haha..
i am healing up fast. not like Wolverine fast..but fast for me. i was stupid. i held the metal stake 6" down the shaft..but as i was pounding it in..it got closer and closer to my hand as it went into the ground. i was talking, and didnt maintain a constant 6" down the shaft..duh! and all the contractor guys take a big 5lb hammer and cut about 15" off the handle. it is like THORS hammer. all short and heavy..really unwieldy for an deskjocky/office worker like me.