On Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:48:30 -0600, Stu wrote: > On Tue, 3 Nov 2009 13:32:43 -0500, blake murphy <blakepmNOTT...@verizon.net> > wrote:
> -->On Mon, 02 Nov 2009 10:26:09 -0800, sf wrote: > --> > -->> On Mon, 2 Nov 2009 13:10:06 -0500, blake murphy > -->> <blakepmNOTT...@verizon.net> wrote: > -->> > -->>>On Sun, 01 Nov 2009 08:50:13 -0800, sf wrote: > -->>> > -->>>> On Sun, 1 Nov 2009 10:09:01 -0500, blake murphy > -->>>> <blakepmNOTT...@verizon.net> wrote: > -->>>> > -->>>>>On Sat, 31 Oct 2009 09:12:49 -0700, sf wrote: > -->>>>> > -->>>>>> On Sat, 31 Oct 2009 10:55:20 -0400, blake murphy > -->>>>>> <blakepmNOTT...@verizon.net> wrote: > -->>>>>> > -->>>>>>>i think when she can plausibly carry it off. > -->>>>>> > -->>>>>> They have to "live" like the sex they want to change into for a > -->>>>>> certain number of months, I have no doubt it means using that gender's > -->>>>>> bathroom too... If they are doing the male to female change, they > -->>>>>> shouldn't pee standing up. > -->>>>> > -->>>>>hell, i don't pee standing up, either. > -->>>>> > -->>>> TMI, my friend. I'm still kinda puzzled you don't use prosthetics. > -->>>> What I'm seeing lately can mimic natural legs/feet, when even running. > -->>> > -->>>when i tried them 10 years ago they were painful and awkward. plus, i'm > an > -->>>old man, not someone just out of the army. > -->>> > -->>>but the bottom line is that i'm too fucking lazy to put up with the > -->>>physical therapy and, after that, the daily whatnot involved. it ain't > -->>>like putting on your shoes. > -->>> > -->> I'll accept that you don't want to go through physical therapy, but > -->> those limbs have come a long way in 10 years and they shouldn't hurt. > -->> I don't know how much you read about them these days, but here's one > -->> article. http://www.atlanticprocare.com/amputees_new.html > --> > -->if i should get completely fed up with the chair, i'll check into it. but > -->bear in mind that the experience of *two* prosthetic legs is a lot > -->different than one, like those pictured. > --> > -->your pal, > -->blake
> Hey we've got some of our boys coming home with both legs missing, they do > everything possible to walk again. I went through rehab with one that wanted to > back as soon as he was able to walk. His sargent came to visit a number of > times and eventually told him he wasn't going back, but they did have a job for > him training recruits. I still see him from time to time, he's now married with > two kids and very happy.
well, more power to him, but i was not willing to do everything possible. i really don't find being in the chair that constraining.
In article <ghl3ci272gag$.134oszb7yocb7....@40tude.net>, blake murphy <blakepmNOTT...@verizon.net> wrote:
> > I'll accept that you don't want to go through physical therapy, but > > those limbs have come a long way in 10 years and they shouldn't hurt. > > I don't know how much you read about them these days, but here's one > > article. http://www.atlanticprocare.com/amputees_new.html
> if i should get completely fed up with the chair, i'll check into it. but > bear in mind that the experience of *two* prosthetic legs is a lot > different than one, like those pictured.
> your pal, > blake
Imho, it's like anything else. You have to WANT it and attitude is everything. If you are happy and comfortable where you are, that's ok too! :-)
Cheers babe. -- Peace! Om
"Human nature seems to be to control other people until they put their foot down." --Steve Rothstein
On Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:42:49 -0600, Omelet wrote: > In article <ghl3ci272gag$.134oszb7yocb7....@40tude.net>, > blake murphy <blakepmNOTT...@verizon.net> wrote:
>>> I'll accept that you don't want to go through physical therapy, but >>> those limbs have come a long way in 10 years and they shouldn't hurt. >>> I don't know how much you read about them these days, but here's one >>> article. http://www.atlanticprocare.com/amputees_new.html
>> if i should get completely fed up with the chair, i'll check into it. but >> bear in mind that the experience of *two* prosthetic legs is a lot >> different than one, like those pictured.
>> your pal, >> blake
> Imho, it's like anything else. You have to WANT it and attitude is > everything. If you are happy and comfortable where you are, that's ok > too! :-)
> Cheers babe.
it amounts to an inconvenience, is all. the d.c. area is pretty good when it comes to wheelchair access to things.