martrix
28th April 2005, 10:36 AM
Hi y'all,
got maself a new cordless on tha weekend and had a practice on ma pops leg. My first project, yee haa, whaddya reckon?
On a more serious note, the attached X-Ray is of my dads ankle. Yes, they are 6 gauge screws and a mother 8 gauge 2 1/4 screw for added strength. This is an example of why you dont #u*c^ about on ladder's!! He was painting some high ceilings on a ladder, which was resting against a beam. Generally would have been pretty safe, had the feet of the ladder not been placed on top of a cotton drop sheet which was on top of a polished cork floor! As he shifted his weight, the feet and the dropsheet moved backward's until there was no beam left for the top of the ladder to lean on and, BOOM SHANKA! Down comes Pop and ladder, tangled between rung's and to top it off, landing on small flight of stairs. Paint went every where including over the T.V, video, speakers's, DVD, carpet to name a few. Looked like a bomb had gone off. Diagnosis, spiral fracture of ankle with surgery and wheelchair and 3-month's of no use. Very lucky that he only got those injuries, could have been much, much worse. All done on a sunday night, yay.
................Common sense cannot be bought.............
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got maself a new cordless on tha weekend and had a practice on ma pops leg. My first project, yee haa, whaddya reckon?
On a more serious note, the attached X-Ray is of my dads ankle. Yes, they are 6 gauge screws and a mother 8 gauge 2 1/4 screw for added strength. This is an example of why you dont #u*c^ about on ladder's!! He was painting some high ceilings on a ladder, which was resting against a beam. Generally would have been pretty safe, had the feet of the ladder not been placed on top of a cotton drop sheet which was on top of a polished cork floor! As he shifted his weight, the feet and the dropsheet moved backward's until there was no beam left for the top of the ladder to lean on and, BOOM SHANKA! Down comes Pop and ladder, tangled between rung's and to top it off, landing on small flight of stairs. Paint went every where including over the T.V, video, speakers's, DVD, carpet to name a few. Looked like a bomb had gone off. Diagnosis, spiral fracture of ankle with surgery and wheelchair and 3-month's of no use. Very lucky that he only got those injuries, could have been much, much worse. All done on a sunday night, yay.
................Common sense cannot be bought.............
Cherrs Tim http://www.woodworkforums.ubeaut.com.au/images/icons/icon12.gif