— clips that go hard (@clipsthatgohard) June 10, 2023
16 Comments on Hope This Contractor Had Insurance
Just a wild guess here, but I don’t think he’ll ever need insurance again.
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I guess they don’t have Dig Save in the area.
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*Dig Safe
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She blew up real good.
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Back in the late 60s an older gentleman owned a house on the lake in Lakewood, Ohio that blew up in the middle of the night. He woke up still in his bed… in the middle of the front lawn! Aside from some bruises and being very shaken up, he was fine. The house was obliterted though!
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Take a call, make a call.
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I hate it when that happens.
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CIA job?
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A friend took the gas tank out of his 1967 Bronco while his wife was out shopping and tipped it and spilled a gallon of gasoline onto his insulated Carhartt insulated coveralls. Then it was burning his skin, so he checks his watch and the wife won’t be back for three hours yet. His skin so he jumps in the shower and throws the coveralls in the automatic laundry with some laundry powder. He watches a little of a football game then when the machine stops he puts them into the gas dryer and goes back to the game.
When the machine stops he goes to put the overalls back on and get back to welding up the hole in the gas tank. But his coveralls were still damp, so he hits the start button on the machine I get a call from the wife saying that my idiot friend is in the hospital. She was pulling up the driveway headed for home and he came out to meet her. She claims she first saw him coming ten feet in the air and coming at 60 mph, before he hit the lawn and skipped a few times before coming to a stop.
She was out of her mind, having lived in a travel trailer for a couple years while he was building the house and now her house was unlivable. The blast blew the windows out and cracked all of the framing lumber and blew the sheeting off about half of the house and he doesn’t believe in insurance.
He had assumed the water and detergent would take the volatility out of the gasoline, but I guess the fumes were pretty concentrated and heavier than air when he hit the button to start the machine turning and light the burner tray it ignited the gas fumes and blew the house apart.
He actually was not hurt that bad. A few days later he was able to get to work pulling the siding and sheeting off so that he could get a look at the damage.
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My office is 1 mile from where that happened. Nobody seriously hurt. Family cat even survived. Pronto plumbing, the contractor, is really not getting much attention since it happened.
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Did that contractor accidently or intentionally hire by mistake the Wile E Coyote ACME Demolition Corporation as his subcontractor?
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@Beachmom — re: Dig Safe
Years ago I had a good friend who worked for a similar Maryland company called “Miss Utility”. I always liked that name!
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Well, they did blow the house up pronto.
Working in construction I know its a good idea to always know where the gas and water shut off are.
Be prepared, from personal experience, no less.
Oh yeah, don’t check for gas leaks with a lighter.
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Here in Georgia it’s call before you dig.
Forgot to say, a coworker living 5 houses away had significant damage, windows and a basement door off its hinges.
Just a wild guess here, but I don’t think he’ll ever need insurance again.
I guess they don’t have Dig Save in the area.
*Dig Safe
She blew up real good.
Back in the late 60s an older gentleman owned a house on the lake in Lakewood, Ohio that blew up in the middle of the night. He woke up still in his bed… in the middle of the front lawn! Aside from some bruises and being very shaken up, he was fine. The house was obliterted though!
Take a call, make a call.
I hate it when that happens.
CIA job?
A friend took the gas tank out of his 1967 Bronco while his wife was out shopping and tipped it and spilled a gallon of gasoline onto his insulated Carhartt insulated coveralls. Then it was burning his skin, so he checks his watch and the wife won’t be back for three hours yet. His skin so he jumps in the shower and throws the coveralls in the automatic laundry with some laundry powder. He watches a little of a football game then when the machine stops he puts them into the gas dryer and goes back to the game.
When the machine stops he goes to put the overalls back on and get back to welding up the hole in the gas tank. But his coveralls were still damp, so he hits the start button on the machine I get a call from the wife saying that my idiot friend is in the hospital. She was pulling up the driveway headed for home and he came out to meet her. She claims she first saw him coming ten feet in the air and coming at 60 mph, before he hit the lawn and skipped a few times before coming to a stop.
She was out of her mind, having lived in a travel trailer for a couple years while he was building the house and now her house was unlivable. The blast blew the windows out and cracked all of the framing lumber and blew the sheeting off about half of the house and he doesn’t believe in insurance.
He had assumed the water and detergent would take the volatility out of the gasoline, but I guess the fumes were pretty concentrated and heavier than air when he hit the button to start the machine turning and light the burner tray it ignited the gas fumes and blew the house apart.
He actually was not hurt that bad. A few days later he was able to get to work pulling the siding and sheeting off so that he could get a look at the damage.
My office is 1 mile from where that happened. Nobody seriously hurt. Family cat even survived. Pronto plumbing, the contractor, is really not getting much attention since it happened.
Did that contractor accidently or intentionally hire by mistake the Wile E Coyote ACME Demolition Corporation as his subcontractor?
@Beachmom — re: Dig Safe
Years ago I had a good friend who worked for a similar Maryland company called “Miss Utility”. I always liked that name!
Well, they did blow the house up pronto.
Working in construction I know its a good idea to always know where the gas and water shut off are.
Be prepared, from personal experience, no less.
Oh yeah, don’t check for gas leaks with a lighter.
Here in Georgia it’s call before you dig.
Forgot to say, a coworker living 5 houses away had significant damage, windows and a basement door off its hinges.
Hey Babe, do you smell something?