Seen by an acrophobic from the top of the ladder while hanging koinobori in a strong wind, the distance from eaves to slate tiles on the ground is twice as far as when seen from the below.
I hear you there… I had to clean my gutters recently. The problem is, they are about 35 feet off of the ground (my basement is partially above ground, and it’s a two story home). The only ladder I have is 15 feet. Therefore, what I have to do is climb up the ladder to the top of my screened-in porch, which has a roof. From there, I must pull the ladder up, and set it up so that I can just barely reach one edge of the house roof. The roof of the screened-in porch is NOT flat, and I weigh slightly more than I feel comfortable with my ladder supporting at full extension. Additionally, my house is a Dutch Colonial Revival style built in 1924, so the roof is STEEP.
Needless to say, before I even made it three-fourths of the way up the ladder, I was already mentally in the kitchen searching for the number of Lowe’s Gutter Service.
They’re coming next week.
Mig
Gutters, feh. After Mt. St. Helens erupted in 1980, I had a business for a few weeks cleaning volcanic ash out of people’s gutters. Luckily, most homes in town were one-storey and did not have steep roofs. Unluckily, many had wood shake or wood shingle roofs, which get slimy.
If there is one thing that I have to take with me when I leave it’s those.
My favourites are the bigger than people, sometimes bigger than two people ones. My little village is all flapping with them.
I want some meduim sized ones. Did you get yours when you lived here?
mig
Eh, don’t remind me. Friends sent them to us from Japan – our longest is about 3 meters long. The customs people here wouldn’t believe that they were toys, and we ended up paying a lot in customs fees after a big discussion.
I hear you there… I had to clean my gutters recently. The problem is, they are about 35 feet off of the ground (my basement is partially above ground, and it’s a two story home). The only ladder I have is 15 feet. Therefore, what I have to do is climb up the ladder to the top of my screened-in porch, which has a roof. From there, I must pull the ladder up, and set it up so that I can just barely reach one edge of the house roof. The roof of the screened-in porch is NOT flat, and I weigh slightly more than I feel comfortable with my ladder supporting at full extension. Additionally, my house is a Dutch Colonial Revival style built in 1924, so the roof is STEEP.
Needless to say, before I even made it three-fourths of the way up the ladder, I was already mentally in the kitchen searching for the number of Lowe’s Gutter Service.
They’re coming next week.
Gutters, feh. After Mt. St. Helens erupted in 1980, I had a business for a few weeks cleaning volcanic ash out of people’s gutters. Luckily, most homes in town were one-storey and did not have steep roofs. Unluckily, many had wood shake or wood shingle roofs, which get slimy.
koinobori!
If there is one thing that I have to take with me when I leave it’s those.
My favourites are the bigger than people, sometimes bigger than two people ones. My little village is all flapping with them.
I want some meduim sized ones. Did you get yours when you lived here?
Eh, don’t remind me. Friends sent them to us from Japan – our longest is about 3 meters long. The customs people here wouldn’t believe that they were toys, and we ended up paying a lot in customs fees after a big discussion.
Ouch.