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baddog · 05-17-2005, 02:30 AM

If you have a ceiling fan, and use an extension to lower it down, be advised that after 12-15 years, you might want to consider going up on a ladder and make sure that the constant spinning has not caused it to loosen itself.

I lucked out this evening when I went down to my den, turned the fan and lights up a little, and sat down on my couch to enjoy dinner.

Suddenly the fan and lights came falling straight down onto me, only stopping because I did such a great job of connecting the power to it. But it was a very close call.

So, every few years you might want to take a look and see how it is hanging so to speak.

2HousePlague · 05-17-2005, 02:46 AM

The message here is not quite so monochromatic and clear as in your last mishap thread -- but then this wasn't so much a mishap as it was (in your own words) a "very close call"...

Hmmmm.

If a man who spills blender contents all over the floor is a man who needs a woman in his life, what in the world could a man whose celing fan almost kills him be wanting for?

j-

CDSmith · 05-17-2005, 02:46 AM

Sound advice. Wiggling my fans now...

baddog · 05-17-2005, 03:22 AM

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Originally Posted by 2HousePlague

If a man who spills blender contents all over the floor is a man who needs a woman in his life, what in the world could a man whose celing fan almost kills him be wanting for?

j-

Misery loves company . . . . ummm, I think we came up with very different messages from the first episode.

You came up with some inane idea that a falling blender equals "needs a woman" while I came away with the message that I need a new blender.

Speaking of which, and this should probably be filed under "baddog's tip of the day for single guys: part 2," but Oster makes a pretty nice blender, and I believe 4 blades going in 4 different directions works a lot better than 4 blades going 2 directions.

I think the message from tonights episode was that I really need to get one of those 21' Gorilla, 4 in 1 ladders. So I did. One of the advantages of the big city is that you can buy something like that at 9 PM.

baddog · 05-17-2005, 03:24 AM

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Originally Posted by CDSmith

Sound advice. Wiggling my fans now...

Tell you what, I never gave it any thought until it came flying down. If I had been standing instead of sitting, I would not be writing this now.

JFK · 05-17-2005, 03:26 AM

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Originally Posted by baddog

Tell you what, I never gave it any thought until it came flying down. If I had been standing instead of sitting, I would not be writing this now.

Ouch Slice and dice???

It would have been another "blender" story but a bit more gruesome

D-Money · 05-17-2005, 03:31 AM

Damn, that's fucked up, imagine if you had just finished watching a scary movie and that shit happened.

baddog · 05-17-2005, 03:33 AM

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Originally Posted by JFK

Ouch Slice and dice???

It would have been another "blender" story but a bit more gruesome

Nah, there would not be too much slice and dice, more crash and smash. This fan has wooden blades. I stopped a high speed, metal ceiling fan with my face several years back. It broke my nose, but I bent the blade with my face.

These wooden blades would not stand a chance.

baddog · 05-17-2005, 03:35 AM

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Originally Posted by D-Money

Damn, that's fucked up, imagine if you had just finished watching a scary movie and that shit happened.

Yes, I will admit it did scare the living crap out of me. Could not even enjoy my dinner, because I did not know how long the wire nuts were going to that up.

swedguy · 05-17-2005, 03:41 AM

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Originally Posted by baddog

Oster makes a pretty nice blender, and I believe 4 blades going in 4 different directions....

How does that work?

1 left, 1 right, 1 up, 1 down?

2HousePlague · 05-17-2005, 03:54 AM

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Originally Posted by baddog

Misery loves company . . . .

-- no rebuttal to that, my friend!

But the literal is so boring -- especially at 3:50AM.

I really like metaphor -- it gives layers to our meanings and exposes our experiences to multiple interpretations.

For some, metaphor is a language through which they give embodiment to things that don't embody easily.

For others, metaphor is a language through which they understand things that don't embody easily, by finding those things concealed in other things that do.

I have the misfortune of belonging to both categories. As such, I suffer and enjoy the presence of metaphor in pretty much all I see.

I do concede, though, that sometimes a blender is just a blender and a fan is just a fan...

... if only to agree --

j-

baddog · 05-17-2005, 03:59 AM

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Originally Posted by swedguy

How does that work?

1 left, 1 right, 1 up, 1 down?

pretend you are looking at a compass, north, south, east and west, or like +

baddog · 05-17-2005, 04:01 AM

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Originally Posted by 2HousePlague

-- no rebuttal to that, my friend!

Just as long as you got it . . . the rest was just fluff.

2HousePlague · 05-17-2005, 04:03 AM

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Originally Posted by baddog

. . . the rest was just fluff.

Yes. Literally.

j-

swedguy · 05-17-2005, 04:06 AM

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Originally Posted by baddog

pretend you are looking at a compass, north, south, east and west, or like +

Ahh got it. It's blades pointing in 4 different directions, but going the same direction

I didn't really get how it could have 4 blades spinning individually in 4 different directions.

baddog · 05-17-2005, 04:16 AM

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Originally Posted by swedguy

Ahh got it. It's blades pointing in 4 different directions, but going the same direction

I didn't really get how it could have 4 blades spinning individually in 4 different directions.

Sounds like something from Road Warrior

You have to admit, it would probably blend like a mother fucker.

Basic_man · 05-17-2005, 04:24 AM

Holy fuck, at least you didn't get hurt !!

Babagirls · 05-17-2005, 06:11 AM

you tell me this as Im preparing to move into a new apartment that has ceiling fans..i'll be checkin those bitches out for sure!

MikeJeffs · 05-17-2005, 06:17 AM

crazy stuff... wish you had the vid

Steve · 05-17-2005, 08:19 AM

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Originally Posted by baddog

Misery loves company . . . . ummm, I think we came up with very different messages from the first episode.

You came up with some inane idea that a falling blender equals "needs a woman" while I came away with the message that I need a new blender.

XxXotic · 05-17-2005, 09:07 AM

damn, i spent all that time loosening your shit only to be foiled by shoddy wiring jobs! back to the drawing board!

Screaming · 05-17-2005, 09:34 AM

heh well glad you didnt get knocked the fuck out and thanks for the tip

Snake Doctor · 05-17-2005, 09:56 AM

This advice is just as good as the blender advice.

Maybe you should look into those Bob Villa Time Life books

DamageX · 05-17-2005, 09:59 AM

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Originally Posted by baddog

Nah, there would not be too much slice and dice, more crash and smash. This fan has wooden blades. I stopped a high speed, metal ceiling fan with my face several years back. It broke my nose, but I bent the blade with my face.

These wooden blades would not stand a chance.

Being hard headed just got a new meaning.

Nicky · 05-17-2005, 10:01 AM

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Originally Posted by XxXotic

damn, i spent all that time loosening your shit only to be foiled by shoddy wiring jobs! back to the drawing board!

hehe

baddog · 05-17-2005, 05:33 PM

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Originally Posted by DamageX

Being hard headed just got a new meaning.

It has its advantages

tranza · 05-17-2005, 05:36 PM

Hahahahahahaha.... Nice tip!

pornguy · 05-17-2005, 05:38 PM

I wish that the wiring here were any damn good. You should see the mess some jack ass made in this house that I am renting.

myjah · 05-17-2005, 05:39 PM

I would never have thought to check that. Now I gotta go break out the ladder.

reynold · 05-17-2005, 08:55 PM

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Originally Posted by baddog

If you have a ceiling fan, and use an extension to lower it down, be advised that after 12-15 years, you might want to consider going up on a ladder and make sure that the constant spinning has not caused it to loosen itself.

I lucked out this evening when I went down to my den, turned the fan and lights up a little, and sat down on my couch to enjoy dinner.

Suddenly the fan and lights came falling straight down onto me, only stopping because I did such a great job of connecting the power to it. But it was a very close call.

So, every few years you might want to take a look and see how it is hanging so to speak.

Thanx but no thanx man! We don't have ceiling fans at hom...

baddog · 05-17-2005, 10:29 PM

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Originally Posted by reynold

Thanx but no thanx man! We don't have ceiling fans at hom...

and I don't worry about snowblowers

05-17-2005, 02:30 AM	#1
baddog So Fucking Banned Industry Role: Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: the beach, SoCal Posts: 107,089	baddog's tip of the day If you have a ceiling fan, and use an extension to lower it down, be advised that after 12-15 years, you might want to consider going up on a ladder and make sure that the constant spinning has not caused it to loosen itself. I lucked out this evening when I went down to my den, turned the fan and lights up a little, and sat down on my couch to enjoy dinner. Suddenly the fan and lights came falling straight down onto me, only stopping because I did such a great job of connecting the power to it. But it was a very close call. So, every few years you might want to take a look and see how it is hanging so to speak.

05-17-2005, 02:46 AM	#2
2HousePlague CURATOR Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: the attic Posts: 14,572	The message here is not quite so monochromatic and clear as in your last mishap thread -- but then this wasn't so much a mishap as it was (in your own words) a "very close call"... Hmmmm. If a man who spills blender contents all over the floor is a man who needs a woman in his life, what in the world could a man whose celing fan almost kills him be wanting for? j- __________________ tada!

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