Now I'm paranoid

   / Now I'm paranoid #12  
Shake Hands with Danger

Ever since I first saw this, I hear that riff in my head whenever I do something dangerous. It usually makes me slow down and re-think what I'm doing. Can't beat old safety films for telling it like it is.
Years ago I was the first outsider on the scene after a hiker had slipped on ice and fallen 100 feet onto a frozen river. When I got there his daughter said "he's gone", and a quick glance told me she was right. At the time I was self employed, cruising timber and offering other services over a 4 state region. I often would leave home for weeks at a time, with nobody to check in with until it was time to turn in data and an invoice.

After that day I might find myself doing something dicey but his face would appear in front of mine. I would stop and think "Let's find a better way." One day I was snowshoeing down a steep hill in Vermont on some rather crusty snow. I decided to take the webs off and carry them... about 100 yards later I came to a pretty good cliff, and with the shoes on likely would have been unable to stop.

It took a long time to realize how I knew the accident victim was dead... he had stopped bleeding. 20+ years later I still see those dead blue eyes looking up into nowhere.
 
   / Now I'm paranoid #13  
Safety forum can really make a guy paranoid.

Ballast, spacers, go slow, gravity and Darwin, I thought I get it.

Now I'm even questioning storing a couple 5G of diesel with my gas in the well house or using a floor jack and car stands to work on a tractor.

Maybe just information overload, carry on and don't be a dummy?
You can certainly store gas with diesel but why in your well house?
Eric
 
   / Now I'm paranoid
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#14  
Well house is where ZT, rider, mower and tools live, garden type storage.
 
   / Now I'm paranoid #16  
Safety forum can really make a guy paranoid.

Ballast, spacers, go slow, gravity and Darwin, I thought I get it.

Now I'm even questioning storing a couple 5G of diesel with my gas in the well house or using a floor jack and car stands to work on a tractor.

Maybe just information overload, carry on and don't be a dummy?
Don't forget about all the lithium batteries you have laying around.:rolleyes:

 
   / Now I'm paranoid #17  
In my experience, almost everything I have to do can be done safely. But - and it happens more than I like to say - when I feel rushed or tired I tend to think of using shortcuts and then the danger is 5x greater.

That is when I have to say stop. This can wait until tomorrow.
 
   / Now I'm paranoid #18  
Survival is a series of correctly calculated risks.

You can store gas, diesel, and lithium safely together or separate
 
   / Now I'm paranoid #20  
So many accidents happen when people are tired. Not a good idea to try to do that last whatever it is with a power tool or tractor when its just about quitting time.
I had a safety inspector who told me once most accident reports begin 'I reached' or 'I stepped'. Be careful out there
 

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