Zippity do dah (page 3)

Bumble Bee

JH that chair looks like something James Bond would have if he ever got old and gray.

BB

damselfly

Whoo Hoo! That's great news, I'm very happy for you. Just in time for the fresh spring air and sunshine.

Dams

Outside my window is a park - large enough for 2 baseball games at the same time. One block past that is the river with a beautiful bike path. Without wheels all I can do is drool. I want out so badly.

46 hours to go!!!!

Es

Thats great hun, enjoy

es

Snoozy

Congratulations Lady Lee.

Nothing is as horrible as being confined.

I bet that thing can turn on a dime too!

Don't get any tickets for speeding now...and make sure the brakes are in good shape for that downhill run...

Snoozy..

misspeaches

This brings back memories to me. One of my JW friends who made me laugh like no one else was in a chair. Hers was electric too. I remember so many times her zipping about the place. Sometimes we'd go shopping together and take her manual (?) chair and I'd push her about the place. I'd push her so slowly or just leave her stranded in the middle of the centre just to peeve her. Boy we used to laugh so much about it!

I miss those friends.

ozziepost

well done, Lee! You're an inspiration to us all. Bless you.

ferret

Drive careful no speeding

Lady Lee

no speeding

surely you jest

I'm a speed demon and if I have clear road ahead ogf me I will be in blast off mode. The one thing I got from my mother is driving like a cowboy on the road.

The flat tire chair had a very touchy joystick on it. I hated it and only once or twice put it on the highest setting. Now that one spun on a quarter. THIS one should spin on the dime!!! I figure if I can turn it in the elvator - it's all good

misspeaches I have a hilarious story about a friend with a wheelchair. I was dating him. Initially he had a scooter but it was time for him to move into a wheelchair. So the company brought the chair over and dropped it off. period. No instructions on how to drive the thing. He has CP and his arm movements were erratic.

His friend told him he should just steer it using one finger. I looked at him and wanted to do Stewart just didn't have the ability to control his arm or hands enough to use one finger on the joystick

So I offered to take him across the street. He would drive the scooter and I drove the wheelchair (yes I sat in it and rode it across the street - I'm not superstitious about stuff like that) to a large very empty parking lot. I played around with it to figure out what would work best for him. Turned out that if he placed his hand over the joystick with the knob in his palm he could grip the control and had perfect control. Gripping the control minimozed the movements in his arm and hand and he practiced driving and parking using the lines on the pavement.

When he felt comfortable we decided to go to a restaurant. So off we went - he was in the wheelchair and I was using the scooter. So we are riding along and the sidewalk is wide enough for us to ride side by side and he reaches out and we hold hands. cute? a lot of people thought so. We giggled at the reactions we were getting. Stewart had a bit of an issue about people looking at him but when we were together I ususally made a game of it and I think he got a bit more comfortable. Well we stopped had a bite to eat and then went off towards his palce. And the looks started all over again.

My sense of humor about some things is a bit wackky sometimes. So I asked him to stop for a minute. And with a lot of people watching I got out of the scooter, pretended to check somethiung and ran back to the scooter. People's mouths just dropped open. And I loved it. So did Stewart.

Good for the morale to have a good laugh every now and then.

I've done something similar with a deaf friend and also with a couple of blind friends.

Little did I know I would join the club one day.

BrendaCloutier

Six on the floor, and she's out the door! WooooHoooooo! Go LadyLee Go!

The only thing missing is the solar panel for recharding on the go.

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