July 13, 2007
KG and the Adventure of Attic
filed under: Demolishments and RenewvationsGot an email yesterday from long (long, long!) time P'net friend KG, about his "adventure" that day. It's best documented in photographs. Here's the set-up:
We recently discovered we have an attic. We knew there was a small crawlspace, entered through Keaton's room, but Ann discovered that if you go through the crawlspace it opens up into a large space that you can stand it. It has no floor, but somebody who used to live here put down boards over the rafters. Only some idiot laid down particle board in places instead of real wood.
And then the photo punchline:
The story continues:
I went in there for the first time today, and one of the particle boards snapped under my weight. Fortunately the garage door was open, and broke my fall. The downside is, we need to buy a new garage door. I imagine they aren't cheap. Still, how much would I pay to avoid breaking my leg or cracking my skull?
Here's the impromptu escape hatch that he accidentally designed into his attic:
And, because everything (yes, EVERYTHING!) can be LOL'ed, today he sent this along (which did, in fact, make me laugh right out loud):
For the whole saga, including his excellent captions and annotations to the images, plus the door once he and his wife coat-hanger-wired it back into place, check out his Flickr stream starting here.
Posted by rjt at July 13, 2007 05:09 PMLike I said, many stuf not so gret!
But the gret thing here is I'z lookin' at Keaton on Flickr. Keaton iz gret! And looks quite a bit like his father. Of course, I haven't seen his father since he was in 8th grade or thereabouts. In any case, Keaton is gret!
Hope the new garaj door not 2 muchly 'spensive.
Posted by: Procrastimom at July 13, 2007 09:57 PMThanks! We think he's a keeper. And it's amazing, after almost three years, how often people still say he looks like me. I once stuck some of my baby photos in with his and most people didn't notice the difference.
The garage door cost, well, about as much as a I thought it would. Still probably cheaper than a broken leg (if you add in the cost of lost productivity). And without the pain in the ass of a broken leg. I'd definitely recommend using garage doors as safety features whenever doing something dangerous. My dad and I are going to remove some dead limbs from a tree next to my house tomorrow, and I think I may set up a few garage doors around the tree in question. Just in case.
Posted by: KG at July 15, 2007 10:46 PM