As promised, here is another running theme. I am going to highlight many of the remarkably stupid things that I have done.

This one has given me nightmares. I was the not so proud owner of a vacant house. There was a small leak in the roof. In some climates this would have meant judicious use of spare pots and pans. In a Canadian winter it was more serious. Repeated freezing and thawing combined with a lot of precipitation was threatening to create a destructive situation in my attic space.

I should have hired somebody to fix it. I decided to go up there myself instead. It was very steep and high and I was alone. I fixed the hole and made it down in one piece. It was still stupid. I had a moment of absolute terror when I was up there.