Stormin Mormon wrote in message
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I'd be tempted to go out about 11 PM, and give a yank on the
railing. Pull away from the house. See if you can get the
entire set of stairs to flip up on end.

And how would you "yank on the railing" and "pull away from the house"
exactly? That's some damned heavy wood with a minimum of leverage available
to human bone-and-muscle torque. Unless you're saying you're another
Conan...

The Ranger