A question for the olduns on here.
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fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
- Location
- South Manchester
Oh yes. Biggest issue for me, is one of my big toe nails is quite brittle, ever since I broke my toe some years back, and it doesn't take much to leave a tiny sticky out splinter of a nail, which in turn causes untold pain !
ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
I (aged 70) was discussing that subject with one of my sister's neighbours (aged 77) last month. Neither of us can stretch down to touch our toes; we can barely reach our shins!Have you noticed that as you get older your toe nails get further away and hence more difficult to reach.
Our conversation was overhead by another neighbour (late 70s) who declared that toe-touching was not a problem, and proved it to us. In fact, knuckles on the ground wasn't a problem either. She then completed our humiliation by stretching down and putting the palms of her hands on the ground...
Time for me to start going stretching exercises!
Dogtrousers
Lefty tighty. Get it righty.
I've never been able to touch my toes, even when I was a kid. Socks are a major exercise these days. And if my shoelace comes undone it can be quite a trek until I find a suitable low wall to be able to fix it.
Like @Dogtrousers, even as a kid I couldn't touch my toes (without cheating). Then when I was 19 I had a lifting accident which chipped a lower vertebrae.
Re the socks issue i get over that by sitting down and cooking my foot over the other knee and sliding the sock on.
Re cutting toenails I sit on a low stool, cut one or two, sit up for a breather the go again.
Below is my toe nail operating stool.
Re the socks issue i get over that by sitting down and cooking my foot over the other knee and sliding the sock on.
Re cutting toenails I sit on a low stool, cut one or two, sit up for a breather the go again.
Below is my toe nail operating stool.
Dogtrousers
Lefty tighty. Get it righty.
Have you noticed that as you get older your toe nails get further away and hence more difficult to reach
What else has crept up on you?
Being unable to get off my bike. I'm seriously considering the possibility of a dropper seatpost so I can drop the saddle so I can get my leg over it. Either that or transferring to the Brompton permanently.
And before anyone suggests, yes I do tilt the bike over. I basically have to lie the damn thing on its side.
Rusty Nails
We remember
- Location
- Living in the slow lane
My wife is fed up of me saying "watch out here's old age creeping on" when she gets into bed after me.
If I exercise for longer than that I can get close to touching my toes.
Saw a video, where they stood behind the bike and raised the bike vertically, so only the back wheel was on the ground. Then they walked forward, over the saddle and then lowered the front wheel down.
figbat
Former slippery scientist
- Location
- South Oxfordshire, UK
Same here. I used to cop some stick from the PE teacher for it too. I have stretched and stretched and still never been able to.
That’s almost all I use my dropper post for! Whenever I stop I drop it so I can stay seated whilst I’m stationary and I drop it for mounting and dismounting.
I do also occasionally use it for technical trails but that is by far the minority use.
Profpointy
Legendary Member
Have you noticed that as you get older your toe nails get further away and hence more difficult to reach
What else has crept up on you?
Indeed - I need proper clippers as I can no longer reach with my teeth
