I know someone who did that........with a chainsaw.......fortunately, the chainsaw fell away from him.....still ended up with a halo on his right leg

I evaluated a guy once who was one of those pick-me-up-at-Home-Depot day workers. He did some tree trimming for a guy, but accidentally lost control of the chainsaw while 40 feet up in the air and nearly cut his own arm off. Fire dept had to be called in to rescue him, as he couldn't climb down by himself. FUBAR'd his forearm, for sure. They fixed him up as best as they could at County, and he was in the process of suing the property owner who hired him.

What I thought were ridiculous were the reasons for the lawsuit: property owner did not provide for adequate training or safety measures, safe chainsaw was not provided by property owner, etc. I mean heck, if I'm hiring you off a street corner to do landscaping/tree trimming and purposefully looking for someone who's going to do it under the table, what kind of professional supervision do you think I (as the property owner) am going to be able to provide for you? I certainly have no knowledge (or likely equipment) to do the job--that's why I'm hiring you to do it.

Yeah, it's pretty crazy how litigious the world has gotten and how stupid some people can be.

That said, I've trimmed trees while on a ladder that was standing in the back of my running Landy......... I lack common sense at times, but I'm then only one to blame for that.

I picked a good day to do laundry. I have big pile of it from the past two weeks (Don't worry, I have still been wearing clean clothes every day).

I figured that most people would be gone on a Friday night and I was right. Laundry room all to myself. Yes! :) I need 3 washers and maybe 4 dryers.

Too late.......been there done that.

I will accept your tip without personal testing. I prefer to avoiding falling from ladders of any height.

Gravity ALWAYS works.

Gravity sucks.

I recently bought a couple items on ebay. And I noticed that the sellers (who obviously get paid before they ship out the item) seem to universally not give feedback unless I (the buyer) give feedback, first. Kind of like: I'll be complimentary to you but only if you're complimentary to me, first. I find it odd, as I'm the one that clearly has to make good on my half of the bargain before they make good on theirs.

Not trying to make a big deal about this. I don't make a living (or even a hobby) selling stuff on ebay. I could care less what my feedback record is. But something odd that I've noticed about ebay etiquette (or lack thereof). That's all.

Just wait until they ask you to leave feedback.

Here's your feed and it's back.
It's been a long week.

Actually, it pulls.

Yep pulls the life out of flight.

Morning Y'all.
I think Beth has an ax to grind with gravity too

Morning, Rick.

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Morning Dave

I really like their taste in women

Oh yeah!

It's that time again!
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Ouch!

hey heh......hey