Subj : Re: Wheelchairs and memories (was:Re: Teaching)
To   : JOE MACKEY
From : George Pope
Date : Wed Dec 01 2021 10:46:42

 > > These are whaty we have, too -- tyhe new ones have a bay behind the driver
 > > where I back in against a padded shock bumper & no straps needed.  Much
 > > more independent & speeds the buses up, especially in rush hour.

 >   Sometimes it takes a while to get the person on and off.

Same here; but the last hook-based system isn't bad. The chair is backerd up
againsta bumper, them there are two hooks on hreavy duty cables on a vacum
cleaner cord-like pulley so judst yank & hook one, two. . done.

Getting them off can be a pain, as the driver's maniacal speeding around
corners tends to twist the chair a bit, tightening the connections.

If the driver listens to me, we get me out in quick time, as I know the tricks
by now.

 >   Huntington, WV where Ohio, WV and KY meet on the banks of beautiful Ohio
 > River.

I bet the term "Tristate area" gets thrown around?

 > > My main block of memories begin when I was 5. . .

 >   Mine is around three or four, but only a glimmer of something.
 >   Off hand, one is being fascinated by windshield wipers.
 >   One time I was around four and on the hood and moving them back and forth
 > with my mother yelling from the door to leave them alone, I was going to
 > break them.
 >   Then later being in the car in a downpour and her wipers flies off and
 > she saying "I told you were going to break it".
 >   I have no memory of getting on the hood, what I did afterward, etc.
 > That's what I referred to when I mentioned a glimmer of a memory.

Could be that what you mainly remember is your mom telling the story?

Your friend,

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