Milton, yes! more please!! Took my first bad one tonight (drew a little blood, and broke a 3 hour old pair of $16 drug store reading glasses). Fell on a very slight downslope on my macadam driveway. My body just got away from my feet and my landing was definitely of the millisecond variety. Bruce Anderson A good example would be to roll during the fall so as to land rolling and dissipate the falls energy to move the body sideways over a period of time (seconds) rather than use it up crushing flesh between bones and pavement instantly (milliseconds). >This is what a parachutist does. > >More later if anyone is interested. >Milton Storch, the Anecdotal Patient!