Slip sliding away

Wish it was on video to show folks how not to work metal roofs :confused:

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Ah, that’s not a comforting thought.

It was an act of God, what can I do. Thankfully I did pray last night :+1:

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Wish it worked like that. Hahahahaaaha I’d be jumping off roofs every week!

This reminded me of that movie “Fiddler On The Roof” lol

Wait, is that about a Jewish milkman, who tells of the customs in the little Russian town of Anatevka. It is 1905, and life here is as precarious as a fiddler on the roof, yet, through their traditions, the villagers endure.

At Tevye’s house, his wife, Golde, and their five daughters prepare for Sabbath dinner when Yente, the town’s matchmaker, arrives. She tells Golde she has a possible match for Tzeitel, their eldest daughter. The girls speculate about whom they will marry someday, but Tzeitel says they must take whomever Yente arranges for them. Ironically, she has already secretly pledged her love to Motel Kamzoil, a tailor, who has yet to find the courage to ask Tevye for her hand.

As Tevye makes his deliveries around town, he prays, asking what harm there would be if he were a rich man. He meets and takes a liking to Perchik, a student from Kiev, and offers to hire him as a tutor for his two youngest daughters.

When Tevye returns home, Golde informs him that he is to meet Lazar Wolf, a wealthy butcher who is Tevye’s age, following the Sabbath meal to discuss a proposal. Tevye believes Lazar Wolf wants to buy his milk cow, but soon discovers the proposal is that of marriage to Tzeitel. Though Tevye is not very fond of Lazar Wolf, he agrees knowing that his daughter will never starve. They celebrate with others from the village at the local tavern. On his way home, the Russian constable stops Tevye and warns him of an upcoming “demonstration.”

The following day, Tzeitel and Motel plead with Tevye to rethink her marriage arrangement to Lazar Wolf, and to consider Motel instead. Tevye eventually agrees but how to break this news to Golde? He creates a story where Golde’s grandmother and Lazar Wolf’s late wife, Fruma-Sarah, appear to him in a dream and threaten to curse Tzeitel if she marries Lazar Wolf. Golde believes this is a sign and agrees to the match. Tzeitel and Motel are married in a traditional Jewish wedding ceremony, which is unfortunately disrupted by the constable’s “demonstration.”

Meanwhile, Tevya’s second daughter, Hodel, has fallen in love with Perchik. They break tradition by telling Tevya they love each other and will be married, asking only for his blessing and not his permission. This causes Tevya and Golde to contemplate their own marriage and love for each other after twenty-five years.
Perchik promises to send for Hodel and leaves for Kiev to work for the revolution. He is arrested and sent to prison in Siberia. Hodel decides she must go to him, a decision that her father eventually supports.

Weeks pass, and Tevya’s third daughter, Chava has fallen in love with a Russian villager named Fyedka. She pleads with her father to be allowed to marry him; but marrying outside the Jewish faith is unacceptable to him, and he forbids her to see him again. The next day, Chava and Fyedka secretly elope, and Chava is disowned by her family.

The trouble continues as the Russian constable tells all the Jewish villagers they must pack up and leave Anatevka within three days. Everyone prepares to leave as they reminisce about their miserable little town that so many have called home for so long. Chava and Fyedka come to say goodbye and make peace. Tevye refuses to look at her, but has Tzeitel wish her well before they all depart, the fiddler playing as they exit.

I’ve never seen it :confused:

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Somebody found the Cliff notes lol I’m watching it on the 65" right now :grin:

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Glad you’re alright !

Thanks Justin, feeling it tonight :frowning:

So, I just noticed that you’re wearing ears in this pic. What for?

Ears? That’s just a pair of those built in radio ear muffs that he got for a retirement gift from his full-time job back in the early 80’s when they were popular.

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Lol those don’t look like any headphones I’ve ever seen. Maybe they’re retro ones. That’s hip now. All the girls dress like it’s the 70’s again and it’s cool to have old looking stuff

Buttheads, (@marinegrunt @DisplacedTexan) those are 3m worktunes, allows me to answer a call without pulling the phone out.

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I already know how not to work on a metal roof - Step one: get on a wet metal roof.

Hummm, and the whole time I thought he’d atleast leak pizza sause and sarcasm.
Be more careful Coop…

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If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. lol

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Technically it wasn’t wet before I got up there :wink:

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You see that @Racer ? His flexzilla isn’t rolled properly !!
What a slob. :rofl:

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And he’s old enough to know better. :laughing:

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@garry.cooper - when I first saw the pic I thought you were going to tell us that when you started falling you just went head first, banked off the gable and made a clean swan into the pool. Now that would have impressed us. Even if you didn’t you should have lied to us. LOL