Scarriest Occurence While Taping

Originally Posted by Celtic

No one has ever fallen off a bar stool?

Originally Posted by sonny

Serious mishaps thru the years. One that still gives me nightmares comes to mind.

I was a mason tender & we where doing a 2nd story fireplace. The Cement mixer ran out of gas, so i took the can and headed up stairs. When I got to the top of the 2nd floor the stairs gave way ( L shaped with top section having nothing underneath it but air) I rode them stairs clean down to the basement & thank god I landed on the gas can. When I came to the lady owner of the house was standing over me asking - your not going to sue - your not going to sue - the mason helped me up and got me to my truck - I pissed blood for 2 - 3 days my backside was purple. But no broken bones - Nothing like the rubber bones of youth. The lady's brother had done the framing of the house and the dumb ass had only toe nailed the steps.

Also remember a time down in Lake Worth Florida - I had a great contract reshaping the sand traps on one of the local golf courses. Well one day I had the bobcat loaded with a monster scoop out came up out of the bunker - hit the lip & tipped forward & knocked myself out from hitting the cage bar - This is why you always wear your seat belt Which I learned the Hard Way! Anyway The bobcat continued forward and stopped just shy of a deep water canal - I came to pretty quick but what a headache!

Then there was the time I was framing a house - setting trusses & got one hung up - so I get the truss un hung tell my boys don't move the truss, I get back down on the deck & sure enough one of them moves the truss before I can stick it with the forked 2x4 I hit the deck & the truss hits me in the head & splits me open. The guys are standing over me screaming your brains are hanging out I'm thinking o sh*t so I go over to my truck to take a look to see if my brains are spilt -nope it's my scalp turned in. Stick a tee shirt to stop the blood flow & off we go to the hospital stopping along the way at our favorite bar & I quickly slam down some shots. Get to the hospital & they take me in quickly & the doc says you don't need novacain ur drunk ( Which I wasn't but smelled like it) & he sewed me up.

Well enough of my rambling. Stories hell I gotta boatload. Shot at - stabbed - jumping over cars to avoid getting hit - near drowned - several times- Shocked by electric cranes - car crashes holy **** -No doubt about it I've cheated the grim reaper 8 - 9 times

Thank You Lord That I'm Still Here!


Sonny