I fell off a ladder today.

Busted Flat.

Burky126 wrote: »

I was woken up by a wasp today.

Something needs to be done to address the wasp problem.

Anything.

Try sleeping inside.

Lapin

sligojoek wrote: »

Sorry to hear that Lapin. I broke four ribs in a motorbike crash and two more another time when I was lying on my back on the floor and my, then, two yr old daughter jumped on me from the back of the couch. They get worse before they get better. Hope you're not out of action for too long.

Cheers Joe,

I've broken most bones in my body over the years, but never the ribs.


I've been warned not to cough to heavily, sneeze or laugh for the next three weeks.

And now that the painkillers are wearing out, I'm beginning to understand why.

Christ it's sore.

Micky Dolenz

Smidge wrote: »

Sorry to hear OP
And people think I'm paranoid about wasps????
You see?
I was right about them little bastids

I was right I tells ya!!

I'm with you Bro,

A wasp, give them half a chance, they will kill you and everyone you love.

sligojoek

Burky126 wrote: »

I was woken up by a wasp today.

Something needs to be done to address the wasp problem.

Anything.

Someone's got to ring Joe Duffy. This would never have happened if he was registered with the gutter cleaning quango.

Stavros Murphy

sligojoek wrote: »

A mate of mine in Nenagh used to make a tidy few quid cleaning gutters for old folk and people who weren't any good at that sort of thing. When he was done he's sprinkle a bit of topsoil and grass seed in a few strategic places. 6 months later he'd have a bit of repeat business. He used to blame it on birds sh1tt1ng in the gutters.

your mate sound like an ar5e.

Pretzill

Lapin wrote: »

Cleaning the gutter on the shed earlier while the weather was fine.

Bastardin wasp turns up.

Panic.

Stung in neck.

Wasp wins and smugly fooks off.

I fall off the friggin ladder.

5 stitches in head. 3 broken ribs. Broken wrist. Eight hours in A&E drinking vending machine coffee.




Go on, laugh ye fúckers.

A wasp in April? Sure it wasn't just a hoverfly?

Seriously though hope you're chillin on some pain relief - smashed ribs is sore!

Lapin

Chucken wrote: »

Ok :pac:

Shrrup you.

Voodoomelon

Wahay!

Join the club. I fell of a ladder few months back, cracked my right side ribs and massively bruised thigh. Just got over it and what do I do last Sunday? Saw into my left hand with a hand saw whilst cutting down a tree. 17 stitches.

Same bloody doctor in the hospital and all!

Busted Flat.

Micky Dolenz wrote: »

I'm with you Bro,

A wasp, give them half a chance, they will kill you and everyone you love.

They are the ones in the US with the the big automatic assault guns.
I think most people know about the WASP's

sligojoek

Stavros Murphy wrote: »

your mate sound like an ar5e.

You don't know the half of it.

Smidge

Right thats it :mad:

I hereby call to order the first meeting of SHOWATANS

*saving humans over wasp as they are nasty swines*

There will be cake.
Who wants to be treasurer?

Sir Osis of Liver.

Stavros Murphy wrote: »

you did in your hoop. Unless it was a step ladder on an 18 meter building. 20 meter ladders don't exist. 10m is cack your pants territory.

10 Meters and youre most likely fcuked is right.

On another note I ended up holding an architects steps recently while a job was being surveyed and the poor man were shaking like a leaf on the second step.
I ended up shouting measurements down to him.
It was a 6ft A-frame.

Be careful up there lads.:)

Stavros Murphy

Sir Osis of Liver. wrote: »

10 Meters and youre most likely fcuked is right.

On another note I ended up holding an architects steps recently while a job was being surveyed and the poor man were shaking like a leaf on the second step.
I ended up shouting measurements down to him.
It was a 6ft A-frame.

Be careful up there lads.:)

I lolled, but that might be job-specific..

Sir Arthur Daley

Id say seannah got his measurements wrong, falling out of a top bunk can be dangerous.

Sir Osis of Liver.

Stavros Murphy wrote: »

I lolled, but that might be job-specific..

Granted,but he seemed to know what he was doing up to then and volunteered.(no spring chicken either)

PizzamanIRL

I tried

to

laugh but

it's

not

that funny.

Seaneh

Stavros Murphy wrote: »

you did in your hoop. Unless it was a step ladder on an 18 meter building. 20 meter ladders don't exist. 10m is cack your pants territory.

Did you read the rest of the post after 20 meters?

I never said the ladder was 20 meters long. It was 20 meters up, it was a rope ladder half way up a tree leading to a zipline in an outdoor activities center in the Dublin mountains. I'd gone over 5 other ziplines before I got to that one.

mcgragger

Lapin wrote: »

Cleaning the gutter on the shed earlier while the weather was fine.

Bastardin wasp turns up.

Panic.

Stung in neck.

Wasp wins and smugly fooks off.

I fall off the friggin ladder.

5 stitches in head. 3 broken ribs. Broken wrist. Eight hours in A&E drinking vending machine coffee.




Go on, laugh ye fúckers.

3 broken ribs and a broken wrist and they left you in A&E for 8 hours?

Ted_YNWA

Lapin wrote: »

Cleaning the gutter on the shed earlier while the weather was fine.

Bastardin wasp turns up.

Panic.

Stung in neck.

Wasp wins and smugly fooks off.

I fall off the friggin ladder.

5 stitches in head. 3 broken ribs. Broken wrist. Eight hours in A&E drinking vending machine coffee.




Go on, laugh ye fúckers.

Were you involved in accident that wasn't your fault .....

Renegade Mechanic

mcgragger wrote: »

3 broken ribs and a broken wrist and they left you in A&E for 8 hours?

Thats just how it is now. Brother shattered his arm before. Went to Clonmel.
"We cant do anything.... Well put a sling on it and give you a note to go to Waterford at 08:00 tomorrow morning."

Went to Waterford.... at f*cking 16:30 we were told there was no chance as Surgery closed at five o clock!!!. Managed to get it done at 16:00 the next day.

This, people, is what we will be paying for the pleasure of if mandatory health insurance goes through.

MS.ing

amateur. have a bee sting you on the lip while youre leaning into (turning) a bend on a bicycle @about 40k/hr down a fookin hill, without so much as flinching (cause if you did youre a gonner in all sorts of pain including the car behind you rolling over you)

that was a hard day man up and get your priorities right, bee sting versus possible death/ serious injury

Nino Brown

Lapin wrote: »

5 stitches in head. 3 broken ribs. Broken wrist. Eight hours in A&E drinking vending machine coffee.

Ah, but you didn't get stung!

Renegade Mechanic

Nino Brown wrote: »

Ah, but you didn't get stung!

Might wanna re read that op:D

Nino Brown

Renegade Mechanic wrote: »

Might wanna re read that op:D

Haha, missed that. Just a bad day all around for the OP then,

Roger_007

Lapin wrote: »

Cleaning the gutter on the shed earlier while the weather was fine.

Bastardin wasp turns up.

Panic.

Stung in neck.

Wasp wins and smugly fooks off.

I fall off the friggin ladder.

5 stitches in head. 3 broken ribs. Broken wrist. Eight hours in A&E drinking vending machine coffee.




Go on, laugh ye fúckers.

You may have a few piddling broken bones but obviously the wasp has serious anger-management issues. This would be the priority for the HSE to treat. They have to assign an anger-management person to the case. The wasp will be offered a 3-week residential course in the Rutland, (there could be other problems like addiction to drugs, drink or sex).




Get well soon.

gozunda

Renegade Mechanic wrote: »

Thats just how it is now. Brother shattered his arm before. Went to Clonmel.
"We cant do anything.... Well put a sling on it and give you a note to go to Waterford at 08:00 tomorrow morning."

Went to Waterford.... at f*cking 16:30 we were told there was no chance as Surgery closed at five o clock!!!. Managed to get it done at 16:00 the next day.

This, people, is what we will be paying for the pleasure of if mandatory health insurance goes through.

We already do....

There is prsi, then USC (incorporated the old health levy), tax, GP fees, prescription charges - oh and most prsi benefits were removed in previous budget. You pay for A&E unless you have a referral letter (pay GP - tell him you are going to fall of ladder - get letter!) and you will pay for an ambulance if you don't have a medical card. Of course on top of all that you can pay for your own private medical insurance but it will most likley just get you in a bed in a public ward with nothing extra provided....

Basic line is that if you are not lucky enough to have a medical card you can end up paying

USC, prsi & tax with virtually no health benefits
GP, A&E, full prescriptions charges
Ambulances charges
Hospital charges unless you pay
Private medical insurance as well

And they are going to introduce even more charges for those who are already paying for everything under the new Universal health system ---

Nino Brown

Roger_007 wrote: »

You may have a few piddling broken bones but obviously the wasp has serious anger-management issues. This would be the priority for the HSE to treat. They have to assign an anger-management person to the case. The wasp will be offered a 3-week residential course in the Rutland, (there could be other problems like addiction to drugs, drink or sex).

Nah, it's just their culture

Lisha

Wasps are truly evil creatures whose malevolence knows no bounds.

Hope you feel better soon Lapin.

efb

I do wish you a speedy recovery

Pumpkinseeds

Poor OP, get well soon. Hope they gave you some decent painkillers to see you through. I saw a guy up a wooden ladder once, the thing split right down the middle and I'll never forget the sound of him hitting the concrete or his screams while he waited for the ambulance to arrive. * I'm shuddering thinking of it.

Renegade Mechanic

gozunda wrote: »

We already do....

There is prsi, then USC (incorporated the old health levy), tax, GP fees, prescription charges - oh and most prsi benefits were removed in previous budget. You pay for A&E unless you have a referral letter (pay GP - tell him you are going to fall of ladder - get letter!) and you will pay for an ambulance if you don't have a medical card. Of course on top of all that you can pay for your own private medical insurance but it will most likley just get you in a bed in a public ward with nothing extra provided....

Basic line is that if you are not lucky enough to have a medical card you can end up paying

USC, prsi & tax with virtually no health benefits
GP, A&E, full prescriptions charges
Ambulances charges
Hospital charges unless you pay
Private medical insurance as well

And they are going to introduce even more charges for those who are already paying for everything under the new Universal health system ---

I keep saying to myself "Stand your ground, people in this country have had it worse (60 pence in the pound..) just pay up and stay working" but that little voice in the back of my head telling me to f*ck everything and just leave, regardless of cost, gets a little louder every day:(

deise08

I'm so sorry lapin but I did a very laugh out loud there reading that.

God you poor thing!
Hope you're feeling someway better today

Ficheall

Well, they do say it's bad luck to fall off a ladder.

razorblunt

Lapin wrote: »

Go on, laugh ye fúckers.

Well, considering you broke ribs you won't be doing any laughing for a while ;-)

Im also going to wear jeans today for no reason other than to open the buttons as I can to make up for the lack of wristedness on your part.

Get well soon though, sounded nasty.

IvyTheTerrible

Get well soon Lapin.

Sinister Pigeon

Farking wasps.

Just for you Lapin, I'm gonna eat an extra ten today.

Slicemeister

Ouch OP. Got away lightly once having fallen of a ladder, still have nightmares the odd time about it. Might sound foolish or inconsiderate but I think having a few broken bones isn't the worst thing, at least you'll never say "jeez I got away with it there".

Speedy recovery!

deise08

http://i.imgur.com/OOkN9h1.jpg

Graces7

well at least you got home...broke my wrist a month ago and they took me to theatre to put k wires in....just wasted three days back and forth to various a and e s as the wretched things slipped inside my wrist.

your post reminded me of this..

http://www.slow-life.co.uk/gerard-hoffnung-the-bricklayers-lament/

sopretty

Reminds me of a rare humorous tweet from the garda twitter account last year.

Some old dear was complaining about the serious issue of swarms of wasps in the area.

The gaurd tweeted that he'd send out a swat team.

--LOS--

jeezuz christ be careful OP, you're ok so you can joke about it but you mightn't have been so lucky, where was your ladder holder eh

JustAddWater

What height was the ladder?

I hate wasps!

sopretty

--LOS-- wrote: »

jeezuz christ be careful OP, you're ok so you can joke about it but you mightn't have been so lucky, where was your ladder holder eh

A ladder holder is not going to do much when you eyeball a wasp!

MadYaker

Jesus how high up were you? I fell off the roof of my mates house a while ago and landed on my car and I didn't break anything.

sopretty

MadYaker wrote: »

Jesus how high up were you? I fell off the roof of my mates house a while ago and landed on my car and I didn't break anything.

It depends how you land and what you land on!

uck51js9zml2yt

You need to break bones in Slovakia. Fell of a horse on the mountain broke 2 ribs and collar bone and was into a+e and home in an hour with a sling and some paracetamol.
Saw the orthopedic and heart/lung consultants next day with no wait.

sopretty

Noemi Greasy Superpower wrote: »

You need to break bones in Slovakia. Fell of a horse on the mountain broke 2 ribs and collar bone and was into a+e and home in an hour with a sling and some paracetamol.
Saw the orthopedic and heart/lung consultants next day with no wait.

Paracetamol for a broken collar bone? Oh the pain!!!!! Have never broken ribs though...

uck51js9zml2yt

sopretty wrote: »

Paracetamol for a broken collar bone? Oh the pain!!!!! Have never broken ribs though...

Were both on the same side. Consultant gave me stronger thankfully.

suicide_circus

I wince when people pronounce ladder as 'lather' - they're the same people who wouldn't be able to make a "th" sound if you paid them in a word that actually requires it.

sopretty

suicide_circus wrote: »

I wince when people pronounce ladder as 'lather' - they're the same people who wouldn't be able to make a "th" sound if you paid them in a word that actually requires it.

Turty tree

It's one of the nuances of hiberno English. No reflection on our intelligence. :P

Do you think that Japanese people who can't decipher an L from an R are TICK?