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I see people out there zip-lining... (Original Post) MiHale Jul 2023 OP
I'm right there with you. Walleye Jul 2023 #1
👍 MiHale Jul 2023 #2
I know that feeling. Butterflylady Jul 2023 #3
I just walked down the stairs using both legs zuul Jul 2023 #4
Same here... 2naSalit Jul 2023 #5
Hey 2na!... MiHale Jul 2023 #8
I accomplish all that... 2naSalit Jul 2023 #10
As someone who worked with patients to prevent falls for many years... Trueblue Texan Jul 2023 #13
I tell this story to all my aging friends (and myself!) every chance I get.., robbob Jul 2023 #18
One foolish, reckless moment can alter our lives permanently. I don't want to live in fear, but ... Trueblue Texan Jul 2023 #32
If you fall, WhiteTara Jul 2023 #17
Yeah, and after they are on you see they are front to back. n/t spike jones Jul 2023 #6
Put my underwear on backwards the other day... MiHale Jul 2023 #7
"Yellow in front, brown in back." lastlib Jul 2023 #22
I Zipline nude. On the other side, I got a guy holding my underwear. Beakybird Jul 2023 #9
I'd like to see how well that stopping brake works. KS Toronado Jul 2023 #11
Most colossal snuggie ever....... n/t lastlib Jul 2023 #23
Pencil or starfish? RainCaster Jul 2023 #12
You guys are hilarious! Trueblue Texan Jul 2023 #14
LOL SouthernDem4ever Jul 2023 #15
It's not a competition, so you are good to feel good. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Jul 2023 #16
We get older, but gravity stays the same...and "never sleeps" (as my mother used to say). FailureToCommunicate Jul 2023 #19
Oh yeah? Well, I feel twice as good as you do, showoff! Beastly Boy Jul 2023 #20
👍 MiHale Jul 2023 #29
Oh, dear, some days I resemble that remark, MiHale. thatcrowwoman Jul 2023 #21
I got older a lot quicker than I thought I would... MiHale Jul 2023 #30
At 79, I face that every morning. Mickju Jul 2023 #24
Yup, I am with you on that The Jungle 1 Jul 2023 #25
Lol cate94 Jul 2023 #26
Oh wait, I think I have a new product The Jungle 1 Jul 2023 #27
Nice but it would take away that thrill... MiHale Jul 2023 #31
Hey you're joking, but they actually make those now... Trueblue Texan Jul 2023 #33
Three more ways. usonian Jul 2023 #28

zuul

(14,663 posts)
4. I just walked down the stairs using both legs
Sun Jul 16, 2023, 08:20 AM
Jul 2023

(Like a normal person) instead of crab-walking one leg at a time.

I feel ya.

MiHale

(10,779 posts)
8. Hey 2na!...
Sun Jul 16, 2023, 09:05 AM
Jul 2023

Doc told me after I got my new hip to ALWAYS sit on the bed to put on pants…I don’t it’s my little personal protest that nobody knows about…well I guess just blew that.

2naSalit

(92,683 posts)
10. I accomplish all that...
Sun Jul 16, 2023, 09:12 AM
Jul 2023

In the dark and I don't have a large space between me and the furniture so any horizontal failure is quickly remedied by the bed. I have learned the hard way, that there's no need to try to accomplish feats of defiance, I usually end up wishing I hadn't.

Trueblue Texan

(2,925 posts)
13. As someone who worked with patients to prevent falls for many years...
Sun Jul 16, 2023, 09:41 AM
Jul 2023

...I taught them that EVERYONE should sit down to don underwear, pants, socks and shoes--no matter their age or condition of their body! Preventing the fall so you don't have to live with the results of a fall shows you are intelligent and know how to take care of yourself. Be aware that as we age, we tend to behave more and more like rebellious teenagers--which makes us OLD--isn't that what you really want to avoid surrendering to?

robbob

(3,638 posts)
18. I tell this story to all my aging friends (and myself!) every chance I get..,
Sun Jul 16, 2023, 09:49 AM
Jul 2023

I volunteered for many years, playing piano at a nursing home in Montreal around the corner from where I lived. There was this really lovely, elderly gentleman who came to live at the home and he quickly became one of my favourite “apres show” audience members to chat with.

One day I came to play and found him sitting in a wheelchair, which was not usual. After my performance, I sat down and talked to him. Apparently, the lightbulb in his room burned out, and he decided to climb up on a chair and try to change it himself rather than bothering one of the orderlies to do it for him. Of course, you can guess the rest. He took a bad fall, shattering his hip, and confining himself to a wheelchair. Possibly for the rest of his life, although I moved away shortly after that, and never did find out the end of his story.

One foolish, reckless moment can alter our lives permanently. I don’t want to live in fear, but I also don’t want to live in a wheelchair. I try to be very careful when doing anything that could lead to such a consequence.

Trueblue Texan

(2,925 posts)
32. One foolish, reckless moment can alter our lives permanently. I don't want to live in fear, but ...
Sun Jul 16, 2023, 04:42 PM
Jul 2023

What you said here! No, we don't want to live in fear! But we DO want to live independently and without pain! So we have to use our good sense! Our strength and balance is more compromised as we age so we have to get things done differently! Sorry, it just cannot be stressed enough.

MiHale

(10,779 posts)
7. Put my underwear on backwards the other day...
Sun Jul 16, 2023, 09:01 AM
Jul 2023

Had trouble sitting down all day couldn’t figure it out.

KS Toronado

(19,565 posts)
11. I'd like to see how well that stopping brake works.
Sun Jul 16, 2023, 09:25 AM
Jul 2023

Does the elastic stretch a long ways, or is it a sudden stop like a brick wall?

RainCaster

(11,543 posts)
12. Pencil or starfish?
Sun Jul 16, 2023, 09:39 AM
Jul 2023

Those were the instructions we always got on the zip lines on Maui. To go faster, be a pencil. To slow down, be a starfish.

FailureToCommunicate

(14,324 posts)
19. We get older, but gravity stays the same...and "never sleeps" (as my mother used to say).
Sun Jul 16, 2023, 09:57 AM
Jul 2023

Be careful when on Planet Earth.

Beastly Boy

(11,137 posts)
20. Oh yeah? Well, I feel twice as good as you do, showoff!
Sun Jul 16, 2023, 09:57 AM
Jul 2023

I got BOTH my legs through my underwear! Standing up! (ok, a disclaimer: I did one leg at a time).

Nah nananana-nah!

thatcrowwoman

(1,230 posts)
21. Oh, dear, some days I resemble that remark, MiHale.
Sun Jul 16, 2023, 09:58 AM
Jul 2023

In the words of my dear old dad, of blessed memory, “It’s hard getting old, isn’t it, daughter.”
Sometimes, dad, sometimes.
“Beats the alternative though.”

A friend at the high school where I worked cracked up everybody in the teacher workroom before classes one day. We were having constant required testing for our students, much more than we were actually teaching. Said she, “ Today I knew to put on my big girl panties. I sure hope this isn’t the day the elastic breaks!”
🕊thatcrowwoman

 

The Jungle 1

(4,552 posts)
25. Yup, I am with you on that
Sun Jul 16, 2023, 10:22 AM
Jul 2023

I know it is going to be a bad day when I catch a toe.
Timber!
OSHA Safety tip. Always put yer underwear on next to the bed.
When you fall it has the added benefit or launching your wife out of bed so she can make you breakfast.
No I ain't gonna sit down to do it.

 

The Jungle 1

(4,552 posts)
27. Oh wait, I think I have a new product
Sun Jul 16, 2023, 10:32 AM
Jul 2023

Wrap around underwear with velcro.
Ya just wrap it around and stick the velcro then pull the middle through and velcro.
Now when you pee ya got a perfect drip bib. You know you need that! It will work great for you short guys. Not that I would know anything about that.
I am gonna make a million.

Trueblue Texan

(2,925 posts)
33. Hey you're joking, but they actually make those now...
Sun Jul 16, 2023, 04:46 PM
Jul 2023

They're called adult disposable briefs. Not kidding. Some folks call them diapers.

usonian

(13,789 posts)
28. Three more ways.
Sun Jul 16, 2023, 10:55 AM
Jul 2023
Rich folks way.


Athletic folks way.


My way.
It's 104 degrees today. Take a wild guess.
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