Thread: Large Theft of Coticules from Factory

Originally Posted by DaveW

I agree (humor is OK), the rest of the people playing mom can leave it to ardennes to determine whether or not they think something is OK humor wise.

Back around 1973 I was just out of ironworker's apprentice school, finally a full fledged journeyman. I was on on a semi-trailer signalling the crane to land 40' sections of conveyor that we would move to different areas on the grounds of the cement plant. So I'd walk backwards flagging the rig and getting ready to grab the piece and guide it to landing.

Since the trailer was 42', and the conveyor section was 40' I used that as a gauge to know when to stop stepping backwards. Then they sent a piece that was 45'. I was stepping backwards and stepped clean off the truck bed. As I was falling my leg caught the edge of the bed and it turned me straight up and down with my feet pointing to the sky, and I landed on coral rock on the top of my head. Probably fell about 4' and if I had not had a hard hat on I would probably not be here typing this mess.

The first thing that occurred to me was that I hoped no one saw it. I heard feet running toward me and I jumped up, kind of woozy. So they all came over and finally figured out I was basically alright. The steward said, "Son, it is a good thing you didn't land on your feet !" Then he told a co-worker, "Jack, I told you if you came out here you'd see things you never saw before." I took a lot of razing over that miscue for a week or so. Anyway, humor in otherwise negative circumstances is not necessarily disrespectful or inappropriate. It can even be a positive thing. IMHO.