There's some pinball connection here - firstly we all tend to do things with our games that are dangerous, lifting, high power work etc. Also, the victim here was my best mate, who I spent many school days with playing pinball, those days were the cause of my current addiction.
Just got back from the Alfred Trauma Centre. My mate turned on the lawn sprinklers and they started shooting at him, so he stepped backwards and tripped on the edge of the lawn - which has a four foot drop to the concrete driveway. With nothing to stop his fall he went backwards over the edge, with a head first landing.
One minute having a laugh with his partner, the next, ambulance then air ambulance.
A number of skull fractures, two vertebra fractures, crushed eye socket, hearing loss in one ear (the bones appear crushed), swelling and bleeding on the brain. He'll be OK in time most likely, but these things give you pause, and made me think of the dangerous things done around the house daily, and wanted to share the reminder here.
