Been on a diet. Lost quite a bit of weight. The old works pants wouldn't stay up even using the last nottch on the belt but I just kept hoisting them up. However, today...
As hurricane Earl is forecast, at the moment, to pass just to our east, I figured I would "tighten up" the seal on the windows which have portable AC hoses in inserts to accomodate them for casement (crank) windows. I had taken the windows out so I can't just shut these windows.
So, I got out the ladder and the duct tape and proceeded to tape the insert to the frames. On the last window, I had to extend my arms fully to seal near the top as the ladder was kinda tippy and I couldn't step up one more rung without blocking the legs of the ladder.
I was almost finished when it occured to me that my pants were in imminent danger of falling down. I quickly tried to catch them with my right hand but I was holding a piece of duct tape with both hands and duct tape is very sticky.
Now, here is the key point. I have degenerative arthritis in the lower three disc spaces in my spine and a satanic nerve pinched in two places. Yes, satanic... hurts like the devil.
Do you know how fucking hard it is to descend a ladder with your pants around your ankles?
It may have been some solace that a lady neighbour said, "Nice legs. Nice behind.", but she's in her 80s and it was just embarassing, unless her eyesight is good and her memory is keen, which didn't occur to me at that particular moment.