| Brother Strange |
08-01-2007 10:50 AM |
Quote:
Originally Posted by Trouvere
(Post 204211)
As long as the old white haired man don't flip the four wheeler and
break his hip.:killinme
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Which could happen.
Though I feel young, I can tell that I am not as agile as I used to be...in fact, far from it.
I had an experience of getting upon my steep metal roof which I will never foget. I did not count on that metal being as hot as it was. Also, I did not count on having such a hard time getting off of it though it was not so hard climbing it.
I was alone and saw a need on the ridge vent. I placed a latter against the house to but placed it too steeply. After I got on the roof, I realized that the metal was about to burn my naked hands to the bone. I tried to climb back on to the steep latter but it was too steep to get back on without knocking it over and falling with it. The direction that I would have fallen would have landed me on a pile of bricks which would have broken me up pretty badly.
But since I saw that I was going to fall anyway, I decided to take care of business on the roof and then come back to the latter and at least try to get down without falling. After getting some serious burns on my hands, I made it back to the latter. Sure enough the ladder started sliding in the direction of the bricks. I called on the name of the Lord. I have long ago found that there is safety in His name...as a strong tower.
Just as I though I was done for, trying to figure out just how many bones were about to be broken, whether I should just jump instead, the little longitutal V crimp in design in the metal stopped the latter from falling, just as I was about to jump. I was then able to descend to the ground. I promptly went and put my hands in a bucket of ice water, giving God thanks and promising to never get back upon that steep roof again, no not even in the winter time.
When I told the wife about it, looking for a little sympothy, she just said, "I can't believe you were crazy enough to even try it." Cajun wimmim are like that you know. :D They speak what they think even if it hair-lips the Governor.
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