They say, chair-ity begins at home. However, it obviously no longer stays there.
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They See Me Rollin' They Hatin'
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In the neighborhood around my last job in NY, there would be trains of wheelchairs. It was really weird, and surprisingly common to see.
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Do they sing 'Convoy' as they meander down the street? Seems appropriate…
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On their way to the Buy N Large?
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Yup, that was the first thing that popped into my head. I wonder how long before our cars are merely an extension of our wheelchairs. You know, such that the wheelchair and car are matching parts of the same overall machine.
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Oh, we shouldn't have to wait much longer than about thirty years ago for the Elswick Envoy:
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or even earlier for some of the other British invalid carriages.
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I don't know why they aren't on the sidewalk. Sidewalk concrete is typically rated at 3000-4000 psi.
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I don't think the electric motor on the first chair could handle all the ramps going up to the curb at cross streets. They'd be out of juice before they got home.
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That is some GVW.
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Yup definitely gross
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Just when does a motorized wheelchair/scooter become a motor vehicle in the eyes of the law? The average bicycle has more safety equipment and recommends the use of a helmet.
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Well… if they crash… what's going to happen? I mean, they're already IN a wheelchair…
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That's a very good point. It's a motorized vehicle capable of carrying several hundreds of pounds of cargo, obviously. Bicycles are required to have lights and reflectors at night, how about these? How about DUI?
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After seeing powerchairs crossing the street at night, they really need lights and reflectors. Maybe a visibility flag while we're at it.
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How do they get so fat?
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welcome to costco. I love you.
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ACKK! It's Les Assassins des Fauteuils Rollents! I can hear the squeak.
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You would have thought that having a wardrobe consisting entirely of pairs of king-size sheets sewn front-to-back would be a wakeup call, but I suppose once you're that far gone…
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I love how the lady in the rear wheelchair flips the cameraman the bird at the end. Classic.
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Doubltess it was the most physical exertion she'd had in days.
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I think she was just waving a sausage.
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When I was in grad school and rode public transit a bunch, I used to see some really big people lugging their groceries around.
That tells me these people probably didn't have cars and did a lot of walking and carrying of stuff. How the hell were they so fat?
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We have several obese people at work, all of whom have disabled placards and park right near the front door. (None are what I'd call elderly, <60, and they don't use canes or anything. They're just huge.)
The evil part of me wants to suggest they all park as far from the front door as possible, so that at least twice a day they'd get some kind of exercise (four times if they go out for lunch!), but I bite my tongue.
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