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TexasBushwhacker

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12. I'm 69 and have arthritis in both knees

Reply to LisaL (Reply #5)

Sun Jun 14, 2026, 05:18 PM

17 hrs ago

I have no doubt I would have similar trouble. Plus, having dealt with heavy rain and flooding in Houston, the waterlogged ground DOES get like quicksand. She wouldn't be able to stand because there was no firm ground beneath her or around her to crawl out.

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This message was self-deleted by its author [View all] erronis 22 hrs ago OP

That would require... 2naSalit 22 hrs ago #1

I don't even want to read about it. 3catwoman3 21 hrs ago #2

I don't understand this at all... "she slipped and fell into a puddle about 2ft deep" Talitha 21 hrs ago #3

She is elderly. LisaL 19 hrs ago #5

I'm 69 and have arthritis in both knees TexasBushwhacker 17 hrs ago #12

It's pretty easy to see how GenThePerservering 17 hrs ago #13

Wow! I saw some motherfucking shit like this on that goddamn Gilligan's fucking Island. SoFlaBro 19 hrs ago #4

LOL! JoseBalow 19 hrs ago #7

Don't go mud wrestling alone. twodogsbarking 19 hrs ago #6

Miracles DO happen! So glad she was found and rescued. Fla Dem 18 hrs ago #8

This is not LBN WhiteTara 18 hrs ago #9

Umpteen dozen years ago coming whom from school at Otis AFB in Massachusetts, I found a patch of tirebiter 17 hrs ago #10

I'm glad those two men rescued her! GenThePerservering 17 hrs ago #11

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