New Posts For Thread: Banistershttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30524763/banistersUsed to think banisters were just there for cosmetic purposes but now realise they are an essential part of getting up and down the stairs first thing in the morningP.S. Seemed like only yesterday i used to leap up the stairs like a gazelle two stepDuring college holidays one of my jobs was delivering vending ingredients.Boxes of sugar weighed 30lbs, and I thought nothing of running up several flights of stairs, with three boxes at a time.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30524763/banisters?post_id=545184419#545184419During college holidays one of my jobs was delivering vending ingredients.Boxes of sugar weighed 30lbs, and I thought nothing of running up several flights of stairs, with three boxes at a time.Fri, 19 Jun 2015 04:39:05 -0500P.S. Seemed like only yesterday i used to leap up the stairs like a gazelle two steps at a timeTempus fugit In 1983/84 I lived on the 19th floor of a tower block. The lifts broke down and the wife couldn't get out with the pram to go shopping. She phhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30524763/banisters?post_id=545182437#545182437P.S. Seemed like only yesterday i used to leap up the stairs like a gazelle two steps at a timeTempus fugit In 1983/84 I lived on the 19th floor of a tower block. The lifts broke down and the wife couldn't get out with the pram to go shopping. She phThu, 18 Jun 2015 18:42:22 -0500Still applies today. Some things re timeless!https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30524763/banisters?post_id=545175795#545175795Still applies today. Some things re timeless!Thu, 18 Jun 2015 10:58:02 -0500Thanks kenny, and I know that you will be able to picture the scene!https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30524763/banisters?post_id=545175547#545175547Thanks kenny, and I know that you will be able to picture the scene!Thu, 18 Jun 2015 10:47:23 -0500Can't forget this day in '71.Went to pick up my E-Type and was going up exterior stairs to the office, and following the very pretty secretary.Very excuseable not to pay attention following a mini-skirted chick up the stairs in 1971.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30524763/banisters?post_id=545175165#545175165Can't forget this day in '71.Went to pick up my E-Type and was going up exterior stairs to the office, and following the very pretty secretary.Very excuseable not to pay attention following a mini-skirted chick up the stairs in 1971.Thu, 18 Jun 2015 10:32:09 -0500A few weeks ago I was walking up some slabbed steps outside our house with loose 'slip on' slippers on and, as it was cold, had my hands in my jacket pockets.My slipper caught on a tread and I tripped and forwards. I didn't have time to get my handshttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30524763/banisters?post_id=545174409#545174409A few weeks ago I was walking up some slabbed steps outside our house with loose 'slip on' slippers on and, as it was cold, had my hands in my jacket pockets.My slipper caught on a tread and I tripped and forwards. I didn't have time to get my handsThu, 18 Jun 2015 09:55:39 -0500Can't forget this day in '71.Went to pick up my E-Type and was going up exterior stairs to the office, and following the very pretty secretary.Should have been paying attention to the stairs instead of her overwhelming charms!I tripped and grabbed thhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30524763/banisters?post_id=545133245#545133245Can't forget this day in '71.Went to pick up my E-Type and was going up exterior stairs to the office, and following the very pretty secretary.Should have been paying attention to the stairs instead of her overwhelming charms!I tripped and grabbed thMon, 15 Jun 2015 08:12:29 -0500"Mind you us Scots are a hardy breed unlike you soft southerners."More like well cushioned, due to all the porridge, haggis and deep fried "Mars-Bars"...https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30524763/banisters?post_id=545133093#545133093"Mind you us Scots are a hardy breed unlike you soft southerners."More like well cushioned, due to all the porridge, haggis and deep fried "Mars-Bars"...Mon, 15 Jun 2015 07:56:01 -0500I'm still pretty fit too Kenny, stairs are no problem but broken bones are no fun. Have done the same thing many years ago, just a bruised bum but scary when you can't stop.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30524763/banisters?post_id=545132877#545132877I'm still pretty fit too Kenny, stairs are no problem but broken bones are no fun. Have done the same thing many years ago, just a bruised bum but scary when you can't stop.Mon, 15 Jun 2015 07:32:09 -0500Have you posted a link to that footie clip Kenny?BTW I fell down the last 3/4 stairs just over a week ago.Lay for a few secs thinking I must have broken something but nowt not even a twinge.Mind you us Scots are a hardy breed unlike you soft southernhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30524763/banisters?post_id=545132855#545132855Have you posted a link to that footie clip Kenny?BTW I fell down the last 3/4 stairs just over a week ago.Lay for a few secs thinking I must have broken something but nowt not even a twinge.Mind you us Scots are a hardy breed unlike you soft southernMon, 15 Jun 2015 07:30:02 -0500