1st March 2026 - Weird Phone Calls
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Yesterday, I received a weird phone call from my Mum. One of those 
where you are not sure if you heard the caller right. "Your Dad has 
fallen through your brother's roof". 

Well, the first thing is why was Dad on my brother's roof? Which roof? 
Secondly, is he alright? 

It turns out that my Dad was helping my sister in law with patching 
the garage roof. One of the winter storms had lead to a hole appearing 
and some quick patching with an old door. So my Dad was using the old 
door as a roofing board when suddenly he fell through the roof. The 
door landed on him after, just to top it off. He landed on his side 
and was thankfully able to get up after. A swift trip to a minor 
accident clinic lead to him ended up in accident and emergency. 
Thankfully nothing broke. Just a lot of bruising and injured pride. 

This is the second time he has fallen from height and come off 
reasonably unscathed. The first involved a ladder slipping while he 
was on it and falling about 3 storeys of house. My parent's have a 2 
storey house but the back has a large drop to get down to the garden. 
He didn't break anything then either. He did learn from that one. He 
was not up on a ladder without anyone supporting at the bottom this 
time. He was not home alone either. 

My Dad is doing alright. He is in pain with every limb movement but at 
least can breathe without pain. It could have been a lot worse. 
Thankfully not, the daftie.