Keith, Sorry if I made it sound like my chair only suffers from the sight of my butt coming toward it each morning. It has developed some bad habits that I'm told are signs that the Mk5 electrical system is almost toast. It does a cute trick now n then, when I recline. It starts sitting back up then stops. It must be restarted several times before it actually returns to a seated position. The roho seat in it needs replaced. (not just my butt complaining, Rehab Dr. says its junk). I think you've done real great getting a chair to last beyond 5 years. They weren't meant to last that long. mines on 3rd set of tires, 4th set of batteries. The back has been replaced once and is about to be redesigned and replaced again. When it is working right its a great chair to be in. Ohyea..it did catch on fire once. Those burns are almost healed. If all else fails, I have a wicker chair that dates to 1932, but it doesn't really steer, it merely helps whoever is pushing it. (INHO) I think the money junkeys and mental deriliques running Americas' healthcare systems have sat on their hands while Der flunkenschtooper has dictated the building of invisible jets that are too expensive to risk flying. We did need to replace the F-15's fast, although nobody has ever shot one of them down. And we needed those aircraft carriers built on the double, (guys that get $70 per hour worked Sundays). The Navy is worried how to man ships with all the air craft carriers. Retirering Admiral's comment off the record: The USS William Jefferson Clinton won't be fully manned and capable of operations untill its reactors are beginning to fail. Don't even ask what marines think of there ultimate weapon the congress forced them to have, "V-22". A copy of a helicopter built by soviets back in early 60's but Russians only thought it was entirely stupid to build a plane/helicopter that is not a good airplane or a good helicopter. So far, the V-22 has killed more marines than Saddam Housien did. You can believe what you like, but when they are thinking up ways to screw over disabled folks, they are about to rip off disabled vets, too
Best Wishes, john ----- Original Message ---- From: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: quad-list@eskimo.com Sent: Saturday, October 27, 2007 4:01:32 PM Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] to all in wheelchairs Clip It has been a good chair but it is 4.5 years old with my butt in it almost everyday between 8 to 14 hours. A few signs of wear are becoming evident. I figure I'll get my new back replacement and batteries then get them started on a replacement. This is why (IMHO) that federal and state waivers are sooo burnt out. Many people just seem to want another something (after it's in good shape) just becuase. Spend, spend, spend. After 11 years in my only chair, I've decided to get another one due to wear and motor performance and all I'm getting is one big runaround. Keith/34/C4-5/NJ See what's new at AOL.com and Make AOL Your Homepage. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
