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KC Scott wrote:

BSmack wrote:

Goober McTuber wrote:So what's the guy in the Bobcat clearing?

BTW, I don't shovel. I use one of my two snow-blowers.

The guy in the Bobcat is clearing the driveway. The driveway is about 200 ft long. I have a snow blower but I'd prefer not. It is impossible to take a picture of the entire driveway but here's one minus about 40 feet.

Good looking piece of land there Bri

It is a damn nice looking lot. Doesn't look like the same neighborhood you see in earlier pic which shows very modest old small houses on small city lots.

smackaholic wrote:
It is a damn nice looking lot. Doesn't look like the same neighborhood you see in earlier pic which shows very modest old small houses on small city lots.

Yeah that's the view out of the front window. Fortunately the back is completely different. The house isn't huge, but it is set up rather well for an old ranch house.

Sudden Sam wrote:

BSmack wrote:This was before I shoveled the walks in the morning today. There's about 70 feet of them.

You willingly live there?!

Says the guy who lives in a place where homes regularly become kites.

Homes tend to blow up real good in a tornado.

Tractor trailers are the kites.

What are the odds of falling off a ladder and killing yourself?

About 6 years ago I made a pretty good run at it. As you can see from the most frequently posted pic on T1b, it is a pretty good drop from my deck to the ground below. I had a ladder on that deck to the roof. I was near the top of it when the ladder slid out. It stopped sliding when it hit a very solid railing post. I did not. I went over backwards, through the railing, did about a reverse two and a half, pike position, I think and landed flat on my back. Somehow I didn't break anything but still have a bit of lower back tightness from time to time. A little advice. Never climb a ladder than is not blocked from sliding out, especially if it is on a damp deck.

This explains a lot.

BSmack wrote:This explains a lot.

I said I landed on my back, not my head. I did have a tennisball sized lump on the back of my noggin, which was completely painless. I think this was from breaking the railing with my dome. I suspect it was not painful because by brain was too busy dealing with back pain at the time. Man, did that fukking suck. It was the luckiest/unluckiest day of my life. Unlucky for falling off the ladder, lucky for coming out of it alive. It is all of 12 feet from the deck to the ground. I don't recommend anyone try a back flop from that height. Especially not chubby 45 year olds. A wirey 120 lb 22 year old messican would do it for free beers.

Odds of being hit by a tornado are a lot higher if you live in Missouri, Kansas or wherever else they call tornado alley, than if you live in Connecticut or California.

Sin,
MA

Odds are a lot higher of falling off a ladder, breaking through a railing and then 12 more feet to the ground - and living through it - if you live in smackaholic's house.

Mikey wrote:Odds are a lot higher of falling off a ladder, breaking through a railing and then 12 more feet to the ground - and living through it - if you live in smackaholic's house.

smackaholic wrote:
I said I landed on my back, not my head. I did have a tennisball sized lump on the back of my noggin, which was completely painless. I think this was from breaking the railing with my dome. I suspect it was not painful because by brain was too busy dealing with back pain at the time. Man, did that fukking suck. It was the luckiest/unluckiest day of my life. Unlucky for falling off the ladder, lucky for coming out of it alive. It is all of 12 feet from the deck to the ground. I don't recommend anyone try a back flop from that height. Especially not chubby 45 year olds. A wirey 120 lb 22 year old messican would do it for free beers.

I am calling bullshit. Not on the story itself but your claim that a 22 year old Messican would do it for beers.

Cerveza maybe but not for beers.

Yes, it is tougher when you are stupid and that was quite stupid. Fortunately, my luck trumped my stupidity that day. I never took stats, but I would say the odds of performing stupid ladder tricks at class smack are actually lower than average going forward. Once was plenty for me.


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smackaholic wrote:Yes, it is tougher when you are stupid and that was quite stupid. Fortunately, my luck trumped my stupidity that day. I never took stats, but I would say the odds of performing stupid ladder tricks at class smack are actually lower than average going forward. Once was plenty for me.

So you're saying there's still a chance?

Speaking of stupid, what dumbass thought storing flammable materials underneath an interstate would be a good idea?

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/ ... t=20170331

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