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Yo Bill...to take the heat off
On 9/17/2017 5:15 PM, justan wrote:
"Mr. Luddite" Wrote in message: On 9/17/2017 12:24 PM, Bill wrote: True North wrote: On Sunday, 17 September 2017 09:50:07 UTC-3, John H wrote: This should detract Harry and Donnee from their 'falling from a roof' lies about you. Friday I leaned a ladder against the trailer, with not nearly enough lean. Got up to the top, started to sweep debris off the roof of the bedroom slide, and the ladder slipped. Down I went, landing squarely on my right heel on the concrete driveway. Crawled up the driveway and into the house to call 911. ER doc says heel bone (calcaneus) is 'shattered' and will require surgery. And all I'd had to drink was coffee! Say what? Anyone with a lick of sense knows that you place the ladder feet 1 foot out for every 4 feet high. I had my smaller 20' extension ladder up against a tree yesterday with the feet on soft dirt. Needed to replace a snapped clothes line. No problem. The ladder should be tied off. Not depending on lean. Especially on dirt, where the ladder can sink in at a differential rate between the two legs. 70 something year-olds don't belong on ladders. Period. :-) I am not quite 70 yet but I get dizzy on the second rung. I got my ladder out and set it up to survey the roof a couple of days ago. Chickened out and put the ladder away. I did the survey with the drone instead. Much safer. Learned your lesson, huh? :-) |
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Yo Bill...to take the heat off
"Mr. Luddite" Wrote in message:
On 9/17/2017 5:15 PM, justan wrote: "Mr. Luddite" Wrote in message: On 9/17/2017 12:24 PM, Bill wrote: True North wrote: On Sunday, 17 September 2017 09:50:07 UTC-3, John H wrote: This should detract Harry and Donnee from their 'falling from a roof' lies about you. Friday I leaned a ladder against the trailer, with not nearly enough lean. Got up to the top, started to sweep debris off the roof of the bedroom slide, and the ladder slipped. Down I went, landing squarely on my right heel on the concrete driveway. Crawled up the driveway and into the house to call 911. ER doc says heel bone (calcaneus) is 'shattered' and will require surgery. And all I'd had to drink was coffee! Say what? Anyone with a lick of sense knows that you place the ladder feet 1 foot out for every 4 feet high. I had my smaller 20' extension ladder up against a tree yesterday with the feet on soft dirt. Needed to replace a snapped clothes line. No problem. The ladder should be tied off. Not depending on lean. Especially on dirt, where the ladder can sink in at a differential rate between the two legs. 70 something year-olds don't belong on ladders. Period. :-) I am not quite 70 yet but I get dizzy on the second rung. I got my ladder out and set it up to survey the roof a couple of days ago. Chickened out and put the ladder away. I did the survey with the drone instead. Much safer. Learned your lesson, huh? :-) Yup! -- x ----Android NewsGroup Reader---- http://usenet.sinaapp.com/ |
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