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To: digger48

Used to climb up a ladder onto my roof 20 years ago. Can’t do it in confidence nowadays. Would need it to be a life and death solution to get me up there now. Seen and heard of too many folks with broken limbs, skulls, and death after those maneuvers.


16 posted on 03/13/2025 9:26:08 AM PDT by Getready (Wisdom is more valuable than gold and harder to find. )
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To: Getready

Veteran MLB cather Bo Diaz was crushed to death by a satellite dish antenna while trying to repair it on the roof of his house. Again, instead of hiring somebody who knew how to do it.

https://www.upi.com/Archives/1990/11/23/Baseball-player-Bo-Diaz-killed-in-accident/9068659336400/


17 posted on 03/13/2025 9:32:10 AM PDT by Deo volente ("When we see the image of a baby in the womb, we glimpse the majesty of God's creation." Pres. Trump)
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To: Getready

The father of one of my neighbors was in his 60s and still working as a construction manager. He was on a ladder (if I recall correctly, he was only up a couple of rungs) when he fell and landed on the foundation wall of the building they were constructing. Broke his back and wound up in a wheelchair, paralyzed from the waist down.


19 posted on 03/13/2025 9:32:49 AM PDT by ponygirl (Stay gold.)
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