Childhood
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Counting my near death experiences in no particular order – #6 – More with the Gunite rig.
On another swimming pool job I was operating the Gunite truck which is basically a cement mixer that sprays the cement mixed with sand and water onto the surface of the pool. My pant leg got caught in the rotating mixer and I was being pulled up in the air. At first my pants started… Continue reading
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Counting my near death experiences in no particular order – #5 – Electrocution
On another job with the pool company, the Gunite pump, which is what sprays the cement onto the bottom and sides to the swimming pool, was standing in a few inches of water but had stopped working. It was plugged into an electrical supply. My boss told me to go over and give it a few… Continue reading
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Counting near death experiences in no particular order -#4 Hanging from an eleven-story building
I worked construction during high school and college summers building swimming pools with a Gunite rig. Once we were building a pool on the rooftop of an eleven-story building. We had to haul the Gunite hose up the outside of the building with a rope. There were four of us trying to pull it up onto… Continue reading
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Counting my near death experiences in no particular order – #3 – My motorcycle and a Metro bus
When I was a teenager, I owned a motorcycle. Once when I was coming home from crew practice, I had given a friend a ride. We were hit by a Metro Bus. My friend and I were both unconscious when we were taken to the hospital. We both lay in the ER for a few… Continue reading
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Counting my near death experiences in no particular order – #2 – Riding a Fork Lift
When I was working a construction job in high school, I was riding a fork lift while holding a piece of plate glass. As the fork lift rose higher and higher, I was leaning against the fork for support and suddenly it was gone as the base rose above the forks. I almost fell off… Continue reading
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Counting my near death experiences in no particular order – #1 – On the High Seas
My father was in the Marine Corps and was stationed in Japan after WWII. We were able to live there with him for about two years. Eventually we had to come back to the States. My brother Robert and I were just kids when we made a trip to America from Japan with our Mum… Continue reading
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