On 2017-10-21 22:48, John B. wrote:
On Sat, 21 Oct 2017 07:19:31 -0700, Joerg
wrote:

On 2017-10-20 18:04, John B. wrote:
On Fri, 20 Oct 2017 11:44:37 -0700, Joerg
wrote:

On 2017-10-20 08:31, wrote:
On Friday, October 20, 2017 at 12:23:57 AM UTC-7, John B. wrote:
On Thu, 19 Oct 2017 12:06:57 -0400, "(PeteCresswell)"
wrote:

Per John B.:

As I told Joerg, just wash your feet :-)

I don't buy it when it comes to carpets.

Bare floors, maybe... but feet will still be damp after "Washing"
and that will affect the carpet over time.

Quotes because I strongly suspect "Washing" = "Quick rinse with
clear room-temperature water".

Well, if you have polished mahogany floors, or terrazzo, floors in
your abode and you wash your feet before you enter you won't have
problems with your carpet.

Carpets also add to the servants work load with all that vacuuming
and frequent visits by the carpet cleaning company. They will
applaud you when you get rid of them.

I have come to the conclusion that hardwood floors with area rugs are
much better than wall to wall carpets. These wall to wall crap
accumulators are nothing but trouble and for no added comfort.


That perception will change when our bodies start giving out and we need
canes or walkers. Or when Fido and Fluffy duke it out and the area rugs
go sailing for the impteenth time.

Well, I'm 85 (this month) and my wife is 72 and so far we haven't had
any problems... terrazzo floors on the ground floor and polished
mahogany on the second.

No canes or walkers yet...


There is the difference. You guys are still quite healthy and in your
case probably in part due to cycling. We visit nursing homes a lot as
volunteers but it's the same at church and other places. Falls of frail
people mostly take places where there is no carpet. Outside on the
concrete, inside on tile, on marble and on linoleum. Because all that
stuff provides low friction and thus almost no grip once a situation
gets just a tad out of balance.

I think that myself and my wife are still mobile because we keep
mobile.

I know that my grandfather worked all his life and was raising 3,000
chickens at a time when he retired and doing everything himself, he
probably walked a couple of miles a day just back and forth between
the house and the chicken houses right up until he was in his mid
80's.

My grandmother, on the other hand, was a typical housewife of that
era. Stay home, raise the kids, cooking and laundry and shopping on
Saturday with the family. I remember when I was little my grandmother
used to walk down town, probably one mile round trip but as time went
by she walked less and less until probably the last eight or ten years
of her life I don't believe she ever left the house.

My own belief is that had my grandmother walked down town several
times a week she would have been far better off in her last few years.


I believe in the benefit of moving as well. The best example in our
family was one of my great grandpas. Almost until he was 100 he walked
to my grandma's house every day, IIRC about 5mi through a valley. Foul
weather did not keep him from doing that. Just to have a cup of coffee,
one shot glass of 80-proof stuff and sometimes ... gasp ... a big
stinking stogie. He made it almost to 103 in good health. Never saw a
doctor, he believed they were quacks and just wanted your money.

--
Regards, Joerg

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