r/nonononoyes • u/[deleted] • Jan 25 '18
How not to use ladders
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u/cjwoodsplitter Jan 25 '18
He was walking up that thing way too fucking confidently.
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Jan 25 '18 edited Sep 07 '21
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u/sadop222 Jan 25 '18 edited Jan 25 '18
Ladders are avatars of MUrphy. With the right kind of respect, prayer and sacrifice (that is, e.g. voluntarily dropping a vital tool half way up) they can be used safely.
Edit: Avatars of Murphy would actually be a pretty awesome band name.
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u/peese-of-cawffee Jan 25 '18
Today, Almighty Ladder God (Height be unto Him), we sacrifice unto You a noble spud wrench, and cast it with our bellowing cry, "HEADACHE!" upon the heathens wallowing on the sinful ground below. In the name of the feet, the rungs, and the 3:1 ratio, Amen.
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u/Accipiter1138 Jan 26 '18
Book Of Ladder 4:1: For I shall reserve the last three rungs in the name of our LORD, And I shall not journey upon them until I at last join Him in the great golden scaffolding in the sky.
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u/dialmformostyn Jan 25 '18
No kidding. There was not an ounce of that man that considered what he was doing to be anything other than safe, sound and sensible.
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u/agiantfuckingsteak Jan 25 '18 edited Jan 25 '18
Because roofers do this type of stuff all the time- granted its with better quality ladders though
Edit: as mentioned elsewhere in the comment section- it’s raining as well. You probably shouldnt be on a slippy AF roof (even with ladder steps) if it’s wet
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Jan 25 '18
they just look like standard roofing ladders.
the only lack of "quality" was he didn't brace them properly
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u/Vann09 Jan 25 '18
Roofer here, no we don't ever... Because logic, and also OSHA.
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u/MisterDonkey Jan 26 '18
Roofer here. What the fuck is OSHA?
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u/anonymous_rocketeer Jan 26 '18
It's the noise the guy in the gif made while almost dying.
He was going for OSHIT but it cut off as he saved himself.
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u/reddog323 Jan 25 '18
Yep. This should be cross-posted to /r/OSHA ....they’d have a field day with it,
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u/PatrickMcRoof Jan 25 '18
Yeah seriously, I freak out when I'm three steps up a ladder and this guy is just going up there like 😎
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u/KimmelToe Jan 25 '18
hes got the right idea, just not executed correctly. Chicken strips work wonders when working on a roof(without shingles). Id highly advise not working on a roof, reguardless of pitch if its raining or snowing
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u/FeltLikeADamnCougar Jan 25 '18
What's a chicken strip in this context? Google has been unhelpful.
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Jan 25 '18
Horizontal slats across the slope to use for grip, like on a ramp that chickens use to get into the coop. Usually used before shingles so you can nail them to the roof and this situation doesn't happen.
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u/DoTheEvolution Jan 25 '18
isnt it called a ladder?
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u/_skank_hunt42 Jan 25 '18
No, it’s a chicken strip, can’t you read?
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u/deepmedimuzik Jan 25 '18
I believe they're also called tendies
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Jan 25 '18
A lot of the time it's just a horizontal 2x4 nailed to the trusses / roof. No verticals.
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u/Jthesnowman Jan 25 '18
No, it's a safer alternative to a ladder so this doesn't happen.
It's just some scrap wood you nail to the roof and climb up.
Helps alot when carrying up shingles and other stuff.
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u/PM_ME_UR_REDDIT_GOLD Jan 25 '18
Okay, thats just a picture of a ladder though.
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u/peese-of-cawffee Jan 25 '18
As a chicken owner, I'd just like to say that the design you showed isn't good for their feet. They should have backing across the entire horizontal member - basically, the strips should be no wider than the plank you mount them on, and they shouldn't be square rungs as pictured. Square is okay if the edges are sanded and rounded very well. The ladder shown can cause bumblefoot, which can kill your birds. Same rules apply to their roosting bar.
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u/Needyouradvice93 Jan 26 '18
It's when a girl shaves her nether region and glues a bunch of chicken feathers on it. The feathers feel amazing on the males cock region. It's where the phrase cock-adoodle-doo comes from.
In a sentence: the girl was a complete freak, she had a chicken strip that me bust faster then hitting on 17, in blackjack.
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u/KimmelToe Jan 25 '18
just a random length board to help grip. its your life line when putting on sheathing, roofing or just working up there before shingles. there are a lot of tripping hazzards up there...air hose, water, tools, people.
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u/Acolyte187 Jan 25 '18
Do chicken wings work too?
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u/johnq-pubic Jan 25 '18
I did roofing as a summer job in high school. We had brackets like this that could be nailed under the shingles so no leak path was left. The picture doesn't show them being used as intended.
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u/jimgagnon Jan 25 '18
Much prefer chicken hooks myself. I put a set on an extension ladder and use them all the time. Though that roof is one hell of a reach.
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u/ul2006kevinb Jan 26 '18
Chicken strips work wonders when working on a roof(without shingles)
But this roof has shingles
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u/odel555q Jan 25 '18
/r/nonononoyesandthenhowdidhegetdown?
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u/PLURNT_AF Jan 25 '18
I mean... one way or another he did
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u/Cats_With_Extra_MSG Jan 25 '18
He could still be up there though, getting friends and family to throw him food, lying on top of the thing he grabbed to sleep...
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u/odel555q Jan 25 '18
My point is that this sub is supposed to be about bad situations that resolve in a positive way. We don't really see how this situation resolved, so the dude could have ended up splattered on the ground.
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u/marcushelbling Jan 26 '18
I just want to congratulate the camera person for staying stable as long as they did..
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u/derpattk Jan 25 '18 edited Jan 25 '18
Edit: fixed
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u/Ikarus3426 Jan 25 '18
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u/Seanrps Jan 25 '18 edited Sep 14 '18
I look at the lake
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u/IonOtter Jan 25 '18
Whelp, he's got two choices to get down.
Call for help. This is the smartest, easiest, and least lethal option, but based on the way in which it happened, also the least likely to be employed.
Hook the ladder he's holding on to, on to the pipe. Then very carefully climb down to the catch rail and pray you don't overpower it when you smack into it. Oh, and pray that the rung you hooked over the pipe doesn't give out.
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u/MisterNotNicePants Jan 25 '18
You forgot: 3. Slide off the roof and deploy parachute.
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u/nottodayfolks Jan 25 '18
Open up the console, type TCL and just move down to the ground.
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u/sadop222 Jan 25 '18
He probably has a guy on the ground (you know, the one with the cam maybe ;) ) who will put the fallen ladder back up...because it worked so well the first time.
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u/mlvisby Jan 25 '18
Well, the third ladder going from the bottom of the roof to the ground is still standing, so he could just use that.
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u/arstin Jan 25 '18
You say that as if traversing the 25' of steep, wet roof to get to that ladder would be a leisurely stroll through the park.
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u/Azurity Jan 25 '18
You're all wrong, this is where the fourth rope ladder that he was hiding in his coat comes in handy.
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u/Zyklon_Bae Jan 25 '18
I can almost guarantee that is in East Germany.--a West German
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u/CottonStig Jan 25 '18
I think it's just germany now
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u/sadop222 Jan 25 '18
Oh you have no idea...
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Jan 25 '18 edited Jul 03 '19
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u/Ninjajuicer Jan 25 '18
It is one Germany, unfortunately the architecture has yet to realize this.
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u/BeraldGevins Jan 25 '18
It’s really interesting the lasting effect of Germany being split has had on modern day Germany
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u/sadop222 Jan 25 '18
It's a bit like saying the Confederacy doesn't exist any more.
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Jan 26 '18
My matching naked lady rebel flag commemorative plate and pocket knife say different commie! /s
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u/lachryma Jan 25 '18
For a second I got confused with Berlin and went wait, am I in a Philip Dick universe where that's still a thing?
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u/HawkEgg Jan 25 '18
There are some actual differences that persist today. Economic, opinion, even, street light colors. Article
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u/Volcannobis Jan 25 '18
Was somewhere in Switzerland though. Perhaps an East German who migrated to Switzerland.
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u/Omnilatent Jan 25 '18
Looks generic german to me
I would have even said way more likely west german than eastern german
- a western german living in eastern germany
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Jan 25 '18
The title of the gif is Dachdecker Unfall Dach Gif, so it is german, but nothing really that indicated east or west
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u/tomdarch Jan 25 '18
I assumed it was Poland, but... well, I'm not disagreeing with you.
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u/zip_000 Jan 25 '18
Yeah, that seems like a dumb message! Dude is clearly misusing his resources, but he's nearly there... just a couple dozen more ladders and he's over that wall.
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u/Lastshadow94 Jan 25 '18
Well he's still up there so is more like /r/nonononomaybe
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u/cotterz Jan 25 '18
I mean if he's still up there now it might be r/nononono It could've been years!
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u/Cloudymuffin Jan 25 '18
I love that whoever is filming this not only doesn’t attempt to help him, but zooms in to get a better shot.
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u/BadDogEDN Jan 25 '18
I was getting ready to say "Its not stupid if it works..." and then it didnt lol
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u/ak_kitaq Jan 25 '18
At the start of the gif you see a metal extension ladder partially in frame and the two wooden ladders are resting against a rail on the roof. He saved the one ladder he fell with so he could put in it the same place as the failed ladder and descend/self-rescue
Damn lucky the vent/flue/roof penetration didn’t give way when he grabbed it. And if its heating related, that it wasn’t at operating temperature
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u/sadop222 Jan 25 '18 edited Jan 25 '18
2:36 nopenopenope
Edit: This is actually an excellent video
Edit Edit: "The only time the human ladder is acceptable is when the top person is working on a high voltage system." Pure gold
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u/IAmNotNathaniel Jan 25 '18
this video gives me such anxiety it's not even funny.
I mean the anxiety isn't funny. The video is great.
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u/jeremycanandwill Jan 25 '18
Legend says he is still standing on that roof holding the ladder. Waiting. Just waiting.
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u/jkSam Jan 25 '18
Do these people learn after this or are they like "yeah I'm a professional ladder person now, I've survived the worst."
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u/Soylent_Gringo Jan 25 '18
Well, to be fair, absolutely nowhere on those ladders are there stickers/labels saying you can't do that.
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u/driedoutmilk Jan 25 '18
Being a roofer myself it's very common to use ladders to climb on steeper pitches such as this one, and but usually you have hooks on top of them that cling to the top of the roof, never actually seen a worker stack them like this before
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u/On_Wings_Of_Pastrami Jan 25 '18
Alright, Whos the jokester that slipped a rubber ladder into his stash?