Thanks, I feel a bit better now. *smile* I was fortunate that there was something relatively flexible to cushion my fall; I don't know what. Falling onto a stove sounds truly painful! Joanie ----- Original Message ----- From: <talmage@xxxxxxxxxx> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, March 18, 2005 5:10 AM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Wife as aide > You don't have to be visually impaired to have that kind of stuff happen. > When we were building my house, my brother-in-law had a piece of plywood > covering a hole in the loft floor. One of his helpers went around neat > nicking, picking up scrap pieces of wood; when my brother-in-law stepped > backwards, he ended up in the living-room on top of the wood stove > wondering what happened to the plywood he had covering that hole. > > Dave > > At 05:17 AM 3/18/2005, you wrote: > >Same sort of thing happened once when I was at a neighbor's house and walked > >into a closet which had no floor, and I fell down to the first level of the > >house! (the house was still being built... very odd, now that I'm thinking > >of it.) The kids' mother just said "Honey, I'd rather you guys didn't play > >down here." and sent me on my way. No one knew I'd fallen. I went home with > >my concealed scratches, without telling anyone, and got scolded for being > >over there in the first place! > > > >Joanie > > > >