OK, we've all done stupid things with a piece of our OPE whether it's trimmers, snowblowers, mowers, blowers, tractors, pressure washers etc. You know, the kind of thing you look around when it's over to see if anyone was watching?
One of mine
involved a slide that's part of a wooden swing set in my backyard. I was mowing on my Snapper
RER and was
trying to get as close as I could to the end of the slide, pointing toward it, before I would back-up and then mow closely down the side of it.
We'll right when my left foot decided it didn't like being on the clutch, it
decided to slip off the clutch which resulted in the thing
doing a wheelie and running right up the slide. I was very lucky that it didn't tip over to one side and end up on top of me. Well, I instantly let off the blade
engagment with my right foot and while sitting there at a 35-45 degree angle, feeling so damn stupid, I
started looking around to see who all was laughing and pointing. I would have never lived it down.....hey, did you see what dad did........ Hey, did you see what Dad did? I could here it already.
Thankfully, I was not seen, got off and backed the
RER down off the slide while feeling very sheepish and acting like I meant to do it, just in case I missed someone.
What's some of your stupid happenings?
This message was modified Jan 15, 2005 by Marshall
