Dumb Moves

[Minerat]

I back my wifes car into the garage. The door frame still has the scars where I ripped the drivers side mirror off her 1990 Corsica shortly after we got it. $800 to fix, so filed a claim.

[Finster101]

I'll not cite a single incident but I do things all the time that I look around to see if anyone saw it. If not, it's usually no harm no foul but every now and then one get's in to my pocket. Silly mishaps are one thing but I can't break something and not fix it.

[MT Gianni]

In 76 I rented an apartment next to a body shop. BS-ing one afternoon about someone whose wife was in Idaho Falls and turned onto a median that was now raised after being previously painted. Kept going until her front drivelines pepped from being unable to climb just stretch past where they should have. Had to order parts for a brand new rig, 4 weeks later she got it back, and did it once again returning home. As my buddy said " She must have been really good looking, cause the're still married".

[Big Tom]

In my case, if I was the one causing the little inconvenience, the worst thing would be my wife telling me for the next 10 years, maybe 20 that I need to remember to close the doors of the car when moving it and if I needed some more driving lessons If your wife is different - well there is your thing that should make you feel better

.... I backed my Wife's nearly new Expedition out of the garage with the back glass open....

[lightman]

Well, you guys are making me feel better. I about got too hot this morning cleaning up all of that glass. And good and tired! Man was it everywhere! Insurance man came by while I was sweeping and took pictures. Local body shop owner came by after that. I'll get out early tomorrow and get the rest of the glass picked up. The Wife is using my truck when she has to go someplace. Heck, we're even still married!

[samari46]

Here's my dumb move. I have a bunch of 1/4" x 3' brass brazing rod. So figured I'd make me a cleaning rod. Chucked one end in my sears 6" metal working lathe. Just started the facing of the rod and suddenly the rod bends and starts beating the heck out of the brick wall. Shut it off and waited for it to stop. So after that dumb move tried it with the back gear engaged. No suprises that time. Frank

[Texas by God]

I have a list. Several entries a month. Since 1958.

[lead-1]

Is your driveway gravel? A few years back I was loading stuff in my truck in a hurry because we were going cross town to set up my youngest son's grad party. Well the rear hatch on my truck cap had bad lift arms on it so I used a board on one side to support it, as I put the last armload of stuff on the passenger seat and closed the door I ran around the back of the truck and on the way I reached up and grabbed the hatch to shut it.
When I pulled down I twisted the hatch because the board was still in there and the tempered glass exploded in the gravel driveway. I spent a bunch of days shoveling gravel and glass into buckets to sift the glass out, I wouldn't have worried about it and it would have eventually worked it's way to the bottom of the gravel but that whole area was a spot both dogs ran thru and I was worried about their paws getting cut.
Could you imagine my friends asking what in blue blazes I thought I was doing sifting rocks out of the driveway.

[fast ronnie]

Cleaning my guns one night sitting at the bench which was at the foot of the bed. Had cleaned the 1911, dry fired a few times aiming at the stand in the living room holding two 55 gallon fish tanks. Finished dry firing, put the mag back in and racked the slide. Laid it down on the bed and went to the next gun. Dry fired that one for a little while and laid it on the bed. Picked up the .45 again and dry fired at the fish tank stand again. At least I hit what I was aiming at as the neighbor's couch was on the other side of that wall. The bullet bounced off the steel frame and landed at my feet. All it takes is ONE SECOND. Fortunately only my feelings were hurt. Talk about Brain fade!!!!

[tommag]

I was about 7 or 8. Shooting at discarded power line insulators. Thought I could break one if I just got closer. I put the muzzle a couple inches away and bang, ouch theres blood on my face. The bullet flattened into a pancake and the curve of the insulator directed right back at me. I have a scar on the bridge of my nose right between my eyes. A half inch either way would've been serious.

[Col4570]

Some years ago,backing out of my yard with my head out of the drivers window my fender touched the house Drainpipe I applied the brake and the car stopped but my head continued to move with the inertia and hitting the Door PostThat day I went to work with a painful line down the side of my eye which by home time had gone yellow, by morning I had a fine Black Eye.In response to the many questions from workmates all I could reply was "You should see the other Bloke".

[smokeywolf]

Let my little Arab mare break into a gallup just 150 yards from home. Had a grazing bit in her mouth (don't know why, usually had a hackamore with a bosal on her), she had no intention of slowing down. Like the good barrel racer that she once had been. She turned into the driveway to the property where I boarded her and made like the back of my Chevy Camaro was a barrel. Broke a metatarsal on my left foot on the corner of the rear spoiler on my Camaro.

Never let a horse break from a walk when you're gettin' close to the barn.

[lightman]

Is your driveway gravel? A few years back I was loading stuff in my truck in a hurry because we were going cross town to set up my youngest son's grad party. Well the rear hatch on my truck cap had bad lift arms on it so I used a board on one side to support it, as I put the last armload of stuff on the passenger seat and closed the door I ran around the back of the truck and on the way I reached up and grabbed the hatch to shut it.
When I pulled down I twisted the hatch because the board was still in there and the tempered glass exploded in the gravel driveway. I spent a bunch of days shoveling gravel and glass into buckets to sift the glass out, I wouldn't have worried about it and it would have eventually worked it's way to the bottom of the gravel but that whole area was a spot both dogs ran thru and I was worried about their paws getting cut.
Could you imagine my friends asking what in blue blazes I thought I was doing sifting rocks out of the driveway.

Thankfully the driveway is concrete. I swept up all of the glass that I could see and washed the whole driveway off with the water hose to get all of the tiny slivers. It still took a while and took a lot out of me too!.

[shaper]

I was young and dumb with a BB gun. Somehow I had a 12 ga. shotgun shell. My friend said " Lets shoot it with our BB guns". We cut the paper shell off and dumped the powder and shot out. After all, we didn't want to get hurt. We found a perfect V in a small sapling to hold it in place. I was to shoot at it first so we backed off to what we decided would be safe. I took aim and shot. The BB hit the primer , it went off. The primer ignition sent that BB right back to me and hit one of my front teeth. It didn't brake but it did die later and had to be pulled. This is the first time I told this story.

[Hannibal]

Fella I knew in the Navy had a crescent shaped scar on his forehead. Took 3 months of getting to know him and half a fifth of Jim Beam to hear that story.

Very similar to yours. Main difference was it involved a vice in the tool shed instead of a tree fork.

[MrWolf]

Started me thinking of all my screw ups. Just way to many to choose. Thank God all the time I am still here.

[bikerbeans]

I had an almost new 1993 ford f350 with a goose neck hitch. After working and driving for about 16 hours I unhitched the trailer and drove away without lowering the tailgate. Diesels have good torque, the tailgate ripping off hardly slowed the truck down.

A few years later I bought a new f350 with a gooseneck hitch. First day on a jobsite I needed to move a gooseneck trailer. I had the bright idea I would save my new tailgate by removing it. I did, and before I could put the tailgate in a safe place a rubber tire wheel loader backed over it.

BB

[lightman]

You're not the first to make do that with a gooseneck.

[rl69]

Let my little Arab mare break into a gallup just 150 yards from home. Had a grazing bit in her mouth (don't know why, usually had a hackamore with a bosal on her), she had no intention of slowing down. Like the good barrel racer that she once had been. She turned into the driveway to the property where I boarded her and made like the back of my Chevy Camaro was a barrel. Broke a metatarsal on my left foot on the corner of the rear spoiler on my Camaro.

Never let a horse break from a walk when you're gettin' close to the barn.

I have a Arabian paint (scared of her own shadow) we were visiting the neighbor when she started geting real stupid so I kicked her and said lets go,and go we went. About half way home I lost my hat. I sat back grabbed the rains she wasent having none of it. She pitched me over her head my side slammed into a culvert broke two ribs. I got up walked home,climbed back on and went and got my hat slowly very very slowly.

[rancher1913]

not me, but at work yesterday one of the guys decided to not make sure everything was lowered on one of our new 2 million dollar coil units and hit a bridge. mangled the half million dollar injector head and put the unit out of commission until we can get it fixed, even rushing parts it will be several more days. the lost revenue is about 75 grand a day. really really glad it was not me.