Four strikes in a day!!!

[Boondox]

I took a few days off to install electric poultry mesh fencing and to make a portable sheep shelter. My wife insisted on helping, though generally she complains so much about being used as a clamp that I've purchased more than enough clamps over the years to hold pretty much anything I might want to build.

So I asked her to hold a 12' 2x4 while I toenailed a support. WHAM! Right on the noggin the moment I knelt down. SLAM! My finger convulsed on the trigger of the framing nailer, which shot a 3.5" nail into the base of my left thumb. THUD! I leaped to my feet and met the other end of the 2x4. YOUCH! And then I jumped out of the shelter and twisted my ankle on a bit of scrap wood! /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif

After removing the nail and discovering my thumb still worked, the head was clear, and the ankle would support my weight, I choked back all sorts of ungentlemanly comments and suggested she go into the house and search for some obscure tool I had misplaced months before. I finished the framing, and moved on to converting the electric fencing from battery power to 110VAC power.

It was a hot day -- in the nineties -- with humidity to match. After several hours I was dripping in sweat, straddling the fence making final adjustments to the positioning of the power supply when my wife, who had found the tool, came out of the house, saw the power was not plugged in, and helped me out by plugging it into the outlet in the garage. /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif

Ever been hit in the crotch with 6000 volts!?!

I love my wife I love my wife I love my wife...

Pete

 

[F350Lawman]

And you think this was all an ACCIDENT....you foolish man /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif She's probably yucking it up with her girlfriends right now. Their husbands will have similar "accidents' today! /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

What you do, forget an anniversary??? You better go get that little lady a few dozen roses it m ight be cheaper and surely will be less painful /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

Give up while you still can!!! There is no dishonor in surrender.... well in this case anyway.

 

[RobS]

LOL big time Pete! Thanks for the laughs, I needed that to counteract the day I'm having here at work. In fact, if that's what taking a day off is like maybe being here isn't so bad.

Did you happen to notice the video camera in her hand during this whole ordeal? I'm sure you'll be a feature on America's Funniest Videos /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

 

[fishman]

Pete, that was beautifully written /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif Everyone at the office was wondering what I was laughing at.

I was laughing with you, honest! /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif

Hope you're o.k.

 

[fivestring]

Glad to hear you're ok. Now, where is a video camera when you need one! I mean, that was better than watching AFV where the guys all get whacked in the jimmies !!! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
I think your wife planned it too... they play dumb, but... It's kinda like us telling them that we don't know how to do "inside" stuff !!!! /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif

 

[19th_VA]

Pete,

I nominate you for sainthood.

Not sure, but I think a jury of 12 men (your peers, right?) would call it self defense.

And I thought my wife was less than helpful!

You made me laugh despite the doldrums of gov't work.

 

[Egon]

It's clearly all your own fault Pete. You have used improperly trained help and must suffer the consequences.

That must of hurt!

Egon

 

[Currmudgeon]

This is getting very close to the story about the laborer, the barrel of bricks, and the gin wheel...

 

[rbarker]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( Ever been hit in the crotch with 6000 volts!?!)</font>

I feel really guilty laughing this hard at someone else's misfortune! I hope you're all right but that was "milk out your nose" funny! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[Boondox]

Thanks for the, erm, sympathy, guys! /forums/images/graemlins/crazy.gif

Next time I work on the fence I'll be sure to have the business end of the power cord in my field of view!