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Oh man, Jim... I hated 25 above zero in NYS. People adapt I guess. I DID IT for 35 (of my 40yrs) but hated every minute of it.
I love the heat here in Tucson. It's been 68-70 for days and our 10-day is 70s and sun! Yesssssssssssssss!
I did hate (like I said in recent posts on vans) the wait on full-van hydraulic lifts... ESPECIALLY in winter. Usually someone warmed my van up first and PUT DOWN the lift ... but the slow ride back up, the fold-in and the closing doors seemed to take forever.
Some Braun lifts move zippity do dah but none of mine did.
You're brave up there.
Lori
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Date: 01/17/05 08:04:44
Subject: [QUAD-L] Burrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!
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Today was the coldest ambient temperature that I have seen since being in a wheelchair. I guess 34 below zero is a little too cold for the wheelchair lift to work. I tried to go to work today but even with my PCA standing on my lift it would not come down. So here I sit, answering 100 e-mails.
I complain to the manufacture about the slow operation of my lift and they were supposed to change my oil, free of charge, and replace it with an ultra thin hydraulic fluid. A change my oil last summer and I'm not sure exactly what they did but it is worse this year that it has been in the past. The manufactures representative told me that if they put to thin of an oil I might get seepage around my seals in the summertime. I told them I can deal with a little seepage plus, living in Duluth, MN is not like living in Phoenix, AZ with temperatures over 100 degrees. If we are unlucky, we might see 90 degrees for a couple days. Yes, I said unlucky because I could never stand that type of heat and I still can't.
Jim
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