Quads pushing manual chairs

[Jeff B]

Originally Posted by chick

Yea... but while you pass him like a slow f'in mutha f'in turtle, you blow a tire .... leaving both you and that broken down power chair stuck in the middle of the street like two sorry ass pitiful cripples

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Until the wolves eat you both, the vultures get the scraps and some devo takes your bloody chairs home for jollies.

[Lizbv]

Originally Posted by Jeff B

Until the wolves eat you both, the vultures get the scraps and some devo takes your bloody chairs home for jollies.

ahhh........it all comes down to devos n wannabes in the end..........

[Jeff B]

Meanwhile the 85 year old man with the cane nimbly makes his way around your carcasses, shakes his head in pity and thinks "It's such a shame those nice young men are so handicapped."

[Rustyjames]

Originally Posted by Scorpion

We joined around the same time but I have 10 times more posts. And I didn't even come to the board for more than two years. Sometimes it seems like yesterday I was meeting you and other CC folk at the NY Metro Abilities Expo back in '02... time flies.

Time sure does fly. Hey, I was just thinking, you met me when I was in a MANual chair. What a gladiator I was!

[Andy]

Originally Posted by Scorpion

But a power toothbrush?! You're so fucking weak, you're not half the man I am. You will never reach you're full potential, you slackass.

Wow, amazing what happens when a para invades a quad thread...I was not aware that quads brushed their teeth, learn something new every day.

To the manual vs. power, as a para I'd love to have a power chair, carrying things and having a free arm comes to mind. Ramps, hills and distances as well. Seems like a good thing to use. Downsides involve what sort of vehicle to haul that thing around with, extra space to store the thing in the house, mechanical issues, etc. so I'm not really all that hot to get one, mainly the transportation issues surrounding those things. But if it makes you more functional, I cant see what is wrong with using one.

[mimin]

Originally Posted by Andy

Wow, amazing what happens when a para invades a quad thread...I was not aware that quads brushed their teeth, learn something new every day.

yup, we occasionally shower as well (<== when i start looking like that)

[Andy]

Originally Posted by mimin

yup, we occasionally shower as well (<== when i start looking like that)

On Sundays or just Holidays?

[chick]

Originally Posted by JGNI

jbinny,

FWIW, I also think you over reacted with Davey who, it seams to me, is more trying to help here than others. With all those years spent in a wheelchair I think he can teach a few things to a lot of newbies here no matter if you care what he accomplished or not (some are bragging all the time here without getting those comments).

fuentejps,

Scorpion is right here, you should present yourself as a C6, which you are, I've been injured at C4-5 too but you don't see me saying I'm a C4-5. You should do that so that those that cannot see right away that you are a C6 (newbies) don't expect more than they should.

Finally, as for the question of looking more disabled or not in a powerchair, I think it's in our basic instincts to "feel" less disabled if we use a manual chair (I do) because we think that we can do without something that some have to use. But because we feel this way doesn't necessarily mean we are right and that everyone else perceive us that way, some will some won't, and I think that we are harder on each other than many AB's are toward us. I am not talking about the pragmatic pros and cons of using a manual chair here, just the look thing.

I give some credit to people like Davey that seem to have gone, to some extent, over the "look" thing and decided to go for what seems to work best for him, his situation, his activities, his work etc. To each his own but I think that, not that we should refrain ourselves to express our opinions just to be politically correct, we should be more careful in the way we say things because too often some comments here are as bad as things we can hear from some AB's that are condescending towards us. Feeling superior just for something like that reflects some insecurity somewhere else and unfortunately nobody is exempt from it.

forestranger52,

the chair I use:

JGNI, Nice chair. I'm interested in the specs to your chair, if you can provide pleeeease. Thx.

JGNI's chair:

[JGNI]

Originally Posted by chick

JGNI, Nice chair. I'm interested in the specs to your chair, if you can provide pleeeease. Thx.

JGNI's chair:

Hi Chick,

In that post you can get more info on my chair.

http://sci.rutgers.edu/forum/showthread.php?t=70107

I now use some airless black Kik Makos on it though (and no more Invacare blue stickers ). I also changed the front casters for another type of the same size that are less sticky than those soft rolls. I will be happy to give your more info if what is provided is not enough. One thing I like about it is the 3/4" tubing instead of the regular 1", makes it a little more subtle I guess. I went to Florida at Top End to get it done, nice trip and good tight measurments.

À bientôt!

[fuentejps]

jg, are those d's locks on there