So today’s post work activity / workout was to paddle a new portion
of the Deep River, about 6.8 miles of it.
TO BAD IT NEVER HAPPENED !
Why, ‘cause I’m stupid that’s why.
On the way home from work I stopped to get gas in my
motorcycle and broke the kay off in the gas tank lock. I called the wife and asked her to bring me
my spare. Well, while I stand there
waiting I decide to try and get the broken part out of the lock. I went to my Tail-Bag and returned with the wire
portion of a binder clip. Carefully I placed
the end of it into the whole where the key was broke off and tried to rotate it
back to the lock position so I could actually get some gas and go home to worry
about the broken part there, but alas the lock would not budge. 
Now comes the super idea of the day ! My knife had a broken tip on the blade that
looks like it just might fit beside the broken portion of the key and with the
handle at a 90degree angle (not locking the blade out, 2nd mistake) I
wedged it down there and started trying.
The more I tried the more frustrated it got. Finally out of an act of aggravation I put
more pressure on the handle and twisted really hard. POP, the blade flew out of the key hole and ……
yup you guessed it, sliced a nice hole in my right-hand index finger. Ughhh, an even longer story short, called
some friends to come and get my bike and take it to a local shop and off we
went to the urgent care. 
Five stitches, a tetanus shot and a prescription for
antibiotics later we were on our way home.
So much for paddling today!
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