Re: [MBZ] OT high achievement yesterday
WIlton, Are you OK? Lots of damage in NC according to the boobtube. WILTON via Mercedes wrote: 'Nother ATTABOY! w ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT high achievement yesterday
Of course not. He ain't stupid. After all what can you see from 50-60 feet up? Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote: I used to work with a guy who was the same way. Big guy, maybe 300 pounds but 6’6”. Deathly afraid of heights, wouldn’t even get on a stepladder. We had a job to service a generator on top of a four story building in downtown Indianapolis one time. The stairs came up in he middle of the building and the generator was right next to where the stairs came out. I kept walking over to the edge of the roof and yelling at him, “Hey Don, you gotta see this - there’s some girl in the street flashing people!!!” He wouldn’t go for it. -D On Apr 15, 2018, at 3:07 PM, Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes wrote: I had a neighbor who could not climb a 2ft ladder. Was deathly afraid. But he was a B-17 pilot in WW2 and thoroughly loved flying even when the krauts were firing flak at him. Go figure. --R Sent from iPhone On Apr 15, 2018, at 1:07 PM, G Mann via Mercedes wrote: You need a pilots license to climb that. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT high achievement yesterday
Why? 5th step or 35th; there is no difference. (former ladder monkey) Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote: Holy mother of pearl! I’m not afraid of heights as long as I’ve got a solid surface below me, but there is no way I would go up on that. You’re far more of a man than I’ll ever be. No way I would go up a ladder to that height. -D ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT high achievement yesterday
Why? 5th step or 35th; there is no difference. (former ladder monkey) Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote: Holy mother of pearl! I’m not afraid of heights as long as I’ve got a solid surface below me, but there is no way I would go up on that. You’re far more of a man than I’ll ever be. No way I would go up a ladder to that height. -D ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT high achievement yesterday
thass purty high up! Max Dillon via Mercedes wrote: I rented a forty foot ladder yesterday to address a problem with the chimney chase cap. After twenty-four years it had rusted through and water was dripping onto the fire box. ___ ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
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Re: [MBZ] OT high achievement yesterday
> Grant wrote: > I've spent over 18,000 hours flying lower than your 40 ft > chimney crop dusting. Wow. That's almost 9 years at 40 hr/week, 52 weeks a year. I know that no flying job is _that_ steady, especially in small planes. Amazing. > in a different thread Grant wrote: > > If you want to live a long time, keep involved in what you love > to do. ... well, that, and pick your ancestors carefully. And don't fly crop dusters *smiles* A quick look shows that in 2001, the rate was one death per 100,000 hours flown. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT high achievement yesterday
I used to work with a guy who was the same way. Big guy, maybe 300 pounds but 6’6”. Deathly afraid of heights, wouldn’t even get on a stepladder. We had a job to service a generator on top of a four story building in downtown Indianapolis one time. The stairs came up in he middle of the building and the generator was right next to where the stairs came out. I kept walking over to the edge of the roof and yelling at him, “Hey Don, you gotta see this - there’s some girl in the street flashing people!!!” He wouldn’t go for it. -D > On Apr 15, 2018, at 3:07 PM, Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes > wrote: > > I had a neighbor who could not climb a 2ft ladder. Was deathly afraid. But he > was a B-17 pilot in WW2 and thoroughly loved flying even when the krauts > were firing flak at him. Go figure. > > --R > Sent from iPhone > >> On Apr 15, 2018, at 1:07 PM, G Mann via Mercedes >> wrote: >> >> You need a pilots license to climb that. > > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT high achievement yesterday
I had a neighbor who could not climb a 2ft ladder. Was deathly afraid. But he was a B-17 pilot in WW2 and thoroughly loved flying even when the krauts were firing flak at him. Go figure. --R Sent from iPhone > On Apr 15, 2018, at 1:07 PM, G Mann via Mercedes > wrote: > > You need a pilots license to climb that. ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT high achievement yesterday
I have found that when I go near such a climb I should always wear a Safety Fall Harness, with a 20 ft rope staked to the ground 100 ft away from the climb the 20 ft fall rope keeps me from making the climb and I keep safe with both feet firmly on the ground.. Just saying.. ;)) [former base jumper who willingly jumped off of tall buildings and radio towers and got good at "hop and pop" chute opening] On Sun, Apr 15, 2018 at 10:48 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > I have scaled/climbed some of the tallest masts in the CONUS, and been on > the top of many a tall building, but if I don’t have a solid surface under > me I’m not going. There’s a 1600’ TV transmitter mast about a mile south > of me I climbed back in the late 90s in my former career, and whenever I > drive past it I marvel at the fact that I did it. That’s nearly 10 minutes > going up in the little open man lift in the middle, than another 100’ or so > climb up a ladder. > > I did this one outside of Fargo back in the early 90s when I was a much > younger//fitter man: > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KVLY-TV_mast > > I will say the view was spectacular. > > -D > > > > On Apr 15, 2018, at 1:38 PM, Greg Fiorentino via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > > I'm kind of like that too...I'm not afraid of heights as long as I can > keep one foot on the ground. > > > > I had a tough time of it when I worked as a steamfitter-rigger on a > powerhouse in the Hudson Valley across the river from West Point. As a > member of the "bull gang" I often had to climb ladders like that with a > chain fall over my shoulders to hook up to a beam...crawling out on the > beam to get it in the right spot. I did become somewhat desensitized, but > never liked it. > > > > Greg > > > > -Original Message- > > From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of Dan > Penoff via Mercedes > > Sent: Sunday, April 15, 2018 10:17 AM > > To: Okie Benz > > Cc: Dan Penoff > > Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT high achievement yesterday > > > > Holy mother of pearl! I’m not afraid of heights as long as I’ve got a > solid surface below me, but there is no way I would go up on that. > > > > You’re far more of a man than I’ll ever be. No way I would go up a > ladder to that height. > > > > -D > > > > > >> On Apr 15, 2018, at 1:03 PM, Max Dillon via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > >> > >> I rented a forty foot ladder yesterday to address a problem with the > chimney chase cap. After twenty-four years it had rusted through and water > was dripping onto the fire box. > >> -- > >> Max Dillon > >> Charleston SC > >> '87 300TD > >> '95 E300___ > >> http://www.okiebenz.com > >> > >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > >> > >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > >> > > > > > > ___ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > > > > ___ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT high achievement yesterday
I have scaled/climbed some of the tallest masts in the CONUS, and been on the top of many a tall building, but if I don’t have a solid surface under me I’m not going. There’s a 1600’ TV transmitter mast about a mile south of me I climbed back in the late 90s in my former career, and whenever I drive past it I marvel at the fact that I did it. That’s nearly 10 minutes going up in the little open man lift in the middle, than another 100’ or so climb up a ladder. I did this one outside of Fargo back in the early 90s when I was a much younger//fitter man: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KVLY-TV_mast I will say the view was spectacular. -D > On Apr 15, 2018, at 1:38 PM, Greg Fiorentino via Mercedes > wrote: > > I'm kind of like that too...I'm not afraid of heights as long as I can keep > one foot on the ground. > > I had a tough time of it when I worked as a steamfitter-rigger on a > powerhouse in the Hudson Valley across the river from West Point. As a member > of the "bull gang" I often had to climb ladders like that with a chain fall > over my shoulders to hook up to a beam...crawling out on the beam to get it > in the right spot. I did become somewhat desensitized, but never liked it. > > Greg > > -Original Message- > From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of Dan Penoff > via Mercedes > Sent: Sunday, April 15, 2018 10:17 AM > To: Okie Benz > Cc: Dan Penoff > Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT high achievement yesterday > > Holy mother of pearl! I’m not afraid of heights as long as I’ve got a solid > surface below me, but there is no way I would go up on that. > > You’re far more of a man than I’ll ever be. No way I would go up a ladder to > that height. > > -D > > >> On Apr 15, 2018, at 1:03 PM, Max Dillon via Mercedes >> wrote: >> >> I rented a forty foot ladder yesterday to address a problem with the chimney >> chase cap. After twenty-four years it had rusted through and water was >> dripping onto the fire box. >> -- >> Max Dillon >> Charleston SC >> '87 300TD >> '95 E300___ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> > > > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT high achievement yesterday
I'm good as long as I'm on the ladder, what gets tough for me is getting on and off the top of the ladder. Didn't have to do that yesterday, did all the work from the ladder. -- Max Dillon Charleston SC '87 300TD '95 E300 On April 15, 2018 1:38:11 PM EDT, Greg Fiorentino via Mercedes wrote: >I'm kind of like that too...I'm not afraid of heights as long as I can >keep one foot on the ground. > >I had a tough time of it when I worked as a steamfitter-rigger on a >powerhouse in the Hudson Valley across the river from West Point. As a >member of the "bull gang" I often had to climb ladders like that with a >chain fall over my shoulders to hook up to a beam...crawling out on the >beam to get it in the right spot. I did become somewhat desensitized, >but never liked it. > >Greg > >-Original Message- >From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of Dan >Penoff via Mercedes >Sent: Sunday, April 15, 2018 10:17 AM >To: Okie Benz >Cc: Dan Penoff >Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT high achievement yesterday > >Holy mother of pearl! I’m not afraid of heights as long as I’ve got a >solid surface below me, but there is no way I would go up on that. > >You’re far more of a man than I’ll ever be. No way I would go up a >ladder to that height. > >-D > > >> On Apr 15, 2018, at 1:03 PM, Max Dillon via Mercedes > wrote: >> >> I rented a forty foot ladder yesterday to address a problem with the >chimney chase cap. After twenty-four years it had rusted through and >water was dripping onto the fire box. >> -- >> Max Dillon >> Charleston SC >> '87 300TD >> '95 E300___ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> > > >___ >http://www.okiebenz.com > >To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > >To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > >___ >http://www.okiebenz.com > >To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > >To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT high achievement yesterday
I'm kind of like that too...I'm not afraid of heights as long as I can keep one foot on the ground. I had a tough time of it when I worked as a steamfitter-rigger on a powerhouse in the Hudson Valley across the river from West Point. As a member of the "bull gang" I often had to climb ladders like that with a chain fall over my shoulders to hook up to a beam...crawling out on the beam to get it in the right spot. I did become somewhat desensitized, but never liked it. Greg -Original Message- From: Mercedes [mailto:mercedes-boun...@okiebenz.com] On Behalf Of Dan Penoff via Mercedes Sent: Sunday, April 15, 2018 10:17 AM To: Okie Benz Cc: Dan Penoff Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT high achievement yesterday Holy mother of pearl! I’m not afraid of heights as long as I’ve got a solid surface below me, but there is no way I would go up on that. You’re far more of a man than I’ll ever be. No way I would go up a ladder to that height. -D > On Apr 15, 2018, at 1:03 PM, Max Dillon via Mercedes > wrote: > > I rented a forty foot ladder yesterday to address a problem with the chimney > chase cap. After twenty-four years it had rusted through and water was > dripping onto the fire box. > -- > Max Dillon > Charleston SC > '87 300TD > '95 E300___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT high achievement yesterday
Holy mother of pearl! I’m not afraid of heights as long as I’ve got a solid surface below me, but there is no way I would go up on that. You’re far more of a man than I’ll ever be. No way I would go up a ladder to that height. -D > On Apr 15, 2018, at 1:03 PM, Max Dillon via Mercedes > wrote: > > I rented a forty foot ladder yesterday to address a problem with the chimney > chase cap. After twenty-four years it had rusted through and water was > dripping onto the fire box. > -- > Max Dillon > Charleston SC > '87 300TD > '95 E300___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT high achievement yesterday
My neighbors helped with the ladder, wife (instructor pilot) really was tempted to climb up and look around. The first time up was a little unnerving, so I just focused on the task. -- Max Dillon Charleston SC '87 300TD '95 E300 On April 15, 2018 1:07:57 PM EDT, G Mann via Mercedes wrote: >You need a pilots license to climb that. > >I've spent over 18,000 hours flying lower than your 40 ft chimney crop >dusting. > >Glad you made it down in steps without having to use your parachute. > >On Sun, Apr 15, 2018 at 10:03 AM, Max Dillon via Mercedes < >mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > >> I rented a forty foot ladder yesterday to address a problem with the >> chimney chase cap. After twenty-four years it had rusted through and >water >> was dripping onto the fire box. >> -- >> Max Dillon >> Charleston SC >> '87 300TD >> '95 E300 >> ___ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> >> >> >___ >http://www.okiebenz.com > >To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > >To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
Re: [MBZ] OT high achievement yesterday
You need a pilots license to climb that. I've spent over 18,000 hours flying lower than your 40 ft chimney crop dusting. Glad you made it down in steps without having to use your parachute. On Sun, Apr 15, 2018 at 10:03 AM, Max Dillon via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > I rented a forty foot ladder yesterday to address a problem with the > chimney chase cap. After twenty-four years it had rusted through and water > was dripping onto the fire box. > -- > Max Dillon > Charleston SC > '87 300TD > '95 E300 > ___ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > ___ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
