That's me on the left and Joel on the right. Ed is hidden by the mass of couch at the moment. No, your eyes are not deceiving you. I'd planned to toss that couch off the balcony for 8 years. And the opportunity finally presented itself. On top of that, my best friends from Raleigh had driven down to help me load up the truck and get moved back home. I owed them some sort of memorable adventure. And these two guys (Joel and Ed), and my brother, and even Ed's wife, Vickie (not her real name), could surely appreciate a moment like this.

One thing we had to do was clear the fence around the "porch" of the apartment below mine. And as I said, the couch was heavy. Oh, and in case you're wondering about the towels. They are not there to protect the railing. I found out what happens when you use Palmolive in a dishwasher. Even the tiniest amount. So I had to swab up the kitchen floor that morning. But back to the couch toss. We didn't warn any of the neighbors. We posted Jon at one side with a camera, and Ed's wife with a camera down below to block the sidewalk and document the moment.

Okay! Cleared the fence below. And man, what a flight it was! A wonderful arc, and almost dead center on the side walk. But as you can see below, the landing was fairly anti-climatic. Darn!

The damn beast landed square on it's feet, without so much as a bounce. It did break some of the legs off, so the fold-out bit was out. There was some minor damage to the near corner as you can see. But that was about it!