These Boots Ain’t Made for Walking

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These Boots Ain’t Made for Walking

ROD WEBB We’ve all seen deathly pale elderly people lying on the pavement waiting for an ambulance. As we get older, it might evoke the thought that ‘There but for the grace of God go I’.  Two months ago, I was one of these elderly people lying on the ground with concerned faces peering down at me. Apart from the pain, what I remember most was trying to explain that it was “My boots!” I suppose I was trying to convey that it was not age and infi…