New Addition, and Injury

[Jeff]

 Can I, as the owner of The Forestry Forum make a decree that none of our members are allowed to use ladders any more?  Get better Andy!

[POSTON WIDEHEAD]

David,
Hurtin right now, and typing with one finger and looking outa one eye, but that is FUNNY!!!!  I feel better already.   Andy

I know you're hurting buddy. Get well quick! 

[LaneC]

   I hope you heal soon. Old saying here: It is not the fall that hurts ya, it is the sudden stop :D. I seriously hope you get well soon.

[drobertson]

Andy, Andy, Andy, man I am feeling your pain right now!  so sorry to here this, but so glad you came out so good,, I know that sounds trivial, but really, that's good in my book, this could've been lots worse, and I know, you know,  take care brother, and the finish looks good! not the purple ;D but the shed!  rest easy,,  Mercy sakes! 

[MikeZ]

Andy: August must have been bad ladder month. I fell from 5ft onto my tail bone. Not much bounce here either. Bucket of paint in one hand and brush in other. Painted half of me and lots of stull around me.(did'nt even dent the cement). Like Jeff's suggestion about no ladders, but----. Don't know about freight and shipping but maybe we could be partners on a MOBILE ARIAL PLATFORM. Get well soon.

[clww]

Nice looking carport; ugly shiner. :-\
Be careful out there and get well soon.

[petefrom bearswamp]

Get well wishes from Pete and Linda Andy, but geez I thought you were plenty ugly before this.

[Magicman]

I have been thinking that but the swelling did smooth out some of the wrinkles.   :D

[pineywoods]

A while back, Doctor B decreed that nobody over 50 climb a ladder.  Nobody listened, including ME. As a group, we are a hardheaded bunch  :

[Ox]

Can I, as the owner of The Forestry Forum make a decree that none of our members are allowed to use ladders any more?  Get better Andy!

Who we gonna get to go up the ladders for us?

I've got it.  The government should give out, for free, new manlifts for anyone who still does things for themselves.  It should offset the hospital visit costs, therefore this new program would be economically viable.  ;D

Hope you feel better sooner than you think, Andy.  In a week or so you'll be looking back with "fond" memories.

[GAB]

A while back, Doctor B decreed that nobody over 50 climb a ladder.  Nobody listened, including ME. As a group, we are a hardheaded bunch  :

AMMEEENNNN

Gerald

[beenthere]

Well, we over 50 don't fall off the ladder every time we go up.  ;D

So is it a crap shoot, or is it just being over-confident? or is it another thing that comes with age?? 

And who will do it, if the rope needs to be placed in a tree for pulling? or the light bulb needs changing in the outdoor lamp? of the chimney needs to be cleaned? or the siding and overhang need painting?

[isawlogs]

 I had a bit of painting to do today up a ladder, was having my morning coffe and contemplating my paint job. Read this and called my daughter and we went fishing.....   ;D 

  Get well soon. ladders are no fun to fall off of, well falling all together at our age aint no fun.  :-\

  She caught a pike, released it after she took pics, I caught a few perch, she left here with some fillets of fish, paint can wait another day!

[lowpolyjoe]

Oh man - that looks painful.  Sorry to hear it.  Glad it wasn't any worse.

Best wishes for a speedy recovery!

[sandhills]

Marcel, 2 things I hate the most are heights and painting, you did good my friend  :D.  Sunday my wife and I got so sick of working on the new place we took the evening off and went fishing, when we got done the pickup was a half a mile away and the house was just across the road  :.

[Ron Scott]

Hope you're healing well. An unplanned expense to the addition that will be remembered.

[dablack]

Good GOOGLEY!  Get some rest and heal up.  So sorry

Austin

[red]

maybe a 5 second rule on going UP each step take 5 seconds before climbing higher

[78NHTFY]

...not a pretty picture, but thanks for posting!  Have been on a ladder scrapping/painting for the past two days, with 3 more to go!  Will be treading extra careful, keeping your fall in mind...and the fall my dad had off a stepladder years ago--looked just like you except he spit out three chicklets as well.  Hope you have a quick recovery!  All the best, Rob.

[WmFritz]

I have a 28' wooden extension ladder that I'm ashamed to show you guys. It has the second rung from the bottom missing and I catch a splinter everytime I climb that DanG thing. A couple times a year I haul it out to look down the chimney or change a yard light. Each time I use it I cuss at myself for being so cheap.

After seeing your shiner Andy, my ladder has a date to meet my chainsaw!  ;)
Hope you feel better soon.

[Burlkraft]

Well.......diving off ladders is getting to be a regular thing. I just celebrated 4 months since my crainiotomy. The Dang hole they cut in my head is pretty slow healing. Your face kinda looks like the pictures of mine did after surgery. I hate tubes and wires and hoses. Take care of that thing. It takes a while to get all the way back

[Magicman]

And it is good to hear from you Steve.   

[Howdy]

I can only say "Ouch".
It looks like you hurt in so many different ways that it's just not funny. Keep you feet firmly on the ground my friend.