I get comments on my COAR15 shirts frequently, got one tonight from retired military when I was getting groceries at Kings.
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I get comments on my COAR15 shirts frequently, got one tonight from retired military when I was getting groceries at Kings.
Lets watch those big toes, fellas....pain sucks.
Kazoo, you have any of that "ghost" feeling with your amputation? Feels like its still there kind of thing?
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Originally Posted by Otterbatcat
Still get those phantom pains BUT.........................................I actually feel the weight of the limb.
I know roof and ladder pictures get old, but sometimes I'll get on something that is just damn terrifying. This is a fully extended 40' ladder on a barndominium. The ground was mostly even, but being on the rake, at a slant, with nothing to secure the ladder was very nerve wracking. Just getting that ladder fully extended is pretty much a two person job because it weighs so much and the slightest amount of wind will try to pull it over.
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/5F...-=w538-h955-no
Then on Friday we went to the Cave of the Winds and they built this jungle gym thing where they harness you in and just cut you loose to climb all over it. This is an attraction that was built for people like me. You get up there, and it is NOT comfortable, even harnessed in. Your lead rope is in a track that you push around with you, and if you hold onto the harness lead it's super easy to walk every where. I made an effort to cross everything without touching my harness lead at all, except for to move it when it got caught up in the track. I would have posted some pictures of inside the attraction, but by the time I got on there, it was in the dark and the photos wouldn't have come out. $20 to actually be nervous on a ride? Sign me up!
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/4t...=w1698-h955-no
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-6...=w1698-h955-no
Here we go.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IaG769o7fYA
Oh yeah, Casa Bonita was a success.
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/dw...=w1698-h955-no
Couldn't put ladder on lower roof?
No problem for me to skip the $20 sphincter tightening session.
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Channeling your inner Ridge?Quote:
Originally Posted by Irving
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Double pulls are dangerous, especially on slippery metal. The jump from lower roof to upper was about 20', so I still would have had to use my 24' extension ladder, and that is no joke of a double pull. That also would have required having the adjuster get up there to hold the ladder the whole time, which she offered to do. I wasn't sure where the legs of the ladder would have rested on the lower roof. Ideally it would line up perfectly with a flat spot on the ribbed roof with an exposed bolt to hold each ladder foot, but unlikely it was going to work out that way. Finally, you can see in the picture that the eave on the upper level doesn't end at a solid fascia like normal, but is just bare sheet metal roof for about 12". This was not ideal to be leaning a ladder against and I didn't want to damage it while trying to transition my weight from the ladder to the roof while trying to step far enough back to be on something solid, and not have the ladder kick out from under me. All that said, we explored all the options and the ladder pull from the side was plan B.