Update re Florida Congressman Steube

[malaise]

Last edited Mon Jan 23, 2023, 11:46 AM - Edit history (1)

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/florida-rep-greg-steube-hospital-accident-home-rcna66892

A U.S. congressman from Florida who was seriously injured in a tree-trimming accident in Sarasota said Saturday he has been discharged from the hospital and is recovering at home.

He added that his office “will provide updates next week on how my recovery will impact my return to Washington.”

On Thursday a tweet posted to the congressman’s official profile said Steube had been “knocked approximately 25 feet down off a ladder while cutting tree limbs on his Sarasota property” the previous day.

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[Casady1]

1. Darwin award winner

who the hell gets up on 25 foot ladder without someone holding the ladder.

[SheltieLover]

2. Yup

[niyad]

3. Locally, any tree work over 20 feet hss to be done by a professional arborist.

[Arthur_Frain]

9. This in CA?

I figure it would be. Thats overregulation in action right there.

[niyad]

10. No, in CO. precisely for that kind of stupidity.

[malaise]

7. Not me

but remember now he is very blessed to have made that stupid decision and suffered the consequences

[Ocelot II]

8. You have to to be dead without having reproduced to get the Darwin Award,

but there should be a Stupid Household Accidents Award. Falling off a 25-foot ladder could do you in; he's lucky it wasn't worse.

[niyad]

22. Honourable mention.

[Maraya1969]

11. Yea and what was he using to cut? A power saw or a regular one?

A power saw can kick back and send you flying.

[Renew Deal]

13. It seems to happen all of the time

Why even go 25 feet up a ladder. Pay the pros to do it.

[Cha]

30. Right.. someone Spotting him?!!

[niyad]

4. Maybe it is just me, but something reeks about that whole situation.

[Ocelot II]

6. Why? People fall off ladders pretty frequently.

Seems to me like one of those ordinary dumb household accidents, something that might have happened to me if I hadn't wised up about staying off ladders.

[niyad]

14. Not the stupidity itself, but after. seriously injured, in icu, and home just a few

days later. Just a feeling.

[Ocelot II]

18. These days they kick you out of the hospital as soon as possible.

If you can be moved without immediate danger to your life, out you go.

[niyad]

23. For the average person, yes. But he's special.

[Lochloosa]

27. They don't want you there any longer than is necessary. It's all about bugs.

They are worried about antibody resistant infections.

[malaise]

15. I have a good friend in his 70s who thought climbing up on their roof to check gutters was cool

I sent him some links showing the consequences and he cut out that crap.

[GoCubsGo]

16. My mom worked at a rehab hospital for several years.

She said that, by far, the most common reasons people were admitted were to recover from car wrecks and falls off ladders. The numbers of the two were not far apart, either.

I don't stay off of ladders, but I don't go up more than two or three rungs. I'm sure as hell not going up 25 feet on one, let alone more than 3 or 4 feet.

[Ocelot II]

19. At my age I'm even nervous about stepladders.

I used to go up a 10' ladder to paint or clean gutters, but falling off one of those would be pretty tough on my old ass these days. A couple of rungs up on a stepladder to dust a light fixture is enough for me.

[Maraya1969]

12. It almost happened to my mother who insisted on cutting palm frons by herself.

After that everyone hired people to do that job.

[rubbersole]

20. I'll go out on a limb and...

[malaise]

25. and?

[rubbersole]

28. Branch out into prognostication...

...not from my roots, but it has a nice ring to it. If I can stick to it...

[malaise]

29. LOL

[Meadowoak]

5. Take all the time you need, and then some.

[SoCalDavidS]

17. He Was Thinking About Biden When He Fell, So It's Biden's Fault nt

[niyad]

21. page not found.

[malaise]

24. Fixed

Thanks

[niyad]

26. You are most welcome. He is an idiot.