That technique works.

On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 1:39 PM, Bruce Anderson <[email protected]> wrote:

>  I rely on EIS and Vit, D3 to keep me free of insults like colds and flu.
> BUT, for walking on ice, I have another little trick that I learned in
> Labrador.  Some years ago, at Virginia Tech, the campus was a solid sheet of
> ice.  The jocks were having difficulty standing, much less walking.  Their
> jaws dropped when my daughter walked across the parking lot, in high heels,
> without any problems. It was all because she remembered what I had taught
> her.  "Bend your knees and and step flat-footed"  With that you are much
> less apt to slip and if you do, you will sit down, rather than your feet
> flying out from under you and landing on your hip, shoulder, and / or head,
> Wont help much now, but maybe next time you are out on the ice......
>
> On 1/28/2010 7:58 AM, Dorothy Fitzpatrick wrote:
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> I have a cold at the moment which I caught from my son and I had been
> taking/spraying CS prior to this, so it didn't stop it.  I have been low
> though since having a fall on the ice (I'm such a wuss)....
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