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[pscocoa]

My 3 year old granddaughter was on her way up to our house on her scooter with my son  and suddenly went off piste and glanced a parked car. It had made a mark on the car so my son knocked at house  door to report.

A little girl answers - "is your Daddy in" my son says, reply "no my daddy is in the sky". Mother arrived and didn't show any interest in the slight damage. Anyhow my son gave her some money to sort it out as in his view it would not be cured by T cut - turns out her husband was changing a gearbox on his drive and it fell off the axle stands and killed him. Wasn't expecting this story when my son and granddaughter arrived.

[Andy B]

   very sad 

[Viral_Jim]

Indeed, we all, and I am no exception treat the work we do on cars as mundane. And that breeds contempt. We would all do well to consider the risks and what is at stake when we work on our motors.

[STEMO]

Indeed, we all, and I am no exception treat the work we do on cars as mundane. And that breeds contempt. We would all do well to consider the risks and what is at stake when we work on our motors.

I think I’ll be quite safe topping up the screenwash.

[Migv6 le Frog Fan]

Its so easily done, but the consequences are likely to be horrific. I shudder when I think of some of the things I did when I was younger and stupider.
Now, I make a point of stopping to have a think and inspect things before getting under a car.

[Varche]

That is asobering story.

I remember as teenagers me and my friend trying to lift a Ford pop engine and gearbox having got it out and on the ground. The local farmer elbowed us out of the way and just picked it up on his own and carried it over to the shed. Could so easily have been a hernia job.

[Nick W]

Its so easily done, but the consequences are likely to be horrific. I shudder when I think of some of the things I did when I was younger and stupider.
Now, I make a point of stopping to have a think and inspect things before getting under a car.

that is what "carry out risk assessment" actually means in Health and Safety procedures

[BazaJT]

I remember back in the '70's I called round at a mates house and there he was out in the street laid full length under his car[a Marina]doing something or other with it and it was supported solely by the side jack that came with the car Braver/stupider man than me I didn't even trust those things to change a wheel!

[STEMO]

I changed the starter on my triumph herald with a scissor jack. As Albs says, sometimes lying in bed, thinking back..............Jesus.....did I really do that? 

[Sir Tigger KC]

Indeed, we all, and I am no exception treat the work we do on cars as mundane. And that breeds contempt. We would all do well to consider the risks and what is at stake when we work on our motors.

I think I’ll be quite safe topping up the screenwash.

Don't be complacent it could get in your eye! 

[Nick W]

I changed the starter on my triumph herald with a scissor jack. As Albs says, sometimes lying in bed, thinking back..............Jesus.....did I really do that? 

did you use the jack to beat the starter off, rather than undo it??? On a Herald, I can't see why you'd need to do any more than open the bonnet to access the tiny engine cowering in a huge hole.

[STEMO]

I changed the starter on my triumph herald with a scissor jack. As Albs says, sometimes lying in bed, thinking back..............Jesus.....did I really do that? 

did you use the jack to beat the starter off, rather than undo it??? On a Herald, I can't see why you'd need to do any more than open the bonnet to access the tiny engine cowering in a huge hole.

Don’t think I’d have got the top nut off from above. But, even if I could, I felt perfectly safe. Cause I was a young, stupid bastard.

[Migv6 le Frog Fan]

And the difference now is - your old. 

[STEMO]

And the difference now is - your an old, stupid bastard

Finished that for you. 

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

And the difference now is - your an old, stupid bastard

Finished that for you. 

Age is no guarantee of wisdom.

No fool like an old fool.