight CA glue. I get cuts from boxes and razor blades all the time. I just super glue them, and get back to work. When I do use my thumb to bowl and I have a blister, a little super glue and I'm good to go.

[J Anderson]

Well my thumbs all better and I decided to just bowl. But now there's a new problem: I strained my back working on my car yesterday. My lower back is petty sore. Don't ask me to pick anything up off the ground. I do generally heal fast though, so I'm hoping it will loosen up for tonight. I've bowled with a sore back before and usually it doesn't affect me adversely. Sometimes I think it actually helps.

From my experience bowling against people complaining of bad backs, I'm tempted to concede before we even start bowling. I think its a combination of having to slow down a bit and not trying to put a little extra on the ball in the clutch.

[sprocket]

I bowled terrible and my back affected me in a negative way this time. It made no difference because we did well enough as a team to win the half. My average will drop a pin so that's three extra pins handicap for the team next week in the roll off. You never know; that might make a difference. One of the problems was that I misplaced my scotch brite pad and I intended to use it prior to leagues to get a little more hook. I rummaged up another one but it was VERY fine. I still expected it to dull up the ball some, but it appeared to have the opposite effect. I had no reaction at all. The ball was DEAD and the other one I brought hooked even less. I moved as far right as possible but still had a very poor reaction. It's OK though. What if I hadn't bowled tonight and made that mistake NEXT week for the championship? I will practice and BE SURE I have a good reaction before next week.

[Tampabaybob]

Sprocket. Having a bad back myself, I sympathize with you. I always joke with the guys I bowl with, that there is only one solid reason for missing a night of bowling...... DEATH !!! They always laugh about it, but seriously, some of the nights that I have bowled being sick as a dog (wife my wife being pissed at me for going) has been some of my higher scoring nights. It slows you down, your mind can be a little clearer, because you feel like crap, and you're more relaxed, because you just want to get home and into bed !!