You Know You Are Old When

[Alan46]

I'll still go up on a 10/12 roof at 63 if needed but I'm not as comfortable as I once was.

You go up on a 10/12?

 

[jjeff]

You talk about your stuff, past projects and junk more than you actually use, fix, or build something, and you could careless about past and current questionable decisions and make humor of them. I'm grudgingly guilty of all of the above.

 

[WinterDeere]

You go up on a 10/12?

I've walked on my 10/12 many times. Of course, turning 50 this year, I think it's about time to retire from that. I can still do it with no trouble, but healing from a second-story fall probably takes a lot longer now, than when I was 30!

I also have 12/12 raised seam metal, and go up on that routinely, but with a chicken ladder. No way to stay on it, otherwise.

 

[MossRoad]

 

[Jstpssng]

When I was about 35 I wanted to put a wood stove and chimney in the 2 story house I was renting, but only had a short ladder. I used it to climb up onto the 1 story attached shed, then pulled it up and leaned it against the 2nd floor roof, with one ladder leg on each side of the shed peak.
I then proceeded to get up on the 2nd floor roof. I had one leg in it and the other on a rung when the ladder kicked out, and I landed spread eagled, facing down. As I picked up speed I desperately tried to get twisted around so that I would land on my feet but no luck. I came off that roof head first and landed on the frozen driveway. All that I remember was laying there thinking "Holy F@@@, I'm alive!!!!

I don't like heights.

 

[orezok]

 

[masseyrider]

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It's easier just to drop something. Recently I dropped my keys and two people started to get them for me.
Never happened 20 years ago unless it was money.

 

[Pixguy]

You go up on a 10/12?

Occasionally on my son's cape but eye dormers help with climbing to get to the other dormered side which I believe is a 4 or 6/12 to clean out gutters that are unreachable by extension ladder. Like I said, it bothers me more now than it ever did.
I used to have a standing seam metal roof with few screws. That was always hairy. Warm day with sneakers is where I felt "safe". That was the only way to stain a few spots.

 

[seville009]

 

[WinterDeere]

Great test! I knew every one, which only means I spent way too much time in front of the television in the 1980's.

Now's when someone posts all the answers, and ruins it for everyone.