Posted by Goose on January 14, 2011 at 06:41:40 from (67.63.68.13):
In Reply to: Close Call! posted by Charles Santhuff on January 14, 2011 at 04:27:55:
"We were able to lift the tractor off her and slide her out from under it".
That must have taken some adrenalin!
Once when I was a dumb 16 year old kid, I managed to knock a car off of a jack and onto me. The weight of the car wasn't on me, but the rear axle was across my neck with my head on one side and the rest of me on the other. I naturally yelled like he11. My mother and sister came running, grabbed hold of the fender, and lifted the car enough so I could crawl out.
They tried it later, and couldn't lift it over an inch or two. That was a lesson that has stuck with me for the 60 years since. Whenever I crawl under a vehicle, it dang sure isn't coming down.
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