On 4/17/2021 12:03 PM, Graham wrote:
> On 2021-04-17 9:59 a.m., jmcquown wrote:
>> On 4/17/2021 10:03 AM, Dave Smith wrote:
>>> On 2021-04-17 1:27 a.m., Leo wrote:
>>>> About ten years ago, we had an ex-governor do a half gainer with a
>>>> full twist
>>>> off his roof and onto the yard by accident. He didn´t make it.
>>>> He was a year less old than I am now. You couldn´t get me on a roof
>>>> with a
>>>> cattle prod.
>>>> I hope Sheldon is OK, and I doubt he was on the roof.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> It was more than 15 years ago that I had a fall off a ladder. I was
>>> cleaning the eaves trough. I was at the front corner where there is
>>> an overhang. I used to climb up the ladder and get in the overhang
>>> and could reach the eaves on the second story from there.Â* I had the
>>> ladder at what I thought was an appropriate angle. I was just about
>>> to get into the overhang when the ladder kicked out. I went down. One
>>> leg slipped between two rungs, and when I hit the ground my other leg
>>> landed on the ladder shoving it back into the shin of the one that
>>> was between the rungs.
>>>
>>> I was in some serious pain. I thought I had broken my shin bone. I
>>> went to the ER and had to wait about 4 hours. As it turned out,
>>> nothing was broken. I got some pain meds.Â* Shortly after than I
>>> bought some good quality gutter guards so I won't ever again have to
>>> climb up there to clean gutters.
>>
>> I pay someone to clean the gutters.Â* You won't find me climbing a
>> ladder for anything.Â* Vertigo.
>>
>> Jill
> With age one's sense of balance deteriorates and whereas I used to feel
> OK walking over the roof to clean gutters etc., I now pay someone to do
> it. It's usually the window cleaner and, ironically, he's in his 70s.

Some people are better at it than others. I would never climb onto a
roof. I experience vertigo if I have to look UP to clean something.
Like the ceiling fans in the house. I have an extension wand duster but
I have a hard time with balance if I have to look up while doing so.

The person I hire to do yard work cleans the gutters for me when I ask
him to. He mostly uses a leaf blower. He's younger than I am (yet has
grandchildren).

As far as cleaning the glass patio doors and such, they're a bit taller
than I am. I have an extension wand with Windex cleaning pads and a
hose for rinsing. For the really high windows which are for nothing but
show in the living room, I don't bother washing them at all. The rain
takes care of getting rid of the pollen and such. It's not as if I
spend a great deal of time looking at windows that are 25 feet up and
worrying about whether or not they are sparkling clean.

Jill