Grumpy old buggers thread

[4bee]

Yep, there is nothing worse than a Grumpy Olde Fridgie, it doesn't bode well for the rest of the day.

[scarry]

I believe most visits to the ED from weekend handyman accidents are ladder falls

With most falling off roofs or near roofs such as cleaning gutters.

Also most electrocutions at home are retired electricians,or electrical engineers.

Note..Not Fridgies as they would never do any work on electrical stuff at home

Anyway back on topic,got one of the sons a bit grumpy yesterday.

The D4 i must admit with relatively new A/T tyres,scrambled up a muddy slope only once it was in 'Rock Crawl",with difficulty,but got there,just.

Where his 76 with dual diff locks,but stock tyres couldn't get up.No hope.

So we decided to go get his Defender with muddies,to see how that would go,but it had a flat battery.So that was the end of that.

The Defender is in the shed,needs a few things doing to it before its going on carsale.com.

[4bee]

Anyway back on topic,got one of the sons a bit grumpy yesterday.

You have a son that gets grumpy? Cripes, there is a turn up for the books.

Try 2 Daughters in their "growing up" Phase.

[4bee]

Note..Not Fridgies as they would never do any work on electrical stuff at home

Shirley you jest Paul.

Even a "B Class Electrical Licence" of the days of yore in SA were permitted to work on wiring & stuff in their home. That all changed when "They" rejigged the Act, even so, I wouldn't be happy about doing that these days anyway. I don't want to depart this life in a Puff of Smoke & a pile of ash & vibrating vigorously all over although it would probably make the local paper. WOW!

[DiscoMick]

Why most worksites have banned A frame ladders.
In construction it's platform ladders, scaffolding or scissors only.

I believe most visits to the ED from weekend handyman accidents are ladder falls

Wouldn't be surprised. Also football injuries.

[DiscoMick]

And a big problem with this is that as we age our balance deteriorates, it's something we really need to work at.
And I think part of the issue is we are an urban society with little outdoor activity and any walking outside is generally on paved, level surfaces.

I used to tell the yoga ladies who were mostly on the upper side of 40 to practice putting socks on standing up (they were mostly farm girls), practice lithe things like that.

Her workplace, a furniture store, got in trouble because the reason she climbed the ladder was because they had been storing stuff in the ceiling as there was a lack of storage at floor level.

[DiscoMick]

You have a son that gets grumpy? Cripes, there is a turn up for the books.

Try 2 Daughters in their "growing up" Phase.

We have a daughter in law who gets grumpy. She complained that I had left coffee grinds on the bench the other day. She forgot to note that I had just done a lot of washing up - and wiped down the stove top and benchtops. My response was, 'Is it important?'

[rick130]

Her workplace, a furniture store, got in trouble because the reason she climbed the ladder was because they had been storing stuff in the ceiling as there was a lack of storage at floor level.

Workcover would've been through them like a dose of salts.
We all deserve to come home from work hale and healthy.

I hate doing the inductions but it's nice not being expected to do the dodgy/dangerous stuff we used to have to do daily.
I've been responsible for some stupid things in my own business 25 years ago too.
Young and silly, 7' tall and bulletproof.

How about an extension ladder on a pallet on a fork at full extension to get to an AC system on top of a factory?
I was probably only 25 or 26 at the time.

[Bigbjorn]

A retired nurse friend told me that hey kept statistics of the problems that presented at ED's. On weekends the most prevalent were what they listed as "PFO". ****ed and fell over.

[aussearcher]

Most admissions in Victorian EDs for males over 50 involve lycra and pushbikes. Falling off ladders comes second.