10-18-2019, 09:13 AM | #16 |
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I always wear sneakers when I get on my roof. They have better traction than work boots.
I get up on my roof a couple of times a hear with a leaf blower to blow out my gutters. I always set my leaf blower on the roof before climbing from the ladder to the roof. I've had a few falls from a ladder, but they always involved trimming my trees. Then there is that last step at the bottom. That one gets a lot of people.
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10-18-2019, 09:45 AM | #17 |
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I hire a local youngster for 25 bucks to clean my gutters... has made me smarter. Glad you are okay.
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10-18-2019, 10:13 AM | #18 |
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10-18-2019, 02:20 PM | #19 |
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I hate ladders. I used to go up and down them like a spider monkey. I'm 75 now and don't do the spider monkey thing anymore. I had to put up a ham radio antenna on top of my garage a couple of months ago. Took me a month thinking about it, and a whole day to do it. 12' up one rung at a time, shakier than a dog shitting peach seeds. Getting on and off the ladder is the worst time. Especially getting back on the ladder. When I got back on the ground I swore never again going up on a roof.
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10-18-2019, 11:59 PM | #20 |
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Damn...glad you squeeked out of that one with minimal damage....landing on concrete is not for the faint of heart.
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10-21-2019, 12:30 PM | #21 |
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Happy to read you walked away from it. You must have done something good in your past.
I hate ladders, mostly because I've never really had a good sense of balance and a touch of vertigo doesn't help. Now that I'm getting up there in years, I feel decidedly off balance on the second step of a step ladder, so changing a ceiling lamp bulb has become something of a challenge.
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10-21-2019, 01:04 PM | #22 | |
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10-21-2019, 03:36 PM | #23 |
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Next time pay someone to get up there if you can.
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