A boneheaded close call!

[Runner]

My former wife use to say my middle initial stood for "TROUBLE" ... As it always seems to find me ...

Yeah, I dropped my lithium powered chainsaw off the floorboard of my tractor, and ran over it with the brush hog!

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But I got another one now!

Stuff happens ... I was able to barely avoid this "TROUBLE"!

Wrong way

Trucker cuts me off!

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He not only ran a red light, but made an illegal left turn into a construction zone, blocked off to traffic, going the wrong way up a interstate exit ramp!

This is looking at the intersection from the opposite direction ... I was where the orange truck is circled in blue, he was coming from where I am, and turned left like the red arrow, notice the three signs circled in yellow? He went where the white circle is!!!

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Every single thing about that post is incredible! Not only did the saw get run over and have an "unscheduled disassembly" but it caught on fire too, absolutely amazing.

And the traffic scenario...when I see something like that I can't help but believe the Good Lord had his hand on your shoulder.

Best post EVER! Thanks for making my day.

 

[dicktill]

My former wife use to say my middle initial stood for "TROUBLE" ... As it always seems to find me ...

Yeah, I dropped my lithium powered chainsaw off the floorboard of my tractor, and ran over it with the brush hog!

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But I got another one now!

Stuff happens ... I was able to barely avoid this "TROUBLE"!

Wrong way

Trucker cuts me off!

rumble.com

He not only ran a red light, but made an illegal left turn into a construction zone, blocked off to traffic, going the wrong way up a interstate exit ramp!

This is looking at the intersection from the opposite direction ... I was where the orange truck is circled in blue, he was coming from where I am, and turned left like the red arrow, notice the three signs circled in yellow? He went where the white circle is!!!

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Some days it is better to stay in bed! Really got to watch out for those crazy truckers, especially ones from Missouri. : )

BTW, did your hand heal?

 

[Engineer42]

This was my forgetful old fart boneheaded thing for today!

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Ahhh, flip it over and run over again to remove the crease.

 

[Shawn T. W.]

BTW, did your hand heal?

Yes, the part that got pinched in the come-along ... Still missing the last joint of the finger from and "unscheduled disassembly" of that finger, had emergency amputation after I put it too close to a printing press back in 2009!

 

[Shawn T. W.]

Apparently just hitting that saw once wasn’t enough, you backed over it again then set it on fire.

Actually I was turning a corner to the right and dropped the left rear tire in a hole, as I turned I heard a strange sound, didn't sound like the typical rock I shattered around here, as I turned around, I saw the fire!

Knowing lithium fires are hard to put out, I had my forks on as I had trimmed a tree I was tired of backing under 360° around it, so ... I zoomed up to the barn, swapped out the forks for the bucket, scooped up a bucket of dirt, and dumped it on it!

Came back a week or two later and dug it up ... Still stunk but was cold!

Now I carry the new one in a holster, with a bungee too!