jrandom's bionic thumb - not for the squeamish!

[jrandom]

Cool piccies Dan - can I pilfer them for teaching purposes?

Go for it. Do you want the hi-res versions?

[BuFfY]

I had a quick glimpse! Then quickly scrolled down!
Should I see if they will do the same for me today?

[jrandom]

Should I see if they will do the same for me today?

I'd be a bit worried about what they'd have to do to get a good camera angle...

[janno]

I'm impressed. You did a very thorough and competent job on that bone. Just wanted a bit of sympathy and attention, did we?

I like the camera in the operation scenario. I'll try that for my next one!

[phantom]

I would have loved to see photos of my heart bypass after reading about the complexities while the surgeon was so blase (sp ? ). Even a photo of all the tubes etc after the op would have been cool. I don't remember any of that, isn't morphine wonderful ?

[ManDownUnder]

LOL... Jesus Dan, I'm impressed mate. You not only stuff yourself up - you want a measure of exactly how stuffed up you are!

Impressive stuff. And now - to rub it in - some thumbs that work properly...

[rwh]

Interesting - they fixed you up with a bathplug chain?

I've never figured out how they manage to cut you open like that without blood going everywhere.

It looks like a horrible job though - patching all the bits back together with no real option of ordering spare parts to replace the worse ones, and without being able to pull bits out and stick them on the bench or in the vice while you work on them. At least the body does a large chunk of its own repairs.

Richard

[Paul in NZ]

At least one of these pictures should make the KB calender this year i reckon!!

Enter the buggers - I'd vote for it!

[Hitcher]

The Bionic Dan. We can rebuild him, one digit at a time.

[jrandom]

At least one of these pictures should make the KB calender this year i reckon!!

That'd be totally awesome, but I strongly suspect that the calendar's designers won't want to raise an uproar by turning the stomachs of a large portion of their target audience...

I'll send one through, though. You never know. Heh.

[sAsLEX]

Reminds me of the Titanium I have in my jaw. Its weird being able to feel the bolts and steel.....

[crashe]

Awwww choice pictures........ in all its glory...... good one

A good wee reminder to you, to not highside again.

[vifferman]

"This'll screw up the yanks and their metal detectors...."

Good idea, except metal detectors are skewed towards ferrous metals. My watch is mostly titanium, and doesn't register at all, whereas one of my belt buckles has a far smaller amount of metal in it and sets the detector off easily.
Obviously, terrorists use only primitive weapons...

Seriously, the 'security measures' at airports are designed more to reassure passengers that air travel is safe than to make it safe. A non-amateur terrorist with a few clues could easily circumvent the measures in place.
I have a sneaking suspicion that some of the latest stuff being promulgated is the airlines moving to the point where carry-on luggage is eliminated, and (ultimately) luggage will be charges as freight (i.e., per kilogram). With the rising fuel costs, airlines are becoming very aware that they're carrying an awful lot of passengers' crap that they're not getting revenue for.

Sorry - WAY off topic. My bad...

Anyway Dr. Dan - hope your thumb heals well. If you try anything like this again, we'll kick your arse (or hire someone to do it...)

[WRT]

Asian dudes have long fingernails to show that they don't do manual labour.

(Apparently, they also work great for arse-scratching and as coke spoons.)

I hope they use different fingers for each of those tasks.

[Swoop]

So you have been "digitally remastered"??