Make my day.

[Rodney Mills]

Johno.

Practice makes perfect? Falling I mean, not ladder climbing.

Rodders.

[John F Collier]

Well just for me , i have been told many times that i dont look my age at 80 now ,so must be doing something right! LOL Possibly dont act the age either!

This is yours truly as i am now ! Great Grandfather! Wow!
Whats the Verdict! LOL

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Hi Doc just seen this post, what a difference the operation has made for you, enjoy your new lease of life cheers.

[John F Collier]

Well Rodders I do not own such a net.
But over time I have learned to fall with the ladder, not off it.
Had a few problems over time, but then again too few to mention, but did fall one day and ended up on the pergola roof.
Six months later after a bone scan prior to an op the surgeon asked me how I had broken the bone in my knee?????
When I told him I had fallen off the roof he asked what was I doing up there?
I told him that at that moment falling off it!! End of conversation.

I'd put money on it John, that in hindsight you can see what you did wrong to cause the ladder accidents you've had, after 60 years of ladder work
including hod carrying, roof work , telephone poles and tree cutting, never fallen off a ladder yet and happy to say, not any broken bones, it's a fact,
accidents don't just happen, "They are caused". I don't use them now as my balance is getting a bit iffy, hope you learned from your mishaps cheers.

[Denis O'Shea]

John I can assure you we don't bounce like we used to do and I only fell off the pavement and ended up needing surgery for broken fingers and got a rollicking for ignoring the odd dizzy spells I was having. Rgds Den

[John F Collier]

I came off my motorbike on ice Den, I didn’t bounce but sure did slide , cheers

[Des Taff Jenkins]

Is that the new Olympic sport? Motorbikes on ice.
Des

[happy daze john in oz]

A we mature there is always the possibility that we may make a mistake.
Falling off a ladder that has bot been positioned correctly is one, but in most cases we only make the mistake once, unlike polticians who continue to make the same ones over and over again.

[Doc Vernon]

Thanks JFC
Yes indeed the new lease on life sure has made a hell of a difference to me,and my Family.
I am now full of energy again, as as you know Playing Golf again!
It really was a small miracle for me, but as they say Just wasnt my time i guess!

How sweet life can be !
Cheers


Mind you when i look back on the things i have done, its a wonder that i did not Kaak it a long time ago! LOL

[John F Collier]

That's great news Doc and long may it last, I think most of us will admit that we take our lives and health for granted until
something goes wrong, and then we appreciate what we had. I think a few of us have experienced "close calls" in our time,
not least those of us who were bombed during the war, we survived but sadly 17 of our neighbours died, so you could say
"There but for the grace of God go I", still here and trying to make the most of it, all the Georgie Best .

[John F Collier]

Is that the new Olympic sport? Motorbikes on ice.
Des

Don't know about the Olympics Des but there certainly is speedway on ice, the tyres are spiked, so could be nasty in a pile up, I regularly went
to speedway at Haringay Arena in the early fifties, terrific atmosphere there and loved the smell of fuel, cinders and burnt rubber , cheers