One-Liner Wednesday – Exercise

I once worked with a man who was a self-proclaimed exercise guru. He worked out regularly at a gym, and discussed his workout routine, if you were interested. I’d heard the stories and I was well-aware of the machines he used, including, the Stair Master.

One day, we were coming into the office together. I didn’t realize that he had split off from me, as I was on my way to the staircase, so that he could take the elevator. When we met again on the 3^rd floor, I asked him why he didn’t take the stairs. He said:

“Real stairs don’t count!”

The timing of that comment helped it to live on in our family. At the time, I was adding a second floor to our house. I was routinely schlepping stuff up and down a ladder, working off a ladder and working off staging that required climbing a ladder for access. When my wife would see me trudging back up, she would often say: “Too bad that isn’t exercise.” We share that comment back and forth to this day.

A few weeks ago, I was on my way to St. Augustine from Daytona Beach. Cheryl, yes, the real Cheryl, the one who moonlights in my bar on certain Saturdays, had suggested I take the coast highway instead of the Interstate. I didn’t have a lot of time, but I had enough to swing by and tour the St. Augustine Lighthouse. I’m not going to share much information about the lighthouse today, and I’m not sharing all the photos – because it has doors, hint, hint – but I will mention that is has 219 steps and I climbed them all. To which my wife said:

“Too bad they don’t count!”

This post is part of Linda G. Hill’s fun weekly series One-Liner Wednesday. You can follow this link to see the one-liners from the other participants.

The view from the top is worth 219 steps, even if they don’t count :)

We we’re allowed up there, but ladders don’t count either.

They aren’t really complete circles. They all lead to a landing.

That’s a long way down.

I know, those are cranes, but I can see them from the lighthouse.

This is inside the Light Keepers House. I guess they want to keep him in shape. They still don’t count.

I’ll wait. It was hard to pass people on the stairs, but they were half-circles with a large landing at each level.

It gets a little narrow at the top.

Unintentional selfie – but I like it.

Trying to capture the depth.

I always like to investigate the structure to see how things are built.

Lot’s of stairs – 219 to be specific.