Ballard Street by Jerry Van Amerongen for June 09, 2024

While Bob once again failed his entrance exam for the Ballard St. Pulley Club, he is now only one visit away from a free one down at the Ballard St. Emergency Room and Fertilizer Shop.

Ouch. I did a mean pulley system for hoisting a large feeder into a maple.

Bob got his wish, after his latest visit to the BERFS he is in Room 6468c hooked up to a….wait for it…Pulley!He broke his leg in 47 places.

Personally, I couldn’t bear to tell him.

The concept is sound. Just the wrong type of tree.

That tree has the wrong type of knots.

It’s more fun this way.

But who among us wouldn’t give Bob a 9.3 for a near perfect faceplant?

Bunged up the Bungee…

Odd way to dig Post-Holes there, Bob…

This is not going to get you in good with the neighborhood pully club and consortium Bob.

The pully club endorses block & tackle set-ups. They frown upon Bob’s blockhead tackle.

Mechanical advantage offset my mechanical ineptitude.

Hoist in his own yard.

Bob’s having trouble learning the ropes.

Those instructions, translated from Chinese sometimes miss a few key points.

Good morning Balladeers and Tigressy!

The Ballard Street Zipline Company is now in in solvency.

In desperation, I rigged a pulley system to a stout tree to pull out the bent fender on my 15-year-old Celica, so I could take it on the “last round-up” to the junkyard.

I, for one didn’t have the heart to tell Bob about pulleys in trees. He had his heart set on it. Now he’s having his leg set.

The ER by Ballard Street must be an brustling place

Sometimes, you have to chase your dreams—no matter how ill-advised those dreams might be.