Re: Oh Sh** Moment

[Jim <alarminex@xxxxxxx>]

On Aug 25, 12:30?pm, mikey <mikedu...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Aug 23, 4:57 pm, "Robert L Bass" <RobertLB...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> > >I was up in an attic yesterday and just finished pulling a wire behind a
> > > knee wall, when my foot slipped off the joist and went to the knee through
> > > the living room ceiling.
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> > > On the positive side, it was a smooth ceiling so i won't have to try to
> > > match a popcorn ceiling.
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> > I had a similar experience in a condo in CT many years ago except I went in up to my hips.  One of my techs was working nearby and
> > heard me yell.  He came running and had a great laugh at the sight of my legs dangling through the ceiling.
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> > The customer had assured me that all the plywood flooring in the attic was screwed down.  I stepped on one piece that wasn't.  It
> > was a bathroom ceiling.  I hired a drywall guy to replace the ceiling and repaint it.  Fortunately, the wallpaper wasn't damaged.
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> > The client was out of the country at the time.  I finished the installation and left a note explaining what had happened.  The
> > drywaller did such a good job that the client said he couldn't tell anything had been done.  Other than a couple of bruised elbows
> > and a little $$ loss, it worked out OK.  The lesson learned was never to believe anyone about attic flooring.  :)
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> > Regards,
> > Robert L Bass
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> Well, I glad to see you survived your bout with lung cancer.
> I see you still like to tell tall tales though. I thought ceiling
> studs down there were on 24 inch centres, no way you would have
> stopped at the hips, in fact, I'm surprised they didn't find you in
> the basement.-

Not to worry Mikey. The odds are against him surviving the next 5
years without a fatal reoccurrance. Usually brain, lung or pancreas.
Not too much longer, considering ..............