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Feb. 27, 2010 8:45 p.m. pinchvalve SuperDork

I decided to sell my old TV since I upgraded to an HDTV. I hate trying to give directions to my very rural house, so I decided to meet the buyer in the nearest town. I put the TV set in the back of the Kia, secure it so it cannot fall forward when I hit the brakes, and cushion the glass tube. I go to pull out of my inclined driveway and the TV tips backwards (which I swore it could not do) and smashes the rear window. Doh!

I am boned, so I might as well make the meeting then head to the car wash to vacuum up my stupidity. At the designated meet spot, I discover a small shard of glass that was resting on my palm by grabbing the door handle and lodging it deeper into my palm. Ouch! After much blood and cursing, I pull it out and proptly lodge it into my other hand. OUCH!

I band-aid myself up and meet the guy, who is cool about the broken glass and we get the TV loaded into his truck. I head to three different self-service car washes before I find one with a working coin changer and vacuum most of the glass. Did I mention that I neglected to wear a hat or gloves and it is freezing and snowing? Doh!
Feb. 27, 2010 8:54 p.m. jwdmotorsports HalfDork

Isn't it amazing that stuff like that always comes all at once. It never seems to be one thing at a time.
Feb. 27, 2010 9:08 p.m. digdug18 Reader

Yes, last week, I was tasked by my fiancee to move the christmas boxes to the attic. The attic stairs are over the basement stairs, I told her I didn't think the folding attic stairs could support my weight, and after getting everything up there, I was half way down when the stairs broke, which sucked ass. So I'm hanging over a 6 foot gap with my fiancee saying are you alright, and i'm like get the step ladder, which she did not do and decided to stand there and watch me fall 5 feet onto the basement stairs, which i'm sure will break at some point in the near future.

So yeah.

Andrew
Feb. 27, 2010 9:21 p.m. jwdmotorsports HalfDork

In reply to digdug18:

sorry dude. Not sure if it's just the way you told it but that was funny.
Feb. 27, 2010 9:47 p.m. digdug18 Reader

No it is funny, but it still sucked ass, I ended up getting pissed at the part of the ladder that broke, so to get to the attic, I now pull the steps down, over the stairs, then put the stepladder on the top basement stairs and lean it onto the bottom of the above stairs.

It takes a little longer to get to the attic, but I believe it to be a safer way. The kicker that I will find out at some point, is that indeed the basement stairs are weekend, and my fiancee will in the future I'm sure, will get a call at work that I'm stuck in the attic, because the basement stairs broke, which again will suck ass.

Andrew
Feb. 27, 2010 10:12 p.m. JeepinMatt HalfDork

digdug18 wrote:

Yes, last week, I was tasked by my fiancee to move the christmas boxes to the attic. The attic stairs are over the basement stairs, I told her I didn't think the folding attic stairs could support my weight, and after getting everything up there, I was half way down when the stairs broke, which sucked ass. So I'm hanging over a 6 foot gap with my fiancee saying are you alright, and i'm like get the step ladder, which she did not do and decided to stand there and watch me fall 5 feet onto the basement stairs, which i'm sure will break at some point in the near future.

So yeah.

Andrew

I'm sorry, but I'm an ass, and the whole image you put in my head makes me laugh every time I read and re-read your small paragraph.

If it makes you feel any better, I fell through (what I thought was) a floor in my attic when I was a kid. It was actually where the floor stopped and nothingness began, I just didn't know because it was full of insulation. Fell down and caught myself with my left hand as it was extended upwards about as far as it could go. So here I am, literally in the walls, neck-deep in insulation (thank God that my body made a hole above my head when I went through the stuff) trying to figure out how to call for help. If you're all wondering how it worked out, I apparently survived, although I should look up "insulation in lung" at some point.
Feb. 28, 2010 7:12 a.m. pete240z Dork

digdug18 wrote: I didn't think the folding attic stairs could support my weight............I was half way down when the stairs broke

I am looking at putting those in my garage but they are only rated to 250#. Which won't work since I am at 260#.

I am looking at the aluminum ladders that support 300# ???

Funny as long as you didn't get too hurt.
Feb. 28, 2010 9:16 a.m. White_and_Nerdy Reader

Did you make enough from the sale of the TV to pay for a new back window? I'm guessing not. :(
Feb. 28, 2010 9:19 a.m. digdug18 Reader

I've been looking at the heavier versions of the folding ladders as well, they go upto 350lbs, which is good for me and christmas the $hit as well. Yeah, I've always felt unsafe on the wooden ones, they never seemed safe to me, and it turns out that they aren't, lol.

Andrew
Feb. 28, 2010 9:51 a.m. aussiesmg SuperDork

I hate those days, do NOT work on a car when those things start happening, bolts end up inside intakes....
Feb. 28, 2010 9:57 a.m. pinchvalve SuperDork

White_and_Nerdy wrote:

Did you make enough from the sale of the TV to pay for a new back window? I'm guessing not. :(

My guess is that selling the TV will cost me at least $150.
Feb. 28, 2010 11:23 a.m. mad_machine SuperDork

damn... least you did not get a ticket or anything on the way home..

I too hate attic stairs. Last house I rented, the stairs were right above my bedroom door.. Middle of the night, heard a terrific crash that literally made my jump out of bed... and because my bedroom door opened OUT... I wound up stuck in the bedroom until my roommates could clear away the clutter from the stairs that fell down in the middle of the night.

Worst part was.. landlord did not believe us that they just "fell down" and made us replace them or risk the security deposit
Feb. 28, 2010 12:51 p.m. digdug18 Reader

The replacement metal stairs cost around $600 or so, so about twice to three times the price of the wooden ones. The metal ones though adjust to the height of the floor, you can use them upto a 13'6" ceiling. It might work in my garage as well then.

Andrew