And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Not for me, these days I need to think about stand up after I sit down.
ReplyDeleteYUP, know how it is. Once my butt gets lower than my knees, getting up nearly requires a mobile crane.
DeleteThat hurts my back just looking at it!!
ReplyDelete...and to think, somebody was paid to design that.
ReplyDeleteand very pricey
ReplyDeleteNo way to arise with dignity, even if both of my legs still worked.
ReplyDeleteI'm threatening to put everything in the house on cinder blocks so I can use them, that wouldn't look good on blocks.
ReplyDeleteAt least a beanbag chair is comfortable to sit in.
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