tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post3231232489125565226..comments2024-03-19T07:36:33.915-04:00Comments on Of Battered Aspect: Baby's SickDave Hingsburgerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11918601687946534172noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-49327240780136396302014-12-24T13:18:12.384-05:002014-12-24T13:18:12.384-05:00That is the worst. When my scooter started to sho...That is the worst. When my scooter started to show age. It started to just drain power randomly just like that. I was kind of afraid to leave my house. Because just like yours it was random and totally unable to be recreated. I also had the repair guy come out twice, but after awhile I couldn't stand the stress and I gave in and bought a new one. I hope yours is still fixable. For me it was kind of like having my car go in the shop. I don't drive but I imagine that's what it must feel like. People thought this was all very amusing until I said to to them oh really you think this amusing?? Lets pretend it's your car. That got the point across fast :DLauranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-87482122250569289252014-12-23T18:17:58.048-05:002014-12-23T18:17:58.048-05:00Oh, Dave! I have had similar experiences with my c...Oh, Dave! I have had similar experiences with my chair - not my current (new) one, but my previous one.<br /><br />The worst time for me was in the middle of the supermarket. And trying to explain where the reset button is (does your chair have a reset button? Does it help? Mine never did.).<br /><br />I hope that the chair doctor is able to resuscitate your chair so that you can travel merrily through Christmas and into a happy and successful 2015!wheeliecronehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10570378001102933660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-18455386175040063032014-12-23T16:33:46.310-05:002014-12-23T16:33:46.310-05:00So Dave! My daughter, Brianna, was in a film that ...So Dave! My daughter, Brianna, was in a film that just won the Dotie S award at the 2015 international Picture This Disability Film Festival in Calgary Canada! <br />We are raising money to get there from the states. Any chance we will meet you at the gala dinner or the festival come March? Here she is: http://bit.ly/NVAdvocate<br />children's advocacy projecthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13245516132668371720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-8579764497470139062014-12-23T10:37:45.654-05:002014-12-23T10:37:45.654-05:00Oh, what a horror. I get what you're saying, I...Oh, what a horror. I get what you're saying, I think. When my wheels have a little tantrum I don't feel desperately scared in the sense of "how am I going to get home" because I know there are varying degrees of backup I can call upon and that I will pretty much certainly be safe in my own bed by night time. But I feel incredibly uneasy about how, for the next twenty minutes, I'm going to get out of the way, out of the hostility. How much scraping and explaining I'm going to have to do, how much "concern" I'm going to have to absorb, how many "helpers" I will have to persuade to stop interfering because what they're trying to do is in fact going to make the problem worse...<br /><br />And then, when it's fixed, and I've taken it 50 metres up and down the road outside my house with someone walking right alongside, there's still that terrible queasiness the next time I go Properly Out, in case it's the 55th metre that's going to re-invoke the problem. Ugh.<br /><br />Good luck!Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11639094548415759560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-18951875938394132222014-12-23T10:18:18.832-05:002014-12-23T10:18:18.832-05:00I'm sorry you felt panic - normal when caught ...I'm sorry you felt panic - normal when caught like that - but sorrier that you felt shame.<br /><br />You are not inadequate as a human - you had a glitch. People have glitches.<br /><br />Did even one of those inconvenienced people ask if you needed a bit of help? Stop to hold the door? If you had been a mother with a stroller malfunction, they would have been helpful and sympathetic (and felt good about themselves for it).<br /><br />That feeling - that we are taking up more than our share of the world - has got to go. Do you think the rich guy with the chauffeur-driven limo even thinks he is taking up more than HIS share of the world when his car blocks traffic?<br /><br />You take up as much space in the world as the good Lord causes you to need.<br /><br />PS I hope chair is not too sick. And I hope 'they don't make these any more' is because they are making better ones (not likely from your tone). They should be!ABEhrhardthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17211038591900883672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35743239.post-50577818229435423792014-12-23T09:12:24.501-05:002014-12-23T09:12:24.501-05:00This reminds me of driving a standard car and stal...This reminds me of driving a standard car and stalling it in the middle of an intersection. Bringing a busy intersection to a stop. After several attempts I get the car moving as my face is beat red and my hands are sweating. <br />Merry Christmas Dave and Joe!! Here's hoping your chair makes it til the doctor arrives.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com