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milestogo

(23,222 posts) Sun Jul 24, 2022, 12:47 PM Jul 2022

Ivana Trump fell on a spiral staircase. [View all]

Spiral staircases may look beautiful and save on space. But I've never been comfortable using them and I certainly won't be depending on one at age 73.

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Ivana Trump fell on a spiral staircase. [View all] milestogo Jul 2022 OP

I'm 73 too. I have one staircase carpeted up to my apartment and I hold the handrail Walleye Jul 2022 #1

She was having leg pains for two weeks milestogo Jul 2022 #4

I heard multiple people say she needed a hip replacement, GoCubsGo Jul 2022 #11

We rented a beach house with one and badhair77 Jul 2022 #2

I once looked at a loft apartment which had a spiral staircase up to the bedroom. milestogo Jul 2022 #6

Oh, I know. rownesheck Jul 2022 #7

Well played ZonkerHarris Jul 2022 #18

Thank you for the best laugh of the day! phylny Jul 2022 #38

Ikea? 🤣 TheBlackAdder Jul 2022 #8

One piece at a time. milestogo Jul 2022 #20

And possibly one or two falls. TheBlackAdder Jul 2022 #36

That would be a nightmare. badhair77 Jul 2022 #28

I was wondering if there's one at Bedminster malaise Jul 2022 #3

Yeah, like he ever uses the stairs. GoCubsGo Jul 2022 #12

He has trouble with a ramp. n/t Mr.Bill Jul 2022 #27

Maybe he has an extra wide stairlift Danmel Jul 2022 #41

I Always Saw Them As... ProfessorGAC Jul 2022 #5

You think that's bad ... mahatmakanejeeves Jul 2022 #9

I've been up those stairs BannonsLiver Jul 2022 #14

The path on the left seems well trodden ornotna Jul 2022 #22

They've always seemed mindfulNJ Jul 2022 #10

From 2004 FelineOverlord Jul 2022 #13

That doesn't look like a spiral staircase. It's just curved and very wide. Liberal In Texas Jul 2022 #24

Yep ornotna Jul 2022 #32

She sounds winded. badhair77 Jul 2022 #29

Another video FelineOverlord Jul 2022 #15

Where's the boyfriend now? ecstatic Jul 2022 #19

This message was self-deleted by its author ARPad95 Jul 2022 #23

Cancer took him. emulatorloo Jul 2022 #34

They're more like a ladder IMO... Blue Owl Jul 2022 #16

I guess it depends how wide they are. milestogo Jul 2022 #17

They're hell on weak knees. Baitball Blogger Jul 2022 #21

I'm sure she could have installed one of those Stairmaster chair riders FakeNoose Jul 2022 #25

She lived a glamorous life. milestogo Jul 2022 #26

In one of the videos she mentioned an elevator. badhair77 Jul 2022 #30

The home has an elevator. former9thward Jul 2022 #35

We have an addition to the house that has a spiral staircase. It was there when we bought Vinca Jul 2022 #31

Her home had five stories. former9thward Jul 2022 #33

We had one in the house where I grew up. BlackSkimmer Jul 2022 #37

Can't a fall down a straight staircase be more dangerous? Silent3 Jul 2022 #39

Well, whadda know, she fell down the stairs, MarineCombatEngineer Jul 2022 #40