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#1 toolman618

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Posted 13 October 2009 - 01:58 PM

I need financial help to get adaptive driving equipment in my van! I went through my local occupation vocational rehabilitation office, but with my van being a 2001 and me having no job before they won't help me, but I kinda need a way to get to work before I can find work. Please if there's any solutions to this, I am open to anything! Thanks

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Posted 13 October 2009 - 07:27 PM

Ya need a vehicle to get to work.
Ya need a job to get a vehicle.

And now, I need an aspirin. Or two.
Maybe ten o' the lil' suckers.

I'd say become a male prostitute, make yerself some quick cash in the fast paced world of gigolo-izm, but shit, as a quad it might be a tad difficult. Bank robbing? Nah, when the bank teller sez to the cops "Well hey, the guy can't get far on foot." Everyone would start laughing.
Paper route? Yeh right, who wants today's paper next week?

Well dang, my fine tuned state of mind has run out of ideas.
Sorry pal, wish I could be of more help. :lol:

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#3 edlee

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Posted 13 October 2009 - 11:11 PM

You must have gotten the wrong caseworker at the voc rehab. I live in Pa, too,, and the ones I talked to were willing to do whatever was needed to get me working again.

Tell them you want training,,, then hit them up for what you need to get to the training facility. Like all governmental agencies,, it's all in how you ask. They just don't like thinking on their own, so unless they have done it before, they don't want to try.

It wasn't apparant from your post, but just how radical would the changes to your van be? If you need a lift and a lowered floor or a raised roof, in addition to driving controls, you will find it difficult to find anyone who would do that work on that old a vehicle.

good luck
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#4 toolman618

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Posted 13 October 2009 - 11:46 PM

Well either way man, was pretty damn funny at least LOL


View PostE-DOG, on Oct 13 2009, 03:27 PM, said:

Ya need a vehicle to get to work.
Ya need a job to get a vehicle.

And now, I need an aspirin. Or two.
Maybe ten o' the lil' suckers.

I'd say become a male prostitute, make yerself some quick cash in the fast paced world of gigolo-izm, but shit, as a quad it might be a tad difficult. Bank robbing? Nah, when the bank teller sez to the cops "Well hey, the guy can't get far on foot." Everyone would start laughing.
Paper route? Yeh right, who wants today's paper next week?

Well dang, my fine tuned state of mind has run out of ideas.
Sorry pal, wish I could be of more help. :)

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Posted 14 October 2009 - 01:33 AM

Sell your legs. Not like you're using them anyway

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Posted 20 October 2009 - 10:54 PM

What modifications do you think that you need?




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