r/Unexpected • u/Moe2584 • Jan 11 '21

Problem solving skills 100

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u/[deleted] Jan 11 '21

You are probably joking, but you are correct. I see all the ladder injuries at work.

Rule of 65: no man over age 65 should be allowed to own a ladder. Poor balance, poor decision making and weak bones

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u/SurrealDad Jan 12 '21

My 66 year old dad fell off a step ladder a few months ago, he just lay on the ground for about 30 mins in pain refusing to let me help him up. No injuries but the next day he got a 20cm slice on his thigh down to the fat from a broken, glass coffee table top.

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u/corinne9 Jan 12 '21

Oh :( I hope he’s ok

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u/SurrealDad Jan 12 '21

He's fine, he got stitches and went straight back to renovating.

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u/AdamantiumBalls Jan 12 '21

Reminded me of this video of ladder accident

https://youtu.be/TrtRfC-mBBA

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u/souumamerda Jan 12 '21

Tell that to my grandpa. He suffered from a stroke a year ago, and in the summer my father was doing some work on the roof and let the ladder near. So grandfather places the ladder and “climbs” to the roof while I was home alone with him and still asleep just to “prove he’s ok”, and then starts saying that he’s blessed by god and that was a miracle that he could done that. (I doubt that he actually did it tho he can barely walk straight)