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<HelloKit> logging is on
<Mooooooo> okie dokie
<DopeHat> ok
<Mimi> fine by me
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<judi> what game says the net gimp
<Mimi> hello Deb  :o)
<Mooooooo> wow, that could be a bumpy ride mimi :o)
<judi> hi Deb
<Wheelin> Hi Deb
<Mooooooo> hi deb
<HelloKit> This meeting is going to be sort of informal... I wasn't 
  quite sure how to make an agenda for this particular topic.
<Deb> Hi MIMI!!!!!!!
<Deb> How are you -- how's the baby?
<Mimi> how are ya?  :o)
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<deedee> hello Deb
<Mimi> I`m fine, thanks, and the baby`s doing well  :o)
<judi> hu Raven
<deedee> Hi Raven
<Deb> I'm just fine!  Hi deedee.  A BIG congratulations to you, 
   Mimi!!!
<judi> oops, hi Raven
<Raven_> hu?
<Mimi> wb Raven  :o)
<Raven_> nhehe
<Raven_> Wash'te
<HelloKit> But first, Mimi is paying us a little visit, so she gets 
  our attention for a few more mins. until she has to leave.
<HelloKit> :o)
<Mimi> LOL
<judi> hey Mooo, does that make me a typing gimp too
<Mimi> oh, jeez, put me on the spot, Carly!!
<HelloKit> LOL
<Raven_> meeting time , dhe can't go
<Mimi> Go ahead and start the meeting so you can all have the benefit 
   of my wisdom  ;o)
<Raven_> she
<Mooooooo> i cant give you an "official gimp" button for your homepage
<Mooooooo> CAN
<Mimi> j/k  :o)
<HelloKit> hehehe
<Mooooooo> i think i still have them
<Mimi> oooooh, man you`re making me jealous   :o)
<HelloKit> Mimi, do you have any suggestions for fun wheelchair 
  activities?
* Mimi grins
<Raven_> flat-ire-racing...
<Mimi> bungie jumping  :o)
<Raven_> tire
<Raven_> omg, I seen that
<Mimi> Daniel, I still have them  
<judi> wheelchairs are good for getting stuck in shopping aisles, 
   just tonight I got my powerchair stuck on a rack in Walmart crafts 
   aisle, sent several ladies with carts flying out of the aisle.
<Mooooooo> i like the walnut cracking aspect of it
<Mimi> I keep all your artwork  
<Raven_> dog-chasing
<Mimi> walnut cracking?
<Mooooooo> yeah, run them over
<Mooooooo> \:o)
<Mooooooo> i took my first flying lesson with a wheel chair
<Mimi> a human jungle-gym for small children  :o)
<judi> that, you have to explain
<Raven_> wow!
<HelloKit> I like to use my chair as a footrest when I lie sideways 
  across my bed...
<Mooooooo> i flew about 10 feet and landed my face
<Mimi> ouch
<judi> ok
<Raven_> ouck
<Mooooooo> i was pushing a friend real fast and we hit a pothole
<deedee> My kids like to do wheelies in my wheelchair!
<judi> mine too
* Mimi does great wheelies :o)
<Mimi> my cousin taught me  
<judi> The footrest idea is good too
<HelloKit> hehe... I can't do wheelies, darn it.
<Mimi> of course, that was after lots of practice and several near 
   concussions
<HelloKit> LOL
<Raven_> <---sees ppl do that, scares me
<deedee> oh yeah my Dad uses my wheelchair footrest as a headrest 
   when we go somewhere and hi is sittin on the ground in front of 
   me..:)
<Mooooooo> carly needs a chair with hydraulics so it can bounce 
   around like those lowrider cars
<Mimi> i got so I could even do a wheelie while descending stairs
<HelloKit> ROFL
<Mimi> lol
<judi> Powerchairs are backheavy, have to be very careful going up 
   ramps, can do great wheelies that way
<HelloKit> How about using a w/c as a cart to tote books, boxes, etc.?
<Wheelin> I like to tape spray cans to the wheels and stripe 
   highways...
<deedee> well only if noone is in it at the time Kit!
<HelloKit> LOL
<Mooooooo> yeah, but eventually the owner needs it back :o)
<deedee> hehe
<Raven_> have wheelie-wheels
<judi> I'm not coordinated enough
<Mooooooo> LOL
<Mimi> I have to go, guys  :o(
<Mimi> bye!!
<Wheelin> Bye Mimi
<Raven_> awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww
<deedee> bye Mimi
<judi> kiss baby for us 
<Mooooooo> bye mimi!!!!!!!!!!!! *hugs*
<HelloKit> I do that when I'm packing for a trip... I wheel all my 
  stuff out to the living room on my chair.
<Mimi> *hugs!* 
<Mimi> I will judi  :o)
<Raven_> bye mims
* HelloKit gives Mimi a huge hug!
<Mooooooo> i would like to see a wheelchair like in that one werewolf 
   movie
<Mimi> HUGS Carly  :o)
<Mimi> bye!
<deedee> oh yeah Silver Bullet
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<deedee> me too
<Mooooooo> yeah!
<judi> ????
<Mooooooo> that was it!
<Raven_> Silverbullet
<deedee> I would never stay home.....hehe
<Raven_> cool-chair
<HelloKit> Here's one...
<judi> Great, now I'm movie disabled
<Mooooooo> my friend Lawrence had a golf cart
<Mooooooo> until he got pulled over
<Raven_> ha
<HelloKit> I wedge my chair under my door handle and set the brakes 
  to keep my brothers out. >o)
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<deedee> hehe
<judi> I do enough damage with a chair, the world wouldn't be safe if 
   I had a golf cart
<HelloKit> LOL judi
<Mooooooo> there is some man who has a really cool electric cart here
<Mooooooo> its fast
<judi> Does anyone besides me have "steering" mishaps?
<deedee> how many people in  here now use a wheelchair all the time/
<Mooooooo> like running over lil old ladied?
<judi> yea
<Mooooooo> ladies?
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<judi> I use mine about 75% of the time
<Mooooooo> not me.  ive only had to use them after operations
<Raven_> oh Judi, constantly...
<Wheelin> Only when cruising through a store and someone pops in 
   front from out of an isle
<Mooooooo> Keith does
<HelloKit> judi: When my bf and I were still a long-distance 
  relationship, he came out here for Christmas - we went to the mall 
  together and he ran my chair into a shelf in the book store.
<Wheelin> never hit anyone yet
<Mooooooo> wow, did the throw the book at him?
<Mooooooo> \:o)
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<phoenyxx> sorry I am late
<judi> Doesn't that scare the heck out of you when the person darting 
   out is a small kid?
<Raven_> excuse me
<HelloKit> It's about time, Simon :o)
<phoenyxx> I know!  sorry about that
<Mooooooo> how peoples
<Mooooooo> howdy too
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<judi> hi phoenyxx
<deedee> hehe Ive been about thrown out of my chair several times 
   while X-mas shopping last year....
<Wheelin> usually the kids stop and watch, its the parents pushing 
   the carts you have to watch for
<Mooooooo> hey!!!
<judi> true
<Mooooooo> I have the ultimate!!!!
<phoenyxx> I've has people run into me after I've turned or slowed 
   down to avoid them
<Mooooooo> Wheelchair bumper car games!!!
<judi> me too
<HelloKit> For some reason in my town everyone walks backwards - 
  makes it real interesting.
<Mooooooo> like at the carnivals
<HelloKit> Sounds like fun!
<judi> I'd be good at that!!
<phoenyxx> I'm usually a patient person and I like going out with 
   friends but at times I am more tense in public
<Mooooooo> that would be cool!
<phoenyxx> because of the stupid things some people do
<deedee> like what Phoenyxx
<deedee> ?
<HelloKit> They walk backwards and when they back into your chair 
  they give you dirty looks like it's your fault.
<judi> Amen, phoenyxx
<deedee> hehe Kit
<Mooooooo> dont ya hate it when people stare at you and pick their 
   nose?
<HelloKit> ROFL
<phoenyxx> .....I like kids but at the same time I've almost felt 
   like cussing out a child for running into me even after they saw 
   me.
<judi> like we can't see
<Mooooooo> im never going back to Kentucky again
<al2> I like the boneheads that barge out of doorways right into 
   me... especially when I run over their feet
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<Wheelin> speaking of carnivals.  you can have "strong person" 
   competitions wheeling up the big yellow slides
<Mooooooo> hi funnyface!
<judi> Wait aminute, what's wrong with KY?
<Mooooooo> wheelchair tug-of-war
<phoenyxx> Wheelin- you mean like some of the ramps that pass as ada 
   compliant?
<HelloKit> Welcome, Funnyface :o)
<Wheelin> HAHAHA, forgot about those, heck, forget the slide, thats 
   too easy!
<phoenyxx> how about LAW rocket shooting games at cars of people that 
   piss us off?
<HelloKit> We are discussing fun things to do with a wheelchair.
<Mooooooo> LOL
<Funnyface> i am new to irc
<Wheelin> Roman candles taped to the wheels make great pinwheels on 
   the 4th of July...
<judi> You seem a little hostile tonight phoenyxx, bad day?
<HelloKit> He's always like that, judi :o)
<Mooooooo> how about going to the drive-in theater in a chair?
<al2> i think it would be fun to torture my chair (revenge)
<judi> Welcome Funnyface
<HelloKit> There you go, Daniel...
<phoenyxx> judi- no, I am just so sick of all the crap that goes on 
   that we're supposed to 'accept' as part of our situaitons.
<Mooooooo> but i imagine necking in the back seat of a wheelchair is 
   kinda hard
<SteadyEdd> I was once in a park, a kid looked at me and asked my 
   friend "what is wrong with him?"  (Like I wasn't even there) 
   Richard replied "not a damn thing, he's just lazy."
<Wheelin> Or a drive up window and then getting steamed becuase your 
   chair never sets off the little buzzer...
<judi> Naw, too many bugs, what's wrong with KY?
<deedee> hehe Steady
<phoenyxx> some people in public are jerks, and it's somehow my fault.
<phoenyxx> steadyedd- I've heard that- hell, I've met some people in 
   wheelchairs that say that about other people in wheelchairs.
<Mooooooo> nothing is wrong with Kentucky, judi.  Just a particular 
   "woman" in Kentucky
<judi> This kid stopped and stared at ny daughter getting my cart out 
   tonight.  She gave him a lecture on power chairs, so he left>  
   Thanks, Moooo
<Mooooooo> i like wheelins idea though
<deedee> Ive had some of those experiences with clerks in 
   stores..asking my friends things that they should be asking me...I 
   say ask me I dont bite...
<Mooooooo> painting stipes
<phoenyxx> deede: I know about that!
<deedee> Its like some people are afraid to speak directly to me
<Mooooooo> that happens to me too
<judi> Thanks to you guys, I've started speaking up instead of hiding.
<HelloKit> Good, judi
<Mooooooo> cool judi!
<judi> Thanks
<HelloKit> Actually, my confidence has gotten a lot better since I 
  started doing this too.
<Mooooooo> judi. my fav thing to tell them is to "kiss my pearly 
   white butt"
<judi> It really helps to know you are not alone
<phoenyxx> sometimes I've been out with my family, and they're 
   usually cool about things but sometimes someone cuts me off or the 
   place we're going isn't accessable, and they gotten on my case for 
   saying something about it.
<HelloKit> I'm finally learning to get mad when people pull things on 
  me, instead of just taking it quietly.
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<phoenyxx> carly, I thought taking it quietly was the expected thing 
   to do!
<HelloKit> Bah :oP',',',',
<judi> You have a right to speak up, Phoenyxx
<Mooooooo> no!!!! bitching is the right thing to do when you're right
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<phoenyxx> judi- I know that now :-) but I get tired of people 
   quoting chapter and verse about ada instead of seeing for 
   themsleves that things sometimes still aren't accessable.
<Mooooooo> wheelchair skydiving?
<Mooooooo> anyone done that?
<HelloKit> No thanks...
<SteadyEdd> Not yet!
<judi> I'm scared of heights
<deedee> Ill pass
<Mooooooo> awww
<phoenyxx> skydiving would actually work- military transport planes 
   have rear doors- strap into the chair, have a chute big enough for 
   both you and the chair, and 
<Mooooooo> darn
<Wheelin> Grabbing a bumper of a passing car tends to get you places 
   quite fast...
<phoenyxx> the doors can be open in flight- just roll out the rear 
   door and do a Slim Pickens routine on the way down :-)
<HelloKit> Here we go... using wheelchair handles as dressing hooks.
<judi> sounds painful to me
<phoenyxx> Wheelin: so does sticking a Glock in the face of a van 
   driver.
<Mooooooo> LOL
<Mooooooo> Yeeeeeeeeehaaaaaaaaa
<judi> My cat likes to sleep in mine
<Mooooooo> eeek
<phoenyxx> Mooooo, you've seen that movie :-)
<Mooooooo> Dr. StrangeLove?
<phoenyxx> yes! cool classic flick
<Mooooooo> yep
<judi> You guys watch too much tv
<HelloKit> Our pets are all afraid of my chair when it starts 
  rolling... but as long as it's still they'll sleep under it.
<Mooooooo> how about using a wheelchair as a battering ram during a 
   raid?
<phoenyxx> watch too much tv?  I make my own show :-)  (ok, it's 
   local cable :-) )
<judi> its good for pushing doors open
<judi> sorry, phoenyxx, I forgot
<Wheelin> I saw a great cartoon.  it was a picture of several 
   handicapped parking spots, with empty wheelchairs in them...
<SteadyEdd> I wish our animals were afraid of my chair so they would 
   get the hell out of my way!
<Mooooooo> Gimp Cops, Gimp Cops... whatcha gonna do when they roll 
   over you...
<HelloKit> LOL
<judi> lol
<deedee> Wheelin thats funny
<Mooooooo> where wheelin?
<phoenyxx> now one really funny thing I did with my friends back in 
   January when Star Wars was re-released
<Mooooooo> i want it!
<Wheelin> I'll see if I can find it
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<Mooooooo> cool!!
<Mooooooo> hey easty
<eastcoast> hi all
<judi> my pets run when I move, but how fast can a 13 yr old dog run?
<phoenyxx> was when the whole crowd was rushing into the theatre to 
   grap seats.  I yelled out- 'Hey guys- where's the cattle prod' in 
   the dark.
<eastcoast> hi mooooooooooooooooo
<deedee> you mean the cartoon Mooooooo?
<phoenyxx> ...heard lots of laughing at that :-)
<Mooooooo> judi, hopefully fast enough
<HelloKit> Hey eastcoast - we're discussing fun things to do with a 
  wheelchair.
<phoenyxx> my dogs like to play chicken with me :-)
<judi> hi eastcoast
<Mooooooo> lol
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<HelloKit> LOL
<Mooooooo> yeah, i want the cartoon :o)
<HelloKit> Heya John.
<eastcoast> hi judi
<Mooooooo> hi john!
<judi> hi cincykid 
<CincyKid> hello folks!!
<deedee> Hi CincyKid!
<CincyKid> better late than never I guess
<judi> yes, so far he has ran fast enough, he only weighs 5 lbs
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