Things A Wheelchair Is Good For
Oct 22, 1997
This is an archival transcript of one of our past meetings. We don't have scheduled topical meetings anymore, but we're not opposed to the idea of bringing them back if someone is willing to commit to hosting them on a "long term" basis.
logging is on
okie dokie
ok
fine by me
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what game says the net gimp
hello Deb :o)
wow, that could be a bumpy ride mimi :o)
hi Deb
Hi Deb
hi deb
This meeting is going to be sort of informal... I wasn't
quite sure how to make an agenda for this particular topic.
Hi MIMI!!!!!!!
How are you -- how's the baby?
how are ya? :o)
*** Joins: Raven_ ([email protected])
hello Deb
I`m fine, thanks, and the baby`s doing well :o)
hu Raven
Hi Raven
I'm just fine! Hi deedee. A BIG congratulations to you,
Mimi!!!
oops, hi Raven
hu?
wb Raven :o)
nhehe
Wash'te
But first, Mimi is paying us a little visit, so she gets
our attention for a few more mins. until she has to leave.
:o)
LOL
hey Mooo, does that make me a typing gimp too
oh, jeez, put me on the spot, Carly!!
LOL
meeting time , dhe can't go
Go ahead and start the meeting so you can all have the benefit
of my wisdom ;o)
she
i cant give you an "official gimp" button for your homepage
CAN
j/k :o)
hehehe
i think i still have them
oooooh, man you`re making me jealous :o)
Mimi, do you have any suggestions for fun wheelchair
activities?
* Mimi grins
flat-ire-racing...
bungie jumping :o)
tire
omg, I seen that
Daniel, I still have them
wheelchairs are good for getting stuck in shopping aisles,
just tonight I got my powerchair stuck on a rack in Walmart crafts
aisle, sent several ladies with carts flying out of the aisle.
i like the walnut cracking aspect of it
I keep all your artwork
dog-chasing
walnut cracking?
yeah, run them over
\:o)
i took my first flying lesson with a wheel chair
a human jungle-gym for small children :o)
that, you have to explain
wow!
I like to use my chair as a footrest when I lie sideways
across my bed...
i flew about 10 feet and landed my face
ouch
ok
ouck
i was pushing a friend real fast and we hit a pothole
My kids like to do wheelies in my wheelchair!
mine too
* Mimi does great wheelies :o)
my cousin taught me
The footrest idea is good too
hehe... I can't do wheelies, darn it.
of course, that was after lots of practice and several near
concussions
LOL
<---sees ppl do that, scares me
oh yeah my Dad uses my wheelchair footrest as a headrest
when we go somewhere and hi is sittin on the ground in front of
me..:)
carly needs a chair with hydraulics so it can bounce
around like those lowrider cars
i got so I could even do a wheelie while descending stairs
ROFL
lol
Powerchairs are backheavy, have to be very careful going up
ramps, can do great wheelies that way
How about using a w/c as a cart to tote books, boxes, etc.?
I like to tape spray cans to the wheels and stripe
highways...
well only if noone is in it at the time Kit!
LOL
yeah, but eventually the owner needs it back :o)
hehe
have wheelie-wheels
I'm not coordinated enough
LOL
I have to go, guys :o(
bye!!
Bye Mimi
awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww
bye Mimi
kiss baby for us
bye mimi!!!!!!!!!!!! *hugs*
I do that when I'm packing for a trip... I wheel all my
stuff out to the living room on my chair.
*hugs!*
I will judi :o)
bye mims
* HelloKit gives Mimi a huge hug!
i would like to see a wheelchair like in that one werewolf
movie
HUGS Carly :o)
bye!
oh yeah Silver Bullet
*** Parts: Mimi ([email protected])
me too
yeah!
????
that was it!
Silverbullet
I would never stay home.....hehe
cool-chair
Here's one...
Great, now I'm movie disabled
my friend Lawrence had a golf cart
until he got pulled over
ha
I wedge my chair under my door handle and set the brakes
to keep my brothers out. >o)
*** mimi has left IRC
hehe
I do enough damage with a chair, the world wouldn't be safe if
I had a golf cart
LOL judi
there is some man who has a really cool electric cart here
its fast
Does anyone besides me have "steering" mishaps?
how many people in here now use a wheelchair all the time/
like running over lil old ladied?
yea
ladies?
*** Joins: Hghlndr ([email protected])
I use mine about 75% of the time
not me. ive only had to use them after operations
oh Judi, constantly...
Only when cruising through a store and someone pops in
front from out of an isle
Keith does
judi: When my bf and I were still a long-distance
relationship, he came out here for Christmas - we went to the mall
together and he ran my chair into a shelf in the book store.
never hit anyone yet
wow, did the throw the book at him?
\:o)
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sorry I am late
Doesn't that scare the heck out of you when the person darting
out is a small kid?
excuse me
It's about time, Simon :o)
I know! sorry about that
how peoples
howdy too
*** Parts: Raven_ ([email protected])
hi phoenyxx
hehe Ive been about thrown out of my chair several times
while X-mas shopping last year....
usually the kids stop and watch, its the parents pushing
the carts you have to watch for
hey!!!
true
I have the ultimate!!!!
I've has people run into me after I've turned or slowed
down to avoid them
Wheelchair bumper car games!!!
me too
For some reason in my town everyone walks backwards -
makes it real interesting.
like at the carnivals
Sounds like fun!
I'd be good at that!!
I'm usually a patient person and I like going out with
friends but at times I am more tense in public
that would be cool!
because of the stupid things some people do
like what Phoenyxx
?
They walk backwards and when they back into your chair
they give you dirty looks like it's your fault.
Amen, phoenyxx
hehe Kit
dont ya hate it when people stare at you and pick their
nose?
ROFL
.....I like kids but at the same time I've almost felt
like cussing out a child for running into me even after they saw
me.
like we can't see
im never going back to Kentucky again
I like the boneheads that barge out of doorways right into
me... especially when I run over their feet
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speaking of carnivals. you can have "strong person"
competitions wheeling up the big yellow slides
hi funnyface!
Wait aminute, what's wrong with KY?
wheelchair tug-of-war
Wheelin- you mean like some of the ramps that pass as ada
compliant?
Welcome, Funnyface :o)
HAHAHA, forgot about those, heck, forget the slide, thats
too easy!
how about LAW rocket shooting games at cars of people that
piss us off?
We are discussing fun things to do with a wheelchair.
LOL
i am new to irc
Roman candles taped to the wheels make great pinwheels on
the 4th of July...
You seem a little hostile tonight phoenyxx, bad day?
He's always like that, judi :o)
how about going to the drive-in theater in a chair?
i think it would be fun to torture my chair (revenge)
Welcome Funnyface
There you go, Daniel...
judi- no, I am just so sick of all the crap that goes on
that we're supposed to 'accept' as part of our situaitons.
but i imagine necking in the back seat of a wheelchair is
kinda hard
I was once in a park, a kid looked at me and asked my
friend "what is wrong with him?" (Like I wasn't even there)
Richard replied "not a damn thing, he's just lazy."
Or a drive up window and then getting steamed becuase your
chair never sets off the little buzzer...
Naw, too many bugs, what's wrong with KY?
hehe Steady
some people in public are jerks, and it's somehow my fault.
steadyedd- I've heard that- hell, I've met some people in
wheelchairs that say that about other people in wheelchairs.
nothing is wrong with Kentucky, judi. Just a particular
"woman" in Kentucky
This kid stopped and stared at ny daughter getting my cart out
tonight. She gave him a lecture on power chairs, so he left>
Thanks, Moooo
i like wheelins idea though
Ive had some of those experiences with clerks in
stores..asking my friends things that they should be asking me...I
say ask me I dont bite...
painting stipes
deede: I know about that!
Its like some people are afraid to speak directly to me
that happens to me too
Thanks to you guys, I've started speaking up instead of hiding.
Good, judi
cool judi!
Thanks
Actually, my confidence has gotten a lot better since I
started doing this too.
judi. my fav thing to tell them is to "kiss my pearly
white butt"
It really helps to know you are not alone
sometimes I've been out with my family, and they're
usually cool about things but sometimes someone cuts me off or the
place we're going isn't accessable, and they gotten on my case for
saying something about it.
I'm finally learning to get mad when people pull things on
me, instead of just taking it quietly.
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carly, I thought taking it quietly was the expected thing
to do!
Bah :oP',',',',
You have a right to speak up, Phoenyxx
no!!!! bitching is the right thing to do when you're right
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judi- I know that now :-) but I get tired of people
quoting chapter and verse about ada instead of seeing for
themsleves that things sometimes still aren't accessable.
wheelchair skydiving?
anyone done that?
No thanks...
Not yet!
I'm scared of heights
Ill pass
awww
skydiving would actually work- military transport planes
have rear doors- strap into the chair, have a chute big enough for
both you and the chair, and
darn
Grabbing a bumper of a passing car tends to get you places
quite fast...
the doors can be open in flight- just roll out the rear
door and do a Slim Pickens routine on the way down :-)
Here we go... using wheelchair handles as dressing hooks.
sounds painful to me
Wheelin: so does sticking a Glock in the face of a van
driver.
LOL
Yeeeeeeeeehaaaaaaaaa
My cat likes to sleep in mine
eeek
Mooooo, you've seen that movie :-)
Dr. StrangeLove?
yes! cool classic flick
yep
You guys watch too much tv
Our pets are all afraid of my chair when it starts
rolling... but as long as it's still they'll sleep under it.
how about using a wheelchair as a battering ram during a
raid?
watch too much tv? I make my own show :-) (ok, it's
local cable :-) )
its good for pushing doors open
sorry, phoenyxx, I forgot
I saw a great cartoon. it was a picture of several
handicapped parking spots, with empty wheelchairs in them...
I wish our animals were afraid of my chair so they would
get the hell out of my way!
Gimp Cops, Gimp Cops... whatcha gonna do when they roll
over you...
LOL
lol
Wheelin thats funny
where wheelin?
now one really funny thing I did with my friends back in