harry hayes Posted October 17, 2012 Report Share Posted October 17, 2012 Arrived at Palmyra Square this morning. Piles of lovely leaves. Kicked away at them like I did 70 odd years ago - mainly outside the old Education office in Sankey street. Walked into the shopping centre of that street. The odd wet leaf on the footpath. Tread carefully, an old friend has become a foe. Happy days The average man thinks he isn't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted October 17, 2012 Report Share Posted October 17, 2012 Just wait for the ice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evil Sid Posted October 17, 2012 Report Share Posted October 17, 2012 know what you mean harry (ooh a frank bruno moment there) Two seasons of the year that used to be my favourites were spring and autumn. Spring for the lovely sight of the blossom and autummn for the delight of the leaves that have fallen. Since then I have a motorbike and am now more wary of those seasons as wet blossom and wet leaves are just as slippy as ice when you are doing thirty round a corner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
algy Posted October 17, 2012 Report Share Posted October 17, 2012 Harry I find that my problem is that my mind is still relatively sharp (I suppose that is a matter of opinion) but it seems that the messages sent from my brain to my limbs have slowed down, so that if I do slip I know what I should do stop me falling, but the thought process doesn't reach my extremities quickly enough to prevent it from happening. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted October 17, 2012 Report Share Posted October 17, 2012 I love kicking leaves Harry and it makes me feel like a little kiddie again too but my reasons for thinking that they have become a foe these days are because more often than not I finish up with dog poop on my boots. I never remember that happening when I was younger saying that I probably never even noticed and my mum probably just used to clean it off as the whiff engulfed the house I often wonder why it hurts so much more now when I fall over than it did years ago. We (the adults as the kids had given up) had a great snowball fight a few years ago in the streets here and I hit the deck trying to do a Rambo style flight up someone's path to hide behine a bush. Blimey I ached for days and yet at one time I wouldn't have even felt it. I'm only 48 (only?) so how much more will it hurt when I get to 50, 60, 70? Maybe I'm better off not knowing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Posted October 17, 2012 Report Share Posted October 17, 2012 I honestly believe that as we grow older men retain the ability to fall over far better than women do. And even if there’s no scientific facts to back this up it doesn’t matter, us blokes just jump back up and say it didn’t hurt one bit! Just watch out Harry there’s not a brick or something under that next pile of leaves. Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mary Posted October 18, 2012 Report Share Posted October 18, 2012 The main reason I moved to Florida was that I do not heal as fast as I used to, when I fell on the ice!! Wet leaves can be a bugger as well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Posted October 18, 2012 Report Share Posted October 18, 2012 The advantage of age is that we learn from our experiences so my tip Mary is when it’s icy, wear gloves and that way you don’t end up putting you hands in your pockets! Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
algy Posted October 18, 2012 Report Share Posted October 18, 2012 I wonder what Julia's excuse is?. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harry hayes Posted October 18, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 18, 2012 Good replies. Thank you. Don't females suffer more from brittle bones as they get older. Osteo whatever?. Will not make too much of this thread in case Health and safety have the trees chopped down. Happy days Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted October 18, 2012 Report Share Posted October 18, 2012 Bill, I suspect it's not that you blokes fall better but rather than you 'just jump back up and say it didn’t hurt one bit!' out of embarrasment and to retain your strong manly images and street cred. I bet you blubber a bit when you get home and have to rest for the remainder of the day though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davy51 Posted October 18, 2012 Report Share Posted October 18, 2012 Since i finished work 12 months ago ,i seem never to have been away from my doctor with various problems.I can't really say i felt any better when i was working but i seemed to work through it . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Posted October 18, 2012 Report Share Posted October 18, 2012 Nah it never hurts just watch this. http://youtu.be/NfviVIe9kOo Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asperity Posted October 18, 2012 Report Share Posted October 18, 2012 And they say the Germans have no sense of humour :grin: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
algy Posted October 19, 2012 Report Share Posted October 19, 2012 Nah it never hurts just watch this. http://youtu.be/NfviVIe9kOo Bill Bill while watching the clown on the ice :lol: I spotted this clip, obviously somewhere abroad (Russia perhaps?), somehow I doubt this happening here!. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cleopatra Posted October 19, 2012 Report Share Posted October 19, 2012 It would never happen there Algy, here either. You could stand at a crossing all day long waiting to cross the road but there aint no driver going to stop to let you. Zebra crossings are totally ignored by drivers here. If you wish to cross a road you have to take your life into your own hands and dodge between moving vehicles as and when you can and many of the roads here are 3,4 or even 5 lanes wide - in one direction. Get to the central rservation and you need to do it all again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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