Now that I think about it, I don't remember ever standing to put on my socks. Is this one of those Archie Bunker/Meathead things about putting on one sock, then the shoe, then the other sock and shoe, instead of putting on a sock and shoe on one foot and then the other? I remember that episode.
And arms-length menu reading? I am more likely to use the flashlight on my cell phone to see it.