Mike S. wrote:

A true story...

A few weeks ago I decided to stain the new deck I had just built, I was
home alone and it was a nice warm day and I decided to take advantage of it
and get the staining done. Having been previously been warned I made a
mental note to be very careful to not paint myself into a corner..imagine
how awkward that would be.
I kept that thought as I went out the sliding door onto the deck, started
at the far side, stained the railing, worked across the floor boards, and
then ended up at the stairs. After I finished the stairs I took a step
back, congratulated myself on how nice it looked, and patted myself on the
back thinking... see, I didn't paint myself into a corner after all! I was
feeling very self satisfied as I then walked around to the front of the
house to find that the front door was locked, the keys were inside, and I
had just painted myself out of the only open door to the house!

Nothing like sitting outside calling yourself stupid for 2 hours till you
can get keys and get in...I don't think I will live this one down for quite
a while.



That's funny, but doesn't quite qualify as an oopsasecond* event.

Jeff

* Oopsasecond - An infinitesimal unit of time between doing something
stupid and realizing that you shouldn't have done it.

Ex: Accidently saying "yes" to your computer asking you if you really
want to reformat its hard drive.

JW


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Jeffry Wisnia

(W1BSV + Brass Rat '57 EE)

"Truth exists; only falsehood has to be invented."