Date: Wed, 08 Jun 2005 16:31:02 GMT From: "Dexter J" <lamealameadingdongnospamlamelame.org> Subject: Re: Turbos? - the bricklayer's lament ..
Salutations: > In article <42a5e35b$0$24467$da0feed9nospam.zen.co.uk>, grunffnospam.com > says... >> >> Hi Dex. Of all the ways I could have damaged myself, this is by far the >> most embarrassing. I slipped on some gravel in the yard, broke my fibula >> and my calcaneus (left). Lots of titanium holding it all together for a >> while. Should be out of cast/hardware in 10 weeks or so. ahh - it's the bricklayer's lament then? To the Federation of Civil Engineering Contractors, Golders Green. 'Respected Sirs: 'In regards to your Trade dues per 1340 Mersey Way Cottage assignment, when I got to the roof of the building, I found that the recent hurricane had indeed knocked several bricks off the top as the owner had indicated. 'So, in keeping with your direction that day, I rigged a beam with a pulley to the top of the building, and separately hoisted up two barrels of bricks. The damage was not nearly as extensive as it had first appeared - so when I had completed repairs, there were considerable bricks left over. 'Being very busy in the wake of the hurricane, I attempted to save time and hoisted a single barrel back up again, secured the line at the bottom, returned to the roof and filled the barrel with remaining bricks. Then I went to the bottom and cast off the line. 'Unfortunately ... due in no small part to the national rationing policy in my opinion ... the single barrel of bricks was now considerably heavier than I was and before I knew what was happening, the barrel started down, violently jerking me off the ground. 'For reasons that I cannot fully explain at this time, I decided to hang on. 'Therefore, about halfway up I met the barrel coming down and received several severe blows to my head and shoulders. I then continued my flight to the top, again banging my head against the beam and finally jamming my fingers in the pulley. 'I was therefore unaware of the considerable events in motion below. 'It became almost immediately apparent that the barrel had hit the ground and burst its bottom. This, I suppose, then allowed all the bricks to spill out and it was at that point that a frank, hopefully cautionary, lesson in physical dynamics was experienced. 'Being that I was now heavier than the barrel I had met so abruptly on the way up - I started to return to earth at increasingly alarming speeds, but still with the rope knotted around my hand as indicated in your most recent newsletter. 'Some might say thankfully, halfway down, I met the remaining barrel shell moving rapidly in the opposing direction and while I received several more severe injuries certain unmentionable lower regions - the chance meeting did slow my travel to an apparently non-fatal rate. No doubt the reasoning behind the informative article in the above mentioned newsletter. And so, it was thus that I hit the ground, landing on the bricks that had split receiving several more painful cuts in the process. 'It was at this point I must have lost my presence of mind - because I finally let go the line. 'The now bloody barrel immediately returned to earth providing for the final heavy blow that has put me in hospital and now finds me replying to your kind letter for my trade dues as regards 1340 Mersey Way Cottage. 'Considering events, as well as my strict adherence to published best practice as illustrated in our federation newsletter - I would respectfully request an extension until at least I am release from the hospital, hopefully sometime in the Fall.' Yours, Pelham. Yours, Pelham. -- Radio Free Dexterdyne Top Tune o'be-do-da-day Mr Ray Charles - I'm Busted http://www.dexterdyne.org/888/184.RAM all tunes - no cookies no subscription no weather no ads no news no phone in - RealAudio 8+ Required - all the Time
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