tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8572102937612408267.post3518842841267715366..comments2024-03-08T03:58:13.625+00:00Comments on Stickman Communications: Shopping!Hannah Ensorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12228122568368871809noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8572102937612408267.post-57321604335260105662013-05-30T23:43:22.036+01:002013-05-30T23:43:22.036+01:00Thank you for this post. It's nice to know I&#...Thank you for this post. It's nice to know I'm not the only one who enjoys the beauty of moving in a chair. I thought I was weird to actually enjoy my chair for it's gracefulness and not only the freedom it gives me.<br />The pity comments confuse me too. It's OK when I'm struggling up a long hill but I don't think I look like I need any pity in a nice flat shopping mall.Bethnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8572102937612408267.post-67103870470303340032013-05-22T17:38:44.396+01:002013-05-22T17:38:44.396+01:00Now that I'm more able to take the steam of wa...Now that I'm more able to take the steam of walking I miss using a powerchair when go shopping (uses to use shopmobility alot when I lived in Nottingham.) but now that it isn't available where I am and I still have to walk a long distance from shops to bus stop and then bus stop to home, I've built up my stamina and the amount of shopping I can do. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01280972573308375683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8572102937612408267.post-43198340557230424752013-05-22T14:24:22.918+01:002013-05-22T14:24:22.918+01:00Me too! I have e-motion wheels which are similarly...Me too! I have e-motion wheels which are similarly responsive.<br /><br />I've never had any pity comments though.Melhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01974201971126211788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8572102937612408267.post-32875441780304616012013-05-22T12:29:09.299+01:002013-05-22T12:29:09.299+01:00my friends get the best benefits - they take advan...my friends get the best benefits - they take advantage of my scooter by piling their bags on it - but cos their my friends - they get away with it :-)disability hackerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05329506597826827886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8572102937612408267.post-4871033809084081812013-05-22T11:52:05.007+01:002013-05-22T11:52:05.007+01:00I think that this freedom is also to do with being...I think that this freedom is also to do with being able to get out and about again after a period of time where your body restricted what you could do. I feel the same about my electric wheelchair. I often weave from side to side, just because I can, and I like to leave wheel trails that will leave others wondering what was going on.<br />I get comments about the control and sspeed of the chair (it's legal, does no more than 4 miles per hour) and love the fact that my children struggle to keep up wth me.<br />Gone are the days of always waiting around shops for mum to have a rest, now I can outshop them!<br />No more do I have to ask my companions to carry my shopping, I am the one who carries it all on my chair.<br />I do get comments about how brave I am, or how difficult like must be for me, but I get even more comments from people wishing they had somewhere to sit or ameans of getting around when their feet/knees/hips/legs are so painful or tired, or something to carry their shopping.<br />Getting a wheelchair was the best thing I ever did :)Rosienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8572102937612408267.post-77791558397024068392013-05-22T10:43:57.860+01:002013-05-22T10:43:57.860+01:00I think its in our genes. No matter gender or age ...I think its in our genes. No matter gender or age or ability. it just like Christmas but you get to choose all your own presents. Although that pay thing can be a bit of a bummer. @raymondillo ;)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com