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Wednesday, August 24th, 2011Football Women’s World Cup Part III
Monday, July 18th, 2011
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Final Japan-USA 5:3
Yesterday I had to go again to the stadium, this time fortunately to the final, the whole football world cup slowly gets tiresome.
So one would fancy a little drive with the wheelchair, and once again gets a parking place directly at the stadium entrance assigned.
I had taken out again another football shirt, I thought red to be suitable, the other fans were partially dressed up as if the match was in a carnival city!
So you are looking forward to a cozy 90-minute not too stressful women’s football match, and nothing like that. My beloved SLR camera gave up the ghost already before the match, but my “Little Conan” was in a good mood.
It already started excellently. Before the match 1000 colourfully dressed, slightly confused people were running around on the field, trampling down the lawn and calling it final ceremony.
A glass ball, so what…
There was even a little bit of music…
Afterwards the match finally started!
In front of me there was an unqualified foolish clatterer with a kind of castanets shaped as black-red-golden hands. She got on my nerves with her clattering that much that I almost sacrificed half a liter of cider to extinct her confusion!!!
My “parking position“ in the stadium wasn’t too great. From there you could see too well how the Americans constantly dropped the ball.
After 90 minutes it started to get rather cold. Although the stadium roof was closed the heating was probably out of order. This permanent delay of the game by the Japanese players slowly got on my nerves. I was feeling cold, and they permanently scored an equalizing goal. Couldn’t they simply let the Americans win, then I wouldn’t have a cold now and no flat butt either. In the 120th minute the Japanese collected a red card and even got the fairplay reward of the tournament for this…
During the penalty shoot-out my mood hit rock bottom. The Americans still have to practice the 11 meter distance. They almost managed to score the ball underneath the goal.
What flight attendants are doing at the award ceremony they probably don’t know themselves, they certainly have lost their way, the airport is nearby.
When the Japanese finally held the cup in their hands they made a real mess in the stadium. They threw golden emergency blankets cut into pieces from above onto our holy Frankfurt lawn.
My ears are still buzzing from the noise of the fireworks, and because of the closed roof I haven’t even seen anything.
When I finally got outside it started raining, and afterwards I stood with the car in a traffic jam. I won’t forget the final too soon.
Oh, the effect of my medication fades away. It was a great football match yesterday!!!
Translator BL
Final Japan-USA 5:3
Yesterday I had to go again to the stadium, this time fortunately to the final, the whole football world cup slowly gets tiresome.
So one would fancy a little drive with the wheelchair, and once again gets a parking place directly at the stadium entrance assigned.
I had taken out again another football shirt, I thought red to be suitable, the other fans were partially dressed up as if the match was in a carnival city!
So you are looking forward to a cozy 90-minute not too stressful women’s football match, and nothing like that. My beloved SLR camera gave up the ghost already before the match, but my “Little Conan” was in a good mood.
It already started excellently. Before the match 1000 colourfully dressed, slightly confused people were running around on the field, trampling down the lawn and calling it final ceremony.
A glass ball, so what…
There was even a little bit of music…
Afterwards the match finally started!
In front of me there was an unqualified foolish clatterer with a kind of castanets shaped as black-red-golden hands. She got on my nerves with her clattering that much that I almost sacrificed half a liter of cider to extinct her confusion!!!
My “parking position“ in the stadium wasn’t too great. From there you could see too well how the Americans constantly dropped the ball.
After 90 minutes it started to get rather cold. Although the stadium roof was closed the heating was probably out of order. This permanent delay of the game by the Japanese players slowly got on my nerves. I was feeling cold, and they permanently scored an equalizing goal. Couldn’t they simply let the Americans win, then I wouldn’t have a cold now and no flat butt either. In the 120th minute the Japanese collected a red card and even got the fairplay reward of the tournament for this…
During the penalty shoot-out my mood hit rock bottom. The Americans still have to practice the 11 meter distance. They almost managed to score the ball underneath the goal.
What flight attendants are doing at the award ceremony they probably don’t know themselves, they certainly have lost their way, the airport is nearby.
When the Japanese finally held the cup in their hands they made a real mess in the stadium. They threw golden emergency blankets cut into pieces from above onto our holy Frankfurt lawn.
My ears are still buzzing from the noise of the fireworks, and because of the closed roof I haven’t even seen anything.
When I finally got outside it started raining, and afterwards I stood with the car in a traffic jam. I won’t forget the final too soon.
Oh, the effect of my medication fades away. It was a great football match yesterday!!!
Translator BL
Football Women’s World Cup Part II
Thursday, July 14th, 2011Frontpage
Semi final: Sweden – Japan 1:3
Yesterday it was raining only once. It started in the morning at 07:45. It was raining, raining, and in between it was raining as well.
Rainy weather and wheelchair, that doesn’t fit. When you are travelling alone with an umbrella, you are always driving around in circles 
The only positive thing with rain is, it doesn’t hurt!!!
Unbelievable, but God is a football fan…
Just in time before the kick-off the pouring rain stopped, and all 46000 fans arrived with dry hair at the Frankfurt stadium to the semi final Sweden vs. Japan. The Wet T-Shirt Contest would have been omitted anyway as the stadium roof was closed to be on the safe side.
Because I am supporting the playing technique of the Swedes, the visual appearance of the ladies doesn’t interest me in no way, all contradictory claims would be a lie, I went to the stadium together with my wife in the best mood.
My yellow Eintracht Frankfurt Tetra-Pack football shirt from the 90s (see older blogpost), was virtually made for this event. About the match I remain silent.
Japan has deservedly won, will I be rolling to the final against the US?
Translator BL
Semi final: Sweden – Japan 1:3
Yesterday it was raining only once. It started in the morning at 07:45. It was raining, raining, and in between it was raining as well.
Rainy weather and wheelchair, that doesn’t fit. When you are travelling alone with an umbrella, you are always driving around in circles
The only positive thing with rain is, it doesn’t hurt!!!
Unbelievable, but God is a football fan…
Just in time before the kick-off the pouring rain stopped, and all 46000 fans arrived with dry hair at the Frankfurt stadium to the semi final Sweden vs. Japan. The Wet T-Shirt Contest would have been omitted anyway as the stadium roof was closed to be on the safe side.
Because I am supporting the playing technique of the Swedes, the visual appearance of the ladies doesn’t interest me in no way, all contradictory claims would be a lie, I went to the stadium together with my wife in the best mood.
My yellow Eintracht Frankfurt Tetra-Pack football shirt from the 90s (see older blogpost), was virtually made for this event. About the match I remain silent.
Japan has deservedly won, will I be rolling to the final against the US?
Translator BL
Back from Technical Aids Testing!
Monday, June 27th, 2011
Test reports will follow shortly.
Alternative Therapy
Monday, May 30th, 2011Frontpage
There are various therapies for muscle relaxation.
Mud packs, acupuncture, massages of all kind, stimulation current therapy, etc. etc. etc…
There is a shockingly expensive machine called Galileo which is basically just a vibrating plate on which you can regulate different frequencies.
On Saturday night we went to the group vibration therapy, similar to Galileo, to the “Festhalle” in Frankfurt (big event hall).
The English therapists are known since 1975 under the name
Iron Maiden
and achieve with their years of experience and permanent frequency changes best possible therapy successes by full body vibration.
Muscle build-up by clapping and CPAP lung exercise by singing along!
By slight shock-values generated by the stage design additionally the circulation is stimulated.
Several thousand patients were treated at the same time.
An additional positive effect is that you can still hear slightly the sound of the ocean days later which causes a holiday feeling.
Incomprehensibly the health insurance does not cover the costs of this since 36 years proven and tested alternative therapy.
Read my older blogpost Football ticket on prescription.
Translator BL
Unbelievable…
Wednesday, May 18th, 2011
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The most important safety equipment of a wheeler is his mobile phone.
You need it in the most paradox situations, maybe I will tell more about it later.
Yesterday I wanted to change my ancient mobile phone tariff and visited a store with the magenta coloured rectangles (translator’s note: German telecom), because online you can only upgrade and not downgrade your contracts.
A very kind competent service guy changed my tariff by means of a TAN code and a generated text message on my mobile phone immediately and without unnecessary sales talk.
Fascinating technology…
I interpreted the permanent clattering on the keyboard as work.
Then perceived 20 pages of paper with some standard templates were printed, filled, signed, and I was almost content.
Furthermore I wanted to terminate a partner SIM card, for which they already told me at the telephone hotline that this could only be done in writing, and I would best visit a shop.
I asked the service guy for the termination and he said that he would immediately set up a document.
The service counter was rather high for me so that I didn’t see exactly what he was writing.
Have a look yourself, you can close “digitally” the weirdest contracts with the company bling, bling, bling, bling.
SMS, WARP, GPS, UMTS… everything is possible, but for a simple termination letter the analogue pen has to come out!!!
Afterwards I was surprised that the service guy of this younger generation could actually handle such an ancient helping aid (pen).
Translator BL
Rollator Part I
Sunday, May 15th, 2011Frontpage
As wheelchair user I have neglected the subject of rollators or walkers a little bit until now. During my journeys through the depth of the internet I have discovered some especially beautiful types:
Parlour Trolley “Push Me!”
Golf Rollator Type “Get the Ball”
Special Edition “Father’s Day”
Skate Rollator “Schuhmacher”
Special Type “Vettel 80″
My Favourite “Sankt Pauli”
Cleany 3000
The parlour trolley is for sale under a different name.
Translator BL
Technical Aids Tips and Tricks XXXIV
Tuesday, April 26th, 2011Frontpage
I am attributing the development of this technical aid exclusively to the excessive consumption of the finest high quality medication.
Otherwise this special construction is hardly explicable retrospectively.
With this
Thermo Transport box
which can be fixed around the wheelchair I might get a minijob as pizza boy.
In this box not only the pizza stays hot, but alternatively the beer stays cold as well.
Translator BL
Happy Easter and have fun with the Easter-egg Hunt!
Sunday, April 24th, 2011Frontpage
A Purple Smiling Bunny
has crept into the shelf between the “Golden Easter Bunnies”.
Border crossers are everywhere, what this one is up to… and what will result from it???
Translator BL
(Deutsch) Dieser Spruch viel mir nach 23 Jahren wieder ein!
Monday, March 28th, 2011Sorry, this entry is only available in Deutsch.
HeiĂźt Fukushima ĂĽbersetzt Biblis?
Thursday, March 17th, 2011Sorry, this entry is only available in Deutsch.
Safety Warning!
Saturday, March 12th, 2011Frontpage
It sounds a little paradoxically, but in spite of my current status as wheelchair user who has an ambivalent feeling towards stairs and steps I am strictly speaking a
Specialist for ladders and treads
(Picture from 2004, I am the one on top!)
Due to these experiences in occupational safety I care very much about the safety and health of other wheelchair users.
It came to my ears that some wheelchair users buy series of old, discarded, unchecked bath lifts in Ebay and spread these everywhere in their houses and flats.
They are placed e.g. next to their beds and are diverted from their intended use as
dangerous rising aid
after they have executed a hopefully respectable wheelchair-floor-transfer.
(The photo does not show my bed.)
In the instruction manual* for
bath lifts
(Aquatec Beluga*)
it is explicitly pointed out not to do this because there is a high risk potential in it.
I can only warn everybody once again to divert bath lifts from their intended use.
A mobile phone around your neck should be the permanent companion, and 3 – 15 cordless telephones standing on the floor are only disturbing the cleaner.
*The AQUATEC BELUGA is solely intended for bathing of persons inside the bath tub. Any other use is not permitted. You must not use the AQUATEC BELUGA as helping aid for boarding or deboarding, rising or dismounting, as underlay, as workshop hoist or for similar purposes. (Source: Aquatec)
How can you call a bath lift Beluga or Orca?
Are we wheelchair users all fat like a whale?
Is there anybody thinking at all?
It’s a cheek!
Click on tag „shower commode chair“!
Translator BL
Mouseblog II
Monday, March 7th, 2011Frontpage
The “Maus” (translator’s note: the mouse, popular German children TV character) escorts me since 3 years on my wheelchair rucksack.
She is only a couple of months older than me.
Happy
40th Birthday
Click on tag “Maus (Mouse)” to view older “Maus” stories.
Translator BL
Chock Part VI
Friday, March 4th, 2011Frontpage
A massive deficit with wheelchairs is the missing park distance control which is nowadays part of the standard equipment of most of the cars.
You don’t believe what can be struck (and make it crash) with the anti-tipper at the back of the wheelchair.
According to the latest findings, out of safety reasons drawers should be shut before making a 180° twist with the wheelchair as an unhinging with the wheelchair rucksack is definitely within the realms of reality.
No…
Rather silly if one has already put on his jacket and the wheelchair taxi is waiting outside.
Translator BL
Medical Device Quiz Part I
Wednesday, February 2nd, 2011Frontpage
The technical aids and medical devices market is glutted with more or less reasonable parts in function and design.
This quite special
wheelchair user hanger
has an official medical device number.
Alternatively also a clothes hanger can be used !
For which intended purpose has this part been produced?
What would you do with it?
How much could that cost?
Any ideas?
Be creative, and please leave a comment!
Tip #1: Has something to do with clothing!
Tip #2: Read Robo’s comment*, that will help for sure! 
* Robo’s comment:
I have such a hanger myself, it was strongly recommended to me when I was in rehab. It is definitely more clothes-gentle than the clothing hanger technique.
In the meantime it is a real multifunctional tool. It is excellently suitable to temporarily store jackets or bags at wheelchair handles, door handles or sink edges.
It is also usable to pick up fallen down keys, bent beverage cartons from the upper shelf in the supermarket over the edge or stop toddlers from running away. It is almost unbeatable as back-scratcher, but likes to entangle itself in the hem of the undershirt.
For the originally intended purpose I use, since I am wearing stretch trousers only, the natural trouser waistband stopper which is sitting directly below the catheter insertion pipe.
Translator BL
