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PioneerValleyOG

PioneerValleyOG

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GreatwhiteNorth said:
I was on a ship that was up in Drydock in Bellingham & a subcontractor was hydroblasting the hull (25,000 psi) - he had an issue with the nozzle on the gun so he stood on the "handle" & was changing the nozzle when the gun discharged splitting his hand from the center of his palm to between his ring & middle finger. He jumped off the 3rd story scaffolding to get away from it only to break (compound) both legs at the thighs.
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Reminds me of a job I did in San Diego at Pearson Ford. They were pouring the concrete when a guy with a 20' bullfloat, (picture big squeegee-20foot aluminum handle) reached out and hit a live wire coming off a transformer. Burned his right thumb and first finger off one hand, last three fingers on the other, dropped dead. Literally glowing blue, sizzling and crackling. A guy jumped on him after the smoke cleared, gave him cpr and brought him back to life. Was like watching a movie. Called my boss, I said 'OSHA's coming, and these guys zip tied and duct taped some pallets together to make a ladder to get on the roof.'
He said, 'Get the fuck outta there!' Even though I was a plumber, they were concrete workers, and my shit was straight, you don't wanna be around when OSHA shows up. Especially when they're pissed. It looked like Faluja when it was over, and that man? Well, because some idiot never called the power company to shut those wires down for safety? That's one rich Mexican, I'm sure he has his own business now. If not the one he worked for that day.
 
PioneerValleyOG

PioneerValleyOG

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GreatwhiteNorth said:
He did get his left (as I recall) femoral - we had to tourniquet that one. The other was two guys applying pressure from both sides of the protruding bone (all under the supervision of a battle trained corpsman).
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No one trained at my buddy's fall. He was actually conscious, I watched him fall, bounce hit a big rock, bounce, hit a tree and spin off. My feet were three feet from where he fell. Turned to the third guy, said, 'Hes dead.' Had to go up to go down, found him, his femoral was open, but his leg was twisted behind him cutting it off. Bone clear protrusion. He says, 'Pick me up and try to get me to the road,' stupidly we did.
Artery opened up, I got sprayed, I dont know how or why I did it, but I put that leg back where it was. Guy three is losing his mind. I forgot to mention, we were dropping acid on Mt. Sugarloaf that day, and us three volunteered to go get beer. So guy 3 is starting to kinda lose it. My busted up friend seized the situation, told guy 3 to go for help, and me to stay with him. Whole world showed up in about 20 minutes. We chained him down on a stretcher with belay ropes, I was part of that team. Left a lot of blood on that mountain, it's a day ill never forget.
 
shnkrmn

shnkrmn

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Ugh. Rotting corner boards and the painters are coming Thursday. Totally non standard dimensions and for some reason the two boards are butted. Everywhere else on this old house the corner is filled with a fat piece of quarter round. I'm going to do that here. And if I replace both pieces all the way up with 1x4s I won't have to worry about differing thickness. The sill is a little rotten too but that's a pandoras box I aint opening.20220729_112010.jpg20220729_135701.jpg
 
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shnkrmn said:
Ugh. Rotting corner boards and the painters are coming Thursday. Totally non standard dimensions and for some reason the two boards are butted. Everywhere else on this old house the corner is filled with a fat piece of quarter round. I'm going to do that here. And if I replace both pieces all the way up with 1x4s I won't have to worry about differing thickness. The sill is a little rotten too but that's a pandoras box I aint opening.View attachment 5171616View attachment 5171624
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I know my front post is a gotcha just like that. I'm gonna have another gummy and consider your dilemma. I also may cook a rib eye for lunch if the contemplating gets hard.
 
shnkrmn

shnkrmn

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shnkrmn said:
Ugh. Rotting corner boards and the painters are coming Thursday. Totally non standard dimensions and for some reason the two boards are butted. Everywhere else on this old house the corner is filled with a fat piece of quarter round. I'm going to do that here. And if I replace both pieces all the way up with 1x4s I won't have to worry about differing thickness. The sill is a little rotten too but that's a pandoras box I aint opening.View attachment 5171616View attachment 5171624
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Just saw those are actually sheathing boards not the sill plate. So yay!
 
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Carnitastaco

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PioneerValleyOG said:
Reminds me of a job I did in San Diego at Pearson Ford. They were pouring the concrete when a guy with a 20' bullfloat, (picture big squeegee-20foot aluminum handle) reached out and hit a live wire coming off a transformer. Burned his right thumb and first finger off one hand, last three fingers on the other, dropped dead. Literally glowing blue, sizzling and crackling. A guy jumped on him after the smoke cleared, gave him cpr and brought him back to life. Was like watching a movie. Called my boss, I said 'OSHA's coming, and these guys zip tied and duct taped some pallets together to make a ladder to get on the roof.'
He said, 'Get the fuck outta there!' Even though I was a plumber, they were concrete workers, and my shit was straight, you don't wanna be around when OSHA shows up. Especially when they're pissed. It looked like Faluja when it was over, and that man? Well, because some idiot never called the power company to shut those wires down for safety? That's one rich Mexican, I'm sure he has his own business now. If not the one he worked for that day.
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Wow. Amazing.
 
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Carnitastaco

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PioneerValleyOG said:
No one trained at my buddy's fall. He was actually conscious, I watched him fall, bounce hit a big rock, bounce, hit a tree and spin off. My feet were three feet from where he fell. Turned to the third guy, said, 'Hes dead.' Had to go up to go down, found him, his femoral was open, but his leg was twisted behind him cutting it off. Bone clear protrusion. He says, 'Pick me up and try to get me to the road,' stupidly we did.
Artery opened up, I got sprayed, I dont know how or why I did it, but I put that leg back where it was. Guy three is losing his mind. I forgot to mention, we were dropping acid on Mt. Sugarloaf that day, and us three volunteered to go get beer. So guy 3 is starting to kinda lose it. My busted up friend seized the situation, told guy 3 to go for help, and me to stay with him. Whole world showed up in about 20 minutes. We chained him down on a stretcher with belay ropes, I was part of that team. Left a lot of blood on that mountain, it's a day ill never forget.
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Damn! All that on acid and beer. Great job.
 
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