The danger of wearing trousers

[James]

Slightly to one side of the topic-thanks to an overly active youth: there are times when I sieze up-mainly first thing in the morning on arising-or later after sitting say in the evening.

The result is that I move akin to a wooden soldier-and putting trousers on-removing them is both complex and fraught with danger-falling over.

The kilt is then a great boon.

I've heard similar comments from others after hip/leg operations.

James

[MACKAY]

Wow, Brian! You're gonna have to slow down when you put on your trousers!

LOL! I always seem to be in too much of a rush in the morning ... might help if the alarm clock didn't have a snooze button :-)

Brian

[Graham]

Brian, I think you're out of practice when it comes to trousers!

Bubba is right, it highlights the natural joy of simply getting up and wrapping a kilt around yourself.

It makes life simple!

[NewKilt]

This is just begging for a smarta$$ comment about coordination, but this is a family friendly forum. 8)

Actually I do have balance and coordination problems, but sometimes I forget. I have a disease called peripheral neuropathy that is destroying my sensory and autonomic nerves. If that were not enough, I have multilevel degenerative disc disease, that is causing disc herniations from the cervical area of my spine all the way down to the lumbar-sacral area. I will probably be facing 2 more spinal surgeries after I recover from the one that I had 6 weeks ago. The sensory nerve damage in my legs and feet make it difficult for me to sense how my feet are placed. Consequently I must walk with a cane to prevent falling on those occasions were I make a misstep.

Autonomic nerve damage has destroyed the nerves to the sweat glands in my feet, legs, arms and hands. So, the kilt is a life saver for me in the summertime. Unfortunately, the autonomic nerve damage has progressed to my heart, so that it is unable to correctly vary the speed at which it beats based on the amount of physical activity. The disease is progressive and has no cure. Statistically it has a 50% mortality rate within 5 years of symptoms of autonomic damage.

I celebrate each day that I can still get up, don a kilt and walk. So, any smarta$$ comment about coordination that I would recieve here really would not bother me, and would be the very least of the challenges that are ahead of me.

Darrell

[Iolaus]

I have a disease called peripheral neuropathy...

Ouch!!! Uh, wow ....just..wow!

I celebrate each day that I can still get up, don a kilt and walk. So, any smarta$$ comment about coordination that I would recieve here really would not bother me, and would be the very least of the challenges that are ahead of me.

By all means, celebrate!! ...and I will celebrate right there with you. I will bother you no more with my feeble attempts at puerile humor regarding coordination and holes!

[Freedomlover]

This is obviously a consumer safety issue. Congress needs to immediately ban these dangerous and unhealthy items. Call your Representative today!

[646guy]

Just added reason number 62 to not wear trousers ....

Was getting dressed for work the other day and was stepping into my trousers when my toes caught the bottom hem seam and stopped suddenly, while my heel continued its slide down the back. As my foot is longer than the pant leg is wide, my foot came to a screeching halt (think of trying to put trousers on without pointing your toes / foot down), thus hyper-extending the inside arch of my foot causing the most excruciating pain!

Took me two days to begin to walk without bending my foot and feeling like someone was pushing a knife into the inner arch of my foot. Almost a week later and it still hurts in the morning when I first step out of bed.

Should of ... could of ... worn a kilt and avoided all this pain!

Brian Mackay

Hmmm and #63 would be the day that I went commando in a pair of jeans and had an unfortuante zipper incident...sounds like you over extending the plantar fascia which bugs me allthe time too..

[cavscout]

Brain, you might have to start putting your pants on one leg at a time like the rest of us mere mortals :grin:

[KiltedKnight]

This is obviously a consumer safety issue. Congress needs to immediately ban these dangerous and unhealthy items. Call your Representative today!

I have a sneaking suspicion that this might just be the problem with our Congress. They may be falling often while donning their trousers and striking their heads on hard, sharp objects, this would explain a lot of their work these days.

Chris.

[Jeremiah]

I have a sneaking suspicion that this might just be the problem with our Congress. They may be falling often while donning their trousers and striking their heads on hard, sharp objects, this would explain a lot of their work these days.

Chris.

That was excellent! I wonder if a congressman has ever worn a kilt to session.