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Dear Sir:
"I am writing in response to your request for additional information in
Block 3 of the accident report form. I put "poor planning" as the cause of
my accident. You asked for a fuller explanation and I trust the following
details will be sufficient. I am a bricklayer by trade. On the day of the
accident, I was working alone on the roof of a new six-story building.
When I completed my work, I found that I had some bricks left over which,
when weighed later were found to be slightly more than 500 lbs. Rather than
carry the bricks down by hand, I decided to lower them in a barrel by using
a pulley, which was attached to the side of the building on the sixth floor.
Securing the rope at ground level, I went up to the roof, swung the barrel
out and loaded the bricks into it. Then I went down and untied the rope,
holding it tightly to ensure a slow descent of the bricks.
You will note in Block 11 of the accident report form, that I weigh 135 lbs.
Due to my surprise of being jerked off the ground so suddenly, that I lost
my presence of mind and forgot to let go of the rope. Needless to say, I
proceeded at a rapid rate up the side of the building. In the vicinity of
the third floor, I met the barrel which was now proceeding downward at an
equal, impressive speed. This explained the fractured skull, minor abrasions
and the broken collarbone, as listed in section 3 of the accident report
form. Slowed down slightly, I continued my rapid ascent, not stopping until
the fingers on my right had were two knuckles deep into the pulley.
Fortunately by this time I had regained my presence of mind and was able to
hold tightly to the rope, in spite of beginning to experience a great deal
of pain. At approximately the same time, however, the barrel of bricks hit
the ground and the bottom fell out of the barrel. Now devoid of the weight
of the bricks, that barrel weighed approximately 50 lbs. I refer you again
to my weight. As you can imagine, I began a rapid descent, down the side of
the building. In the vicinity of the third floor, I met the barrel coming
up. This accounts for the two fractured ankles, broken tooth and several
lacerations of my legs and lower body. Here my luck began to change
slightly. The encounter with the barrel seemed to slow me enough to lessen
my injuries when I fell into the pile of bricks and fortunately, only three
vertebrae were cracked. I am sorry to report, however, as I lay there on the
pile of bricks, in pain, unable to move, I again lost my composure and
presence of mind and let go of the rope and I lay there watching the empty
barrel beginning its journey back down onto me. This explains the two broken
legs.
"I am writing in response to your request for additional information in
Block 3 of the accident report form. I put "poor planning" as the cause of
my accident. You asked for a fuller explanation and I trust the following
details will be sufficient. I am a bricklayer by trade. On the day of the
accident, I was working alone on the roof of a new six-story building.
When I completed my work, I found that I had some bricks left over which,
when weighed later were found to be slightly more than 500 lbs. Rather than
carry the bricks down by hand, I decided to lower them in a barrel by using
a pulley, which was attached to the side of the building on the sixth floor.
Securing the rope at ground level, I went up to the roof, swung the barrel
out and loaded the bricks into it. Then I went down and untied the rope,
holding it tightly to ensure a slow descent of the bricks.
You will note in Block 11 of the accident report form, that I weigh 135 lbs.
Due to my surprise of being jerked off the ground so suddenly, that I lost
my presence of mind and forgot to let go of the rope. Needless to say, I
proceeded at a rapid rate up the side of the building. In the vicinity of
the third floor, I met the barrel which was now proceeding downward at an
equal, impressive speed. This explained the fractured skull, minor abrasions
and the broken collarbone, as listed in section 3 of the accident report
form. Slowed down slightly, I continued my rapid ascent, not stopping until
the fingers on my right had were two knuckles deep into the pulley.
Fortunately by this time I had regained my presence of mind and was able to
hold tightly to the rope, in spite of beginning to experience a great deal
of pain. At approximately the same time, however, the barrel of bricks hit
the ground and the bottom fell out of the barrel. Now devoid of the weight
of the bricks, that barrel weighed approximately 50 lbs. I refer you again
to my weight. As you can imagine, I began a rapid descent, down the side of
the building. In the vicinity of the third floor, I met the barrel coming
up. This accounts for the two fractured ankles, broken tooth and several
lacerations of my legs and lower body. Here my luck began to change
slightly. The encounter with the barrel seemed to slow me enough to lessen
my injuries when I fell into the pile of bricks and fortunately, only three
vertebrae were cracked. I am sorry to report, however, as I lay there on the
pile of bricks, in pain, unable to move, I again lost my composure and
presence of mind and let go of the rope and I lay there watching the empty
barrel beginning its journey back down onto me. This explains the two broken
legs.
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"Stood in firelight, sweltering. Bloodstain on chest like map of violent new
continent. Felt cleansed. Felt dark planet turn under my feet and knew what
cats know that makes them scream like babies in the night."
"Looked at sky through smoke heavy with human fat and god was not there. The
cold, suffocating dark goes on forever, and we are alone..."
"Live our lives, lacking anything better to do. Devise reason later. Born
from oblivion; bear children, hell-bound as ourselves go into oblivion.
There is nothing else."
"Existence is random. Has no pattern save what we imagine after staring at
it for too long. No meaning save what we choose to impose."
"This rudderless world is not shaped by vague metaphysical forces. It is not
god who kills the children. Not fate that butchers them or destiny that
feeds them to the dogs. It's us. Only us."
"Streets stank of fire. The void breathed hard on my heart, turning its
illusions to ice, shattering them. Was reborn then, free to scrawl own
design on this morally blank world. Was Rorschach."
-Rorschach (Alan Moore in "Watchmen")
continent. Felt cleansed. Felt dark planet turn under my feet and knew what
cats know that makes them scream like babies in the night."
"Looked at sky through smoke heavy with human fat and god was not there. The
cold, suffocating dark goes on forever, and we are alone..."
"Live our lives, lacking anything better to do. Devise reason later. Born
from oblivion; bear children, hell-bound as ourselves go into oblivion.
There is nothing else."
"Existence is random. Has no pattern save what we imagine after staring at
it for too long. No meaning save what we choose to impose."
"This rudderless world is not shaped by vague metaphysical forces. It is not
god who kills the children. Not fate that butchers them or destiny that
feeds them to the dogs. It's us. Only us."
"Streets stank of fire. The void breathed hard on my heart, turning its
illusions to ice, shattering them. Was reborn then, free to scrawl own
design on this morally blank world. Was Rorschach."
-Rorschach (Alan Moore in "Watchmen")
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Yahweh Nissi
"The LORD Is My Banner"
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"And so that is the reaction of one bleating layman to Modern Theology. It is right that you should hear it. You may not hear it very often. Your parishioners are unlikely to be so frank with you. The layman used to be anxious to conceal the fact that he believed so much less then the vicar - he now tends to conceal the fact that he believes so much more. Missionary to the priests of one's own curch is an embarasing role; but I fear that if such a mission is not carried out soon, the future history of the Church of England is likely to be short."
C.S. Lewis (probably slightly paraphrased, as I do not have the book in front of me) telling it right on - as usual.
C.S. Lewis (probably slightly paraphrased, as I do not have the book in front of me) telling it right on - as usual.
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You can stand tall without standing on someone. You can be a victor without having victims.
- Harriet Woods
- Harriet Woods
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"I will permit no man to narrow and degrade my soul by making me hate him."
Booker T. Washington
Booker T. Washington
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Thank You Jerry
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Why fear the dark?
How can we help but love it
when it is the darkness
that brings the stars to us?
Whats more: who does not know
that it is on the darkest nights
that the stars acquire
their greatest splendor?
-Dom Helder Camara
How can we help but love it
when it is the darkness
that brings the stars to us?
Whats more: who does not know
that it is on the darkest nights
that the stars acquire
their greatest splendor?
-Dom Helder Camara
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Silence is the great teacher, and to learn its lessons you must pay
attention to it. There is no substitute for the creative inspiration,
knowledge, and stability that come from knowing how to contact your core of
inner silence.
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attention to it. There is no substitute for the creative inspiration,
knowledge, and stability that come from knowing how to contact your core of
inner silence.
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FaithfulServant
The Lord directs my steps
O Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled as to console; to be understood, as to understand; to be loved, as to love; for it is in giving that we receive, it is in pardoning that we are pardoned, and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life. Amen.
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I think it is a shoddy, unusual thing to do to use the floor of the Senate to attack your opponent without any proof whatever.
Senator Joseph McCarthy
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People in the highter income groups have greater spending power than those with small incoms.
Trades Union Congress Statement on Economics, TUC Conference, 1956.
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It's true that no man is an island, but if you tie 30 or 40 dead guys
together, it makes a heck'uva raft.
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together, it makes a heck'uva raft.
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