UPSIDE DOWN

 


1979 – Lake Tahoe.  Eldest daughter does a nice underwater handstand with her sister looking on. 

Now it’s little sis’s turn to go underwater for a handstand with older sis standing by.

A few years later in ’83 both sisters doing handstands – or attempting to? – on the beach in Pine Mountain Lake.

Eldest sister succeeds rather well.

I did commendable cartwheels when I was younger, but I couldn’t balance well (or long) enough to do a handstand.

I remember using this bar to hang upside down by the backs of my knees once, but I didn’t like the feeling of being upside down.

The only time I felt okay being upside down, more or less, is when I had a stuffy nose and in those days when you were given nose drops you then had to hang your head over the side of the bed for a few minutes.  Somehow I didn’t mind that kind of upside down.  I’d spend the time pretending the ceiling was the floor and imagine how I’d get around on it.  Gosh, I haven’t thought about that for years. J

:->

La Nightingail

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  1. Barbara RogersFebruary 7, 2025 at 1:08 PM

    I had some hippy friends in the 70s who nailed a pair of boots to a board, then hung it from a tree...or maybe something else. I remember putting my feet in it on the ground, so not sure how it got upside down. The idea was to improve health with gravity going the opposite way on our organs etc. Must have worked, cause here I am still talking with you! Joking. You probably know many of my organs have said they'd like to just stop doing their work...but I'm grateful to listen to lots of medical experts.

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    1. La NightingailFebruary 7, 2025 at 1:59 PM

      My husband has always had a tricky back & sometimes used an inversion table to stretch his backbone or whatever. One time I was having a little trouble with my back & he suggested I use the inversion table, but I couldn't tolerate being upside down, hanging by my heels - not even for a moment, so that was the end of that idea.

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  2. Mike BrubakerFebruary 8, 2025 at 6:26 PM

    Very clever to have so many matches for Alan's upside down theme. I think you deserve the prize this weekend. I've never had reason to do any gymnastic stunt so I prefer to stay plumb and level.

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