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Two points of 'interest'
It all started on Saturday morning when El Kabong and MrBug, along with a posse of fellow workers, went to work on a Habitat for Humanity site here in our fine state. MrBug was on the roof of a house being constructed and El Kabong was two stories below, on the ground. Together, they were manipulating a large piece of house (MrBug has explained what this piece was but I've forgotten in typical SpedBug fashion). Let's just say it was a construct of metal and some other semi-flexible material, large and needed to be manipulated from both the roof and the ground for some reason that would make sense to a contractor. Let's not dwell on the minutiae. It was a large piece of heavy something. 'Nuff said.
There's a rope involved here, somewhere. It's tied to the piece of semi-flexible building material for a reason beyond my limited recollection (don't push me, okay? If you want me to remember my name I have to let some details go on a day-to-day basis, people). Anyway, at one point during the moving (or perhaps raising?) of this object, it begins to lose stability and the rope wraps around a crow bar in MrBug's tool pouch. The rope yanks the crow bar and, as MrBug grabs it, begins to pull him over so he let's go and yells "Watch out!" to those below.
Not ten minutes before, MrBug swears he asked, "Shouldn't you guys be wearing hard hats?" to the men on the ground. They thought it unnecessary.
MrBug says the sound of a metal crow bar hitting a man's head makes a very unexpected and odd thudding sound. No "kabong" sound, like the cartoons, just an odd, flat, meaty thwack.
MrBug stares over the edge, in horror. It's hit someone! The man says something like "Oh, wow" and, then, MrBug said he could see the dark, wet stain appear on his head. In a rousing, touching show of comraderie and support, El Kabong's men pull out their camera phones to take pictures of the massacre..er accident, as he's being patched up by the Habitat for Humanity people.
Off to the nearest hospital go MrBug with El Kabong. This hospital is Wilmington General or, as MrBug now likes to refer to it, "Freak Central". El Kabong is stapled up and has a CaT scan to make sure nothing's permanently scrambled.
I've made it all seem very 'in and out' but, in reality, they were at the hospital for hours. Some of this time, they sat in the waiting room. It was a hot day and, as might be expected, some homeless men came in to enjoy the air-conditioned cool spot and a bit of television. They gravitated to my husband who swears he gives off a special pheremone that attracts odd people.
One man changed his shirt three times and took his socks off to put them on his hands. He, then, proceeded to stretch, in front of MrBug's chair, as if he were going to run a marathon. He sang to MrBug, too. A second homeless man sat down with MrBug and, as they watched the t.v. version of Stephen King's "It", turned and grinned, giggling, every time the clown came on.
All in all, Saturday was an interesting and informative day for MrBug. El Kabong is okay, in case anyone was wondering (although I imagine the shirt he was wearing was not salvageable unless saved for a Halloween, "Freddy Kruger" type stint).
As I mentioned, somewhere back in some earlier post, I was making a scarf for my niece in California (for her birthday). I completed it, tonight, and wanted to post it for your viewing enjoyment.
Scarf modeled by Savagefuzzball's friend "Baci":
I made my own laminated "name brand" tag, too (with washing instructions on reverse)!
I'll be mailing that out, soon. Hope my niece likes it (even though she lives in Sacramento and needs a scarf like a crow bar to the head). ;)
The sub-flooring is down, for the most part (there's one little tiny spot where the pedestal sink will go that isn't covered) and about 5/8 of the wall area is insulated (we ran out of insulation and have to buy a whole big bundle for about 5 bays. :oP). Next: the bathroom door shall be installed, the remaining insulation bought and installed and, then, drywall!
>The man says something like "Oh, wow"
Poor El Kabong. His given name is a strangely onomatapaeic description of the accident to which he was prone. Kabong!
love the laminated tag
glad El Kabong is ok, hope MrBug not feeling guilty.
Consider the idea 'open game'
When and if you do it, I'd love to see the "deenbat" logo/tag.
Oh, by the way, I keep meaning to take a picture of the newly framed "Sanctuary" x-stitch I did with my first ever cut work. It didn't come out too bad...thanks for the encouragement. :)
Re: Consider the idea 'open game'
there will be pics of all my projects (there always are, for my own records), so with any luck I'll remember to take a pic of the tag as well... (2 baby quilts, and 2 woven baby blankets...)
and no, batlogic doesn't extend to any secret thrills regarding intellectual theft, so the general amnesty & idea sharing is appreciated!! ;-)
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Glad Mr El Kabong is okay. MrBug would have felt way worse if he'd permanently injured the guy's thinker.
The fringe yarn on the scarf is like BUTTER
I like the way the scarf came out, too; very festive. Thanks for the compliment. :) :)