My terrible, horrible, miserable, not so very good day.

[cqaigy2]

Many years ago, my father 75, was replacing some metal roofing on a cabin of their's and slipped on the damp metal, fell off the roof and sliced his arm pretty good. Fortunately, he wasn't hurt on the fall and the sliced didn't damage any tendons and such and healed up pretty well.

He got a talking to. Did i mention i hate working on slippery metal roofs? :laughing:

 

[Diggin It]

I've torqued an ankle walking across my yard. Only takes a mole hill or divet. I've done it making that last step off a ladder onto level hard ground or pavement. I can't believe I didn't this time. I also think the cut came from catching my hand over a purlin and under the panel. So, what saved the wrist and forearm?


On the 'too rural' thing. They couldn't find anyone to do the follow up closer to me, so I have to make the same 4 hour drive (each way) again tomorrow.

 

[oosik]

Coby R - Whew!!! Those stats you quoted had me worried for a moment. I MUST be pretty safe now - I'm OVER the age of 75.

Diggin iT - if I had to do eight hours - it would be with - - Alabama, Men at Work, Oak Ridge Boys, Elton John, The Commodores, Guns 'N Roses ......... if we were closer I'd give you a ride and we would enjoy my CD's & DVD's.

 

[Industrial Toys]

For whtever reason, I have mistepped that last rung on a stepladder a hundred times. Fortunately never got hurt but better, don't think anyone ever saw me do it.

 

[Diggin It]

For whtever reason, I have mistepped that last rung on a stepladder a hundred times.

"Objects below this rung may be farther than they appear."

 

[Industrial Toys]

Making it look like you meant to do that takes some doing, and then you realize no one saw.

 

[two_bit_score]

I'm just so very glad to hear that Diggin iT is on the mend. When I worked at the local HAVC plant - flesh cuts from freshly cut sheet metal were a common, everyday occurrence.
A short story of how things went at this HAVC plant. We all used the big HD Milwaukee magnetic drills. Attach - push the button - off they go. We were TOLD - time and time again - NEVER wear gloves when using these big drills. Well - one of the "kids" got his gloved hand wrapped around the drill bit/chuck of one of the drills. His pain was so intense - he crapped his pants. One of the young bucks had a brilliant idea. Rather than carefully removing the gloved hand from the drill - this brilliant SOB decided it would be a lot quicker to just reverse the drill. It wrapped the kids hand in reverse around the drill in the other way. The poor fellow instantly passed out.

When all was said and done - the drill had pulled five of the fellows finger joints completely loose/apart. He was sent to a specialist in Seattle for repair. He never came back to work. My understanding - the fellow eventually regained about 40% use of the hand.

That is a story that is hard to hear or read but a lot of people need to read/hear it.

 

[Doofy]

To nervous and shaky around ladders these days. When absolutely necessary and I can't con the wife to climb it, I will do so but with trepidation. I anchor the ladder everyway possible. I have even considered the truck receiver hitch mount for extension ladders.

 

[Jstpssng]

I used to prune apple trees from a 20 foot ladder. Now I use a 14 footer, and anything higher than that gets cut off. The guy I used to prune for is 80+ years old and still prunes from a ladder. I felt guilty about giving it up but never made any money doing it, and don't have the time to donate.
I hate ladders and heights anyways. I took a spill off a 2nd floor roof... landing on the frozen ground in a very bad position. It was one of those times when I got up and said "Holy ****, I'm alive!" I drove to he hospital, sat in the empty ER for several hours, then suddenly somebody came in and asked what I was in for and I suddenly had a neck brace on. I heard him chastise his coworker, who said they didn't believe I had done what I had said because "He didn't bite his tongue."

OP: Hopefully your hand heals well. But hey, let's be careful out there. We would miss your wry humor and cynicism.

 

[Diggin It]

They want to put an effing crane on my finger.

How the 'ell am I supposed to sleep with an effing crane on my finger?