My japanese safety boots . . .
You know how it is. One slips down the shed in one's japanese saftey boots to stare at the walls and not do anything in particular. Then I remembered I was going to get some material ready for a project for next weekend. So, head off to the side of the house to look for those scavenged bits of 50 x 100 mm rectangular hollow steel section that I've been saving for a while.
Bonus, thought they were under 3m long but both were around 3.5 m meaning I could simplify the project. Place them both on top of a pair of steel chairs (my alternative saw horses) by the shed, I then noticed the end of one looked a bit dangerous, a jagged angle grinder cut edge, so I carried it into the shed and placed one end loose in the vice and the other end on the metal cutting saw table, and was just stepping away to get the angle grinder when the steel beam slipped of the saw, out of the vice and landed fair on my left big toe. Of course it hurt like hell and looked a bit blue but I thought that was dirt. Later after I cleaned up I noticed my toe was that ugly bruised purple colour so only then did I put some ice on it. I reckon I won't be wearing any shoes for a while.
Normally I wear joggers when wood working, regular boots when I'm metal working and steel caps when I use the chain saw but this time I was just slack and paid the price.