“Was loading out a 75′ joint of 2” wall pipe onto a drop stretch. We had it rigged awkwardly with a couple heavy nylon straps so when we lifted it, it would lean to one side a bit. Jumped and wrapped my arms around one end of it to keep it level. The OHC kept raising it till I was the only thing keeping it level. My grip slipped off the paint and it was about 15′ in the air. The far side came crashing down and smacked the pavement and sent my side back down towards me. Luckily I moved and it wasnt quite heavy enough to slam down again. Couple of tons could have come down on my head. Not my brightest moment ever. “
Working on a ladder doing cable work. I was mid span tying off a line and lost my footing. For some reason, I was standing high enough on the ladder to grab the power line. It was insulated but made me question a bunch of stuff.
When i was younger me and my mate dismantled a shit load of fireworks and made our own super shell firework thingy with a tiny little fuse sticking out. We then lit it and ran but nothing happened, then stupidly we returned to it to see what was wrong and still nothing happened. So we just kicked into the woods and left disappointed. next thing we know we hear the loudest exlosion we’ve ever heard. Then as we went back to see what happened to come across resonably sized crator. If that went off when we kicked it people would be cleaning us up with a shovel.
When I was young playing football with the older kids on the street I went for a tackle, got run over, and felt the entirety of my back crack. Thought I was gonna die. Going downhill while sitting on skateboards with 4 other guys on a neighborhood street with lots of turns. All the while trying to push each off. Coulda easily come around a corner and get nailed by a car.
Traveling across the country for a man I didn’t know. Plot twist, they didn’t lie over the Internet and it was pretty cool. Looking back, it was definitely a holy shit moment.
you know that part in some movies where someone just walks through traffic without watching the cars? well, i did that. i just kinda zoned out while i was walking to school and i only realised it when i was on the other side…
Used a shop-vac while standing barefoot in ankle-deep water to suck up a flood in a basement. I even got buzzed at one point from the power switch because my hands were wet when I turned it on.
“Was loading out a 75′ joint of 2” wall pipe onto a drop stretch. We had it rigged awkwardly with a couple heavy nylon straps so when we lifted it, it would lean to one side a bit. Jumped and wrapped my arms around one end of it to keep it level. The OHC kept raising it till I was the only thing keeping it level. My grip slipped off the paint and it was about 15′ in the air. The far side came crashing down and smacked the pavement and sent my side back down towards me. Luckily I moved and it wasnt quite heavy enough to slam down again. Couple of tons could have come down on my head. Not my brightest moment ever. “
Working on a ladder doing cable work. I was mid span tying off a line and lost my footing. For some reason, I was standing high enough on the ladder to grab the power line. It was insulated but made me question a bunch of stuff.
I feel this is kinda obligatory, but My Ex
When i was younger me and my mate dismantled a shit load of fireworks and made our own super shell firework thingy with a tiny little fuse sticking out. We then lit it and ran but nothing happened, then stupidly we returned to it to see what was wrong and still nothing happened. So we just kicked into the woods and left disappointed. next thing we know we hear the loudest exlosion we’ve ever heard. Then as we went back to see what happened to come across resonably sized crator. If that went off when we kicked it people would be cleaning us up with a shovel.
When I was young playing football with the older kids on the street I went for a tackle, got run over, and felt the entirety of my back crack. Thought I was gonna die. Going downhill while sitting on skateboards with 4 other guys on a neighborhood street with lots of turns. All the while trying to push each off. Coulda easily come around a corner and get nailed by a car.
Traveling across the country for a man I didn’t know. Plot twist, they didn’t lie over the Internet and it was pretty cool. Looking back, it was definitely a holy shit moment.
A lion
you know that part in some movies where someone just walks through traffic without watching the cars? well, i did that. i just kinda zoned out while i was walking to school and i only realised it when i was on the other side…
Used a shop-vac while standing barefoot in ankle-deep water to suck up a flood in a basement. I even got buzzed at one point from the power switch because my hands were wet when I turned it on.