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by laughing_man 22 days ago
I stay off the roof too. That's for younger and more nimble guys.

I had a boss who was up on his roof installing an antenna when he slipped and fell off. It was a scene from a 1920s comedy -- his wife was looking out the window and saw her husband's falling body flash by.

Only it's not funny IRL. His liver was punctured, he lost his spleen, and his back was never right again.