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walterj
walterj HalfDork
11/18/08 7:25 a.m.
spitfirebill wrote: Heights used to not bother me. Now I don't even like getting onto my roof.

I hear that - when I was a kid we used to play up on old railroad trestles - 70' off the ground over the river (or more tracks) and climbed around on them like monkeys. I was up cleaning my gutters over the weekend and kept getting vertigo looking down at the 30' to the ground while tied to the chimney with a tow rope.

joey48442
joey48442 Dork
11/18/08 9:39 a.m.
bamalama wrote:
spitfirebill wrote: I cannot imagine a lot of people wanting to do that for a living.
I'd be all over a job like that.

With a job like that, Id be all over!

Joey

Grtechguy
Grtechguy SuperDork
11/18/08 2:56 p.m.

Here's a view from the top

gamby
gamby SuperDork
11/18/08 3:12 p.m.

Yeah--that would be an instant panic attack for me.

I get the heebie-jeebies just thinking about being up that high. shudder

confuZion3
confuZion3 Dork
11/18/08 3:31 p.m.

I tease wild bears for a living. When you're slapping a bear around, cold weather is the last thing on your mind.

stumpmj
stumpmj Dork
11/18/08 9:55 p.m.
confuZion3 wrote: I tease wild bears for a living. When you're slapping a bear around, cold weather is the last thing on your mind.

Sounds like my kind of job. Care to elaborate?

ignorant
ignorant SuperDork
11/19/08 4:55 a.m.

zomg its 29 degrees in charleston SC.. ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

nickel_dime
nickel_dime HalfDork
11/19/08 5:30 a.m.
confuZion3 wrote: I tease wild bears for a living. When you're slapping a bear around, cold weather is the last thing on your mind.

I've heard a wife called many things but never a bear.

confuZion3
confuZion3 Dork
11/19/08 8:52 a.m.

Well, you know . . . I like to scare their cubs. I wait in bushes until they're right there and then I jump out and yell, "Hey Bear! Boogety boogety boogety!" Then when their mother comes out, I slap her in the face and make off-color comments about her mother.

Jerry From LA
Jerry From LA Reader
11/19/08 9:44 a.m.
thatsnowinnebago wrote: I like it when people complain about heat or cold here in southern California

Angelenos are like bees. They stop moving when the temperature drops below 60 degrees. Women wear big wool scarves and Uggs when the temp drops below 70. A transplanted New Englander can wear shorts every day of the year. The only sign of winter's impending arrival is watching NFL games and seeing bundled up fans.

How much do those towers sway in a high wind? That would be the scary part for me.

EricM
EricM Reader
11/19/08 9:55 a.m.

You had to take a picture of a guy climbing a tower?

that doesn't seem so hard...... gesh

EricM
EricM Reader
11/19/08 9:57 a.m.
Grtechguy wrote: You could be doing what I had to do today. and yes, It's snowing. heavily

The date on the picture suggests that maybe it wasn't "today", I'm just say'n

Oh and I am just kidding too.

poopshovel
poopshovel Dork
11/19/08 10:20 a.m.

confuzion3 is my new favorite. Sorry Wally.

Volksroddin
Volksroddin Reader
11/19/08 1:03 p.m.
Grtechguy wrote: Here's a view from the top

nice shoes.

Wally
Wally GRM+ Memberand SuperDork
11/20/08 2:12 a.m.

I can't compete with a bearfighter.

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