"Brooklyn1" <Gravesend1> wrote in message
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> On Sun, 9 Oct 2011 21:56:10 -0500, "Polly Esther"
> > wrote:
>
>>
>>"jmcquown" <>
>>> I walk around the block. Occasionally I ride my bicycle. But I don't
>>> want to climb stairs in my house. I prefer one level, thanks.
>>>
>>A friend of mine broke her leg and could not do the stairs in their home.
>>The only bathtubs and showers were upstairs. I don't know (or care) what
>>she weighs but it took her husband and two neighbors to haul her up for
>>bath
>>time. Another friend had hip replacement. She had to sit on her stairs
>>and
>>haul herself up one step at a time. She was a good sport about it and
>>their
>>4 dogs thought it was big fun. I'm sure both of them didn't realize that
>>having only a half-bath on the first floor could spell such trouble.
>>Polly
>
> This sounds like a contrived fairy tale... all one needs is a sink, a
> bar of soap and a wash cloth to take a bird bath... which is typical
> with ones leg in a cast.


Sure, that's all one needs... but it's not exactly the most satisfying way
to bathe. I like to take a nice hot shower. And I have hair, so I wash it.

When my parents built this house Mom thought a deep jetted tub was the way
to go. It was de rigeur (HGTV didn't even exist back then). She was only
about 10 years older than I am now. It got to the point where the tub was
too tall for her to step into. Hell, it's hard for me to step into. I got
a handle that attaches to the side of the tub so I can hold onto something
and get in and out of it easily. Face it, when you're 20, 30, 40, you don't
think about stuff like this. People don't plan on getting old. That's a
big mistake.

Jill