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   oldusty | Nov 08, 2009 02:02am | #1

   wh,

     Hey , so he forgot his 24' extension ladder , give him a break he's an Orygunian , prolly sold his real ladders .

          regards    dusty

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   boilerbay | Nov 08, 2009 05:54pm | #2

   Dusty,Just coastal style construction on 'r new city hall...(sides, it ain't us. Oryguners use all Orca striped Doug Fir ladders. Don't believe in mixing materials or that alumnum stuff fur ladders. I think,it's all them California carpenters that are uphere doing pick up jobs between McMansions.)course it could be the Rogue Beer.bb

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   Tinkerer3 | Nov 09, 2009 04:45am | #3

   Reminds me of the time I was trying to paint our barn with a too short ladder.  I found that if I put  the ladder on two boards that ran across the stock racks on our two ton truck that I could add quite a few feet to the ladder height.  As I was standing on the next to the top rung with one hand reached down to hold onto the ladder to keep my balance, the other hand holding onto the spray gun as high as I could reach.  Was working pretty well until a cow decided it needed something to rub on.  I didn't fall but I can still feel those chills running up my back.

   
   

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   Edited 11/8/2009 8:49 pm ET by Tinkerer3

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   EdHarrow | Nov 09, 2009 06:45am | #4

   http://celebrating200years.noaa.gov/survey_towers/bilby.html

   (When is the software for this site getting updated, can't happen too soon)

   My father worked for the US Coast & Geodetic Survey, and these towers were a staple.  I forget how tall they were, about 110 feet, give or take.  Anyway, this one time there was this hill in the way, and the towers weren't sufficiently tall to see what had to be seen.  IIRC, they took a 10' 2x6 and nailed 2x4 cross pieces to it, and set it up there to gain some more elevation.  My father took a photo of it, but I don't have them here.  The party chief asked for volunteers, and one guy (sorry, don't recollect his name) made the climb.

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   Tinkerer3 | Nov 09, 2009 07:01am | #5

   Interesting!

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   boilerbay | Nov 09, 2009 05:58pm | #6

   We had what NOAA called a tornado in Lincoln City on Saturday. (1 in 100 years) Wonder how the "ladder" held up. Not much of a ladder but then again it wasn't much of tornado. An F-O according to NOAA. Didn't know you could have one that small. Aunty Em, it's a tweeester!

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