Oy! My Back!
I did something to my back. I find it interesting that after all these years, my body shows me new things that can be accomplished. When I was much younger than I am now, I climbed telephone poles as part of my job in the Air Force. I was great at going up the poles, moving around the pole, and even working on stuff while I was at the top of the pole. I have been electrocuted multiple times while up there by either the central office sending “ring” voltage down the line, or an electrical wire being too close to the telephone cable and inducting electricity over to it. But in either case, I was still fine, up on the pole, with two slivers of metal holding me astride the vertical pole. Coming down though... that was a different story. I would often “gaff out”. Coming down the pole was always the hardest part for me. You are supposed to straighten your leg, and drop into your next gaff point below you. In my case, I straightened my lag, and would slide down the pole because I would slap