[JoSixChip]

Rule of thumb: If you are over 50, never get up on a ladder to trim trees.

I know so many people that have broken backs, legs, arms hips all from trimming trees on a ladder.

[Louis Foxwell]

My last trip on a ladder was to the third rung. When I came to in a pool of blood I had a broken wrist, concussion, and lost about pint of blood from a gash over my eye. At 77 I am done with ladders.

[fwdude]

Rule of thumb: If you are over 50, never get up on a ladder to trim trees.

Oh, man, I know this for a fact.

It's almost as if the tree expresses a will and slaps your ladder out from under you.

Now I know why the pros used slings and tethers from up in the tree.

[cyclotic]

The wind storm has lifted one of my roof vents. I just turned 55. Can I have your permission to get on my roof when the wind stops to fix it?