That's happened to me too, Dee. Stepped out of the car one night, onto black ice. I never knew it was there. The second step never happened -- I did a full frontal fall, just like in the cartoons. A trip to the hospital to check for head injuries, which didn't happen -- but I suffered for weeks with cracked and separated ribs. Very painful, and slow healing. I'm reeeeeeeeel careful on ice, ever since, and make every effort to avoid even being on it. MA
________________________________ From: Dorothy Fitzpatrick <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Fri, January 29, 2010 5:55:42 AM Subject: Re: CS> Testimonies...slipped on ice Actually Jim, I didn't *know* I was on Ice at the time! I just went out onto my drive to shake out the dog blanket from the car.. It didn't look as if there *was* any ice, but one minute I was standing there holding up the blanket, and then - whoosh! I was on the floor! I had to laugh later thinking of me rolling around in the road, faintly calling for hubby who was in the loo, and son who was on his computer playing World of Warcraft! dee On 28 Jan 2010, at 23:07, Jim Holmes wrote: 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...... >> >>
