RobsCastle
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also:- where is the attached mandatory accident injury report for the right hand?
That's what happens to idiots who under a moment of weakness, undertake that arduous task generically referred to as gardening... hell, I'd rather read the bible written in Latin!

It was a gardening accident.  The grass was around 203.2mm tall... fortunately I had to get so many casks-o-vinos under my belt to tackle such a nefarious undertaking that I was too senseless (more than usual) to detect the incident of the injury.  At first I thought the hand was just covered in red from some spilled Merlot, however, it turned out to be hunk of hanging flesh.
Thanks for the concern Florence, but no surgery was required and the packaging was to hold the band-aid in place at the base of the thumb. I seem to heal quickly for someone on blood thinners, but I got so used to it and forgot to unpack it.

If your first cut is too short... Take the second cut from the longer end... LBD