tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34940564.post5686175084727944935..comments2023-11-25T01:12:34.326+00:00Comments on Benefit Scrounging Scum: Sunday EveningBenefitScroungingScumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08939136229593231935noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34940564.post-70972543488691662142008-03-20T18:23:00.000+00:002008-03-20T18:23:00.000+00:00AJ: Isn't it surprising how tiring just going to t...AJ: Isn't it surprising how tiring just going to the loo can be! I'm glad you liked the benefits posts, I often think the only people who understand the system properly are those who've had to claim themselves over a period of time<BR/><BR/>Cake: That doesn't sound good (understatement of the day!) Worryingly we were trying to cross on a proper crossing with supposedly fully dropped kerbs, not good! BG xBenefitScroungingScumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08939136229593231935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34940564.post-32362038615493030222008-03-18T22:08:00.000+00:002008-03-18T22:08:00.000+00:00I tried to push an elderly relative in a wheelchai...I tried to push an elderly relative in a wheelchair recently. She weighed twice as much as me and the pavement was on a slant. It was all I could do to keep the chair straight and her in it. Fortunately there were proper ramps at the place where I wanted to cross the road. I would never have been able to tilt the chair back to get the wheels up - like with a pushchair.Joanna Cakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15944673677004607976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34940564.post-64151370389918730352008-03-17T22:36:00.000+00:002008-03-17T22:36:00.000+00:00Been busy... but just caught up on your blogs I ha...Been busy... but just caught up on your blogs I hadn't read lately. Very interesting reading... especially about Benefits. It's all so complicated. I am surprised anyone understands how it works!<BR/><BR/>I felt for you and your regular trips to the loo... I have similar problems and have to be close to a bathroom... It wakes me up in the night several times too, but not as often as you. But it leaves one so tired if you've had a bad night.<BR/><BR/>Take care... JaneAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34940564.post-73531596951791854932008-03-17T20:55:00.000+00:002008-03-17T20:55:00.000+00:00Mary: Thank you, I'll check them outSteph: I'm sor...Mary: Thank you, I'll check them out<BR/><BR/>Steph: I'm sorry to hear you can't get out anymore with your mother, it is such a hard situation, I'll be thinking of you. <BR/>You are so right about laptops, don't you just love yours?! TY, x<BR/><BR/>Vi and Jim: I like the idea too! Unfortunately wheelchairs are NHS property. I checked when I got mine as one of Ziggy's friends was going to properly customise it for me, design, spray paint the works. You're only allowed to put stuff on that is easily removable. Sigh.<BR/><BR/>Cas: I know x x<BR/><BR/>Kim: wow, thank you! xx<BR/><BR/>Marla: Aren't they just! <BR/><BR/>Dr J: Hello, you might be right! I like the snap on wrist band idea, that would work. It hadn't occurred to me because it's a transit chair so I usually just use it in the daylight. <BR/>I love your surgery chair description, fab! That must be such a temptation to so many people!BenefitScroungingScumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08939136229593231935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34940564.post-72029686039191257192008-03-17T16:05:00.000+00:002008-03-17T16:05:00.000+00:00Sounds like time to do up the chair before you're ...Sounds like time to do up the chair before you're allowed out to play with the traffic again ;-)<BR/><BR/>Seriously though the kids used to have those snap on yellow reflectory wristband thingies for just such an eventuality. Or there's good old tipex to the dark surfaces of the wheelchair. <BR/><BR/>Our surgery has an old fold up chair with the practice name on the back. Our name is a five letter word ending in ***ar House. On the back of the chair we put the name on the top line and the "House" on the bottom line, so when folded up only half is visible, and our chair sits in the middle of the corridor, proudly proclaming <BR/><BR/>AR<BR/>SE<BR/><BR/>to the world.Doctor Jesthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14446967855995345815noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34940564.post-7749432420059012432008-03-17T13:44:00.000+00:002008-03-17T13:44:00.000+00:00Couch days and new pj's are the best.Couch days and new pj's are the best.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34940564.post-72290820486695266062008-03-17T11:27:00.000+00:002008-03-17T11:27:00.000+00:00YAY... ((((hugs))) and yay again.. and a woohoo th...YAY... ((((hugs))) and yay again.. and a woohoo thrown in for the joy of it....<BR/><BR/>cheers kim xxxfrog ponds rock...https://www.blogger.com/profile/06993183713914418876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34940564.post-67295234993291140392008-03-17T09:41:00.000+00:002008-03-17T09:41:00.000+00:00I know just what you mean by a normal day being sp...I know just what you mean by a normal day being specail.<BR/>Happy Paddys day!!Casdokhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03497897393162856190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34940564.post-59192728730474177672008-03-17T08:22:00.000+00:002008-03-17T08:22:00.000+00:00Glad you had a great day BG. I like Vi's flouro pa...Glad you had a great day BG. I like Vi's flouro paint suggestion for your chair too1Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03092264892200529590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34940564.post-68777485999407936122008-03-16T23:02:00.000+00:002008-03-16T23:02:00.000+00:00I think you should get some fluro pant for your wh...I think you should get some fluro pant for your wheelchair in case you get stuck on a dark road again!Vihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03765245225983839101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34940564.post-6089583003982299042008-03-16T22:29:00.000+00:002008-03-16T22:29:00.000+00:00Lovely post! BGRed sounds like a great friend who ...Lovely post! BG<BR/><BR/>Red sounds like a great friend who understands your needs well. As you say, a 'normal' day is a real luxury and does your heart good.<BR/><BR/>I am a well-seasoned wheelchair pusher as I used to regularly take my mum out of her dementia unit, for 'adventures' around the grounds of the nursing home - no traffic. We often got stuck trying to mount the tiniest of kerbs/ramps and Mum (in her confusion) would offer to get out and push - she is severely disabled and needs a hoist to be moved at all! Whenever we got stuck, I used to find it easiest to turn the wheelchair around to pull it backwards up the slope as the larger wheels seem to cope better with small bumps. <BR/><BR/>Unfortunately after Christmas, Mum had to move to an armchair wheelchair (for comfort) - it's on four small wheels (like a hospital trolley) and is very difficult to manoeuvre, even indoors. It has severely restricted our outings and of course since my back gave out, I haven't been able to push her anywhere. I miss those 'special' times we had together.<BR/><BR/>Where would we be without laptops? They are a 'life saver' for people with mobility issues, for keeping in touch with the outside world.<BR/><BR/>Keep on tapping away, BG. You're writing great stuff!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34940564.post-54323686358218611492008-03-16T21:54:00.000+00:002008-03-16T21:54:00.000+00:00Get thee some of these.They are silicon rubbery st...Get thee some of <A HREF="http://www.wiggle.co.uk/ProductDetail.aspx?Cat=cycle&ProdID=5360032637&N=Knog%20Coloured%20Frogs%20Single%20LED%20Superbright%20Rear%20Light" REL="nofollow">these</A>.<BR/><BR/>They are silicon rubbery stuff and they wrap around walking sticks, bike handlebars, bits of wheelchair, whatever, no screws or glue, BUT they're tiny, you can shove them in a pocket, visibility without looking dorky. I have a red one and a white one on my walking stick and it makes me feel SO much safer.Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11639094548415759560noreply@blogger.com