What did you do today?

Yesterday discovered I didn't break a rib and I have the x-rays to prove it. Last week I was running a stud-finder across my kitchen ceiling. When I came down off the folding metal 3-step stepladder, I stumbled on the bottom step and slammed into a breakfast bar overhang. I'm ****ed at myself. Bruised ribs, cartilage, and muscle. 4 to 6 to 8 weeks recovery, right as spring has sprung. Grrrr. Laying around is killing me, but I did learn something. Alternating ibuprofen and acetaminophen every 3 hours is pretty effective in taking the edge off. Guess I'll get a lot of writing done.

Luckily, it only hurts a little to breathe.
 
Domenick said:
When I came down off the folding metal 3-step stepladder, I stumbled on the bottom step and slammed into a breakfast bar overhang. I'm ****ed at myself. Bruised ribs, cartilage, and muscle.
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My wife doesn't let me got on ladders anymore. If I have some work to do up high, I have to do it when she's gone, or hire someone else to do the job. Gravity is the biggest enemy as we age up!
 
Domenick said:
Yesterday discovered I didn't break a rib and I have the x-rays to prove it. Last week I was running a stud-finder across my kitchen ceiling. When I came down off the folding metal 3-step stepladder, I stumbled on the bottom step and slammed into a breakfast bar overhang. I'm ****ed at myself. Bruised ribs, cartilage, and muscle. 4 to 6 to 8 weeks recovery, right as spring has sprung. Grrrr. Laying around is killing me, but I did learn something. Alternating ibuprofen and acetaminophen every 3 hours is pretty effective in taking the edge off. Guess I'll get a lot of writing done.

Luckily, it only hurts a little to breathe.
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Glad you didn't break anything! I've come close to doing the same thing, and only luck saved me. When I was outside working on scaffolding for the mini-split last year, GF commented that I was walking really slowly on it and asked why. I said "because I'm a big baby". True AND ended the discussion.
 
My dad ruined the last 15 years of his life on a ladder. Fell when he was 65 and shattered his ankle. Surgery failed to restore function, and balance became an issue due to Parkinson's. He progressed from a cane to a walker to a wheelchair. Tough to watch a proud, strong man hobbled like that.
 
Continued to assist my GF move to a new place. I never thought she could have accumulated more useless things (not counting cooking devices) than an Engineer (me) who has 6 vehicles he tinkers with incessantly.
 
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A very well off client who owned all the shopping centers locally somehow fell off a commercial building he was supervising a build out on. He really didn't need to be up there. But he liked showing his face at jobsites. He was all but paralyzed. Not from the fall, but an ensuing infection.

One of the nicest guys I know. Saw him on national news one year donating his time around Christmas. Currently does wheelchair tennis with disabled vets.

We lost our own GRG55 falling off a ladder in the basement.
 
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Flew a push humpty for the first time on Friday. It was easier than I thought it would be. Pull vertical up, count 2, push to vertical down, count 2, pull out. Trick is making the half loop at the top a consistent radius. The requires sharply increasing pitch rate in second half of push. Gyroscopic precession wants to yaw the aircraft left, so almost full right rudder required. Quite fun but will take practice to fine tune it.

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Got up at 7, took the dogs for their daily trail walk, then buzzed over to U Haul and picked up a truck to move daughter #2 to her first apartment. Now it's just me, her mom, and our dogs in the family home.
 
Flyhound said:
My wife doesn't let me got on ladders anymore. If I have some work to do up high, I have to do it when she's gone, or hire someone else to do the job. Gravity is the biggest enemy as we age up!
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A ladder is the most dangerous tool in any garage. Doesn't take much of a fall to cause serious injury.
 
Back from my construction days in OSHA classes, the amount of fatal falls from six feet or less was staggering. That said, here’s my past weekend activities because my sixty year old ass is too cheap to have someone finish painting my house. :)

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Discovered some ******* didn't strap the acetylene tank to the cart when he swapped them out.

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It was me. I'm the *******.
 
Jim K said:
Discovered some ******* didn't strap the acetylene tank to the cart when he swapped them out.

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It was me. I'm the *******.
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Been there, but I'm usually wearing steel toes with met guards. Hopefully you didn't break the regulator. This could have been way worse.
 
Dave Theisen said:
Back from my construction days in OSHA classes, the amount of fatal falls from six feet or less was staggering. That said, here’s my past weekend activities because my sixty year old ass is too cheap to have someone finish painting my house. :)

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Did I see you on one of those “why women live longer than men” shorts on YouTube? ;)
 
Racerx said:
Been there, but I'm usually wearing steel toes with met guards. Hopefully you didn't break the regulator. This could have been way worse.
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I was really tired of steel toes biting into my (non-steel) toes. The last time I bought boots, I thought, "I never drop stuff on my toes, why am I buying uncomfortable steel toe boots?". As it turns out, I drop a surprising amount of stuff on my toes. This is by far the worst one so far though. On the bright side, it both looks and feels far worse today.
 
Jim K said:
I was really tired of steel toes biting into my (non-steel) toes. The last time I bought boots, I thought, "I never drop stuff on my toes, why am I buying uncomfortable steel toe boots?". As it turns out, I drop a surprising amount of stuff on my toes. This is by far the worst one so far though. On the bright side, it both looks and feels far worse today.
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I spend enough time barefoot that I’ve gotten really good at getting my feet out of the way.

But don’t be too surprised if I show up in this thread with a self-amputated toe someday. :eek:
 
Today 1st semester of A&P Tech Collage is over - off for 2 weeks before summer semester starts. Working on Gleim test prep for 1st of three FAA written tests. Instructor in middle of June will sign us off for the first one, "General", so we can pay money to the test center. Gads - seems to be a lot of things to remember. Some are concepts - like calculating voltages, resistance, amps, how to weigh and balance an aircraft, how to do eddy current inspections, etc. A lot of just memorization, such as AN bolt symbols, what FAR covers what topics, what paper work is required for what, etc.
 
I bought a pair of Royer boots that have toe and metatarsal (had to spell check that one) protection, but it's some kind of plastic not steel. They're not cheap, but for me they're comfortable. I broke a toe walking into a bench barefoot...I'm too clumsy to skip shoes unless I'm at the beach.
 
Had a friend who worked in a steel plant as a youngster. He was required to wear steel-toed boots. An I-beam fell on his foot, crushed the steel toe and amputated half a big toe. I met him much later in life and the injury did not affect his gait. In fact, he was an avid runner.

Dave Theisen said:
Back from my construction days in OSHA classes, the amount of fatal falls from six feet or less was staggering. That said, here’s my past weekend activities because my sixty year old ass is too cheap to have someone finish painting my house. :)

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Unfortunately, this ladder setup looks familiar, despite both my parents dying from falls.
I did eventually buy a ladder stabilizer, much like this:

It's somewhere in the garage still in the original box.
 
Today I tried to buy plane tickets on AA. Mid way through entering passenger details I got an error "having trouble connecting to.." After getting that cleared I had to re-add the flight and it was $40 more. I lost to the algo :( And worse than that, I was going to tip 6PC those $40!
 
Jim K said:
I was really tired of steel toes biting into my (non-steel) toes. The last time I bought boots, I thought, "I never drop stuff on my toes, why am I buying uncomfortable steel toe boots?". As it turns out, I drop a surprising amount of stuff on my toes. This is by far the worst one so far though. On the bright side, it both looks and feels far worse today.
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I guess I haven't had the pleasure of comfortable boots. Just bought another pair of Carolina's and promptly added better insoles. But they're pretty comfortable for me. Just heavy.

 
Racerx said:
I guess I haven't had the pleasure of comfortable boots. Just bought another pair of Carolina's and promptly added better insoles. But they're pretty comfortable for me. Just heavy.

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I went down the youtube rabbit hole last year on boot construction after having yet another pair of red wings fall apart. I ended up with some moc-toe White's...pricy but well worth the money. Also got a pair of Jim Green's that almost feel like sneakers. Game changing for those long days when I'm mostly just running a tractor and still want boots, but don't need the big heavy lugged steel toed 8" ones I used to wear. Apparently I still need to pick up a pair with a bit more protection for working in the shop.
 
Jim K said:
I went down the youtube rabbit hole last year on boot construction after having yet another pair of red wings fall apart. I ended up with some moc-toe White's...pricy but well worth the money. Also got a pair of Jim Green's that almost feel like sneakers. Game changing for those long days when I'm mostly just running a tractor and still want boots, but don't need the big heavy lugged steel toed 8" ones I used to wear. Apparently I still need to pick up a pair with a bit more protection for working in the shop.
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Spend the money on things that keep you off the ground. Tires. Boots. Mattress. Airplanes
 
Took the airplane up for a breakfast flight.
 
Racerx said:
I guess I haven't had the pleasure of comfortable boots.
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24 years in the Army left me obsessed with good boots. Having put a couple thousand miles on various types, my favorites are two diametric opposites: jungle boots and Raichle swiss mountain boots.

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Years ago I bought a pair of the heaviest, thickest leather steel toe boots I could find. Used them for motorcycle riding. Worked well - didn't matter how heavy they were, I didn't walk in them, they fit so no discomfort that way, and they protected my feet like miniature wall safes. Only downside was that they weren't water proof.
 
That makes perfect sense for a bike...I know a guy who almost had his foot detached in a bike accident, and it might have been a lot better for him if he weren't just wearing tennis shoes. He had no ankle protection at all.

For outdoor work, I wanted almost the opposite of the heavy leather boot, though - lightweight, leather/cordura mix, waterproof. Did some searching on lineman's forums, because those guys have to climb in boots, and landed on Royer. 8" boots in size 11 weigh just over 4lbs a pair. No affiliation with the brand, I just like them. Not cheap, and maybe a little goofy looking, but to me nicer than the Redwings and about the same price.

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8” work boots with waterproof membrane and abrasion-resistant fabric Characteristics 8 inch metal-free boot Waterproof AIRFLOW membrane Crazy-horse leather SHIELDTEX abrasion resistant fabric Composite protective toecap Ultra-resistant TPU PARESHOK bumper toe Non-metallic puncture-resistant...
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Jim K said:
I went down the youtube rabbit hole last year on boot construction after having yet another pair of red wings fall apart. I ended up with some moc-toe White's...pricy but well worth the money. Also got a pair of Jim Green's that almost feel like sneakers. Game changing for those long days when I'm mostly just running a tractor and still want boots, but don't need the big heavy lugged steel toed 8" ones I used to wear. Apparently I still need to pick up a pair with a bit more protection for working in the shop.
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I've bought the same pair of Redwings again and again for 15 years. Only wearing out the soles, because my job was mostly walking on pavement or concrete all day. The King Toe boot.

Only Redwings I had fall apart on me were the Super Sole before the run of King Toes. Those were good for months until Hurricane Sandy hit and the safety toe came unglued from trudging thru storm surge for an entire day. Redwing gave me the first pair King Toes for free, to replace the boots the messed up, and I just kept going back.
 
Ed Haywood said:
24 years in the Army left me obsessed with good boots. Having put a couple thousand miles on various types, my favorites are two diametric opposites: jungle boots and Raichle swiss mountain boots.
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I've had three pairs of those jungle boots through the years. I still have a pair in the garage.
 
Fiveslide said:
I've bought the same pair of Redwings again and again for 15 years. Only wearing out the soles, because my job was mostly walking on pavement or concrete all day. The King Toe boot.
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When I was a ramper 40 years ago, I’d walk through a pair of Red Wing soles in a summer. Tried resoling one year, and it almost crippled me by noon the first day…had to get my mom to pick me up a new pair and bring them out.
 
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Removed about 1000 screws from the underside of a plane. Somehow, and thankfully, no stripped heads this time. Got the few quarrelsome ones out and into the bin. Compressions high 70s. Off to a good start.
 
Picked the plane up from annual. Got fitted with Gami's and a skytec starter which seemingly helped the hot start issues I was having. Still think the impulse isn't 100%. Have a surefly on order so didn't think it was worth pulling off for a few weeks.

Was one bumpy ass 14 mile flight home.
 
Had high oil temp problems during acro practice yesterday. Spent all night imagining worst cases and dreaming up fixes. Adjusted my operating procedures today and temps were acceptable.
 
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