Life as we/you know it can obviously change in a flash. You can win Lotto, you can be injured, you can be dead. Today in NYC a 60 year old woman, architect by profession, was walking on 49th Street, a block I've walked down hundreds of times, and a piece of a building facade tore loose and crushed her.
Kiss your kids, your significant other, every day.
Now that I got my preaching out of the way, let me tell you what happened, well almost, kinda sorta, to me this evening.
NY had freezing rain, at least in the burbs where I live. I park my truck in a private parking lot near the commuter railroad I take into the city. We finished early today and I was back at my truck at 5:30 p.m.
I saw a few icy patches on the sidewalks as I walked the four or so blocks to the lot but was fine.
I arrived at my truck, grabbed the handle, heard it unlock, opened the door, stepped up on the running board as I always do, as I'm guessing all of you also do, as I also grabbed the inner door handle by the latch which you use to open the door from the inside.
As I stepped up, my foot slid immediately toward the body of the truck. The running board had a coat of ice on it. Had I not been strong enough to hold on to the door handle as my body went backward toward the sidewalk, I would have been flat on my back and probably have struck my head on the concrete pavement.
It happened very quickly. It took everything I had to hold myself up horizontally with my left hand/arm and attempt to slide my foot back on the ice so I could stand back up which thankfully I did.
Moral of the story: If it's cold and raining, be vewy, vewy careful of those running boards. Regardless of their matte rough surface, if they turn to ice, they can be quite dangerous.
Kiss your kids, your significant other, every day.
Now that I got my preaching out of the way, let me tell you what happened, well almost, kinda sorta, to me this evening.
NY had freezing rain, at least in the burbs where I live. I park my truck in a private parking lot near the commuter railroad I take into the city. We finished early today and I was back at my truck at 5:30 p.m.
I saw a few icy patches on the sidewalks as I walked the four or so blocks to the lot but was fine.
I arrived at my truck, grabbed the handle, heard it unlock, opened the door, stepped up on the running board as I always do, as I'm guessing all of you also do, as I also grabbed the inner door handle by the latch which you use to open the door from the inside.
As I stepped up, my foot slid immediately toward the body of the truck. The running board had a coat of ice on it. Had I not been strong enough to hold on to the door handle as my body went backward toward the sidewalk, I would have been flat on my back and probably have struck my head on the concrete pavement.
It happened very quickly. It took everything I had to hold myself up horizontally with my left hand/arm and attempt to slide my foot back on the ice so I could stand back up which thankfully I did.
Moral of the story: If it's cold and raining, be vewy, vewy careful of those running boards. Regardless of their matte rough surface, if they turn to ice, they can be quite dangerous.
