Exercise can get you hurt! Duck!

newguy88 · 03-20-2008, 09:56 AM

Running today finishing an 8 mile run wind was blowing upwards of 45mph, and as I turn the corner of a street a shovel comes flying off a work truck and goes whistling by my head by about a foot!

Got to always expect the unexpected even when exercising!

TromboneAl · 03-20-2008, 10:12 AM

Did you get to keep the shovel?

newguy88 · 03-20-2008, 11:02 AM

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Originally Posted by TromboneAl

Did you get to keep the shovel?

In fact I did a real nice newer one. Flat blade long handle.

haha · 03-20-2008, 11:44 AM

Glad it missed you NewGuy. Could have been lethal.

Last year I was walking along downtown on a blustery day and next thing I knew a huge sign fell to the sidewalk about 4 feet away.

Had it hit my head I would be dead.

Ha

Walt34 · 03-20-2008, 02:05 PM

A good read about that is Fate is the Hunter by Ernest K. Gann. A novel about the early days of airline aviation, describing numerous events where little things like that decided who lived and who died. We've all had our close calls, sometimes I wonder why I'm still alive.

HFWR · 03-20-2008, 04:52 PM

Why would anyone want a shovel?

newguy88 · 03-20-2008, 06:58 PM

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Originally Posted by HFWR

Why would anyone want a shovel?

Hey i needed to edge my beds up around the house. It came in handy today, heck it nearly took my head off!

hankster · 03-20-2008, 08:14 PM

I used to work with a guy who was close to retirement age and I asked him "Do you exercise Earl?" Earl said "I get my exercise being a pallbearer for guys who exercise."

TromboneAl · 03-21-2008, 10:06 AM

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Why would anyone want a shovel?

Have you been reading this forum??

HFWR · 03-21-2008, 10:24 AM

We're gonna need a bigger shovel...

"Put down that shovel, Damien..."

03-20-2008, 09:56 AM	#1
newguy88 Thinks s/he gets paid by the post Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 2,119	Exercise can get you hurt! Duck! Running today finishing an 8 mile run wind was blowing upwards of 45mph, and as I turn the corner of a street a shovel comes flying off a work truck and goes whistling by my head by about a foot! Got to always expect the unexpected even when exercising!

03-20-2008, 10:12 AM	#2
TromboneAl Thinks s/he gets paid by the post Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 4,116	Did you get to keep the shovel? __________________ - Al -- Always serious, never joking. No, wait. Never serious... Always... I forget.

03-20-2008, 11:44 AM	#4
haha Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ... Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Seattle Posts: 8,399	Glad it missed you NewGuy. Could have been lethal. Last year I was walking along downtown on a blustery day and next thing I knew a huge sign fell to the sidewalk about 4 feet away. Had it hit my head I would be dead. Ha __________________ "Show 'em just enough to win the turkey."- Former KY Governor Bert Combs

03-20-2008, 02:05 PM	#5
Walt34 Thinks s/he gets paid by the post Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: WV Panhandle Posts: 1,203	A good read about that is Fate is the Hunter by Ernest K. Gann. A novel about the early days of airline aviation, describing numerous events where little things like that decided who lived and who died. We've all had our close calls, sometimes I wonder why I'm still alive. __________________ Retired six years ago at age 52

03-20-2008, 04:52 PM	#6
HFWR Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ... Join Date: May 2005 Location: DFW Posts: 5,406	Why would anyone want a shovel? __________________ Have Funds, Will Retire Two turntables and a microphone...

03-20-2008, 08:14 PM	#8
hankster Recycles dryer sheets Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 243	I used to work with a guy who was close to retirement age and I asked him "Do you exercise Earl?" Earl said "I get my exercise being a pallbearer for guys who exercise." __________________ "There is no dignity quite so impressive, and no independence quite so important, as living within your means." Calvin Coolidge

03-21-2008, 10:24 AM	#10
HFWR Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ... Join Date: May 2005 Location: DFW Posts: 5,406	We're gonna need a bigger shovel... "Put down that shovel, Damien..." __________________ Have Funds, Will Retire Two turntables and a microphone...

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