In my misspent youth I fell off a pier and cracked my head and ended up in the ER at 4 am getting dozens of stitches. I only mention it because earlier in the evening we'd been hanging out on the very non-flat, third story roof of a friend's house, so all in all it was probably not the worst thing that could have happened.
But? There's always a but. When this is over, can we have a big 'but' moratorium?
Fred ,'Smile Time'
Natter 63: Life after PuppyCam
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
brenda m - Feb 09, 2009 2:42:04 pm PST #5812 of 30000
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
sarameg - Feb 09, 2009 3:06:14 pm PST #5813 of 30000
I always say I don't fear heights, I fear falling, and seeing the far away ground by my feet does that. I don't like floor to ceiling windows more than a few flights up. Put a railing or wall at least to my waist and I'm fine. A telescope balcony way up? Fine, as long as it is solid and not grating. I've taken in this view: [link] personally, but I wouldn't go anywhere near the edge (taken from popping out out the top of this: [link] My bottom half stayed inside the enclosure.)
(Also, that's a balcony WITH grating and it terrifies me. As did exiting the door to it, because that was before they extended the railing higher by the door. Don't even get me started on the platform the Sloan is on. Grating over the side of the mountain. I couldn't do the glass walkway over the Grand Canyon....)
sarameg - Feb 09, 2009 3:07:25 pm PST #5814 of 30000
Sloan platform: [link]
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Trudy Booth - Feb 09, 2009 3:07:26 pm PST #5815 of 30000
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
The President is even hotter when he's ticked off, isn't he?
§ ita § - Feb 09, 2009 3:09:51 pm PST #5816 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Happy birthday, Suzi!
my first foray up to my roof ended up with my first bee/wasp sting. I was right off both.
Wow. I can't believe making it to adulthood without being stung.
My fear is more of steep grades than heights. Impractical, because grades I can climb still creep me out.
sarameg - Feb 09, 2009 3:10:52 pm PST #5817 of 30000
Never been stung.
Calli - Feb 09, 2009 3:13:48 pm PST #5818 of 30000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
The President is even hotter when he's ticked off, isn't he?
Mmmmmmm, intense foaminess!
Never been stung.
I've been stung a couple of times. Mom was allergic to bee stings, so the first time I wondered if I was gong to die. The next time I just hated on yellow jackets a little bit more.
Theodosia - Feb 09, 2009 3:18:04 pm PST #5819 of 30000
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
I've only been stung once, by a bee.
Jesse - Feb 09, 2009 3:23:50 pm PST #5820 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Yeah, I'm pretty sure I've been stung once by a bee and that's it. It put me right off bees, though, I tell you what! I had this notion that they won't sting you if you don't bother them (probably mostly true), but the way I implemented that was by completely freezing any time I saw a bee, until it flew away. I still have to remind myself that I don't actually have to do that.
Sophia Brooks - Feb 09, 2009 3:30:16 pm PST #5821 of 30000
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
I did the completely freezing thing, too. I was stung by a bee at age five when one accidentally got caught in my sweater and I panicked.
I do not do grates, either. I can barely walk across a bridge with a grate. Solid, please.