one of my mates broke both legs sledding at christmas. by FUCK the standard wheelchair is a dreadfully designed piece of shit. we made all those discoveries, plus "if you hit a pebble while crossing the road, the wheelchair will upend, tipping the user out. fortunately, if one of his legs is in plaster to the hip and stuck out in front of him, it wil act as a prop and slam him backwards!"
I think that's the 5mm problem in a different guise. Fortunately we figured it out at slow speed the first few times.
At the con we saw a few long-term wheelchair users who obviously have special ninja machines and can neem about at enormous speed. On the other hand I can't really complain because the Red Cross lent us this one for free and it has to be a vast unbreakable mass of steel.
If you are going to Whitby we should have a quiet pint. And several noisy ones.
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At the con we saw a few long-term wheelchair users who obviously have special ninja machines and can neem about at enormous speed. On the other hand I can't really complain because the Red Cross lent us this one for free and it has to be a vast unbreakable mass of steel.
If you are going to Whitby we should have a quiet pint. And several noisy ones.
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alas, i am not going to this whitby - i might try for october, but i'm off to Bang Face Weekender this time. :)
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