Posted by Chris in MO on November 29, 2008 at 15:37:44 from (69.29.100.28):
In Reply to: really dumb posted by ken in texas on November 29, 2008 at 13:37:28:
This afternoon I cut down a decent sized black walnut which was too close to a shop building. It was leaning toward the building and so I trimmed off a number of branches on that side and put a chain and come-along on the other side to pull it into falling that direction. As I was making the back cut on it, I was thinking...is this really going to fall in the right direction? Well it did and all was well.
But many times I have done really stupid things. For example, buying an old car without checking it out thoroughly. I wanted to do an oil change right away so I drove it up on the ramps. Then I noticed something wrong. The right side upper ball joint had popped loose. Now that was fun.
Or the time we went to look at a house to rent and as I backed away from the house, I didn't wait for the car to stop going backward before throwing it into gear. Blew the CV joint completely out. Now that was a fun repair, Saturday afternoon and two hours away from home.
Or changing the thermostat in my pickup and cracking the aluminum housing...for the second time in two years....
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