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Postby tinksdad » Sat Nov 15, 2008 11:01 pm

Ever do something and realize afterwards how stupid it was??? I did today!!!

I was putting up the Christmas lights on the house and couldn't quite reach the peak. So in best redneck ingenuity, I backed the pickup up to the house and put the extension ladder in the bed. (Sorry! No pics at the time.) OSHA would have had a fit!!! Plastic bed liner, metal feet.... what the H*ll was I thinking. Oh well, it's done and nobody got hurt.

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So in best Jeff Foxworthy atmosphere...."Where's my sign?"
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Postby Larwyn » Sat Nov 15, 2008 11:07 pm

As long as you were wearing your safety glasses, hard hat, ear plugs, and climbing harness, tied off to ????. Oh, and the ladder would have to be tied off too!! It would still not be OSHA legal but at least they would have time to get around to the part about the truck.............. :lol: :lol: :lol:

Oh yea, the lights look good!
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Re: Here's your sign....

Postby starleen2 » Sat Nov 15, 2008 11:12 pm

tinksdad wrote:... what the H*ll was I thinking.

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Getting the Christmas lights up? :thinking:
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Postby tinksdad » Sat Nov 15, 2008 11:20 pm

Aw, come on!! I may be a redneck by virtue of having moved to the South; but at least I don't leave them up year round!!!

And who knows.... the way the economy is going, I don't know if Wal-Mart will let me put Christmas lights on the tear in their parking lot. :lol:
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Postby Micro469 » Sat Nov 15, 2008 11:33 pm

It's cold, wet, raining, snowing up here. YUP..Perfect weather to put up the @#^%$&*^%$ lights..... :lol:
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Postby Mary K » Sun Nov 16, 2008 12:10 am

Micro469 wrote:It's cold, wet, raining, snowing up here. YUP..Perfect weather to put up the @#^%$&*^%$ lights..... :lol:


:lol: :applause:


TinksDad... :applause: :applause: :applause: Great Job. :thumbsup:

This reminds me... 2 years ago I saw the handyman at work, put a 20 ft ladder on a pallet and lifted the pallet all the way up on a forktruck to install a vent on the side of the office. Imagine my surprise when I heard a few weeks ago he fell off a 12 ft ladder at home.

You got lucky this time... BUT!!! Ya might just want to think of a better, safer way to take them down okay?


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Postby tinksdad » Sun Nov 16, 2008 12:52 am

Mary K wrote:You got lucky this time... BUT!!! Ya might just want to think of a better, safer way to take them down okay?


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Actually.... after the season is over, I am planning on just grabbing the end I can reach from the ground and just yanking them all down. I'll buy new ones to put up next year!!
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Postby satch » Sun Nov 16, 2008 1:11 am

tinksdad wrote:
Mary K wrote:You got lucky this time... BUT!!! Ya might just want to think of a better, safer way to take them down okay?


Mk


Actually.... after the season is over, I am planning on just grabbing the end I can reach from the ground and just yanking them all down. I'll buy new ones to put up next year!!

That's the spirit!! :lol:
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Postby Alan Wood » Sun Nov 16, 2008 5:27 am

satch wrote:
tinksdad wrote:
Mary K wrote:You got lucky this time... BUT!!! Ya might just want to think of a better, safer way to take them down okay?


Mk


Actually.... after the season is over, I am planning on just grabbing the end I can reach from the ground and just yanking them all down. I'll buy new ones to put up next year!!

That's the spirit!! :lol:

Laugh all you want but given the price of Christmas Lights .. your really oughta consider that aproach fer saftey!
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Postby Turtle49 » Sun Nov 16, 2008 8:21 am

Ok, here you go!
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Merry Christmas! :lol: :twisted: :applause: :lol:
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Postby S. Heisley » Sun Nov 16, 2008 8:44 am

I only had to get that high once and that was to drill holes and put cup hooks under the ridge of the eves. (I used a 12 ft step ladder for that.) Then, I bought a high-reaching grab-it and use that to put up the lights. It takes a little more patience, but, nearly all of the strands can be put up and taken down from ground level. I only need a small step ladder for the very peak of the eves. I figure the older one gets, the harder it is to heal from broken bones and I don't want any! :)
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Postby starleen2 » Sun Nov 16, 2008 8:45 am

:D For all those who didn't take down your christmas lights from last year - Congratulations you are the first to have them up! :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause:
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Postby Miriam C. » Sun Nov 16, 2008 10:34 am

Turtle49 wrote:Ok, here you go!
(Available in Cedar upon request)
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Merry Christmas! :lol: :twisted: :applause: :lol:


:lol: :lol: Ya'll hold my beer..... :lol: :lol: :lol:

I haven't put lights up for a few years. We donate to someone's electric bill instead. Might do it this year. I think I got on the roof and leaned over the last time.
:thinking: Now why doesn't that sound safe? :oops:

The lights are beautiful!
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Postby Turtle49 » Sun Nov 16, 2008 10:57 am

At least your not this guy....
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Postby toypusher » Sun Nov 16, 2008 11:04 am

Turtle49 wrote:At least your not this guy....
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he does have a 'safety guy' holding the bottom of the ladder, though!! :lol:
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