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Old 07-19-2015, 04:33 PM   #21
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Originally Posted by humfrz View Post
......... yes, I can identify with that ......

When I go up to the grocery store ...... the lead cashier sees me driving up ..... she signals all the girls .... that I have arrived. They stand there, waiting for the "old man" to exit his FR-S ...... and watch and laugh at me as I "fall" out of my car .......

My Army training usually kicks in, so I tuck my shoulder and do a PLF (Parachute Landing Fall - for you non-military types). When I recover, I grab for a cart in the parking lot ...... and proceed on to the store entrance ...... as if nothing happened.

I am 72 years old and yes, I'm out of shape ……


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I have pulled a couple of sweet PLFs getting out of the wife's SUV lately. I have no issue getting in and of my low one but I tend to forget I am sitting almost 2 feet higher in hers. She laughs her ass off at me.
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