April 2005 San Francisco
I have to preface this account of living low on Haight St with the story of why I was out on disability for a little while. At the time, I was working as a carpenter doing a $1,000,000 remodel on the highest house in San Francisco, right under Sutro Tower. Here is a condensed version, originally entitled “Gravity 1, Chris 0” :
I got another big break!……except this one is in my leg. I was at work, adding a piece of trim under the eave of a new section of roof. This involved standing on a ladder atop a lower section of roof, and leaning it against the outside of the wall I was working on. Suddenly the ladder slipped out from under me. I followed the ladder down and bounced off the roof, then slid ass-first under the safety rail, followed by the 10-pound electric sawzall. (more…)
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