STEPing Out

“Do I understand this correctly, Nazy?” I asked. “You want to buy a ‘step’. Right?”

“Yes. For aerobics.”

“Are you aware of the steps that we already have?”

“What..”

“There are 44 steps from the street to the front door of our apartment. And, there are 12 steps in the spiral staircase to the loft.”

“I can’t exercise on..”

“And you want to purchase one more step? A step to nowhere?”

“Dan…”

“This will go with the giant Ball.”

“You, Dan, should carefully consider what you’re saying.”

“Yes, dear. Shall we drive to Athleticum to get the step?”

We were:

“Totally successful,” Nazy enthused.

“149 Francs for a plastic step?” I thought.

“This Reebok step can be adjusted for 3 different heights.”

“You could put different size books on the existing staircase to get the same ..”

It does adjust to different sizes, but the mechanism for doing so was less than clear. (See instructions above.) We tried pressing, shoving, unscrewing and adjusting the linkage mechanism. Then, my sister Marjorie called.

“Why don’t you just look on the web?” She asked – reasonably.

A famous search engine directed us to the correct site with clear instructions:

“If you can do Lego™ Blocks, you can adjust these steps.”

It was, as they say, 'easy' - in the sense that it's always easier when you know how to do it.