poliphilo: (bah)
poliphilo ([personal profile] poliphilo) wrote2015-11-09 10:03 am

A Sign Of Advancing Age:

Instead of charging downstairs you pause at the top and adjust your footing.

[identity profile] cmcmck.livejournal.com 2015-11-09 11:42 am (UTC)(link)
at the moment I only ever do that in the dark! :o)

[identity profile] poliphilo.livejournal.com 2015-11-09 02:26 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm now doing it at all times of day.

[identity profile] pondhopper.livejournal.com 2015-11-09 12:06 pm (UTC)(link)
Don't I know it. My wobbly knees make me do that.

[identity profile] poliphilo.livejournal.com 2015-11-09 02:36 pm (UTC)(link)
It's not particularly knees with me, just a generalised distrust of the body- and its reflexes.

[identity profile] idahoswede.livejournal.com 2015-11-09 02:00 pm (UTC)(link)
AND hold the hand rail as well.

[identity profile] poliphilo.livejournal.com 2015-11-09 02:27 pm (UTC)(link)
Yes, of course.

[identity profile] artkouros.livejournal.com 2015-11-09 07:36 pm (UTC)(link)

I always stop and think, this is how I'll die - choking on a chicken bone tripping over dog toys falling down the stairs.  And I'll need to pee.

[identity profile] poliphilo.livejournal.com 2015-11-10 09:28 am (UTC)(link)
At least it'll be quick...

[identity profile] faunhaert.livejournal.com 2015-11-09 08:20 pm (UTC)(link)
learned the other night
not to close my eyes on the way into the bedroom
the door moved and i nailed it.
luckily not very hard.

our stairs are not all the same height
being careful is always a good idea.
i lost the last 2 when i closed my eyes could of winters ago
sometimes I think the whole damn house is moving.

[identity profile] poliphilo.livejournal.com 2015-11-10 09:29 am (UTC)(link)
The stairs here are narrow- with a stairlift on them that you have to squeeze past.

[identity profile] porsupah.livejournal.com 2015-11-10 02:47 am (UTC)(link)
Would that surely not depend on the cider recently purchased? ^_^

[identity profile] poliphilo.livejournal.com 2015-11-10 09:30 am (UTC)(link)
If only...

[identity profile] angiereedgarner.livejournal.com 2015-11-10 06:44 am (UTC)(link)
Escalator setup gets very meticulous!

[identity profile] poliphilo.livejournal.com 2015-11-10 09:31 am (UTC)(link)
I pause at the bottom too, looking up and thinking, "Can I really do this."