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Maggie’s Motivational Pic Thread v2.0 - - New Rules - See Post #1

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I did something similar while working in a garage around 1973, before the dead man switches. Letting a car down, started working through a door while it was coming down. I felt the top of the lift coming down on my toes and scrunched them up in my boots, narrowly missing having my toes crushed. But I was trapped, and had to yell for someone to raise the lift. Waaay too close of a call...and you can be sure I didn't go anywhere near a lowering lift after that episode

Age 14 I worked part time at my Dad's service station (when they still had them). Was helping a guy install coil over springs on the rear shocks of his Chrysler so he could tow his boat. Used a floor jack and a piece of pipe under the differential to compress/decompress the shocks to find the best location for the clamps. The pipe was a little short, so we would raise or lower the lift. Like an idiot I'm standing there with my hand on the raised jack handle when he lowers the lift intending to raise. Before he could reverse directions, the jack, using my hand, had reshaped the fuel tank to the point fuel was flowing out the filler neck.

Walked two blocks to the ER. No broken bones, just lost a little skin. Returned to work and painted UP and DOWN on the wall next to the lift control.

The next week I helped him install a new fuel tank. Said it held eight gallons less.