One of my best friends is in a wheel chair because of a fall. Went through my mind as I moved my legs to make sure they worked.
Just recently I damn near ended up there. I was 100% paralyzed for a little bit including breathing but luckily it all came back. I've been up and down ladders my entire life but this was the one, I don't intend on ever falling from a ladder again.
Gad you're OK.
BTW, No PTSD!!
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started my ladder diving in 1975. stepping off top rung of a 26 foot aluminium. it slid straight out at the bottom. i left claw marks from the top of the wall to where i hit. also took out 3 sets of fireblocks on the way down. broke both ankles and 3 vertebra in my back . the thing that hurt worst was the handle of my framing hammer smacking me up side the head. Dr at that time told me id be in a wheel chairby the time i was 45. haven't believed a Dr since. the wife won't let me on a ladder anymore. she has a builtin radar so that all i have to do is pick one up hundreds of feet away and she appears with that look on her face. have some siding needs replaced and she won't let me do it. was staining the siding one time on the upper floor . standing on the porch roof. 4/12 pitch. easy peasy. stepped on a patch of ice. brand new carhart coveralls. 1 gallon of $50 a gallon stain. Daughter was sitting inside the picture window as i went by. "Mom, dad fell off the roof again" and went back to watching tv. still have the coveralls, they stand up by themselves, so stiff with stain.
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the consolidation of the states into one vast republic, sure to be aggressive abroad and despotic at home, will be the certain precursor of that ruin which has overwhelmed all those that have preceded. Robert E Lee ~Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla~
When I was a kid, I had an extension latter leaned up against a tree. I was near the top. The legs lost traction on the grass and slid away from the tree while the top rung slid down the tree right in front of my eyes. I accelerated rapidly in a negative vertical direction. When the ladder hit the grass, I was laid out on top of it. Those rungs bent me into a pretzel. Amazingly, I walked away - after I caught my breath.
“In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act.” ― George Orwell
It's not over when you lose. It's over when you quit.
I'm a retired electrician and spent 40 plus years on ladders of all shapes and sizes. After being on 6' ladders for a while and then using an 8', I hated it when I stepped off the 8', thinking I was still on a 6', and would step off 1 step too early! It's quite the jar and surprise! The stuff we used to do off ladders! Glad you're okay!
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I'm a retired electrician and spent 40 plus years on ladders of all shapes and sizes. After being on 6' ladders for a while and then using an 8', I hated it when I stepped off the 8', thinking I was still on a 6', and would step off 1 step too early! It's quite the jar and surprise! The stuff we used to do off ladders! Glad you're okay!
Same here. On commercial jobs we used to 'walk' our ladders running conduit rather than climb down and move it 10'. No spring chicken anymore but I bet I can still walk one!
Some people are nuts. My BIL is an electrician and is fearless. Some years ago, they came for a visit when our cherries were ripe so he volunteered to help pick. I gave him an 8' step ladder. He stood on the top step, the VERY top, and picked. The slightest misstep would have dumped him.
“In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act.” ― George Orwell
It's not over when you lose. It's over when you quit.
Watched DaninAlaska slide and tumble on a ladder getting off his boat yesterday... sort of slow motion ladder collapse... he bounced right up, but the ladder had to be re-restraightened. Had the camera in my hand and had just stopped videoing the tractor extraction. Missed it by that much!
Mark Begich, Joaquin Jackson, and Heller resistance... Three huge reasons to worry about the NRA.