Monday Meanderings - 5.21.2018

When you become a seasoned/senior/old citizen - tack your pick - one of your favorite activities is...sitting. I sit a lot. I'm very good at it.

But I have a problem in that regard. I suffer from SBS. Skinny Butt Syndrome. Unlike other areas of my body, I simply have no padding to cushion the rest of my less-than-skinny body while seated. So, typically, I sit in the recliner for a while, then get up and sit on the couch for a while. Rinse and repeat.

Of late, I spend a LOT of time sitting in front of my computer, recording and editing audio books. Even there, I switch back and forth between a non-creaky wooden chair and a softer, but noisy office chair. I have discovered that the same thick foam squares I use for sound-proofing can also be used for tush-cushioning. But there's a limit to how high you can stack your pillows/foam without falling out of your chair. 

So I invested in a gel cushion. You know, the squishy stuff that's promoted as the solution to SBS. I say invested, because you almost have to take out a mortgage on the silly things. But I'm desperate. And I am happy. The 2-inch gel cushion outperforms the previous stack of pillow and foam by a wide - and shorter - margin.

I say all this to share with you an interesting test promoted by the manufacturer of the gel cushion. The egg test. In the packaging, a large flyer urges you to place a raw egg on your new cushion - and sit on it! You can't make these things up, folks. To be fair, they suggest you put the egg in a zip-lock bag "just in case."

And this reminds me of the old "you can't crush a raw egg in your fist" stunt. If you nestle the egg in  your palm, and apply even pressure, it won't crack. Or so they say. I'm not going to sit on an egg, but I confess that I once tried the egg-in-palm stunt, and in fact I couldn't - or didn't - crush it!

This took place at our house when we were hosting a small group and several other people tried and failed to crush the egg. Then I handed it to Chris. Chris is disabled and uses crutches to get around. Chris has developed incredible arm strength. There was egg yolk on our kitchen ceiling for years, until we got around to repainting the house.