People you met: As expected?

[Mrs Trackside]

Robatr0n said:

Kinky said:

Robatr0n said:

So I was as everyone expected then? boring

Yeah

You cheeky sod!

How old do I look then Mrs T?

I thought you'd be in your thirties. I don't know how old you look because everyone between the age of 18 to getting wrinkles looks the same age to me.

[Haze]

Hung around with the usual Northants crowd, that being:

Matt172 & Miss Diane
And the famous Mr & Mrs Trackside

Also good to catch up with Emmap (p.s thank you for helping myself & Owen with our tent)

New peeps I met were.

rviant & AnnaS - All the best Anna in your travels to China, sure it will be amazing.
Uncle Dave - Made me feel old, expected you to be older than myself.
alikat - Very short intro but met you just the same
blueyonder - Good company very chatty & freindly chap
matt & alfie - Think you both had one too many by the time we had met
Dave with the bright coloured Lupo (sorry didnt know your PH title)

Shame about the weather we bailed out on Sunday! Brave people who stayed on till today.

[randlemarcus]

becca_viola said:

So what did anyone expect me to be like?

Was I anything like it?

I'm guessing probably not...

Actually, mostly as expected. A lot stricter with the hired help, mind, but I can absolutely see why. Damn good to meetcha.
Felix had a cracking time too, but he could have been slightly more gentle in waking me on the Sunday morning...

[Robatr0n]

Mrs Trackside said:

Robatr0n said:

Kinky said:

Robatr0n said:

So I was as everyone expected then? boring

Yeah

You cheeky sod!

How old do I look then Mrs T?

I thought you'd be in your thirties. I don't know how old you look because everyone between the age of 18 to getting wrinkles looks the same age to me.

That will do me just fine.

[Mrs Trackside]

Haze said:

Dave with the bright coloured Lupo (sorry didnt know your PH title)

Big Dub. His name is Rob.

Edited by Mrs Trackside on Tuesday 29th May 14:32

[becca_viola]

randlemarcus said:

becca_viola said:

So what did anyone expect me to be like?

Was I anything like it?

I'm guessing probably not...

Actually, mostly as expected. A lot stricter with the hired help, mind, but I can absolutely see why. Damn good to meetcha.
Felix had a cracking time too, but he could have been slightly more gentle in waking me on the Sunday morning...

It's an absolute bugger having a PA attatched all the time - if I'm honest I absolutely hate it although the alternative is far far worse. It made me feel really uncomfortable when she started drinking without discussing it with me first, and it's very difficult to manage stuff like that in such relaxed social situations - I was getting more and more tired and consequently quite anxious, having trouble with my joints and feeling like the whole employer-PA relationship was slowly slipping out of my control. Not relaxing.

[missdiane]

becca_viola said:

randlemarcus said:

becca_viola said:

So what did anyone expect me to be like?

Was I anything like it?

I'm guessing probably not...

Actually, mostly as expected. A lot stricter with the hired help, mind, but I can absolutely see why. Damn good to meetcha.
Felix had a cracking time too, but he could have been slightly more gentle in waking me on the Sunday morning...

It's an absolute bugger having a PA attatched all the time - if I'm honest I absolutely hate it although the alternative is far far worse. It made me feel really uncomfortable when she started drinking without discussing it with me first, and it's very difficult to manage stuff like that in such relaxed social situations - I was getting more and more tired and consequently quite anxious, having trouble with my joints and feeling like the whole employer-PA relationship was slowly slipping out of my control. Not relaxing.

Sorry to hear that becca, do you have the same PA all the time?

[becca_viola]

missdiane said:

becca_viola said:

randlemarcus said:

becca_viola said:

So what did anyone expect me to be like?

Was I anything like it?

I'm guessing probably not...

Actually, mostly as expected. A lot stricter with the hired help, mind, but I can absolutely see why. Damn good to meetcha.
Felix had a cracking time too, but he could have been slightly more gentle in waking me on the Sunday morning...

It's an absolute bugger having a PA attatched all the time - if I'm honest I absolutely hate it although the alternative is far far worse. It made me feel really uncomfortable when she started drinking without discussing it with me first, and it's very difficult to manage stuff like that in such relaxed social situations - I was getting more and more tired and consequently quite anxious, having trouble with my joints and feeling like the whole employer-PA relationship was slowly slipping out of my control. Not relaxing.

Sorry to hear that becca, do you have the same PA all the time?

Nopey - at the moment I employ three, who work about 14, 5 and 5 hours a week, respectively. I'm only funded for 24 hours a week (just over 3.5 a day) support at the moment and have an appeal (to city council Adult Care Services ) ongoing to try and get a few more.

I learnt some good things for next time, though - I might try and see if I can budget to take two PAs so that I can make sure I'm not spending too much time with either of'em.

[ThePassenger]

Becca, perhaps the next PF games can be "Build a better wheel chair"... I can hear the cries of "Where the fk has my engine gone??" now
Probably end up posting excellent track times to boot

[becca_viola]

ThePassenger said:

Becca, perhaps the next PF games can be "Build a better wheel chair"... I can hear the cries of "Where the fk has my engine gone??" now
Probably end up posting excellent track times to boot

I am liking that idea... it'd be a total hoot!

I am thinking the combined PF mechanical knowhow is probably vastly superior to that of my rehab technician...

Actually, once I get me a powerchair I am seriously going to need an electrical engineer to hack into its control box and remove the speed limiters. No joke. 4mph? Pah. I know perfectly well they can manage 8 if not 15 competently.

[ThePassenger]

becca_viola said:

Actually, once I get me a powerchair I am seriously going to need an electrical engineer to hack into its control box and remove the speed limiters. No joke. 4mph? Pah. I know perfectly well they can manage 8 if not 15 competently.

If it's an electronic jobbie then be tricky, easier to bypass it with a different speed controller. The older ones are just some sort of pointometer thingie and resistors... I'll have Sadako bring his soldering irons

[bmwdrivernigel]

becca_viola said:

So what did anyone expect me to be like?

Was I anything like it?

I'm guessing probably not...

You were exactly as I expected, especially that certain twinkle in your eye that you have that shows you are a bit of a softy really . Was a pleasure to meet you!

[becca_viola]

bmwdrivernigel said:

becca_viola said:

So what did anyone expect me to be like?

Was I anything like it?

I'm guessing probably not...

You were exactly as I expected, especially that certain twinkle in your eye that you have that shows you are a bit of a softy really . Was a pleasure to meet you!

Likewise! Morgan was delightful too.

[madazrx7]

becca_viola said:

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Actually, once I get me a powerchair I am seriously going to need an electrical engineer to hack into its control box and remove the speed limiters. No joke. 4mph? Pah. I know perfectly well they can manage 8 if not 15 competently.

My mate that I share the RX7 with owns a mobility equipment company, he can plug into most of his chairs & scooters to change sttings like top speed, acceleration rates etc. No help to you though (we are in Perth) but ask the company you get it from.

[Haze]

Mrs Trackside said:

Haze said:

Dave with the bright coloured Lupo (sorry didnt know your PH title)

Big Dub. His name is Rob.

Some bugger told me he was called Dave. Sorry Big Dub!

Thanks for the correction Mrs T!

[burriana]

becca_viola said:

... remove the speed limiters. No joke. 4mph? Pah. I know perfectly well they can manage 8 if not 15 competently.

er ... don't forget to upgrade the brakes while you're at it though

[Kermit power]

burriana said:

becca_viola said:

... remove the speed limiters. No joke. 4mph? Pah. I know perfectly well they can manage 8 if not 15 competently.

er ... don't forget to upgrade the brakes while you're at it though

And the suspension! Don't forget the upgrade mantra...

1. Brakes.
2. Suspension.
3. Then power!

[becca_viola]

Kermit power said:

burriana said:

becca_viola said:

... remove the speed limiters. No joke. 4mph? Pah. I know perfectly well they can manage 8 if not 15 competently.

er ... don't forget to upgrade the brakes while you're at it though

And the suspension! Don't forget the upgrade mantra...

1. Brakes.
2. Suspension.
3. Then power!

Bring. It. On.

Oh and to the chap in Perth posting above? Yes please that's exactly the kind of thing I was thinking of.

[madazrx7]

becca_viola said:

...
Oh and to the chap in Perth posting above? Yes please that's exactly the kind of thing I was thinking of.

They have an annual race here at one of the nursing homes for electric scooters (not the same as a chair, I know) When Russ was selling Australian made scooters a few years ago he dressed in a koala suit and drove a delimited scooter! (He faked a crash/fall off before the end so one of the oldies could win ) His showroom is minutes from his house, more than once we have been at a BBQ at his place and taken a bunch of scooters for a drunken hoon around the suburb

[TonyHetherington]

Flippin' heck, didn't realise how many of you were there?!

I managed to meet about 3 new people and 100 old friends, and still didn't manage to introduce myself to JonRB. Doh!!

Big Dub...top bloke

Oh, I was the guy probably mostly in the Caterham jacket (there were two of us...I had no glasses) in the tent near the beer tent (that blew over. Doh!)