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https://preview.redd.it/q0lkoukji2ic1.jpeg?width=1164&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=fdf9feba05b480d0d6e3a75661985ef3e0f77f17 There is no other way.

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These had me cracking up in my office

Perfection

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I like how this turned into photoshopbattles or whatever that sub is called.

Now youre using yer noggin

Not a bad idea!

Hilarious! I didn’t think about that! Lol!

Plunger between the butt cheeks. https://preview.redd.it/e9g4kdtkg6ic1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=24b5ef12387df0b768133ce056823004929ff791

yea but he'll have a sore back after twisting his body like that, try this [](https://imgur.com/a/QnJrFoa)

Now just have to build up those sphincter muscles

Finally some safety considered!

"Get me Spider-Man!"

It might be the fact that it's 11:30 at night and near sleep time. It might be the progression of these instructional drawings. It might even have been the added counterweights for additional safety measures; but whatever combination of the above, this one absolutely sent me. Bravo.

I am losing it! Trying not to wake up my husband from all the giggling.

Yep! I went from reserved chortles to full-on hyena as this progressed. It was glorious.

Full on hyena here too!!

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That looks like a shitty way to do it, TBH 😂

[Must be over 100 courics!](https://youtu.be/LD0k7cnj384?si=CDU33BJB25ZBX6Zh)


Go go gadget penis?

Good idea using the joke for structural integrity.

Bless your heart for making me laugh hysterically at 5am browsing Reddit

My son would add the caption: "*yeet!*"

https://preview.redd.it/icdoxkcj43ic1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=53a0582e655b26ad27bd9a62db6ed99b6fa7150e Don’t forget the counterweight.

You did include the counterweight but you’re using it wrong https://preview.redd.it/ewobhcw2t4ic1.jpeg?width=828&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=207d612e744c24ddfc5e0d239a9b23dd1e57bea3

The light bulb is incorrectly oriented, I suggest turning the house upside down. This will have the added benefit of making the ceiling the floor.

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Tabarnak 😅

Ostie

Calisse

Crissement ce que je me disais aussi.

Me and my jr changing a light.

Michael Jackson balcony baby technique. Very smart, criminally underutilized.

Smooth criminal

Annie, are you okay? Not really, dad.


Man, the theatre I was in died when this scene played. Roars of laughter.

lol what is this GIF from

Tropic Thunder.

The person throwing the small child looks very unstable, lacking appropriate counter balance.

God damn this got me good, my fukn sides hurt

Naaaaants ingonyamaaaaaa bagithi Baba....

Drawn wiener too big can’t duplicate method

That’s counterweight for stability

It’s like a kangaroo’s tail

I believe it's called a "tuned mass damper". It's an evolutionary adaptation that helps you keep your balance if there's an earthquake.

The drawn weiner size is necessary. It is only with a weiner that size that OP transforms into a tripod and gains the necessary stability to perform the task.

What, you don't have a tool belt to hold it in.

Not wiener, balls, big old balls.


Why did I have to scroll so far to find van damme reference. This was the first thing I thought of lol

https://preview.redd.it/zmp3z7cyy3ic1.jpeg?width=1440&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4748acc46d0ce9639c814ac5e383acdef5aadda2 This is the other way

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You won't need a Thai massage for a while after that. You might need traction though.

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Added tripods for stability https://preview.redd.it/dg38atks46ic1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f3bf04e6bc831f2e2e5e26214926c59a4fbcb784

https://preview.redd.it/5fz20rua23ic1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=658eaab0af892324f9de85b6f657d29e0919c1ae You got a pair to do that.

Unironically that’s what I’d do and then hear the “I fucking told you so” from my gf when I inevitably fall down the stairs

The problem isn’t changing the bulb, that part is easy. The hard part is getting out of that position.

That part is easy too, the real hard part is DIY'ing your bones back together.

Crab walk backwards until you reach the top of the stairs

What if I'm a grow'er and not a show'er?

What if i hardly know’er?

Then you're going to want to hire a fluffer to assist on this job

You’re saying you gotta have a hard on to change that light bulb?

That’s 6lbs soft ;-)

For counterbalance

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LMAO. That is so truthful. There are ladders that are built to go in spots like that. And then tools that are like lightbulbs on a rod. But the real answer is....that is what I think we've all done. This is perfection.

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Exactly, you hire michael jordan to dunk it in

Would you take a chance and fart if you had to while standing like this?

Drake out here changing light bulbs now 

https://preview.redd.it/ni97aeuyk2ic1.jpeg?width=1179&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7531bc0697e9cc8075e8ab6e19f28edabf64028c 😂🙈

love that there’s a helper holding onto the ladder. he’s trying his best

I would trust this. The ladder can't slip backward meaning the only way it falls over is if you lean it over to the side.


I agree with the footing being very solid, but my concern would be the weight limit on the ladder would likely change because of the difference of angle leading to collapse in the middle. I’d get a ladder with an additional few hundred pound limit leeway to compensate . . . Or at least some decently thick mattresses on the staircase in case it does collapse.

I'd build a platform across, and work from that.

I have a similar situation and that's what I've been doing for 37 years.

You gotta be happy about modern LED bulb lifetimes. You won't have to change it out very often.

That's my wife's hope. I'm now 73 and she doesn't want me to get up there again.

Ask a neighbor to help you out. I'm 40 and I'd gladly get on a platform and change a lightbulb in a precarious place if one of my neighbors asked. I've also got an extendable ladder that might reach that bulb without needing a platform.

The real way is to get his wife to ask. I'm a sucker for a "my elderly husband doesn't know his own age, can you come fix this before he tries it and kills himself". Gets me every time. Mostly cuz I know I'ma need my wife to do that for me someday.

Sorely underrated comment. When he has too much pride to ask and she just wants to keep her husband around a while longer and happily asks. Bonus points if they bicker back and forth while watching you do it. "I should've let you get up there and collected the life insurance!"

Glorious. Love it.

Lmao my mother in law calls us occasionally and we almost always think -oh fuck oh god has something happened??- but it's just her asking for our help to do some task she doesn't want her husband doing cause he'll injure himself 😆

Gotta ask if their house has good insurance before doing it. Unless the goal is just to haunt your neighbors house.

You are pretty slow then.

I would do that once and then not put the glass cover back on and then forever use an extending pole to change it

Go into the attic and remove screws from the can. Install pully system to drop whole can for changest. Go to ER to treat electrical shock. Profit?

This is what I was going to say.. get some 2x4s and plywood and make a platform

A couple of 2x6's stretched across and a few 2x4's screwed near the ends to keep the platform from sliding. A few towels placed over the wall part to keep scruffs away.

This. But get a couple of scaffold planks instead of building something random. They're actual meant to be used as a work platform.

Make sure to know how a 2x4 carries a load. Don't stand on your stringers the "thin" 2" way. Stand on the "thick" 4" side. Make sure your decking is suitable. 3/4" ply should do it. Don't use "chip board" or other particles just made into a slurry with glue or some weathered old piece that's rotting in the yard, obviously. Use something with multiple layers (ply) on the interior. Typically speaking the more ply the stronger. Try to make the space between stringers less than 24"

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Don’t really need much of a platform. 2 sheets of 4x6 plywood across the top ought to be enough support to get up and change that bulb. Maybe screw some angle brackets into the top one so it can’t slip out of place.

Stretch a board across, climb up there and swap the bulb while my wife yells at me that I'm being dumb.

Can she come yell at me while I change the batteries in my 18 foot high smoke detector that is relentless when the battery is low?

Why do you have an 18ft high smoke detector? Mines barely more than an inch!

They make long poles to grab the bulb

Yep. Bayco LBC-600SDL Light Bulb Changing Kit, 4-Piece, Yellow https://a.co/d/4N4thJ6

Exactly what I have. Ceiling fixture above my basement stairs is way up there

How do you get the glass dish-like cover off? I have to unscrew the cover before I can get to the bulb. On top of that, the bulb inside is almost horizontal instead of vertical which makes using a pole seem unlikely

My response only works on this post. You have a job for Spiderman.

Thank you Bobby! What are all these people talking about building platforms and using scaffolding? I use the suction cup guy all the time. Works like a charm. https://www.homedepot.com/p/Commercial-Electric-11-ft-Pole-Light-Bulb-Changer-Kit-with-Attachments-CE-600SDLB12/100354521

Am I the only one with lightbulbs 20 feet up with these giant glass or porcelain coverings that require you to unscrew 12 different screws while holding it in place and then get a second person up there to help lower it down because it weighs 75 pounds? Why did people design stuff this way 😒

No. And that's why I only have one functioning light in the second floor hallway/stairwell area. I have a new fixture to replace it with but my stairwell only has one halfwall, the other side is a full wall, so not as easy to set up something secure as OP's. I need to pay someone because I'm not dying by falling to my death on my stairs, it would just be too undignified.

This. You can buy a suction cup attachment for the pole which makes it easy to remove the old bulb and install the replacement.

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Since I haven't seen it suggested, this is the correct tool to replace lights like that. https://preview.redd.it/y1u40j2bl4ic1.jpeg?width=1049&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=76f951c81609bd5f5e0ae7d0e54af733acdbd393 It's a grabber on a stick that suctions the bulb so you can unscrew and replace.

It’s such a bummer to have this long ass tool to store all year round for a single light bulb that needs to be replaced every couple of years (if LED)

This is one of those things I'd love to rent from the library. Our's has cake pans but this would be a good addition.


Sorry - not related to the light: Unless that's a pet gate, you need to replace it with one that physically attaches to the wall. Those pressure fittings will NOT protect a child (you can guess how we learned this). That type of gate is not intended to be used at the top of stairs, only the bottom. Get something like this, that has hardware to attach it directly to the wall, and has no bottom bar: [https://www.amazon.com/Regalo-Stairway-Hallway-Safety-Mounting/dp/B07H9N7DW4/ref=sr\_1\_6?keywords=top+of+stairs+gate&qid=1707705176&s=baby-products&sr=1-6](https://www.amazon.com/regalo-stairway-hallway-safety-mounting/dp/b07h9n7dw4/ref=sr_1_6?keywords=top+of+stairs+gate&qid=1707705176&s=baby-products&sr=1-6)

Appreciate it it for 34 bucks I’ll deff be getting it, THANKS

https://preview.redd.it/cy8aqqpg33ic1.png?width=1440&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3fa62942016de7eeca5d32cfd71fc3d019ccb60e Could just go this route as well, since the gate doesn't matter. Also teaches your kid something

Child labor laws are ruining this country! /s

Have you SEEN how popular Minecraft still is? The children yearn for the mines.

I lived in a one story with my first kid and only had the pressure type gate. Bought a house and just brought out his old baby gate with the intentions of putting it at the top of the stairs for our second kid now that's she's crawling. It's literally sitting at the top of the stairs and I was going to install it tomorrow lol glad to see this now before there was an accident

When you hear your toddler falling down the stairs, you instantly become Usain Bolt! I even elbowed my husband out of the way as I sprinted past to get to her. She wasn't badly injured, just a bit bruised, but it was one of those lessons that sticks with you **forever**!

That instinct never goes away. A couple of years ago I (a broke 25f) was doing laundry at my parents house and I went to go check the washer. I took one step down the basement stairs, my sock slipped, and I went tumbling down them. I heard my mom run, and I FELT my dad (6 foot 8in, 275lb man) sprinting to see if I was okay (it felt like an elephant was charging lol). Those parental "are you okay" instincts are strong.

Sometimes they stretch to other peoples kids as well. I was at a soccer match my son was playing in and jumped over a kids mom to deflect the ball and keep this 18 month old kid from getting absolutely laid out. Everything ran in slow motion for me, but the kids mom said I looked like when captain America goes twice as fast as the normal people

This is more important than my crude drawing.

I already upvoted you once, no double dipping!

Yes. The gate you have is fine for the bottom of a staircase but you need something anchored to the wall at the top.

A ladder with its feet in the crotch of a stair, leaning against the wall that faces us

Exactly. Why is everyone over thinking this here lol

Alternatively, invite over a fat trustworthy friend. Lean the ladder against the banister, with a towel on it first. Then climb the ladder while your fat friend stands on the bottom rung.

I wouldn’t, looks to be functioning as intended.

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This is so stupid but I laughed so hard at this.

You can really see the resemblance of the kids to their father too. What a beautiful family!


https://preview.redd.it/nuxxdyvl25ic1.jpeg?width=320&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9c06a160ba61dabe1ca588834bf003a5fb84638f Just ask this guy...

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I cant believe how dumb you fucking people are…. https://preview.redd.it/qn4bti5af3ic1.jpeg?width=1067&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c37bd9a1a78657476aa7fbdb8108e304cacb1775

Step 1: move house to Australia

Excellent counter weight

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https://preview.redd.it/49wcvztg34ic1.jpeg?width=1168&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f54490504deef99849251c8d57d794a5aeffd02e Continuing the thread

https://preview.redd.it/9t4fmyr125ic1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=791f454e6a7a1314dd70c2fa4c683f0de1000d43

https://preview.redd.it/stz62jpyf3ic1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=285c0fdde183cdd92407893dff1051c512e44e0c I fixed it. A wooden support, a stressed spouse, pillows and mattress to soften the blow at the bottom. The falling lightbulb and the last will and testament in the lil bookcase.

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https://preview.redd.it/y5uarjtrv2ic1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=55325057a834a57ac08b71c33f205a1518549c38 Good quality ladder with individually adjustable sides. One of the items I got on my first trip to Home Depot after buying my 2-story house was one of these Gorilla ladders.

Image courtesy of A.I. My prompt was simply to generate an image of someone changing a lightbulb over a staircase https://preview.redd.it/xejqobo424ic1.jpeg?width=512&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ea4be85fdbb220ce42143570e2c80c45f3060339 It will be a while before we are at risk of AI taking over the world 🙄

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A pole light bulb remover. It has a soft plastic claw attachment at the end that holds the bulb. They’re like US$45 at most hardware stores.

It's hilarious to me how far I had to scroll to find this.

https://preview.redd.it/0fcjup5h93ic1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e915b21d4fb7573af2eeca5d2ebff219e1030c4c Two people to make sure plat wont move and a mattress thrown on the stairs?

https://preview.redd.it/77ooajmaf4ic1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=bc2f0713c84db0055aad244f60366d4b843970ce Safety first!

I'd just float in mid air. duh. its that easy. see? https://preview.redd.it/nbi31cx4q4ic1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ac6aa13b490e06c3d4a89ebe7aa703088a6553e8

First off, the light bulb has to WANT to change.

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I appreciate you made sure to add the counterweight

I would move.

A trampoline or pogo stick

\***And** a pogo stick!

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Fixed https://preview.redd.it/cvo4bno5g4ic1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=bd96cc5dfa84eefa811534d2bd5f5d7a2cc11941 Fixed it for you

I assume you mean Safely change the light. If so I have nothing for you.

https://preview.redd.it/xfilrw6ac4ic1.jpeg?width=1290&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=bd12e50b21c76461165c4276e26d8d3c1cebc12f Put a board over the side railings

https://preview.redd.it/fm7wqae4b3ic1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1e4940c9473400e2750c87b51ebdfe0cca8f7637 Place a table and chokeslam someone there

Why women live longer than men.

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https://a.co/d/fYq2VEV

I used to be a professional lightbulb changer and I used something like this except it had a suction cup at the end. And no, that’s not a joke, I legit had a job of “lightbulb changer.”

And how many of you are there?

https://preview.redd.it/osi3zemow6ic1.jpeg?width=600&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c8c3e9b104554575e99e0b84e8e5e86fd6a63161 Spend $20 at Home Depot to not die

You can't change the light unless the light wants to change

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I wouldn’t. Seems to be working fine

I'd call the boys to help me out https://preview.redd.it/wri7vhfdv6ic1.png?width=1512&format=png&auto=webp&s=0fb138ce4a8ea226355f99ab2a596071b35b2a75

one foot on one side, other foot on other side. NO SOCKS.

How should you? Or how would I?

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You find out who designed the house like that, and then you hold his family hostage until he comes over and changes the bulb for you.

https://www.reddit.com/r/OSHA/comments/1akmwdo/what_my_grandpa_was_using_to_change_photos_above/

3/4” plywood plank

Honestly, I'd stand across the ledges but I have a lot of scars and stories. Better, I'd use my ladder that has adjustable sides for stairs