From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: * X-Spam-Status: No, score=1.4 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_50,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,1e5ce1f808a2b10e X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: Waltersr@usa.pipeline.com(Walter B. Hollman Sr.) Subject: Re: A programmer gets a part time job Date: 1996/03/19 Message-ID: <4ikvuk$p7g@news1.h1.usa.pipeline.com>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 143134330 references: <4ikgmo$n44@ra.nrl.navy.mil> x-pipeuser: Waltersr x-pipehub: usa.pipeline.com organization: Pipeline USA newsgroups: comp.lang.ada x-pipegcos: (Walter B. Hollman Sr.) Date: 1996-03-19T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: On Mar 18, 1996 20:22:48 in article , 'pitre@n5160d.nrl.navy.mil (Richard Pitre)' wrote: > > >BRICKLAYER'S ACCIDENT REPORT > >Gentlemen: > >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. > >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. > >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. > >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. > >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. > >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. > >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. > >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. > >I again refer to my weight in block #11. As you might imagine, I began >a rapid descent down the side of the building. > >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. > >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. > >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. > >Sincerely, >Policy #XYZ 23456 > >------- End of Forwarded Message > > > > > > > > >--- End of forwarded mail from "Allan Posner" > > > >Someone sent me this and I felt that it was appropriate to post it here. > >richard > >Some mornings, it's just not worth chewing through the leather straps. >-- Emo Phillips > -- How does this relate to ADA? Walter B. Hollman Sr