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Visit to the Technical Supervisory Association
Wednesday, January 22nd, 2014
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Like any other German car, my adapted car with its hand throttle and wheelchair loading system has to be inspected by the Technical Supervisory Association every other year.
Usually this is a bit annoying, but this time it was really funny.
The whole story started when I asked if I should drive the car myself into the hall due to the hand throttle.
They insured it wouldn’t be a problem… well then…
It was funny to see the inspector hopping like a kangaroo to the test stand with my car. It wasn’t so easy driving with hand throttle after all.
While I was waiting a display dummy attracted my attention which stood next to the reception desk. It was wearing a t-shirt
Without visible defects, Technical Supervisory Association (TĂśV-Hessen)
I was laughing with tears.
Of course I bought such a t-shirt immediately, but when I paid I couldn’t refrain from saying to the lady that my 24 inch aluminium wheelchair rims are not recorded in my identity card 
My car passed the inspection without defects and got its sticker on the number plate.
I assume that the inspector wanted to have a closer look at my wheelchair loading system, otherwise I can hardly explain why I had to drive my car myself out of the hall. Or maybe he didn’t like my hand throttle???
Translator BL
Technical Aids Tips and Tricks L
Tuesday, January 21st, 2014Frontpage
I like my smartphone…!!!
With my old mobile phone I didn’t write as much as 5 text messages within 5 years since my accident because I couldn’t push the small buttons with my buckled thumb.
When I tried to hit the keys with my index finger it looked a bit like our fellow citizens who were born before 1965
I would like to point out here that you can not learn to be patient!!!
You might be able to say: You can learn to endure patience, but nothing more.
For someone like me with my tired fingers a smartphone is really brilliant. A little sweep over it, and the text message is almost done.
The search for my first smartphone was a little difficult.
Many things which I buy I pick because of handling and key chain suitability so that they don’t fall down immediately.
I am “Lord of the key chains”, see older blogpost.
(Picture is not faked!!!)
Newton, you know who I mean, the guy with the apple, has fallen in disgrace already for years.
When I searched for a “Rollinator-Tetra-suitable Smartphone” I noticed that these phones compared to a regular cell phone don’t have a loop any more to hang them on one of my beloved key chains.
The sales clerk suggested fastening a key chain to the slots of the speaker on the cover…
This won’t last for 2 minutes with me!!!
The chance of survival for a smartphone without Rollinator-fall protection is highly estimated below 5 days.
Before I had a Samsung offroad cellphone, with a giant loop and extremely robust, but with no special functionalities.
Thus I bought the Samsung S3 offroad smartphone, but brought it back after a weekend of installation work because it constantly crashed…!!! For once, I don’t mean the device, but the software. Additionally the internal memory of 100 MB was just enough for 25 apps, ridiculous…
So better the regular S3 (by now I knew the handling), but with a solid leather or silicone cover and key chain. There should be some suitable accessories available for me..
Even after days of extensive search in stores and internet I couldn’t find a cover on which I could hang a key chain!!!
Would the producers want the phones to regularly fall down???
So I had to help myself…!!!
The solution was so simple… I bought a standard leather cover and punched my key chain hole into it myself with my office hole puncher.
Smartphone with self-made fall protection
Please note the display: Model 386 SX 12MHz
There is actually a smartphone cover with key chain loop available, see below…!!!
There is actually a smartphone cover from Samsung available, thanks to Mark for the tipp:
The cover is an original Samsung accessory, the loop is quite good, and because of the rubber cover it doesn’t slip away easily…
Without cover it was regularly lying on the floor, and I thought it was a pity that the loop for the key chain was missing… I bought it here:
http://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B0083TWHFG/ref=oh_details_o02_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
It is available in different colours… Important it is original Samsung… The “no names” don’t really fit tight to the phone.
Translator BL
War inside the Internet
Monday, January 6th, 2014Sorry, this entry is only available in Deutsch.
Sunday, December 22nd, 2013
Wishing you all a Merry Christmas 2013
and all the best for the New Year.
Wishing you all a pleasant 3rd Advent!
Sunday, December 15th, 2013
Technical Aids Tips and Tricks XXXIII
Wednesday, December 11th, 2013Frontpage
It doesn’t always have to be the big reconstructions in your home like e.g. bathroom or stairlift… (see older blogposts).
Often you “just” need to drill a single hole at the right place to make life easier for a wheelchair user.
Because I never had a video-surveillance-security system at my apartment door I used a virtually maintenance-free, analogue peephole when I was pedestrian.
With its fitting height of 145 cm this is now only usable for me in connection with my standing chair, some ignorant mates call it standing wheelchair.
Because I order a few or many parts in the internet and like to look into the eyes of the courier drivers before I open the door I have drilled a 14 mm hole in my door in individually adjusted hobbit height with the active support of a friend.
A highest price Conrad Elektronik peephole order no. 75 01 63 for the full price of 6,39 € was then screwed in from both sides.
The analogue NSA hobbit peephole
serves its purpose 100%.
The angular field is surprisingly good, you can see the face of the “ringer” even above a size of 1,40 m when he is there… !!!
You don’t have to identify the courier drivers by the size of the parts they bring
Read the blogpost about a handle on my kitchen door. I have mounted such a handle on my entrance door as well to close the door easier from the outside (see older blogpost).
Now I only need a band-aid to hide the peephole in granny style
Translator BL
Wishing you all a pleasant 2nd Advent!
Sunday, December 8th, 2013
Where is the mistake?
Click on the picture to enlarge!
Wishing you all a pleasant 1st Advent!
Sunday, December 1st, 2013I like to freeze my butt off
Sign saying:
Fancy hot cider?
Option 1: Freeze your butt off on the overcrowded christmas market 
Option 2: Enjoy the best hot cider with calvados directly with us!
Crazy Flash XXII
Monday, November 25th, 2013Crazy Flash XXI
Friday, November 22nd, 2013Frontpage
No arms, no cookies…!!!
It’s always hard to find good cleaning staff
The picture on the right was even taken at the Rehacare fair in DĂĽsseldorf…!!!
Click below on tag “Crazy Flash”, to see other crazy stuff.
Translator BL
Looking for a Sponsor!
Tuesday, November 5th, 2013Sorry, this entry is only available in Deutsch.
Technical Aids Tips and Tricks II (Blogpost 2009)
Friday, October 25th, 2013Frontpage
The transport of items of all kind is horror for us wheelers, especially if they are round!
Thighs are completely unsuitable for carrying pomaceous fruit.
The high art of German engineering has brought it to light after years of research:
the plum transport box for wheelers
The resemblance with an egg carton is misleading!
Translator BL
Technical Aids Tips and Tricks XXXI
Friday, October 11th, 2013Frontpage
It doesn’t always have to be the large items such as a wheelchair, wheeled walker, or a leg trainer that should be told about.
Often it’s the simple things that take care of business!
Like when your roommate or you yourself snores, that can quickly lead to disputes.
Apparently I have a nighttime job as a lumberjack, so I even went to sleep laboratory, where they prescribed me a CPAP-device + nasal pillow.
With that mask, I don’t mean the standard sleeping mask type : “I AM YOUR FATHER “, (see older blogpost).
Now my roommates are happy campers, as long as I behave and wear my mask.
During impatient care in more-people bedrooms I’ve heard of piss-bottles flying through the room if the noise-level was elevated after 10 P.M.
Past spring I had an almost 94-year old :Geriatrix (the real old guy from the Asterix comics) laying next to me. His breathing activities sounded like an engine start of a a Ju 52/3*.
Someone gave me a hint about some
earplugs by the brand named Alpine, called ” SleepSoft”
http://www.alpinehearingprotection.com/
So far I have only heard of Alpine as a high quality brand of car stereos with lots of base. They used to be so popular under thieves, that they professionally extracted it after 6 weeks out of my VW… dammit!!!
The special thing about these earplugs is, that they have a tube in the center of them, so you don’t hear the snoring of your neighbour anymore, but you are still able to talk about quantum physics with the night nurse.
So they are eliminating the snoring frequencies, but too bad that you can still hear the alarm clock and there is no chance against the nurses wake-up call anyways.
They have several different types of earplugs, for whatever fits your needs.
For sleeping, swimming, music or hunting, all available.
I even tried them out in a suicide attempt during a concert. Pre-band:
ANTHRAX,
one of the most silent Metal bands out there…if you want to believe me…
and then…
Motörhead
These earplugs definitely passed the hardcore-metal concert test and the four week old fart snoring action with decoration.
What an awesome concert; for that I even used a GPS and drove to the Offenbach ** town hall without applying for a Visa first.
Lemmy definitely doesn’t count to the mellow music category.
* 3-engine propeller plane from 1932
** People from Frankfurt and Offenbach don’t like each other (similar to Greenbay Packers and New England Patriot fans)
Translator Chris
