"shannie" wrote in message
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A little off topic I know, but sometimes we become a little complacent as
my
brother in law did.
Yesterday morning he took it upon himself to do a 'quick' trim on some
trees, he had no helper and didn't anchor his ladder properly, he's tucked
up in his hospital bed now with two broken legs, broken arm, fractured
collar bone, various bruises and very dented pride. Looks like his 'quick'
trim will take a little longer than he thought!

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Shan (Ireland)
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I'm reminded of my daughter's boyfriend who saw the next door neighbour with
an electric hedge trimmer, and talked her into (reluctantly) lending it to
them so they could also have some light into the house. Anyway, after
promising to be careful with it, it took him only two minutes to cut the
wire off about 3 feet from the trimmer!

He then taped it back together with insulating tape, and was surprised to
find the neighbour was not happy!

Anyway, wish your brother-in-law a speedy recovery and tell him we're not
laughing and nobody made any irish jokes :-))