Yes, you can cross foot -- for a while. Try pressing on the accelerator pedal with your left foot for, oh I don't know, two hours. Lemme know how that works out. It's fine for a jaunt around town, but definitely stresses the old ankle and lower back being twisted around like that for a longer period of time. -- Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana") 74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano Bend, OR KG6RCR
On 8/18/2009 1:48 PM Don Hanson wrote: > can't you just "Cross-foot" your van? Drive with the left foot? > > I knew a guy with a broken leg (cast to above the knee) and a Harley > with a 'suicide clutch"...He reached down and worked the foot clutch > with his hand!...He also had a hand shifter on the other side from the > foot clutch...so he was a busy biker coming to a stopsign..Really kinda > dumb, the whole program on that bike... > He actually broke the foot because the 'hard-tail' Harley bounced over a > river-rock and his apehanger bars and extended fork precluded him > keeping control...so he hit a fence post...Coming into the driveway of a > big Sunday keg party barbie...He didn't look so cool as we splinted him > up..but he thought he was gonna look way cool when he started down that > driveway...until that river rock... > Don Hanson > On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 11:57 AM, Rocket J Squirrel > <camping.elliott@gmail.com <mailto:camping.elliott@gmail.com>> wrote: > > On 8/18/2009 9:26 AM Jake de Villiers wrote: > > Prolly 'product liability' costs in your fair nation. > > > Yeah? What's a similar gadget cost in your fair nation? > > > If you'd lost that foot for good it would seem like a bargain. > > > You're not wrong! > > > -- > Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott > 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana") > 74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano > Bend, OR > KG6RCR > > > > On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 10:58 PM, Rocket J Squirrel > <camping.elliott@gmail.com <mailto:camping.elliott@gmail.com> > <mailto:camping.elliott@gmail.com > <mailto:camping.elliott@gmail.com>>> wrote: > > With my right foot out of commission for a while, I am > looking at items > like Item #104, the Left Foot Gas Pedal, at > > http://www.handicapsinc.com/shoppingcart/agora.cgi?product=Accessories > > But $280 seems spendy for what appears to be a fairly > uncomplicated > thing. > Of course, all the parts are probably made in small > quantities, but > still > . . . > > -- > Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott > 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana") > 74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano > Bend, OR > KG6RCR > > > > > -- > Beverley Anne de Villiers April 20, 1930 - July 4, 2009 > > Jake > > 1984 Vanagon GL > 1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie" > > Crescent Beach, BC > > www.thebassspa.com <http://www.thebassspa.com/> > <http://www.thebassspa.com <http://www.thebassspa.com/>> > www.crescentbeachguitar.com > <http://www.crescentbeachguitar.com/> > <http://www.crescentbeachguitar.com > <http://www.crescentbeachguitar.com/>> > > http://subyjake.googlepages.com/mydixiedarlin%27 > > |
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