The shag carpeting is gone from the den

[soldierant]

20. It really must be nice

to be able to select home furnishings etc. for reasons of decor, as opposed to allergies, disabilities, and deformitoes.

Just one example for me - I was born with flat feet, but it didn't stop me from serving in the miitary. But an untreated sprained left anle shortly after I was separated from the miitary has, over time - more than forty years - sunk my left foot so low that if I step on uncarpeted (floor (well-cushioned carpeting at the) the impact pounds my navicular bone quite painfully. (I even have to "pad" the arch area of my left shoes with "Shoe Goo" - they prevent the impact paim, but that part of the shoe gets so much wear it disintegrates without the assistance.) The skin over the impact point is calloused, but not thickly enough to prevent it being painful - if it's even possible for calluses to be that thick. I do cope - just, for some reason, seeing your lovely wood floors reminded me why mine are carpeted