Seagoon_ to Melbourne · 5 months agoDaily Discussion Thread 🦦🦦🦦 Saturday, August 3, 2024message-squaremessage-square242fedilinkarrow-up115arrow-down10
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minus-squareDuenanlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·5 months agoStubbornness at its best. My dad’s prone to it as well. Sigh
minus-squareAJ Sadauskas@aus.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up6·5 months ago@Duenan @Bottom_racer And people wonder why I’m scared of ladders!
minus-squareBottom_racerlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·5 months agoit is honestly one of the most rational fears anyone can (and should have) with DIY stuff (same at worksites). Stats for falls (especially at that age) from that height are shocking.
minus-squareAJ SadauskaslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-25 months agoYeah, my partner gently teases me about it. I’m generally okay with heights. Like, I can be out on the balcony of a 20th story building, no worries. But. There’s no way you’ll find me above the second- or third-top rung of a ladder. (There’s only one handywoman in our house, and it’s definitely not me 😆).
Stubbornness at its best. My dad’s prone to it as well.
Sigh
@Duenan @Bottom_racer And people wonder why I’m scared of ladders!
it is honestly one of the most rational fears anyone can (and should have) with DIY stuff (same at worksites). Stats for falls (especially at that age) from that height are shocking.
Yeah, my partner gently teases me about it.
I’m generally okay with heights. Like, I can be out on the balcony of a 20th story building, no worries.
But. There’s no way you’ll find me above the second- or third-top rung of a ladder.
(There’s only one handywoman in our house, and it’s definitely not me 😆).