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Stepping off a ladder onto the roof
mm wrote in
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On Sun, 5 Nov 2006 18:02:16 -0500, "Charles Schuler"
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"Tony Hwang" wrote in message
news:H%t3h.259554$5R2.140527@pd7urf3no...
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Hmmm,
As a life long ham radio operator, I climbed towers, ladderss,
worked on 2 story high roofs kazillion times but still height is not
my favourite, LOL!. Accident needs only split second to happen. If
you don't feel like climbing for the moment, don't.
One of my best ham friends ... WA3WJF ... fell from his tower and met
his maker. This has happened too many times to too many good people.
Wow.
A guy I worked with, a rugged guy in his late 40's or early 50's, fell
1 1/2 stories off his split level house. His wife was doing dishes at
the sink, looking out the window, and saw him fly by. He was lucky
that he only broke his leg, but unlucky that his leg wouldn't heal.
He was on crutches for 6 months, a year, and still was when I changed
jobs. Every night he would plug himself in to some electromagnetic
radiation thing that promoted healing in most people (who didn't just
heal by themselves), but for him it was verrrrry slow.
looking out the window, and saw him fly by.
Classic skit used on Married With Children with the patio door. Always
funny as hell in that context.
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