As my mother was aging, I was looking out for some good options in the area of walk-in tubs, as due to her increasing age she is getting less agile. But personally speaking, I was never much in favor for installing walk-in tubs, as I felt those are really waste of money and ultimately occupies your bathroom space in no good way.Walk-in bathtubs usually have a watertight door on one side that allows someone with limited mobility to step into the tub without having to climb over the side of a standard tub. But one my friend recently installed these walk-in tubs from Safeguard Tubs, she highly recommended that to me. Though having no alternatives I went by her suggestion and installed & I must say it was worth every single penny. The best part was it had non greasy floor and support bars which acted very helpful to my mother and left me tension free. Definitely a good deal to crack !

the worst fall is for your feet to shoot out in front of you and then falling on your back possibly banging the back of your head. I had one of those 'grand' falls 10 yr ago. I found myself laying flat out backsidedown and slamming onto an icy sidewalk. It had snowed a small amount ahd hid an icy patch. I was striding along with a bag or groceries in each hand and down I went. It was started by a slippery heel on my boot. The tread was worn away on the impact edge. I tensed while in the air and landed hard. After impact, I found it hard to breathe. I thought I had the wind temporarily knocked out of me, but the ensuing pain with each breath told it was more. It was; I had am internal rip, a hernia. I did not slam my head, but had a serious injury anyway. It took 6 weeks to heal and I still have the hernia - Ugh! These days when the footing is slippery, you'll see me walking like and old man. I'll be leaning forward to bias the direction of a fall should one occur. In extreme cases, I may look like a hunch-back. Its bad posture for walking exercise, but beats the alternative of landing flat of my back. Watch the heel contact area of your footwear. The impact patch should have good tread. If it is smooth, it can suddently turn into a water lubricated bearing surface and it will do this without warning. Walking in deep snow ( 8 inches or more of depth), the hazard of falling is lessened, but walking is much more difficult. It requires a change of technique and do not expect to travel as fast. That's about the depth to break out snowshoes for a hike on the trail. It takes some practice to use snow shoes, but it makes it possible to walk in really deep snow. For the first time out, do not go far away from your home or shelter. It is great exercise, but exhaustion can set in quickly and you do not want to be very far away from 'home base'. After you become more accustomed to travel by snow shoe, it can be a good source of enjoyable winter exercise.

I've worked in alterations for over 40 yrs... The shop I work in now, refers leather to a leather shop... BUT we always used a Walker foot on real leather. it never left any indentions on the fabric. fed the leather thru great... Sewing anything with leather using a "home machine" means slow going though. I now use only commercial machines.

I would check the machine to make sure it is level, side to side, front to back -- checking ends and middle each way (if not, every load will be out of balance to some degree). If the machine is level, check the load -- if you have something that gets very heavy when wet (rub, towels, jeans, etc) on one side and only smaller, lighter items on the other, redistribute them. If neither of those are an issue, I'd probably make a service call.