"Wayne.B" wrote in message
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Anyone recognize themselves here?

http://youtube.com/watch?v=Eo08eSb09bQ

Yeah, three times in the last two years. But the 8ft, head first fall from
the pier into the rocks below, was the one that damn near killed me.

Tom G.

On Wed, 25 Oct 2006 19:20:25 GMT, "Tom G"
wrote:

Yeah, three times in the last two years. But the 8ft, head first fall from
the pier into the rocks below, was the one that damn near killed me.

Ouch. You should stop doing that.

:-)

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"Wayne.B" wrote in message
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Anyone recognize themselves here?

http://youtube.com/watch?v=Eo08eSb09bQ

Yeah, three times in the last two years. But the 8ft, head first fall
from the pier into the rocks below, was the one that damn near killed me.

Tom G.


You have to elaborate on that story!

BTW: I took my biannual plunge off the dock this year......slipped while
getting off and dropped between the dock and the boat. The water was only 3
1/2 feet deep but the bottom was mucky.

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"Tom G" wrote in message
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"Wayne.B" wrote in message
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Anyone recognize themselves here?

http://youtube.com/watch?v=Eo08eSb09bQ

Yeah, three times in the last two years. But the 8ft, head first fall
from the pier into the rocks below, was the one that damn near killed me.

Tom G.


You have to elaborate on that story!

BTW: I took my biannual plunge off the dock this year......slipped while
getting off and dropped between the dock and the boat. The water was only
3 1/2 feet deep but the bottom was mucky.

Just put in the first two piers. Still had two more sections and ramp to
add but I decided after dark to go down and do a little fishing. Just as I
was stepping from top pier to second, I remembered that I hadn't yet put in
steps to account for the two foot difference in levels. Fell forward,
bounced off the second pier and went head first the last 8ft to the river
bank. Managed to get back up the 50ft to the top of the hill and thought I
would clean up and go to bed. Middle of night, everything from my neck to
my waist went into spasm. Had to have the EMTs come haul me to the
hospital. After many tests, it was determined that I hadn't broke anything
but had sprained all the muscles from head to waist.
I had landed on the back of my neck and so knocked the breath out of
myself, that I was sure I had broken my neck or back. Couldn't breath or
call out for help for about 5 minutes. Now, I have to tell my wife if I'm
going down to the river or out on the boat by myself. And I wear a life
jacket whenever I'm close enough to the water to fall in and not walk out.

Tom G

On Wed, 25 Oct 2006 21:51:28 GMT, "Tom G"
wrote:

Just as I
was stepping from top pier to second, I remembered that I hadn't yet put in
steps to account for the two foot difference in levels. Fell forward,
bounced off the second pier and went head first the last 8ft to the river
bank.

Lucky you're still here...

My most recent accidental swim was last year in Baltimore. Somehow I
mis-stepped going from the swim platform to the dock and ended up in
the drink. Still don't know exactly how it happened other than an
obvious failure to pay attention at a critical juncture.

My wife and I pulled a classic three stooges act many years ago and we
both went in. We were carrying a sailboat mast down an L shaped dock
with a piling at the L. Which ever one of us was in the lead made the
turn too fast, the mast sproinged off the piling and flipped us both
in the water. Fortunately there were no cameras around, and the mast
landed on the dock undamaged.

I can remember several dock parties where people have gone in after
enjoying the festivities a little too much.

We also had a woman knocked unconcious at my club in Connecticut a
number of years ago. She slipped getting off of her boat at the
mooring and fell between the rail and the club launch boat.

the mast sproinged off the piling and flipped us both
in the water.

Oh man, I'm laughin' so hard it hurts! Good one!

On Wed, 25 Oct 2006 18:44:29 -0400, "Bill Kearney"
wrote:

the mast sproinged off the piling and flipped us both
in the water.

Oh man, I'm laughin' so hard it hurts! Good one!

It was pretty funny. We were both laughing our heads off trying to
get back on the dock.

Wayne.B wrote:
On Wed, 25 Oct 2006 18:44:29 -0400, "Bill Kearney"
wrote:

the mast sproinged off the piling and flipped us both
in the water.

Oh man, I'm laughin' so hard it hurts! Good one!

It was pretty funny. We were both laughing our heads off trying to
get back on the dock.

Been there, done some of those things.
Once sailed into Apalachicola, FL by lightning flashes at night.
Stepped up onto the dock and the dock edge broke. I fell backward
tween the boat and dock hitting my head on the toe rail on way down.
It knocked me out. My sailing partner, Bob Tweety, literally lifted me
out of the water by my collar and saved my life. A year later Bob had
a stroke and lost all of his strength so you'd never believe him
capable of such a feat.
After this episode, we walked down the street into the only place open
that night, a bar. A few feet down the street from the bar, I hear a
tiny "meow" in the pouring rain and looked behind a soggy piece of
cardboard against a wall to find a soaked little kitten. We took that
poor little cat into the bar and were immediately surrounded by every
single woman in Apalach. Had no prob giving the kitten away.

BTW: I took my biannual plunge off the dock this year......slipped while
getting off and dropped between the dock and the boat. The water was only
3
1/2 feet deep but the bottom was mucky.

Heh, started the season off right this year by taking a swim at the fuel
dock back in April.

While reaching over to tie off a stern line it was like "hey, where'd that
piling go?" Ker-splash.