nail gun whoops

I, too, was nailing spacers on 16" centers between the facia and last rafter. I was working from the basket of a Genie lift. On Sat., I hit my pointer finger with a 20oz. Framing hammer (damn Bi-focals)! Since I couldn't hold a nail with a double size finger, I hooked up the framing nailer. Sunday morning, I went back up in the basket and the wife went to Church (I should have gone with her)! I was positioning the boards with my left hand and shooting with the right. I was up about 20' and halfway up one gable end when I pulled the trigger and felt an immediate sharp pain in the end of my middle finger. The nail hit a knot, came out the side of the 2 x 6 and split the end of my finger - luckily it went to one side and didn't hit the bone. Try spreading the fingers on one hand to reach both buttons to lower the lift while your other hand is wrapped up in the sleeve of your flannel shirt. I put a butterfly bandage on it, wrapped it up and worked the rest of the day. Bedtime was not fun, thumped like crazy. The up side, I now have a garage to work on and house my 5 - 66 A-Bodies and my truck!