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Stig / Major Tom

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Heard a thump - got stranded.
« on: September 03, 2019, 11:24:45 PM »
Pup and I heard a funny thump. ?
"Pretty windy....."
Found my patio umbrella on the roof.
 I was in a big hurry to get the umbrella before it damaged the roof - so, didn't secure the ladder.
Yeah, folded the big umbrella = spooky in that wind!- and tossed it down.....then the wind blew down the ladder.
(Had just taken a shower and was relaxing after mowing the yard, and putting the Liberty back together with a new valve cover gasket (those boys in TX are quick!!)

Sat and waited.
Heard my wife and daughter come home - so I called my daughter.
That was an interesting conversation.

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Re: Heard a thump - got stranded.
« Reply #1 on: September 04, 2019, 12:52:46 AM »
I love it!
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Re: Heard a thump - got stranded.
« Reply #2 on: September 04, 2019, 10:27:21 AM »
Wife and daughter? You will NEVER hear the last of that story told!
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Re: Heard a thump - got stranded.
« Reply #3 on: September 04, 2019, 10:38:34 AM »
Quote from: CROSSBOLT on September 04, 2019, 10:27:21 AM
Wife and daughter? You will NEVER hear the last of that story told!
Yeah, I  know. My daughter immediately texted all her sibs.
Plus, I gotta pay for a new umbrella. It didn't survive my roof launch too well.  (who wants to stand on a very sloped roof in a high wind holding a giant open umbrella!? Good way to damage a scooter rider....)
Thing went straight up from the table to the roof....pretty as you please.Some kind of aerodynamics going on that is beyond my understanding.
Crazy.
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Re: Heard a thump - got stranded.
« Reply #4 on: September 04, 2019, 12:37:52 PM »
I suppose you considered a "Mary Poppins" ride down with your umbrella?  8)
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