Reply #61: Worst burn I ever got

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We were seeding winter wheat. Back then, we'd buy the seed in large paper sacks and pour the seed into the seed drill by hand. These days the process is more automated and the seed is purchased in bulk.

This is a seed drill:


We would drive this solid iron rod into the ground and impale the paper bags upon it. Then set it on fire to dispose of the paper.

So when school is over for the day I walk out to the field to relieve my father who has been seeding all day. I see the rod laying on the ground in the hot September sun. There's no ash, it's just laying there (a gust of wind must have blown the ash away).

So I pick it up. I expected it to be hot from the sun so I ignored my reflexes. I get it about halfway up to the flatbed when I realize that it's burning the ever loving crap out of my hand.

Wound up with second and third degree burns which was even more painful because of all the nerve endings we have on our hands.

It was unpleasant.