Two Incidents In One Week Involving...Paint!

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I despair of my parents at times, I really do! My Dad is now 73 years old and can be very silly when it comes to carrying heavy shopping and the like. What follows is a good example of what I mean:- On Wednesday it is Pensioner's Day in B&Q which is a national DIY store chain in the UK. Dad took the opportunity of walking to B&Q and buying some paint. What's wrong with that? Well, the paint he bought was the largest tin possible. Not sure of the size but Mum couldn't lift it off the floor when he showed it her, so you get the idea. On the way to B&Q he could negotiate the footbridge over the local railway station as a short-cut to the store. He did not do this coming back because of the steps and proceeded to take the long way round...walking up a big hill in the process. Why no-one stopped to help him on this busy road is beyond me. The second incident with paint concerned my Mum on Saturday. She travelled on the bus into Town, then hopped off to visit Wilkinson's (along with other stores) for two of the "medium-sized, not the biggest" paint tins. She placed them into her rucksack, then came out to catch the bus into Layton Square, near to her street. She then proceeded to walk down this long street to her house with the rucksack on her back and she told me earlier that she was "bent double with the weight." She is 63. I know they don't have a car anymore due to the cost (but they have a friend who would drive them if they so wished) but I do worry about them carrying heavy stuff like this. I wouldn't do it. As for Mum, she made me laugh and told me that the two tins of paint "squashed her pack of Carefree" at the bottom of her rucksack, that she had forgotten about! Honestly, what are my parents like? Do your parents think they can carry stuff and really, they shouldn't? Before you ask, I live 100 miles away so couldn't help either of them...unfortunately.