My New Car =]]
#1
Posted 21 March 2009 - 01:37 AM
- you were only given this life because you're stong enough to live it.
#2
Posted 21 March 2009 - 01:42 AM
#3
Posted 21 March 2009 - 01:43 AM
- you were only given this life because you're stong enough to live it.
#4
Posted 21 March 2009 - 02:23 AM
#5
Posted 21 March 2009 - 02:35 AM
Drive safely!!!
Hey! Bring back my cape, I'm not done being invincible!!
#6
Posted 21 March 2009 - 02:47 AM
lune - i have ALWAYS wanted this car (but in the sunflower yellow) but never had the money. good thing about accidents are settlements.
- you were only given this life because you're stong enough to live it.
#7
Posted 21 March 2009 - 03:12 AM
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#8
Posted 21 March 2009 - 07:12 AM
hope it gives you many trouble free miles J_F
P.S., I had a 1971 baja bug I sold right before my injury.
Elbert Hubbard
US author (1856 - 1915)
#9
Posted 21 March 2009 - 11:27 AM
- you were only given this life because you're stong enough to live it.
#10
Posted 21 March 2009 - 12:55 PM
Arryn
Anything you want everything you want...
Do you have it...Good...
Now believe it can come true...
You never know where the next miracle is gonna come from...
The next smile... The next wish come true...
#11
Posted 21 March 2009 - 01:00 PM
Anything you want everything you want...
Do you have it...Good...
Now believe it can come true...
You never know where the next miracle is gonna come from...
The next smile... The next wish come true...
#12
Posted 21 March 2009 - 01:07 PM
- you were only given this life because you're stong enough to live it.
#13
Posted 21 March 2009 - 02:05 PM
jaquie_farmer, on Mar 20 2009, 09:47 PM, said:
lune - i have ALWAYS wanted this car (but in the sunflower yellow) but never had the money. good thing about accidents are settlements.
Jaquie,
Seems a very odd thing to say, "good thing about accidents are settlements".
I can't think of much good coming from an accident other than everyone surviving it and NOT being physically harmed.
~Stella
#14
Posted 21 March 2009 - 04:52 PM
StellaLAtella, on Mar 21 2009, 09:05 AM, said:
jaquie_farmer, on Mar 20 2009, 09:47 PM, said:
lune - i have ALWAYS wanted this car (but in the sunflower yellow) but never had the money. good thing about accidents are settlements.
Jaquie,
Seems a very odd thing to say, "good thing about accidents are settlements".
I can't think of much good coming from an accident other than everyone surviving it and NOT being physically harmed.
~Stella
I was saying that although accidents suck there are positive things that come from them. Trust me, I would much rather be able to go back to normal than have this car.
- you were only given this life because you're stong enough to live it.
#15
Posted 21 March 2009 - 05:35 PM
#16
Posted 21 March 2009 - 06:29 PM
Elbert Hubbard
US author (1856 - 1915)
#17
Posted 21 March 2009 - 06:37 PM
fatdave, on Mar 21 2009, 06:29 PM, said:
This post has been edited by ems: 21 March 2009 - 07:11 PM
#18
Posted 21 March 2009 - 07:19 PM
JF,, nice ride,,, I want to see you in it with the top down,,,the car's,, not your's,,,,,,, unless you really want to.
You mentioned something in a previous post about not needing hand controls,,, how do you drive it?
Happy motoring, hon.
ed
#19
Posted 21 March 2009 - 10:41 PM
ems, on Mar 21 2009, 02:37 PM, said:
Wow, ems, that was really harsh. No matter what someone's disability is, it doesn't make that person's life easy, they still have a disability and have to deal with the issues that come along with that. Of course some people have it worse than others and have to deal with a lot more daily hell but to belittle someone else's struggles is never cool. This is indeed a sensitive subject and I don't think ANYONE with a spinal cord injury at any level has EVER "gotten off lightly", even if they are one of the lucky ones who've recovered enough to be walking again or whatnot.
This post has been edited by twisted_ophelia: 21 March 2009 - 10:42 PM
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#20
Posted 21 March 2009 - 10:53 PM
I have to get a new car in a few months currently i drive a cobalt coupe, which i love and is really easy to get my chair in an out but i would like something a big bigger. does anyone have any sugggestions about cars that have worked for them.
#21
Posted 21 March 2009 - 10:53 PM
ems, on Mar 21 2009, 06:37 PM, said:
A little research on Cauda Equina Syndrome, and a closer look at what Dave actually wrote on his about me page, might make you want to review these unnecessarily harsh comments.
#22
Posted 21 March 2009 - 11:17 PM
edlee, on Mar 21 2009, 02:19 PM, said:
JF,, nice ride,,, I want to see you in it with the top down,,,the car's,, not your's,,,,,,, unless you really want to.
You mentioned something in a previous post about not needing hand controls,,, how do you drive it?
Happy motoring, hon.
ed
Haha. I will get a picture up asap. I think I'll stick with the cars top off since Mom didn't bless me with nice big boobs. LOL.
As far as hand controls, my right side is normal again minus a few sensation issues. I'm very lucky.
Twisted you said it best: everyone with SCIs have it tough. We should all try and look at the positives. We're all alive aren't we??
- you were only given this life because you're stong enough to live it.
#23
Posted 21 March 2009 - 11:19 PM
Another girl at basketball is L5 complete, she walks with AFo's. I'm not actually trying to compare ppl, but I just want you to know that I do understand this level of injury quite well. I may not know everything about his case, granted, but back to my comments, I realise not everyone see's the positive in their life all the time, but I also think it does no good to always see the negative, and thats what I was trying my hardest to say.
But I apologise to all I have offended by asking how being L5/S1 means paralysed from the wiast down, and never walking again, I've just never heard of it in this age of technology. I do realise that dave is a slightly larger bloke, and I do realise this may have some bearing on the matter, and Dave, I apologise to you for sounding so harsh, I really didnt mean it to come across like that, but surely you understand that if I wrote that I am T12 and paralysed from the chest down, you'd be asking ME questions!!
#24
Posted 21 March 2009 - 11:24 PM
jaquie_farmer, on Mar 21 2009, 07:17 PM, said:
My god, Jaquie, we actually agree on something. Shocking. Indeed, we are all alive.
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#25
Posted 21 March 2009 - 11:59 PM
When I teach wheelchair skills with BackUp, we share lot of stories about ppl, people who we've met at other spinal units and some we know personally, we try to make the learning fun, but also make them aware of others. One of the guys that comes with us sometimes is C2 and when he turns up and does his stuff, everyone that that was grumbling 5 miunutes before suddenly seems to get a new ray of hope, cos they know that thier life may not be soooo bad afterall. Now our friend who is C2 shows them his tricks with his blowdarts etc.. .. taking jelly sweets off the top of the white papper board, and they are all gobsmacked.
So yes I do get to know quite abit about differnt injury levels and how it affects each person. Yes some have it tough, and some have it better than others, but some realise how good they have it, and some dont. I'm a mere flesh wound, compared to alot here, and I know it.
#26
Posted 25 March 2009 - 07:44 PM
fredspike, on Mar 21 2009, 02:53 PM, said:
I have to get a new car in a few months currently i drive a cobalt coupe, which i love and is really easy to get my chair in an out but i would like something a big bigger. does anyone have any sugggestions about cars that have worked for them.

here's a car that's bigger, my friends have actually put rock band in it and played, quite easy to get into & out of, bad on gas though.
have you looked into a Subaru, my brother has one and we've loaded myself into it with a manual chair and there was a good amount of room in it.
#27
Posted 25 March 2009 - 08:04 PM
#28
Posted 27 March 2009 - 10:26 AM
ems, on Mar 22 2009, 01:59 AM, said:
My thoughts entirely.......so
Life's a piece of shit
When you look at it
Life's a laugh and death's a joke, it's true.
You'll see it's all a show
Keep 'em laughing as you go
Just remember that the last laugh is on you......
PS Love the car Jaquie :-) Enjoy!
#29
Posted 27 March 2009 - 10:27 PM
- you were only given this life because you're stong enough to live it.

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