At my age I'd just put myself in the hospital if I tried that! I very seldom roller skated (at that time it was the old style, not rollerblades) and I have no desire to eat concrete. When you're young you can do that stuff!

 

i have all the protective gear (helmet, knee pads, wrist guards). The only thing i don't have is a butt guard. It hurts so very much more when you land on your butt and you're 40 lbs overweight

 

At my age I would break a hip, I feel your pain.

 

Derf, it don't matter if you're NOT 40 lbs overweight, falling on your butt STILL hurts. I try to avoid it, therefore I don't do things that would generally have that outcome.

I will still ride horses though, but only broke ones anymore.

 

Indeed falling on your *** does hurt and so does the following:

Today I spent an hour stretching across rafters in my attic on my ribs getting to a newly replaced bathroom fan to put on a wind blocking flap thing that only opens when the fan is blowing. No, wouldn't fit with it attached during install from the bottom.

It was located on a vaulted ceiling and way out where the roof supports meet the top of the rafters. Can't believe how many unnatural body positions I utilized to get there, install the thing (blindly by feel) and get back out. I sit here typing, feeling as though someone beat half my chest with a piece of metal.