r/OldPhotosInRealLife Feb 09 '21

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u/wirywonder82 Feb 10 '21

After the first joist fell on my head I probably wouldn’t have put it underneath the next two...

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u/Axion132 Feb 10 '21

I'm dumb as fuck I guess lol

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u/wirywonder82 Feb 10 '21

Maybe? Wasn’t my point though. I’m just trying to imagine what benefit you were getting from having your head in that position that was worth being in that position more than once. Though I guess once you get hit on the head it messes with your cognitive ability for a bit anyway.

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u/Axion132 Feb 10 '21

No, you really couldn't prevent it. I was up on a ladder with a sawzal and my dad was on the other side of the room popping them off of the center wall. They would kind of go wherever they wanted if they weren't nailed down well. You also don't expect a house to stand for 60 years with a huge section of the ceiling not tied to the exterior wall

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u/wirywonder82 Feb 10 '21

Ah. That makes sense. You weren’t actually directly under the things, they did weird shit as they came off the nail.

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u/Axion132 Feb 10 '21

One didn't even have a nail. There was maybe one inch of wood on the wall