Over 65s should do more ironing to be healthy!!!

Ironing is unnecessary most of the time, it is extremely expensive, bad for the environment and I have better things to do.
Those are my excuses and I’m sticking to them.

I haven’t got an iron

That explains why I only visit the GP every 15/20 years !

Me too Rosie. I'll be ironing later this afternoon.

I like my clothes to be ironed but do it without enthusiasm!

Bed linen is sent out to an ironing service.

DH does all the ironing he is much better at it than I am.

I pay £18 For an IKEA blue back packed to the brim with clothes and bedding, once a fortnight. It comes back folded neatly it on hangers ready to put away. I do have an iron and an ironing board just in case. I only use it if I’m in a desperate hurry for something that needs ironing.

Can’t believe I’ve read a DM article. ??

I find ironing the most frustrating of household tasks. You no sooner have ironed a pile then there’s more waiting to done. Ironing a perfectly flat rectangle or square OK. No hassle but panelled skirt or trousers with 100s of pockets. No thanks.

I very rarely iron since retiring. Pillow cases - yes. Rest of bedding - no. Work clothes - no.

I’d sooner spend my time keeping the garden tidy and growing things. Walking the dog. Reading. Internet research. My craft hobby.

No shysal my thoughts are not printable! Apparently it is not just ironing but household chores and yes I do find them a chore. One of the participant's in the survey does 15 hours a week! 15 hours a week? I don't even do 15 hours a month. What planet are these people on?

My comments are indeed unprintable. I would like to tell her where she can stuff her ** iron.

I have several tops and trousers that don’t need ironing and that’s what I choose to wear every day. The only time I iron is if the grandchildren stay overnight and arrive in their school uniforms. I wash and iron for their return home.

I don’t iron my bedlinen but do for any overnight visitors. I prefer the health benefits of a long walk to hunched over an ironing board.

I do as little ironing as possible. How condesecan she get?
As Muse and others have said l have much more interesting things to do, such as walking my dog and being in the garden.
The ironing can wait, surely its bad for your back. Well that's what l tell myself.

BigBertha1

DH does all the ironing he is much better at it than I am.

Same here, BigBertha!

So why is this article in the femail section of the DM?
Just how sexist is that?

I'm not keen on ironing and it takes me a while to find the enthusiasm to get round to it. As I type this there are items hanging on the back of my chair which have been knocking about for nearly a week. I can't imagine that doing this wretched job will make me fitter but it would make me feel less guilty.

Is dusting next? Now that really is a job I thoroughly detest.

As a 66-year-old yoga teacher, I have a few words of valuable advice to other oldies. While you’re at the sink doing that washing up or in front of the cooker making supper, a good thing to do is to stand on one leg — even for a few seconds.

You don’t need to lift the other foot particularly high — a few inches is a great start. Try it on both sides and repeat as often as you can. It will strengthen your tummy muscles and improve your balance and, consequently, you’ll be far less likely to have a fall.

I have news! These balance exercises are a good idea, I try to remember to do them

However - you don't have to be standing at the sink or a kitchen counter to do them! They can be done anywhere.
Although you could do them at the kitchen counter whilst watching someone else do the washing up ?

my owwn views are well what you you expect from the daily wail.....but here's a good poem
Dust If You Must
by Rose Milligan

Dust if you must, but wouldn't it be better
To paint a picture, or write a letter,
Bake a cake, or plant a seed;
Ponder the difference between want and need?

Dust if you must, but there's not much time,
With rivers to swim, and mountains to climb;
Music to hear, and books to read;
Friends to cherish, and life to lead.

Dust if you must, but the world's out there
With the sun in your eyes, and the wind in your hair;
A flutter of snow, a shower of rain,
This day will not come around again.

Dust if you must, but bear in mind,
Old age will come and it's not kind.
And when you go (and go you must)
You, yourself, will make more dust.

Calistemon

^As a 66-year-old yoga teacher, I have a few words of valuable advice to other oldies. While you’re at the sink doing that washing up or in front of the cooker making supper, a good thing to do is to stand on one leg — even for a few seconds.^

You don’t need to lift the other foot particularly high — a few inches is a great start. Try it on both sides and repeat as often as you can. It will strengthen your tummy muscles and improve your balance and, consequently, you’ll be far less likely to have a fall.

I have news! These balance exercises are a good idea, I try to remember to do them

However - you don't have to be standing at the sink or a kitchen counter to do them! They can be done anywhere.
Although you could do them at the kitchen counter whilst watching someone else do the washing up ?

I have got dicky knees. while cleaning my teeth, I stand on one leg and mentally sing "sons of the sea" while "bobbing up and down like this". halfway through the teeth cleaning I change legs.

I have to stand on both legs to bob up and down, doing it slowly greenlady!
Balancing on one leg requires the utmost concentration these days.
I used to be able to do 'The Tree' pose in yoga.

whats an iron ?

As MrJ wears 95% of the ironing, shirts, he does it all.

I iron about 3 times a year. If I'm being particularly keen I find clothes at the bottom of my ironing basket that I haven't seen for 2 or 3 years. (Clearly I'm not often particularly keen)

I haven't seen a doctor for an illness for many years. But I am quite active.

I suppose the idea is fair enough if you can't be active in other ways.

I've wondered for ages how I've been blessed with such a good state of health. Now I know!

Surely walking for an hour in the fresh air is better for your health than ironing even if you do stand on one leg to do it.

What is this word, ironing