Re: A programmer gets a part time job

[Waltersr@usa.pipeline.com(Walter B. Hollman Sr.)]

On Mar 18, 1996 20:22:48 in article <A programmer gets a part time job>,
'pitre@n5160d.nrl.navy.mil (Richard Pitre)' wrote: 
 
 
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>BRICKLAYER'S  ACCIDENT  REPORT 
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>Gentlemen: 
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>I am writing in response to your request for additional information in 
>block #3 of the accident reporting form.  I put "poor planning" as the 
>cause of my accident.  You said in your letter that I should explain 
>more fully and I trust that the following details will be sufficient. 
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>I am a bricklayer by trade.  On the day of the accident, I was working 
>alone on the roof of a new six-story building.  When I completed my 
>work,I discovered that I had about 500 pounds of bricks left over.  Rather

>than carry the bricks down by hand, I decided to lower them in a barrel 
>using a pulley, which was attached to the side of the building at the 
>sixth floor. 
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>Securing the rope at ground level, I went up to the roof, swung the 
>barrel out and loaded the bricks into it.  Then I went back to the 
>ground and untied the rope, holding it tightly to insure a slow descent of

>the 500 pounds of bricks. You will note in block #11 of the reporting form

>that my weight is 155 pounds. 
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>Due to my surprise at being jerked off the ground so suddenly, I lost my 
>presence of mind and forgot to let go of the rope.  Needless to say, I 
>proceeded at a rather rapid rate up the side of the building. 
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>In the vicinity of the third floor I met the barrel which was now 
>proceeding in a downward direction at an equally impressive rate of 
>speed.  This explains the fractured skull, minor abrasions and the 
>broken collarbone, as listed in section 111 of the accident reporting
form. 
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>Slowed only slightly, I continued my rapid ascent, not stopping until 
>the  fingers of my right hand were two knuckles deep into the pulley which
I 
>mentioned in paragraph #2 of this correspondence. 
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>Fortunately, by this time, I had regained my presence of mind and was 
>able to hold tightly to the rope, in spite of the excruciating pain I 
>was now beginning to experience. 
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>At approximately the same time, however, the barrel of bricks hit the 
>ground- and the bottom fell out of the barrel.  Now devoid of the weight 
>of the bricks, the barrel now weighed approximately 50 pounds. 
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>I again refer to my weight in block #11.  As you might imagine, I began 
>a rapid descent down the side of the building. 
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>In the vicinity of the third floor, I met the barrel coming up.  This 
>accounts for the two fractured ankles, broken tooth, the severe 
>lacerations of my legs and lower body. 
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>Here my luck began to change slightly.  The encounter with the barrel 
>seemed to slow me enough to lessen my injuries when I fell into the pile 
>of bricks and, fortunately, only three vertebrae were cracked. 
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>I am sorry to report, however, that as I lay there on the pile of bricks 
>in pain, unable to move and watching the empty barrel six stories above 
>me, I again lost my composure and presence of mind and let go of the 
>rope. 
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>Sincerely, 
>Policy #XYZ 23456 
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>--- End of forwarded mail from "Allan Posner" 
><allan_posner@spacemail.jhuapl.edu> 
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>Someone sent me this and I felt that it was appropriate to post it here. 
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>richard 
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>Some mornings, it's just not worth chewing through the leather straps. 
>-- Emo Phillips 
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How does this relate to ADA? 
Walter B. Hollman Sr