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Hearing Bathwater -- No Doubt
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This guy is directly above me right this second (that's my home office window right there), whacking on my roof with a hammer. Don't worry, it's nothing serious; he's just replacing shingles. Our house is on a slight rise from other houses in the area, and it's susceptible to getting some high winds. About twice a year, once in spring and once in fall, we have to replace the shingles that get blown off. The hammering is distracting, but less so than you might think; I just pretend it's just a huge and angry woodpecker and suddenly it's a lot more interesting.
This guy looks pretty casual up there, but it's worth noting that if he slips and falls off my roof on that side of the house, it's about 30 feet straight down to a concrete slab that abuts the basement door. This is why I hire other people to go on my roof: I know that if I get up there I'll be taking the gravity express all the way down. I know my limitations on the agilty front.
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[deep comment:] stay the cautious, Jay---
you won't get 2 Mars if you fall off the launch
pad. And happy happy joy joy on your
yester b'day! -
PS- your roof is ONLY a 5-pitch (the angle of incline). That's not steep! Oh com'on, you're not skeered of that, are you? ¤H
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No one ever believes this, but I did carpentry & roofing.. an occupation not brimming over with women. (You didn't ask for bids, but I could'a fixed your roof.) I used to love it when girls walked by leering at the construction guys. Their gaze would wander up to me on the roof, then the vamping would start. Right about then I'd yank my hat off to reveal my ponytail & mascara, then they'd slink away totally humiliated! ¤Holly
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I am so afraid of heights! I would just sit there frozen if I were on that roof! Thank goodness for construction men! Lisa
5/11/04 11:43 PM
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