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Old 06-13-2007, 08:51 PM #1
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I could never figure out what those two old ladies were yelling while sitting in front of the grand canyon. 42 commercials later... I finally figured it out. I am thankful for the hoverround company - they are the only thing that got my mom to finally buy a wheelchair. I threatened to sick the hoverround sales rep on her and she got a Jazzy. She loved that thing right from the start. She's getting ready to upgrade to a different type of chair and - this time she's going with a pink one!
What do they say, Gret? Something like, "LOL! Our kids will be making payments on these things looooong after we've rotted! LOL!!"?

or

"What were we thinking?!?! You be Thelma and I'll be Louise."?
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"What were we thinking?!?! You be Thelma and I'll be Louise."?
I can just see you two going off the grand canyon on your hoverrounds at high speed..
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Is it just me or does anyone else think that they should have had a disclaimer on the bottom of the screen when they first ran the commercial that had the elderly ladies at the side of the Grand Canyon?


"DOES NOT ACTUALLY HOVER!"
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Is it just me or does anyone else think that they should have had a disclaimer on the bottom of the screen when they first ran the commercial that had the elderly ladies at the side of the Grand Canyon?


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ROTFLOL!!!! You are so right, RW!!! LOL! Shouldn't it be able to raise me up to reach things and cross thresholds or curbs!?!
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You guys are a bunch of cashews

I've got a three-wheel scooter (Pride Victory). Piece of junk. Spent the first 12 months and over $1500 worth of insurance-covered repairs to get the dang thing working.

What I noticed -- I use paratransit to get around -- is that this thing is not set up to be transported. There's hooks in the front that are stable. But, there's nothing in the back. They hook on the lower part of my armrests. They've stripped 'em once. The armrests have loosened up already and it's only been a few months since they were replaced.

The paratransit driver was telling me that these things aren't made for transporting.

When I look at the Hoverround, that's what I think of. It looks cheap. I'd love to have something with a tighter turning radius -- especially when I get onto the elevator here. But, in terms of being able to transport the thing on paratransit, I can just tell, it would fall apart in no time.

I think they should make the people that sell these things spend 6 months using one to see what kinds of problems people really run into.

I'm still laughing about the satellite-signaling headlight that they call a 'headlight' on my scooter. Doesn't light the ground at all. I had to strap flashlights on the bottom of my basket so I could go out at night.

Barb

PS: I would love to be able to "hover" over those non-existent curb-cuts. I'm really tempted to lug along a piece of 2x4 so I can sort of slalom over the dang things
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