Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2009 13:48:18 -0700
Reply-To: Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Seems kinda 'spensive for this gadget
In-Reply-To: <4A8AF997.2000203@gmail.com>
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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> 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>> 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>
>> www.crescentbeachguitar.com <http://www.crescentbeachguitar.com>
>> http://subyjake.googlepages.com/mydixiedarlin%27
>>
>>
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