I did that once with a circuit breaker box–dropped something, it rolled under the box, I picked it up and forgot there was a circuit breaker box on the wall. Why the metal edge didn’t cut me I have no idea, but the lump swelled up so fast I could feel the skin vibrating under my fingers.–When I was able to touch it, that is; I was in a lab working with radioactive materials at the time, so I had to check my gloves (they weren’t contaminated) and remove them before I could check my head for damage. Safety first! (And no, the thing I dropped wasn’t radioactive; it was a roll of labeling tape, preprinted with RADIOACTIVE labels.)
You didn’t mention swearing. Was there swearing involved? 
At least it wasn’t a beer that you knocked off the ladder.
I think we’ve got the makings of a support group here.
not what you’d expect, ryobserver, racer72 … we should get together and talk about hitting ourselves on the head with various objects. I bet we could get Honeywell’s safety products divisionto sponsor us.
Sauron, I was thinking of you when we lost power in Nolensville, TN Friday night.
You weren’t doing any digging were you?
Would you admit it if YOU knocked a beer over? (Maybe Budweiser)
I’d sooner admit to knocking an infant off a ladder.
Just curious Sauron, did you also get hit by a falcon feather at the exact same time?
I love spitting coke onto my keyboard. When are you going to finish that book you better be writing so I can buy it? Put my name at the top of the list and I’d like for you to autograph it, too, but please don’t drop it off by air-mail. I’d hate to get hit on top of the head or something…
My father has thrown himself out of bed twice now, fighting someone in his dreams. I’m thinking restraints are in order.
Oh, and I did something similar to you, but up into the corner of an open cabinet door. That smarts.
Not that I recall, but I might have been fiddling with the settings on our thermostat, so you’re probably safe in blaming me.
You know what, now that you mention it …
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I tend to find a surprising number of infants up on my ladder. Usually they have their little colored plastic shapes and they’re trying to fit them through the proper holes at the top of the ladder. Who am I to stop their fun? Plus, no worries, most of them are wearing a jumper.
If the trellis is still attached to the brick wall, I’d consider the project a resounding success.
I’m waiting for the thread “Wherein Sauron Gets Hit in the Head with a Falling Trellis: How I Found My Other Hammer”
It’s like you know me or something.
Happily, the trellis is still attached to the wall. The vine, on the other hand, shows every sign of giving up the ghost. It’s grown in that spot for about six or seven years, and now that I do something to help it, it croaks.
That was beautiful!
And, for making a soggy mess of my computer monitors, I condemn you to repeating the entire performance – not because you need to revive the vine (which you do) but because you used plastic screw anchors, which really aren’t gong to do a proper job of holding screws into masonry (i.e. brick, stone, cement). You need a masonry bolt/screw on a sleeved masonry insert – though not necessarily this exact type from Home Despot.
To make your job easier, try using a [del]hammer drill[/del] masonry drill bit. If you’re really lucky, the bit will be included in the pack of bolts you buy. If you’re semi-lucky, you’ll need multiple packs of bolts and end up with a couple useless masonry bits. If you’re just plain unlucky – well, I guess we just finished reading about that.
Let us know how it turns out – and send us a picture of the vine next year.
–G!
Grestarian, you seem like a fine, upstanding person with impeccable taste, so I hope you take this in the best possible way: I hate you.
I have never had a plastic anchor not hold in masonry – in fact, a couple of times I’ve needed to remove a screw and anchor, and had a difficult time getting them back out. Now, of course, because you’ve let me know that a plastic anchor is insufficient, the entire trellis is going to come crashing down, and the dead vine will poke me in the eye.
I DID have a masonry drill bit, though, so at least I did that part right. Although now that I think about it, I may have put it into the drill upside-down.
Bought. Criticism later.
Seriously? Let us know how it turns out?
Lost Wages is now closed because of your suggestions; they lack drinking water & the Hoover Dam is a pile of climbing rocks! :smack:
Does the phrase “let sleeping dogs lie” mean anything to you?! Northern New England is just now digging itself out of the mess caused by the events in the OP.
That reminds me! I need to build a new doghouse for our dog Baxter. Shouldn’t take me more than a couple of hours, tops.
I hope you’ve stockpiled plenty of canned goods and supplies.