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Master of Master Baiters Joined: 05 Jan 2017 Posts: 790

Im on a day off work , I told my wife im going to put my feet up and catch up on some TV and just chill for the day.

She sent me a message this message from work!!

Quote:

Hi baby. if u get a chance can you get the extension ladder and garden hose out from the shed as I am going to have clean the gutters tonight when I get home from work before mum calls tomorrow, can you also check if we have painkillers as I know my back will be sore after doing it as its hard for me to reach up when im not great with heights, also if you dont mind can you please make sure I can get at the extension lead and outside flood lights as I have to work late and it will be dark when im trying to do it ,Thanks xxx

I cant shake off the feeling that she scammed into getting everything out of the shed for her to save her time tonight before she cleans the guttering !!!
Hmmmm??

Posted: Wed Nov 22, 2017 1:47 pm

Moved here.

It sounds like the next move is you lose that TV, the house, the ladder, and the wife.

Baiting Guru Joined: 31 Jan 2007 Posts: 12237

Is she a Minnesotan? That sounds very Minnesotan.

Master of Master Baiters Joined: 05 Jan 2017 Posts: 790

Bware Its my step ladder , my real one died when I was 12.. No frank not Minnesotan but I Googled it and now I feel lucky .. Thanks !!

Posted: Wed Nov 22, 2017 4:21 pm

I highly suggest you get off eater and clean the gutters Smile

Posted: Sun Nov 26, 2017 1:16 am

My guess is that the gutters are clean by now. Smile

Or, braintoxic is now sleeping and computing in the shed.

Posted: Sun Nov 26, 2017 2:06 am

Buy her a mop for Xmas and depending on what she does with it will give you the answer.

Elite Baiter Joined: 30 Apr 2017 Posts: 1055

Perhaps you should consider moving to a bungalow to make things a little easier for her.

Posted: Mon Nov 27, 2017 8:25 am

Yup, she knew what she was doing.

Here's what I do, clean the gutters. Five minutes before she due to get home, I lie at the bottom of the ladder. When you hear here get home very weakly call out to her for help. Say you've been lying there for hours calling for help but no one heard you. Say think youu broke your to back and at least one leg and probably fracture your skull.

Before she runs in to call 911 or 999 (that's what UK uses, right) reveal the subterfuge. Then tell here to ask you not to use guilt or make me feel like if you don't do it your the world's worse husband.

Again, that's what I'd do but that's just me. I hate guilt trips. For the future you can pay someone to clean them for you and will do a much better job for a reasonable price. They go up there, clean out the leaves and finish with a power sprayer which will remove that black grit that is next to impossible to scoop out.

Not to mention, black widows love rain gutters. I know you'd use thick leather gloves but I was bitten by a black widow when I was 21. It was no picnic, horrible pain for two weeks and I didn't feel right for about a month. However, I was unable to go to the hospital or even see a doctor. If I did, the doctor would have made me stay home for a few days and that's if he gave me the anti venom. I was in training and after getting PTd in the mud and rain for four hours I got bronchitis and was ordered to stay home for two days. The day I got bit I called in sick and that's when I was told that if you miss more than three days, you wouldn't have enough hours in to pass training. So I couldn't chance seeing a doctor.

That was the longest month of my life. Not to mention I still had to do PT every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Tuesdays and Thursdays they'd March you for hours. I was bitten on Sunday night. By Friday I wasn't feeling any better and we had what was called black Fridays. PT was supposed to be from 3 to 5 but would usually go to 6. Black Fridays started at 2 and went on until 8 or 9. My class was the last to have black Fridays because of all the workman's compensation claims.

I have a lot more to say but I think I might be boring you. Anyway, hire a professional. It's cheap enough and trust me, you don't want to even take a chance of getting bit. Horrible pain and I know a bit about pain. I've punched,bitten,been struck by rocks, kicked both on my body and between my legs. Nine car accidents, one of which I was ran over. Left a sinus infection untreated until I needed surgery and by that time I was having cluster headaches that lasted days. Dislocated my elbow twice, I know that doesn't sound bad but I dislocated it twice in a span of three minutes. Trust me, when you dislocate your elbow and it reduceses itself then dislocate it again three minutes later the second dislocation is much worse. My arm looked like a L only in the wrong direction. I won't even get into my back that those fing qucks kept diagnosing as a muscle strain. WTF kind of muscle strain causes pain to run down your left leg.

I'll shut up now. Thanks for letting me vent.

Baiting Guru Joined: 31 Jan 2007 Posts: 12237

braintoxic wrote:

I Googled it

What were the specific search terms?

Elite Baiter Joined: 28 Mar 2015 Posts: 1916

@Ghost - I think you can add sciatica to your long list of horrible ailments and misfortunes, past and present. Shocked

Master of Master Baiters Joined: 05 Jan 2017 Posts: 790

@Ghost after reading all that iv decided il just paid her by Western Union and send myself on a safari Sad

Posted: Tue Nov 28, 2017 4:12 pm

Inquiring minds want to know if you were sharp enough to clean out the gutters before your wife got home braintoxic. You get one husband point if you did.

Did you do what Ghost suggested and contract to have it done and then spend your day making her a yummie dinner? That's good for two husband points.

Did you make the mistake of setting up the ladder, extension cords and lights? Did she smash the gutters, leave the debris on the side of the house and break a window with the ladder?

People do that you know. When I got engaged a person that I respected told me to never use laundry detergent, fabric softener or dryer sheets. I was told that after a week or so I would never have to do laundry again. It worked but after 5 years the SO figured it out. He also said to first start dropping pots and pans while doing the dishes. If that did not end dish washing, then move on to fine china and crystal. I found that worked after the loss of a serving platter. I am not sure if it was worth it because at the 5 year mark I got the squinty eyed look when the question of dish washing came up. The topic of laundry was also brought up. I think someone talked.

The SO got even by asking me to set out the paint, brushes, pans, rollers and ladder to paint a very small bathroom. I set out TSP, drywall caulk, spatulas, sandpaper, masking tape and newspaper along with all the other supplies. I came home to runs, sags, orange peel and drips and made the mistake of saying that it looked like something in a motel room that people rent by the hour. That led to lots of questions and I was allowed to sleep on the couch but did not learn my lesson.

A few years later the SO asked me to pull out some painting supplies again. Like the foolish person I am I did. I came home and the SO was smiling and told me the job only took a few minutes. It looked like someone had seen this episode.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iq0dWc2OXmo

I did not get to use the couch because at 5 A.M. I was still scraping the paint before it dried completely and had to get ready for work. The cast brass towel hooks behind the door are still painted over.

I contract out all the painting now and spend my time baiting and making dinners.

I told myself I do not climb on ladders anymore. A few years ago I needed to have a broken roof tile replaced and called in a contractor. He charged $600 to replace 4 tiles using my roofing compound, my replacement tiles and my wet saw. Last year I paid a guy $4,000 to clean out the gutters, valleys and replace the membrane under about 100 roof tiles.

This year I wanted to climb up a tree for some silly reason. I bought a climbing harness, climbing ropes, locking caribineers and a belaying device on Amazon and put on a helmet. My intention was to sink in a series of lag bolts with eyes starting at the 6 foot level so kids would not use them for climbing. As I was waiting for my cordless drill batteries to recharge I fell less than two feet onto the top of a iron fence and broke two ribs. I felt the pain down to my toes as I lay on the fence. I had cramps in my butt. After about what seemed like an hour I was able to use my cellphone to call the SO who as a medical professional came out to laugh and then go back into the house. I spent the next 10 nights on the couch not because of anything I said but because of the pain laying down and the fluid build up in the lungs. The one thing I remember was that I had to walk away from anything that would make me laugh. It was just too painful.

Posted: Thu Nov 30, 2017 1:30 pm

MorganleFay wrote:

@Ghost - I think you can add sciatica to your long list of horrible ailments and misfortunes, past and present. Shocked

Yes, I have that. I worked for many years with it with these quacks workman's comp sent me to. Actually, I went a few years without seeing a doctor. I was only treated by PAs. My last visit was when my back went out to the point that I couldn't walk. My wife had to drive me because I couldn't look over my shoulder. Diagnoses... muscle strain.

I demanded to see another doctor and he was amazed I never was given an MRI. He ordered one and my disks we're bulging 5 and 7 millimeters. He said if I had an MRI years ago like I should have I could have benefited from epidural injections. That could have fixed me. I might have had to have them yearly but that could have fixed me.

Anyway, the quacks were shut down for prescribing medications without the patient seeing an actual doctor and a long list of other things.

Don't mind my rants. I'm not bitter or depressed. That's just the way things ended up. That's just life.

Master of Master Baiters Joined: 05 Jan 2017 Posts: 790

No Connie , i just ignored the message .. and we lived happily ever after