I can NOT stand in one spot for more than 15 seconds without my legs shaking, and my risking falling. I can NOT see the progress of things
cooking on the stove if I'm seated, and surely can't stir things if I
am seated. I am a fall risk, and if I go down, I won't be able to call
for help...and will just die on the floor.
They make stools, with backs, that sit up high enough that you should
be able to see what is on the stove. IIRC, some of them have "steps"
that make them easy to get up into.
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I can NOT stand in one spot for more than 15 seconds without my legs shaking, and my risking falling. I can NOT see the progress of things cooking on the stove if I'm seated, and surely can't stir things if I
am seated. I am a fall risk, and if I go down, I won't be able to call
for help...and will just die on the floor.
They make stools, with backs, that sit up high enough that you should
be able to see what is on the stove. IIRC, some of them have "steps" that make them easy to get up into.
I cheat and sit in my scooter's chair since I park it in my kitchen. <G>
They make stools, with backs, that sit up high enough that you should
be able to see what is on the stove. IIRC, some of them have "steps"
that make them easy to get up into.
get a life alert thing.
why are you in such bad shape? youre not that old. maybe you
need physical rehab
I cheat and sit in my scooter's chair since I park it in my kitchen.
heart failure and atrial fibrillation, and have to use a walker everywhere I go.
Basically, unless folks have walked a mile in my shoes, they have no right to talk.
Daryl Stout wrote to Jas Hud <=-
get a life alert thing.
I can't afford it...you try living on just over $1000 a month.
I know folks who get less than I do, and they're in far worse
shape than I am. I'm seriously considering cutting back to eating
1 meal a day, and not even 1000 calories in a day...just enough
to have food to take medications with.
why are you in such bad shape? youre not that old. maybe you
need physical rehab
Again, I can't afford it. The government considers what I get
in disability as "too much money" for SSI (don't get me started
on that), and I'm ineligible for home health care as I'm not
"homebound" (stuck at home). Yet, at 62, I've got nearly 50
medical conditions, including congestive heart failure and atrial fibrillation, and have to use a walker everywhere I go.
Basically, unless folks have walked a mile in my shoes, they
have no right to talk.
They make stools, with backs, that sit up high enough
that you should be able to see what is on the stove.
IIRC, some of them have "steps" that make them easy to
get up into.
Right now, I can't afford those...and it's hard for me
to climb up on to these stools.
to climb up on to these stools.
Why would you need to climb up in one? Just use the kind where
you can set your big ass DOWN a bit about 3 to 4 inches from
your normal standing height!
Daryl Stout wrote to Jas Hud <=-
The price of everything (especially groceries, gasoline, and
utilities) has gone through the roof. The people in Washington, DC (who lament they can't survive on $200,000 a year) have no idea what life is like in "the real world". These "lifetime politicians" give voters the thumbs up before the election... and give voters "the bird" afterwards.
this is just an example though. there's ways to do hustle. i worked with a gu
who did all kinds of stuff. i worked with a guy that made fishing lures and ma
good money selling them.
you could work on a phone for some company.
i know a lot of people that have gone on disability and honestly they could still work. I don't know you but i see you're still young. maybe there is something you could still do. when there's a will there's a
way.
Which is it, Daryl?
why are you in such bad shape? youre not that old. maybe you
need physical rehab.
improve your health? Do you *WANT* to improve your health, or not?
That's corporate greed. Corporations lobby to promote legislation that allows them to continue. The answer is campaign finance reform, but the people who can vote that in have the most to lose.
I don't consider 62 as "young"...AARP considers you a "senior citizen"
at 50.
My late wife (she passed away 15 years ago today), one time, let me
try to drive her scooter...I nearly wrecked the darn thing!!
him and sean are like the size of tim conway's dorf.
why are you in such bad shape? youre not that old. maybe you
need physical rehab.
62 is NOT what I consider "young".
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Hello Jas,
28 Apr 22 09:26, you wrote to August Abolins:
him and sean are like the size of tim conway's dorf.
I'm 5'9" (6' tall in my boots) which isn't exactly Dorf's size.
-- Sean
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why are you in such bad shape? youre not that old. maybe you
need physical rehab.
62 is NOT what I consider "young".
By today's standards, while it is certainly middle age for most, 62 is not considered as old as it used to be, either. It is "older" but is not "that old." Having physical challenges makes it seem older for sure, but you are only as "that old" as you think you are.
i've seen people be wrecked before 50. you have to take care of yourself. wh
i've seen personally is that if you don't slow down, you end up doing better.
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i've seen people be wrecked before 50. you have to take care of yourself. wh
i've seen personally is that if you don't slow down, you end up doing better.
That is true of my father, knock-on-wood. He is nearing 80, has remained fairly active, and seems to be without most of the aging issues that affect others his age (and my age, as you pointed out!).
Jas Hud wrote to Daryl Stout <=-
well, they're idiots. i work with a man who's 68 and moves faster than
me and climbs ladders and other things.
Jas Hud wrote to Mike Powell <=-
you have to take care of yourself. there's people in my family who
were using a walker at 35. they said they had 'genetics' but they had those frozen snicker bars in the freezer. they said they had bad knees
but they never walked. i have those same knees and i go up and down ladders all day. they hurt but i'm also real heavy.
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Jas Hud wrote to Daryl Stout <=-
well, they're idiots. i work with a man who's 68 and moves faster than me and climbs ladders and other things.
I saw a picture of Danny Elfman from Coachella this weekend, and he's ripped - at 68! At first, he almost looked like Carrot Top. :}
... When in doubt, predict that the trend will continue.
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Jas Hud wrote to Mike Powell <=-
you have to take care of yourself. there's people in my family who were using a walker at 35. they said they had 'genetics' but they had those frozen snicker bars in the freezer. they said they had bad knees but they never walked. i have those same knees and i go up and down ladders all day. they hurt but i'm also real heavy.
I'm 56 and way overweight. I was between jobs a while ago and found a temp gig to help cover. It involved replacing hundreds of APs in a military base, which involved working on ladders, racking and stacking controllers, and hauling ladders all around the base (there wasn't always parking near the buildings we were working on...)
I did 8 weeks of that, walking 20-25K steps and doing all hands-on work after years of management. I was proud of myself for being able to do it, but wouldn't want to have to do that for a living again!
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