Ben by Daniel Shelton for April 20, 2019

Oh Ben, I agree! Our old joints just can’t cope anymore. :-(

In for a lot of that this weekend. Both granddaughters coming over for Easter.

gravity can be grave

i’m not old enough to retire yet, but I experience this issue at work every time I stock the bottom shelf of a display. Getting old is not for wimps.

“I have no problem rolling out of bed in the morning, it’s getting up off the floor that’s the problem”

Oldsters have to get butt up first then the rest of the boddy.

I can certainly identify with that. I knew in panel 1 where this was going.

I’ve got that problem now. A real pain it is.

I hear down is often easier than up.

You can do it, Ben! You’ve been trying since yesterday, though, so ask your granddaughter to bring you a walker to pull yourself up on.

Ageing isn’t for wimps!

I’m not that bad yet getting up from the floor, doing it without using my hands is a bit more fraught then it use to be. (When I was a youth my sensei drilled us on how to up and down from a sitting position on the floor. Since that is the position we would be in unless we were practicing a move or strike. You never used your hands since they might be needed to fend off or grapple with an attacker.)

Gonna join you in a little while, Ben. My joints have started making creaking every time I get up from the floor or the chair.