[cute fuzzy bunny]

My grandpa used to be a painter (among other things). He told in my early 20's to never get up on a ladder I didnt want to fall off of, because sooner or later that would happen. We werent talking about painting or actual ladders at the time, but the sentiment goes well with many risk taking situations. Subject was actually a prospective girlfriend.

I did fall off a ladder once, but I must have been loaded with good karma. I had a 40'er at too long an angle because I had to clear a lower roof and reach a gutter on an upper roof. Second mistake was it was sitting on a sloped driveway, sloping the wrong way. I nearly reached the gutter when it started to slide. Slowly. Slid down until it hit the lower roof, then started sliding off that. I said "Swell, I'm going face first into the driveway. I turned over onto my back with my feet on the same rung and my hands on the rails. When the ladder cleared the lower roof and started the actual fall, I was only ~6' off the driveway. Hopped off and over the side and landed on my feet. My neighbor across the street said he was going to run into the house to get a sign with "9.7" written on it and hold it up. Said I needed to "stick" the landing a little better if I wanted the full 10.0...