optimisticbiker reborn

walkingbootweather

If you are looking for a mechanism to give you a lift, or to bring you crashing back down again, might I suggest PMT rather than PFM. :roll:

kelsen

Graham. wrote:

EKE_38BPM wrote:

kelsen wrote:

EKE_38BPM wrote:

kelsen wrote:

EKE_38BPM wrote:

Thanks, but I read you link and didn't get it.
I read the entry in Wikipedia and didn't get it.
I watched a video on Youtube and sort of almost get it.

Same here. There is only one explanation that makes sense to me...it's witchcraft!

I get it now. Its a PFM mechanism.

Developed by an Italian progressive rock band? :?

Pure Funking Magic (and I don't mean funk).

Premiatta Formossa Marconi, if memory serves.

Sorry for the hijack. :oops:

Nope, that must be the tribute band

Premiata Forneria Marconi

Great band!

Never heard of them in my life

optimisticbiker

bringing back OT lol

Went for a driving assessment yesterday at QEF in Carshalton. Had a full physical assessment of arm mobility and an eye test. then went outside to try an adapted 'drive from wheelchair' Kia Sedora. Push-pull lever for accelerator/brake took a little getting used to, but after 10min had got the hang of it. initially tried an electronic mini-steering wheel which drives a motor geared to the steering column 2:1 but found that too much spinning and tiring (and at £20k stupidly expensive) so tried using the normal steering wheel with a tetragrip -a 3-pronged thing you put your hand/wrist into. that worked fine and i was driving round the test track easily. great confidence booster!

kelsen

That's great progress OB! Just watch out for those damn cyclists when you're out on the road though. Weaving all over the place and jumping red lights. They don't even pay any road tax or nuffin'!

davis

Crikey. Wow, again, OB.

veronese68

I bet that first 10 minutes of driving with the hand throttle/brake was interesting. Sounds like things are progressing a bit quicker now.
Keep up the good work.

optimisticbiker

will be a while before i can get an adapted vehicle, got a house to sort first...

dhope

OptimisticBiker wrote:

will be a while before i can get an adapted vehicle, got a house to sort first...

I misread that as horse... cue politically incorrect visions of adapted equine :oops:

optimisticbiker

Sometimes we go backwards....

Woke up yesterday with pressure sores on left heel and right ankle due to leg muscle spasms during night (something you have to live with as a side effect of spinal cord injury). Meant I couldn't put shoes on and therefore couldn't practice bed to chair transfers so had to settle for 30min on weights machine.

However, after some debate was allowed go swimming and managed 14 lengths in 45 minutes, 3 more than last time.

Now have discharge date of 16 April, will be moving to accessible flat in Islington which I'm having to rent for a few months while house is being adapted, that's if the planning authority ever get to agree with anything remotely sensible - their current obsession with the rear roof line (which is invisible from road) means my lift has to be in the middle of the living room :shock:

PBo

OptimisticBiker wrote:

Sometimes we go backwards....

Woke up yesterday with pressure sores on left heel and right ankle due to leg muscle spasms during night (something you have to live with as a side effect of spinal cord injury). Meant I couldn't put shoes on and therefore couldn't practice bed to chair transfers so had to settle for 30min on weights machine.

However, after some debate was allowed go swimming and managed 14 lengths in 45 minutes, 3 more than last time.

Now have discharge date of 16 April, will be moving to accessible flat in Islington which I'm having to rent for a few months while house is being adapted, that's if the planning authority ever get to agree with anything remotely sensible - their current obsession with the rear roof line (which is invisible from road) means my lift has to be in the middle of the living room :shock:

Not backwards, you beat your swimming PB!!

roger_merriman

OptimisticBiker wrote:

Sometimes we go backwards....

Woke up yesterday with pressure sores on left heel and right ankle due to leg muscle spasms during night (something you have to live with as a side effect of spinal cord injury). Meant I couldn't put shoes on and therefore couldn't practice bed to chair transfers so had to settle for 30min on weights machine.

However, after some debate was allowed go swimming and managed 14 lengths in 45 minutes, 3 more than last time.

Now have discharge date of 16 April, will be moving to accessible flat in Islington which I'm having to rent for a few months while house is being adapted, that's if the planning authority ever get to agree with anything remotely sensible - their current obsession with the rear roof line (which is invisible from road) means my lift has to be in the middle of the living room :shock:

some lifts are more visible than others, on of the guys I support has a lift that goes from bedroom to utility room, has no shaft as such, even has carpet on it's roof since you walk on it's roof if it's down.

as lifts go it's a neat thing.

veronese68

Sorry to hear that OB. Good on you for pushing to go swimming, a lesser man wouldn't.
Nuisance about planning. Can anyone speak to the people that live behind you on your behalf? Could it be an imagined objection? If they were all to sign something saying they had no objection would that help? I have no idea if you're allowed to do that, just an idea.

rjsterry

Veronese68 wrote:

Sorry to hear that OB. Good on you for pushing to go swimming, a lesser man wouldn't.
Nuisance about planning. Can anyone speak to the people that live behind you on your behalf? Could it be an imagined objection? If they were all to sign something saying they had no objection would that help? I have no idea if you're allowed to do that, just an idea.

Planners are less concerned with neighbours' objections than you might think. It's normally the colour-by-numbers planning policy that's the greater limitation.

vermin

rjsterry wrote:

Veronese68 wrote:

Sorry to hear that OB. Good on you for pushing to go swimming, a lesser man wouldn't.
Nuisance about planning. Can anyone speak to the people that live behind you on your behalf? Could it be an imagined objection? If they were all to sign something saying they had no objection would that help? I have no idea if you're allowed to do that, just an idea.

Planners are less concerned with neighbours' objections than you might think. It's normally the colour-by-numbers planning policy that's the greater limitation.

This is true, but whispering the letters 'D, D and A' in the right person's ear can often work wonders.

velohutts

good to hear your still making progress , excellent on the car front that must be another big tick on the getting out front for you.
Hopefully your local planning authority will agree to something suitable in the near future and that will get you home in the not to distant future.
Keep up the good work.

rjsterry

vermin wrote:

rjsterry wrote:

Veronese68 wrote:

Sorry to hear that OB. Good on you for pushing to go swimming, a lesser man wouldn't.
Nuisance about planning. Can anyone speak to the people that live behind you on your behalf? Could it be an imagined objection? If they were all to sign something saying they had no objection would that help? I have no idea if you're allowed to do that, just an idea.

Planners are less concerned with neighbours' objections than you might think. It's normally the colour-by-numbers planning policy that's the greater limitation.

This is true, but whispering the letters 'D, D and A' in the right person's ear can often work wonders.

Good point.

optimisticbiker

roger merriman wrote:

some lifts are more visible than others, on of the guys I support has a lift that goes from bedroom to utility room, has no shaft as such, even has carpet on it's roof since you walk on it's roof if it's down.

as lifts go it's a neat thing.

That's what's known as a through-floor lift. the roof of the lift car becomes the floor above when its down and the base becomes the ceiling of the lower floor when its up. but they're limited to 2 floors. I need a 3 floor lift...

Headhuunter

OptimisticBiker wrote:

roger merriman wrote:

some lifts are more visible than others, on of the guys I support has a lift that goes from bedroom to utility room, has no shaft as such, even has carpet on it's roof since you walk on it's roof if it's down.

as lifts go it's a neat thing.

That's what's known as a through-floor lift. the roof of the lift car becomes the floor above when its down and the base becomes the ceiling of the lower floor when its up. but they're limited to 2 floors. I need a 3 floor lift...

what happens when you come home drunk and fall through the hole in the floor when the lift is in the up position?

optimisticbiker

Headhuunter wrote:

OptimisticBiker wrote:

roger merriman wrote:

some lifts are more visible than others, on of the guys I support has a lift that goes from bedroom to utility room, has no shaft as such, even has carpet on it's roof since you walk on it's roof if it's down.

as lifts go it's a neat thing.

That's what's known as a through-floor lift. the roof of the lift car becomes the floor above when its down and the base becomes the ceiling of the lower floor when its up. but they're limited to 2 floors. I need a 3 floor lift...

what happens when you come home drunk and fall through the hole in the floor when the lift is in the up position?

There isn't a hole in the floor with a 2 floor lift. a 3 floor lift needs a shaft n doors...

sketchley

Why not 2 two floor lifts then? You would have to change lifts going top to bottom but....

Headhuunter

OptimisticBiker wrote:

Headhuunter wrote:

OptimisticBiker wrote:

roger merriman wrote:

some lifts are more visible than others, on of the guys I support has a lift that goes from bedroom to utility room, has no shaft as such, even has carpet on it's roof since you walk on it's roof if it's down.

as lifts go it's a neat thing.

That's what's known as a through-floor lift. the roof of the lift car becomes the floor above when its down and the base becomes the ceiling of the lower floor when its up. but they're limited to 2 floors. I need a 3 floor lift...

what happens when you come home drunk and fall through the hole in the floor when the lift is in the up position?

There isn't a hole in the floor with a 2 floor lift. a 3 floor lift needs a shaft n doors...

Ah ok, I geddit...

rjsterry

Veering off lifts for a second, I passed a chap commuting on what I think was a hand trike coming across the short bit of shared use pavement at the junction of Farringdon St and St Bride St yesterday. At first glance I took it for a recumbent, but as I got closer noticed the extra wheel (was concentrating more on the zombie pedestrians). An inspiring and reassuring sight.

UndercoverElephant

rjsterry wrote:

Veering off lifts for a second, I passed a chap commuting on what I think was a hand trike coming across the short bit of shared use pavement at the junction of Farringdon St and St Bride St yesterday. At first glance I took it for a recumbent, but as I got closer noticed the extra wheel (was concentrating more on the zombie pedestrians). An inspiring and reassuring sight.

And a scalp's a scalp, right?

rjsterry

UndercoverElephant wrote:

rjsterry wrote:

Veering off lifts for a second, I passed a chap commuting on what I think was a hand trike coming across the short bit of shared use pavement at the junction of Farringdon St and St Bride St yesterday. At first glance I took it for a recumbent, but as I got closer noticed the extra wheel (was concentrating more on the zombie pedestrians). An inspiring and reassuring sight.

And a scalp's a scalp, right?

passed heading in the opposite direction, so no score I'm afraid. Don't think he would have given it away though.

optimisticbiker

Sketchley wrote:

Why not 2 two floor lifts then? You would have to change lifts going top to bottom but....

floor area & cost

jimmypippa

Makes sense

optimisticbiker

rant about architects (apologies to any on here that do deliver the goods).....

As an IT Consultant, when i work with a client i maintain a near daily email communication of activity, issues and risks. i expected much the same from my architect. if my client makes a suggestion i respond within 24h either taking it on board wholly or partially or explaining why its not reasonable. if my client asks a question i respond within 24h with an answer or give a view when i will be able to respond.

what i didn't expect is no communication for days on end, to go on holiday without informing me and leaving no alternate contact, to be ignored on suggestions, to not answer questions and to roll over when planning dept goes 'boo' and not open a dialogue with them then come up with totally unworkable alternative with a completely unsuitable lift.

ends rant...

now trying to come up with email saying 'get your finger out' or else....

rolf_f

Lateral thinking time! Lets say you had a two floor lift - can you modify the house so that it serves your needs without you using the second floor? Given that it sounds like the second floor is an attic and therefore wouldn't have originally been living space anyway, could you have managed with the original extent of the house had it never been converted?

TBH, the two floor lift option sounds vastly less obtrusive and given that humans generally happily expand to fit the space available, we should be able (reluctantly) to adapt to having less space as well.

veronese68

I don't know what the deal is with architects and contracts, but that sounds like new architect time to me. Unless you've gone too far down the road with this one already. But that is pisspoor.

optimisticbiker

Rolf F wrote:

Lateral thinking time! Lets say you had a two floor lift - can you modify the house so that it serves your needs without you using the second floor? Given that it sounds like the second floor is an attic and therefore wouldn't have originally been living space anyway, could you have managed with the original extent of the house had it never been converted?

TBH, the two floor lift option sounds vastly less obtrusive and given that humans generally happily expand to fit the space available, we should be able (reluctantly) to adapt to having less space as well.

The problem is that the 1st floor doorways and landing area are too small for wheelchair access. to utilise the 1st floor would mean completely gutting it and losing a bedroom which would seriously impact on the value of the property plus with a live-in carer i'd not have an office space to work from.