Yeeeeoooowwww….
Posted By matt on July 27, 2008
So, Liz and I are working on rejiggering things in the kitchen…
[Wouldn't it be nice if the fridge was on this side of these cabinets?
Well, if we drop the cabinets, move the electrical and the water, we could do that quite easily. Would take an afternoon.
How about Sunday?
Works for me.]
… and I get toned out to a vehicle fire. We roll up, first truck on the scene (300 gallon + foam truck), and we can see the column of smoke 200 feet in the air from around the corner (it's not far, but there are trees in the way).
[ Well, I guess we don't have to worry about the gas tank going. ]
We roll up and the assistant chief is there, puts us where he wants us. I grab an air pack as he pulls and flakes hose out. About 30 seconds later, one of our ETAs shows up (1000 gal, no foam) and a Captain jumps out, gears up, and joins me on the hose. We put the car out.
[ What kind of car is that?
Must be a Saturn.
How do you know?
It's sitting in a puddle of plastic from where the body panels melted off.
Well, that makes sense, doesn't it?]
We put it out, roll up the scene, and I come back to finish working on the water for the automatic icemaker.
We're all finished with that, and I'm working on finishing up, putting back the ceiling panels, etc… and I fall off the ladder. This is not actually very bad, since it was a short ladder.
But, I fell into a drill, including the bit. A nice, 1″ paddle bit, with the half inch spike on the end. Caught it right in the fleshy part of the back of the leg, about 6″ above the ankle.
Liz bandaged it up for me, but man, that thing hurts.
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