THE "WTF were they thinking" thread!

[MrPrena]

Glad you are okay.
I think your martial art falling technique (nakbup) definitely helped a little.

[Justin]

My stuff doesn't really work on low slope roofs. The real issue is that you shouldn't be on a metal (or woodshake) roof in any kind of moisture. It's one of those things where you get complacent when things aren't scary 100% of the time. Just one of those playing with fire and getting burned events. I'm glad I'm okay to. Thanks.

Dang. Glad you're ok.

[BladesNBarrels]

Great that you survived!
Can you verbally record notes on your phone and write them down when you are back on the ground?

[Irving]

I've seen some guys do that, but man, what a nightmare to review. I've had an inspection that lasted a full eight hours with something like 28 structures before. No way it'd be reasonable to listen to that over and over to get the info I need. Voice to text picture captioning would be amazing though. As well as the ability to draw on screen on real time. Drawing on screen is one thing I miss about using a tablet, but probably the ONLY thing. An actual digital camera takes much better, and faster pictures than any cell phone/tablet.

[Gman]

Any landing you can walk away from...

Could you do your outdoor roof survey work with a drone? You may not pay the full price for these types of injuries now, but your body will likely be paying interest on these injuries when you get past 50 and 60 years in age.

Be safe.

Not sure how I missed this event. Damn, Irv. Glad you're OK.

50 or 60? I noticed the past abuse of my bod after 40. Just don't heal like you used to.

It's just not worth it, bud.

[Irving]

My back hurt a lot the next day. At the end of the day I took 440mg of Aleve and the pain went away within minutes and never came back. Very strange for me. I never bother taking pain killers because they never seen to do anything. I'm always amazed when they actually work.

[Gman]

Aleve/naproxen sodium had been my preferred NSAID for osteoarthritis and joint pain. Doc put me on celebrex/celecoxib instead. Ibuprofen doesn't do much for me at all even at high doses, but it is good for nerve pain, including dental work. Dentists like it since it's a Cox 2 inhibitor and can actually shrink irritated nerves in teeth.

I wish I didn't know this shhhhtuff. I have learned that having a high pain threshold can be a bad thing. You don't take it easy and slow down when that's what the pain is trying to get you to do, and you pay the price later. Having some issues later in life has revealed that I had fractures that were never addressed. Going to the doctor was just something my family didn't do (couldn't afford to do?) unless it was absolutely necessary.

Cut yourself some slack and try to think about the long game.

[FoxtArt]

Yeah, things we think we walked away from when we were young often end up becoming bone spurs and points of arthritis when we're older.

The body's a patient, vindictive bitch. We don't walk away from anything.

[stodg73]

Be glad Irving, be very thankful.

This is from when I fell off a roof...

[Irving]

I am glad believe me. There isn't a time that I'm chalking up a gutter on a two story directly over a fence that I don't think about The Hand That Rocks The Cradle.