trekkiedane wrote:

@ TZ Ah, but walking with a 'cane' is something Americans do very well -they've learned it from the master; Charlie Chaplin 
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Oh, my, that certainly does sound more romantic than the way I learned -- from a physical therapist (what some of you call a physio).
But I think my elegant walking sticks make up for the prosaic instructor. One is
this, except the handle is faux ivory instead of lucite.