Am i the only one dumb enough to:

[alvisishere]

YouTube - Don't Dry-Fire Your Crossbow
Here is a u-tube video of Me Dry-Firing my cross bow with a brand new video camera I had just mounted to my cross bow.
Every one has there moments, we just don't like sharing um!!!

[Rick2]

I had a lot of funny events happen while building my house. It’s the first house I ever built so things didn’t always go so smooth.

I ended up buying the lot next to my new house for extra space and not to get a neighbor next door. Problem was the tall pine trees on that lot. I bought a new chainsaw and 100 feet of rope, tied one end to the saw and the other end to the belt loop of my cut-off shorts and started climbing way way up. When I got to the top I pulled up my chainsaw with the rope and started limbing the tree. Keep in mind it’s in the middle of July and real hot. Real hot. So hot that I wasn’t wearing a shirt and was “commando” style under those cutoffs. One of those tree limbs that I cut off got caught in the rope on its way towards the ground and ripped the chainsaw out of my hand. I stood on a large branch watching my new saw and a tree limb race their way to the ground. I quickly remembered that the rope was stilled fastened to my shorts. ... Rip. Moments later I found myself naked in the tree. It gets worse still. Of course the neighbors saw me climbing down the tree naked and pulled their children into their homes. With only 10 feet left to go I slipped and fell out of the tree landing inches away from my still running chainsaw. I got up and ran to the back door of my house but the door was locked. This meant I had to go around to the front door which is near a rather busy street at 5:30 pm. Rush hour.

I’ll have to post the air conditioner story next time, or maybe the one about tarring the foundation with an S10 blazer and a 6 pack of Bud, or lighting the roof on fire with an explosion from the backyard. Many more. I’ll never build my own house again.

[jon chapman]

You win the prize rick. Thats hillarious.

[All Surface]

Thats way too funny. Never a dull moment with you aye Rick? LOL. It sounds like a book is in order...." Things NOT to do when building your own house". I bet it would be a best seller!

[SawtoothLogRestoration]

That is funny Rick. If you were closer I'd want to hang out with you. What kind of car is in your avatar?

[Rick2]

I’m glad I could be your entertainment center this morning J. I’ll have to type out the air conditioner story tonight.

Brent, the car is my British Spitfire. Lots of fun to drive and a trophy or two at the car shows. The company has been out of business for quite a while and the car is 33 years old. I bought it 9 years ago as a total basket case and spent 2 years restoring it and I truly don’t want to know how much money was spent. Getting to your destination is not always guaranteed. Two days ago it stranded my a few miles from home but it was an easy fix, just a clogged fuel filter. It does like mechanical attention, usually minor tinkering.

[MudDuck]

Funny I just bought a new Husky 445 chain saw Wed and went around the property "playing" with it but was saved by my wife who finally "insisted" I come in,,,LOL She said she looked out across the pasture and saw me sawing on a leaning 60ft tree with one hand wide open and a beer in the other (knowing it was my 8th beer and first chain saw) and got scared....LOL....Woman...they do come in handy sometimes..

[Rick2]

Later tonight I'll tell you how I blew a hole through my index finger with a powerwasher, if I can stay awake that long. Racles Flat concert tonight.

[jon chapman]

I was cutting trees down at my dads house in NC and cut a rather large lightning damaged tree that was right next to the house. I tied a rope to the tree and cinched it tight to a tree so it would fall in the opposite direction of the house. I didnt get it quite tight enough and when I cut through it started toward the house! I got behind it and was pushing against it when my 75 year old dad came around the corner. he took my place while I cinched the rope tighter and got it to pull the correct direction till it fell. Whew! I was lucky that day.

[RPetry]

During my first season in business, was stripping a solid oil off of a deck, using too much pressure and retail stripper. Had a short, 18" flex lance on the PW gun, bent at an angle to reach a tight area of the balustrade.

Something happened, not sure what, but my left hand slipped off of the lance, right into the tip of the wand.

I cannot describe the excrutiating pain of having high pressure water injected into a open wound. The tip ripped a 3 inch gash in my hand.

Immediately dropped the gun and started screaming "Motherf'er, Motherf'er" while jumping up and down on the deck, holding tight to my injured hand.

Customer runs out of the house in a panic, with blood flying everywhere. On the deck, side of the house, and on her!

Needless to say, I never received a call back for maintenance.

[Rick2]

I was using a backpack chemical sprayer to remove a stubborn stain on a house when the tip became clogged. I removed the tip and thought I’d just run some water through it from the powerwasher’s gun. The washer was off but I had forgotten to release the pressure from it. When I pulled the trigger to let the water gently flow through the tip of the chemical sprayer, well, you know what happened. Blew a hole right through my finger. Top of the finger was just gone. I could see the sun through my finger tip.
The top of the finger grew back but still, 10 years later, I have no feeling at the tip or the left side of my index finger.

[Rick2]

Got up in the morning and felt that warm squishing feeling between my toes. Yup, the little dog left something for me on the floor. Being angry and disgusted I tried to limp my way to the downstairs’ bathroom to wash off my foot. While trying to do that I slammed my left foot into the door jam breaking my left toe and putting me out of work a few days.

[YVPW]

Rick, I'm not so sure it's safe to work with you, lol. What kind of insurance do you have? lol. I'm not the safest either, I got burnt with mineral spirits a couple weeks ago, had the rag on the ladder and I leaned up against it not knowing, it burnt a 3"x 3" blister between my side and right leg. (First time I've been burnt with MS, had an employee get burnt with it once, a place the size of a softball.)
Also on that job burnt a couple blisters on my neck with HD-80, I had the mix strong to strip multiple coats of Behr and just the mist burnt my neck. I didn't have any vinegar with me so I kept rinsing and rinsing but it still kept burning so I poured my Mt. Dew on it to neutralized it and that worked.

[Beth n Rod]

Originally Posted by Rick2

Got up in the morning and felt that warm squishing feeling between my toes. Yup, the little dog left something for me on the floor. Being angry and disgusted I tried to limp my way to the downstairs’ bathroom to wash off my foot. While trying to do that I slammed my left foot into the door jam breaking my left toe and putting me out of work a few days.

I broke the same toe on the other foot a few months ago. It's still not right and is painful ( I never went to the Dr.). I hate broken toes. Yuck.

Beth

[Rick2]

Yeah Jason, those chemical burns are nasty. You're right about HD 80. Works great on removing stain. paint, and skin.