273 – Weekend Update
It was a great weekend… Friday night, I went out for dinner with a friend of mine from work, and we had a great time!
Saturday, I had to do some work in my garage, then watched the UCONN football game on TV (they played West Virginia) and the West Virginia team, and fans were the classiest people on earth, in helping honor #6, Jasper Howard, the UCONN Football player that was stabbed to death last weekend. It was beautiful to see everyone come together to honor someone not on their team, and not from their school.
Saturday night, we went out to dinner with our friends Ray and Debbie, and it was a nice, relaxing meal.
Sunday, my daughter and I did our usual go to see my mom, then came back home. She and my wife then went to do some shopping, while I took the Vette out (it was nice and sunny out yet cool), to the last car show of the season.
Other than that, not much else to report…. maybe I lead a dull life.. *chuckling*
And now, for one of my favorite funny stories:
Dear Sir,
I am writing in response to your request for additional information. In block number 3 of the accident reporting form, I put "trying to do the job alone" as the cause of my accident. You said in your letter that I should explain more fully, and I trust that the following details will be sufficient:
I am a bricklayer by trade. On the day of the accident, I was working alone on the roof of a new six story building. When I completed my work, I discovered that I had about 500 pounds of brick left over. Rather than carry the bricks down by hand, I decided to lower them in a barrel by using a pulley, which, fortunately, was attached to the side of the building at the sixth floor.
Securing the rope at ground level, I went up to the roof, swung the barrel out and loaded the brick into it. Then I went back to the ground and untied the rope, holding it tight to insure a slow descent of the 500 pounds of bricks. You will note, in block number 11 of the accident reporting form, that I weigh 135 pounds.
Due to my surprise of being jerked off the ground so suddenly, I lost my presence of mind and forgot to let go of the rope. Needless to say, I proceeded at a rather rapid rate up the side of the building.
In the vicinity of the third floor, I met the barrel coming down. This explains the fractured skull and broken collarbone. Slowed only slightly, I continued my rapid ascent, not stopping until the fingers of my right hand were two knuckles deep into the pulley. Fortunately, by this time, I had regained my presence of mind and was able to hold tightly to the rope in spite of my pain.
At approximately the same time, however, the barrel of bricks hit the ground, and the bottom broke out of the barrel. Devoid of the weight of the bricks, the barrel now weighed approximately fifty pounds.
I refer you again to my weight in the accident reporting form, block number 11.
As you might imagine, I began a rapid descent down the side of the building. In the vicinity of the third floor, I met the barrel coming up. This accounted for the two fractured ankles and the lacerations on my legs and lower body.
The encounter with the barrel slowed me enough to lessen my injuries when I fell onto the pile of bricks, and fortunately, only three vertebrae were cracked. I am sorry to report, however, that as I lay there on the bricks in pain, unable to stand, and watching the empty barrel six stories above me...I again lost my presence of mind...and let go of the rope!
Have a wonderful Monday all!
posted by Dave
4 Comments:
Dear Dave ~~ I am glad you had a great weekend, as I did too with my daughter Kathy and 4 of her kids
and I invited a school friend to come to her party at a restaurant.
They had a great time and hardly stopped talking to eat. My son John
and his girlfriend came too. It was a nice weekend that we all enjoyed.
I am so sorry to hear about the footballer who got stabbed to death
No one deserves that.
I also love that Brickies story
"and that is why Murphy isn't at work today" is the version we have
on the radio (often).
Great post Dave, and thanks for your comments about me and my blog.
You always have good post too on your blog. Take care, my friend.
With very best wishes, Merle.
That was a very classy move by WV and their fans.
That bricklayer story took me way back to childhood. My father (and mother, too, most times) used to take my brother and me to deer camp. We typically slept in the camp's old barracks. This bricklayer story was posted on the wall there. We laughed and laughed at that story.
Hi again Dave ~~ Glad you enjoyed
the jokes. I was so tired typing them, had to correct some mistakes next morning. So I'm not sure they were that funny.
I hope your week has been a good one. It has started to get hot here, so I expect to complain for the next few months. It has been around 3o and 32 C around 89F. We have 35 expected one day, that's about 95. So there will be worse to come.Take care, my friend,
Best regards, Merle.
My wife has a very close relationship with her mother (and is geographically close), so every time I read about one of your times out with your daughter, I think of her and her mom.
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