Razor Blades in Crawlspace
posted on September 04, 2008 08:01:07 pm
Hello all, I've been following this site for a long time, thought I should be contributing as well. I visit all the inspector forum sites and get more out of this site than any. Rick Hurst always keep me laughing and Jerry Peck....well.... I wanna be just like him when I grow up! Other than introducing myself, I wanted to remind everyone to be so careful, especially in crawlspaces. I had an experience a while back when I was under a house dated back to the 1940s. While I was crawling under the bath, checking out the sub flooring, I kept feeling something strange under my body, not quite like dirt and when I looked down, I realized that I was laying on a thick bed of double edge razor blades! I carefully rolled over and away from them and took this pic. The only ones you can see are the ones that slid down, there were literally hundreds more above the view of the pic. I have always heard about the slot in the back of the medicine cabinet that people used to dispose of the blades, but never ran across this before, I'm sure some of you have. And to think that I sometimes I get lazy and don't bother putting on my gloves...I'm glad I did this time. I have an appointment Monday to get my tetanus shot updated. They said you should get a booster every 10 years and I can't even remember having one. Getting a booster is not something you think of often, so it may be a good idea for everyone to consider getting one. Pay special attention to the bath areas and stay safe.:D Kent Keith

Brown Widow
posted on August 30, 2008 05:59:40 am
I discovered this brown widow at a convenience store yesterday. This is only the second one that I have ever seen.