I feel bad for all of you living in cold icy conditions for so long every year, but sometimes we fall on beautiful sunny and warm days. Three days ago my wife was walking in the middle of downtown. She was wearing some newer leather boots with one of those plastic heal protectors. She was crossing the street and once she reached the other side that fucking little heal protector just didn't want to grip on the new concrete just installed for a wheel chair ramp at the intersection. Just like on ice, her feet flew straight out in front of her, she went up in the air and came straight down on her tail bone. She's pretty banged up and bruised, but thankfully nothing broken that we know of. She said the worst part was that it was the busiest intersection in town and packed with people. Not a single person came to help her up or offer assitance, but she was ok with that hoping that maybe nobody actually saw her falling.
Falling sucks. The last time I fell hard was maybe 20 years ago while I was crushing a box to throw away. Came straight down on my arm and broke it. Glad I don't live in cold climate, I'd probably be falling all of the time.