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It might have been worse if he honked, look up then wham.

I got clobbered good in the back once during a crane pick. A dead Pine limb came down. The operator said that he watched it the whole way :|: I said man, you could of honked your horn. Hurt for like three days.

Wonder what became of John? One of his last posts that I can recall was of someone going outside of their trailer in an Alaskan whiteout and not being able to find it to return. Possibly his live in lady friend? He had a lot of good stories. Wasn't he about the record holder for getting...

I don't remember the cause of his injury, but have always thought of his story in part as being that a humorous man can get hurt as well.

I know that in some types of construction in the old days, they pretty much expected people to get hurt or die. Building dams and such in difficult areas....and one particular dam with lots of underground water comes to mind. They might leave a bronze plaque in memory. Now there is a safety...

Chainsaws must have given fallers a slightly different sense of mortality.

I remember tearing down an old house in Watsonville, on the north coast of California. Inside the walls was Redwood framing, beautiful clear wood that shone brightly when planed. I assume it was from virgin growth. Just a part of where all that wood went. I imagine gorgeous huge planks...