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Post by WhiteAngel on Apr 4, 2008 22:31:01 GMT -6
Someone gave me some very good advise the other day, I have to say he is a bit of a larrikin, as us Aussies like to say...I was venting about famiy, not giving you any breathing space when you unfortunately go from walking not, to not walking...say when you want to put on the breaks and they step in uninvited thinking they know what's best and they apply the excelerator because it's easier. Easier for who! anyway,
He said two thing's;
1: I should learn to do wheelies when i get my chair, apparently that impress people..go figure....so my question to him would be; can you do wheelies in an electric chair? the other,
2: Is start drinking...that sounded good to me too...but I don't drink...so I think you know who you are....
So what dose anyone else suggest! my ears are open...? 
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Post by went on Apr 5, 2008 11:25:09 GMT -6
Seems like pretty sound advice to me.
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Post by drummer904 on Apr 5, 2008 13:46:32 GMT -6
Im sure we could tweek an electric chair to do it, whata u think Went? Haha. Seriously though, wheelies are fun when i get bored.
I hardly drink, last time i had wine was a few months ago, and my problem is i like to gulp, not sip...
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Post by Tmasgio on Apr 6, 2008 18:29:33 GMT -6
Wheelies would be cool and Hey why not try it.
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Post by WhiteAngel on Apr 6, 2008 19:23:55 GMT -6
Seems like pretty sound advice to me. yeah it dose....anything else I should know? |
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Post by Joel on Apr 7, 2008 12:16:50 GMT -6
Hmmm. Advice...Over the weekend I read in the paper about a professor who got pancreatic cancer, which is almost always fatal, sohe retired from Columbia University to be with his family, and they asked him to give a "final lecture". So, they printed this lecture in the Sunday paper. Now he has a book coming out based on this lecture, which was about how we should live life. There is an ABC show this Wednesday with him on it--does anyone remember this guy's name?
Joel
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Post by Joel on Apr 7, 2008 12:33:19 GMT -6
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Post by went on Apr 7, 2008 18:09:30 GMT -6
Seems like pretty sound advice to me. yeah it dose....anything else I should know? Start getting used to watching where you are going. You'd be surprised how irritating it is when you bump into things, and they move or break. Also, I would measure doorways and the such in your house to make sure your chair will fit through them. You don't want to get it and then be screwed. |
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Post by WhiteAngel on Apr 7, 2008 19:47:25 GMT -6
Start getting used to watching where you are going. You'd be surprised how irritating it is when you bump into things, and they move or break.
Also, I would measure doorways and the such in your house to make sure your chair will fit through them. You don't want to get it and then be screwed.
yeah I know about the door way's, we have bulid a new house about 5 years ago with no stairs, one thing i made sure was to have the doors wider than nornal, we knew this was down the track...i even had the door handles and light switches lowered...I do worry about putting holes in the walls...
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Post by tracy2001 on Apr 9, 2008 5:58:07 GMT -6
WhiteAngel,
I love my power chair. When I first got it, I fell in love with moving fast again. It was nice to move faster than my kids once again. When my daughter was 3, she would sit on my lap instead of the stroller. She would sit there and ride, we would do spins until she got dizzy -- I'd let her drive. I miss that. Now she's 7 and doesn't want to do it -- in case her friends see her. It's also much easier to be in crowded places, you don't have to worry about being knocked over. People are usually very polite and move out of your way. The one's who don't do quickly once you run in to them. The biggest problem is being seen at store counters, people will always ask a person standing up before they ask the person in the chair. The other hassles are public restrooms, it never fails that someone that doesn't need to use the big one is there when I need to go.
Mine is collapsible. The battery pack comes off and it folds up like a manual chair. It sure makes traveling easier -- getting a taxi or getting picked up by someone without a van. It does take longer to go through airport security, but they usually move you to the front of the line so it ends up being quicker.
tracy
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