To old fer this chit!

[travcoman45]

Well taday perty much just sucked! Let me bore ya with the details.

1st, snowin, sucks, drivin an hour ta the job in the snow, sucks.

2nd, get ta the job, can't get up the drive, hitch hits, trucks slidin sideways towards the ditch an a culvert, gotta park in the road an drag everthin 3 times as far.

3rd, put the step out on the truck, step on it an it breaks. This sucks, now were usin a ladder.

4th, did I mention it's snowin?

5th, workin on a second story roof off a ladder, partner put up the ladder (ain't doin that again), ladder starts slidin off the ice an snow covered edge a the roof, I lean left an get it slowed down, ladder hooks a rain gutter, stops, ok, maybe we can get outa this yet.

6th, nope, ladder slides again, now I'm hangin off the side a the ladder, ladder an me starts toward earth, bounce off the second roof, ridin the ladder all the way down, lookin fer a place ta land.

7th, concrete steps dead ahead, shift my wieght an land on the ground. Ok, this is gonna hurt. Layin there in the snow, jacket hood over my face, still breathin.

8th, ok, what hurts, well nothin comes ta mind right away, head don't hurt, missed the steps by bout 2 inchs, back well as good as usual, knee, sh*t, it hurt this mornin, know, it really is bitchin, foot well thats stuck in a ladder rung an my big butts layin on the ladder! Ok one bit a brite news outa all this, I didn't swallow my chew!

9th, look around, anybody see this fiasco? No, know how ta move an not do any more damage. Slide off the ladder, get my foot out, start gettin up. I wanna go home know.

10th, my butt hurts, I landed on my can a chew, gonna have a swell bruise on my butt, got one on my leg, knee is swelled up, foot hurts an is swellin up to.

11th, pick up the ladder, it looks like I feel, move it ta the other side a the house an hobble round the next two hours.

Boss finally calls off work due ta the weather.

Damn, I'm glad ta be home!

Moral a the story, don't let yer partner set the ladder! An yes it was strapped ta the roof, but last I seen the cord it was headed north over my head!

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[kookie]

That sucks.............Glad you weren't hurt to bad...............

 

[miamirick]

better get some scaffolding next time!!!

 

[papad]

Wow, that sounds like it's gonna hurt in the morning.
Glad I don't have to work outside in the weather anymore. Hope things get better for you.

 

[irishteabear]

I'm sorry, Tip, but you had me rolling with this post. I was laughing so hard I had to read it to hubby and he was rolling too. I'm glad you weren't seriously hurt. Thank you for brightening up my day.

 

[fire it up]

That's a bit evil...

I have to admit I did laugh a bit too, glad everything is good though Tip.

Maybe a move to some of the further Southern states is in the future?
You can hang out with Jerry in Florida and it almost never snows there...but then the hurricanes...Hmmmm.....think I would take snow over hurricanes or earthquakes or tornadoes any day.

 

[ronp]

Damn Tip sorry for your day. Glad you weren't more seriously injured.

Hope you heal up quick, I still have a bad, painful back after 3 weeks.

Take care man.

 

[grampyskids]

With every point, I kept thinking about my worst steps. I'm hoping you feel better when you wake up tomorrow.

 

[oneshot]

Glad yer ok....Somewhat anyway....

Great story, I to had to laugh cause I knew ifn ya wrote that you weren't hurt to bad...

My boss told me to go up on a snow covered, pitched roof and I told him to cram it and quit!!!!! I really need the money tho so I asked for my job back and he took me back. My boss really is a great guy. I'm just glad I'm the boss!!!!! lol

 

[carpetride]

Dang, I think I will have a whiskey for you...maybe two.

Better get the Advil out tonight cause your going to need it tomorrow. Things you didn't even hit will be sore...just think about the clench factor going done!

 

[grizandizz]

Hope you feel better tomorrow man but damn, you need to write a pilot for a sitcom, that sounded like John Candy and Tom Hanks from the 80's!

 

[pineywoods]

Tip glad you weren't hurt too bad don't you know your too old for that stuff

Let them young'uns do the circus tricks. Tomorrow might be a good day to call in sick cause you may not be moving to well

 

[rivet]

Hey man, glad you weren't hurt. Falling off a ladder like that is no joke. Hang in there!

 

[meat hunter]

LOL. Trav, I'm only laughing cuz you didn't get hurt, real bad anyhow, but that run down of events, well I couldnt help but chuckle a bit. Don't ya jus love Winter? Just think, 3-4 more months, and it will be nice and sunny out LOL. I am glad you were not hurt though.

 

[jirodriguez]

On the brite side.... you didn't swallow your chew! But for the rest of it I feel for you - worked on more roofs than I ever want to remember and am glad to hear your ladder fall wasn't as bad as it could have been.

Stay home and smoke something... maby the doc can write you a perscription for smoke and beer, heh-heh.

 

[the dude abides]

What in the heck were you doing up on a roof in this weather? That's hilarious 'cause you're not dead. But man oh man is your butt gonna be sore in the morning from landing on the chew can. Thank God tomorrow's gonna be even worse, so hopefully you'll have a day or two to recover.

 

[beer-b-q]

Damn Tip, sounds like you did have a bad day...

Reminds me of this joke... Also posted in Jokes Section...

 

[kurtsara]

That sounds like fun to me, but I'm laid off so any work with a paycheck sounds fun to me

 

[gnubee]

I don't know how it works in your State, but In the Province of BC if something like that happens you should immediately document your injury. Even if you think you're ok. Get witnesses if you can. because days, weeks and even months down the road you may develop a permanent injury for the simplest of falls. We have workman's compensation insurance for every worker up here, its mandatory. but if its not documented fairly soon after any accident You could be out of luck.

I of course did not laugh out loud, causing my wife to ask what is so damn funny, while reading about your sorry plight. That would have just been plain rude.

The tears in my eyes were from a fleck of something that blew into my eye when the spewed coffee hit the keyboard. What might had sounded like loud laughter coming from my direction must have come from the dog, he does that once in a while.
Bad dog!

 

[nitrousinfected]

As someone that has experienced something all to similar to Tips accident, your just thankin God that your alive and prayin there ARE NO witnesses.
I was (like most other readers) laughing, til I reached the chew can portion. Dont know what brand you chew, but a bruise from a Copenhagen can lasts bout 4 1/2 to 5 weeks. Glad to hear your ok tho,

You could actually read "Copenhagen" on my butt for first week or so, then it just turned various shades of green and yellow