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February 15th, 2010(Deutsch) Beipackzettel ???
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Quadriplegic Tips XIV
February 12th, 2010
Frontpage 
Due to my spinal cord injury my blood pressure hardly rises above 100.
My mate always says:
Don’t get upset, otherwise you will get a blood pressure of 120.
To increase my blood pressure there is apart from pills a much faster method,
zip fastener
Just try to cook a 4-course-menu with winter mittens, then you know what I mean.
The ultimate discipline are ski jackets with double zipper.
Commitment to a psychiatric institution guaranteed.
Each quadriplegic has a key ring on the zipper.
With a
clip for braces + key ring or tie wrap
I now have 2 rings at the zipper start.
You “go“ with two fingers in the ring.
Now you have to practice, practice, practice,…
Then the zipper can be closed quite well…
If the zipper is not gliding well, there is the old skiing trick with a little spray of
silicon oil
and then it slides considerably easier.
See what is written on the can:
“Everything“ will glide faster, easier, and more quietly!!!
Listen, you don’t hear anything 
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Quadriplegic Tips XIII
February 10th, 2010
Frontpage
Here comes a for insiders quite well-known technical aid!!!
I will call it
Angle knife.
It’s a mystery to me how you can cut something with this knife without hurting yourself.
A first aid plaster dispenser on the handle would probably make some sense.
I would have to try to grip this sharp construct with two hands, and before the sausage should be nailed down to the table.
OK, enough nagging.
Look at it, maybe it can help some of you!
One might possibly change tyres with it.
I better shouldn’t have mixed Novalgin with Vodka.
Addendum:
Read the blogpost
Link:
Technical Aids Tips and Tricks XLVIII
about a really good quadriplegic special knife
from the company www.mehal.de.
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Quadriplegic Workshop III
February 9th, 2010Frontpage
You have probably noticed already that I am a self-confessed pedant in the technical area.
I am very lucky that my family and friends again and again take their time to realize my sometimes a bit weird ideas in the area of technical aids.
It is hardly possible to do this myself with my handicap.
At this stage many, many thanks.
If I wouldn’t have this kind of help my technical aids would be a lot more basic.
Here is a great idea how you can help yourself as quadriplegic with the most simple means.
The tie wrap on the phone has amongst others the reason to hang the phone over the brake of the wheelchair.
Thank you for the tip, I need more of these!!!
Even I can write serious blogposts.
Where have my pills gone?
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Quadriplegic Tips XII
February 9th, 2010Frontpage
The personal enemy of the quadri-(aka tetra-)plegic is, hardly to believe, the:
Tetra Pak beverage carton
These things are so smooth that it is hardly possible to decently pour something into a glass.
I was owning this
metal holder for Tetra Paks
already a couple of years before my accident.
It was revitalised from my
kitchenware graveyard
and does a good job for me now.
If somebody knows the source of supply of this extremely useful equipment, please send a short e-mail to me.
Have a look on to your kitchenware graveyard, maybe 10-15 pieces are lying around there which you have in excess?
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Quadriplegic Tips XI
February 8th, 2010Frontpage
I have decided to occupy myself with
shoes
now.
Basically I don’t have anything against shoes, but I have entered the fray against the fastening laces.
Shoelaces
are getting me to the edge of reason, or it is already getting dark when I start tying them after breakfast.
I admire each quadriplegic who manages this in spite of a limited hand function.
It would be an option to switch to shoes with velcro tape.
But there is insufficient choice with my
flat splay drop feet.
An excellent option are special shoelaces which are nothing different than a
spiral round elastic band,
which is holding the shoe together.
I call them
idler shoelaces.
They are available in white, black, blue and brown, but also as shoelaces fake with even a bow on it.
Source of supply Link: Reha Handel
Now it is about time to consult my psychologist!
I am showing off my feet/shoes to the world.
Let’s see when it’s the turn of the next extremities.
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Petitionsaufruf
February 7th, 2010Es ist ja durchaus nachvollziehbar, dass man sitzend im Rolli nicht mehr zu den größten Mitbürgern gehört.
Mit meinem 1,38m bin ich noch einer der etwas größeren Vielfahrer.
Der Staat und die freie Wirtschaft sind durchaus bemüht, sich um unsere Belange wie abgesenkte Bordsteine, Aufzüge… zu kümmern.
Es wird versucht das Gleichstellungsgesetz zwischen behinderten und nicht behinderten Personen durchzusetzen.
Aber eine Sache geht/fährt mir nicht mehr aus dem Kopf.
Ich fühle mich diskriminiert.
Folgende Situation :
Man sitzt am Freitagabend im Supermarkt um der Ecke an der Fleischtheke und holt sich seine 500 Gramm Wochenenddosis tierisches Eiweiß.
Und dann passiert es schon wieder!!!
Da bekommt doch so ein Kind, das auch noch größer ist als ich, doch schon wieder eine
Scheibe Gelbwurst
von der dienst habenden Fleischfachverkäuferin gereicht.
Das Kind stand in der Schlange auch noch hinter mir, und ich wurde wie immer bewusst übergangen.
Das muss ein Ende haben!!!
Ich esse ja schon seit Wochen nur noch Gemüse, um der Sache aus dem Weg zu gehen/fahren.
Ich suche Mitstreiter die meiner Meinung sind, dass diese Situation untragbar ist und geändert werden muss.
Ich beabsichtige eine Petition beim Deutschen Bundestag einzureichen.
Free Gelbwoscht für Alle !!!
Wer unterstützt mich bei meinem Vorhaben???
Kommentare erbeten.
Habe ich meine Tabletten schon genommen?
Technical Aids Tips and Tricks IV
February 5th, 2010Frontpage
At the moment everybody is only talking about snow, snow, snow.
Therefore now:
Summer, sun, holiday, heat, heat, heat…
Whenever somebody is lamenting how much too much he is sweating (I knew that well enough), I am introducing my ultimate remedy:
Such a spinal cord injury can work miracles!
(OK that was too hard).
Well, not to be able to sweat any more sounds rather helpful initially, but there is a severe hitch.
E.g. if I am standing in the sun in the summer my body temperature is rising constantly and rising and rising…
So far I could avoid something worse happening.
Water, water, water …
Such a water sprayer for flowers is tailor-made as medical device, but quite bulky and falls constantly off one’s knees.
After longer research, a battery-operated
“hand fan with integrated water sprayer”
has flown to me.
Typically one should apply for a medial device number for this thing.
Then the fan would probably cost 265,23 €.
To prevent price rigging I reveal the source of supply only personally under:
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(Deutsch) Indernett funtstüg där wochä IV
February 4th, 2010Sorry, this entry is only available in Deutsch.
Handicap Parking Part I
February 2nd, 2010Frontpage
After I had proven my ability to drive with hand throttle in front of the technical control association and my hand throttle customized car had been delivered mid December I applied for a
personalised disabled parking place.
This worked out extremely fast.
At this point thanks to the staff of the road traffic department of the city of Frankfurt. Within a few days the corresponding sign was placed and the parking place roughly labelled, because at that time another car was parking there.
I was assured that the
Handicap label
on the street would be fixed later on.
At this time constantly other cars were parking on my parking place. I was appreciative because the sign is only visible well from one side, and these morons were parking against the driving direction. Well…
In the year 2009 I stood one single time on my disabled parking place.
On December 28th the road traffic department put two signs up
Absolute stopping restriction due to labelling work
to keep the place free so that the missing street labelling could be accomplished.
This meant for me to keep my parking place free.
On New Year’s Eve 2009/10 I unapologetically stood boozed without displayed parking permit in the
absolute stopping restriction zone.
This was the first and so far only time that I was standing on my parking place in 2010.
And even without a car, therefore under survey of an employee of the German disaster relief organisation (THW).
Then the snow arrived…
It is clear that the guys are busy with other things than my labelling.
From the deep of my heart I would like to thank the traffic participants who ignored the signs from the beginning out of altruism only.
The asphalt of my parking place is continuously kept dry for weeks by parking their cars above so that the labelling can be completed as soon as possible.
Which other reason should they have???
This might get funny.
Do I need a permanent line to the police?
Tell me your experiences…
If the current signs are not interesting anybody I should look for a small armoured tank with hand throttle.
With this I could then stand on the cars.
Drive defensively, drive a tank.
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Technical Aids Tips and Tricks III
February 1st, 2010Frontpage
As wheeler out in the wild you are not really noticed by the pedestrians.
This is getting extreme in bigger crowds like sports events or festivals.
It is quite funny if at a street fair the girls take a seat on your lap because you have been again overlooked. But the whole thing gradually gets a little irritating when the number of “hitchhikers” increases towards evening in the dark.
My tip is a
head light
Ideally a blinking one.
These things are simply great.
The pedestrians see the light between their legs, are totally confused, and a gap is formed as if Moses had parted the sea.
Because H4 spotlights on a wheelchair are quite rare such a head light is very recommendable for nightly excursions.
With it each pothole is seen and can now be driven around, depending on the condition of the wheeler.
Not only alcohol but also the taking of pills can reduce the fitness to drive. Opium for the people. Drive slooooowly!!
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Rollituning Part III
January 24th, 2010Bei allen Luftreifen am Rolli sollte man ca. 14 tägig den
Reifendruck
kontrollieren, oder man hat Spaß daran einen Anker hinter sich herzuziehen.
Der freundliche Tankwart um die Ecke ist wie dafür gemacht.
Es hat zwar etwas gedauert, bis er überzeugt war, dass ich wirklich auf meinem Rollirädern 8 Bar Druck haben möchte, nun gut.
Viele Rollifahrer verwenden Reifen der Fa. Schwalbe Typ:
„Marathon Plus“. Betriebsdruck 6-10 Bar.
Angeblich würden die Teile auch 12 Bar aushalten.
So mutig war ich noch nicht, ich stand neben einem Rollifahrer als einer seiner Reifen platzte.
Brachial laut. Da piepsen nicht nur die Ohren.
Ich habe einmal einen Rollifahrer kennen gelernt, der nach 4 Jahren das erste mal richtigen Luftdruck auf den Reifen hatte und sich die Bremse dann nachstellen lassen musste, weil er sie nicht mehr drücken konnte.
Es gibt für kleines Geld Minikompressoren die aussehen wie ein Akkuschrauber.
Wenn man an den Schlauch einen vernünftigen Ventilanschluss montiert, sind die gar nicht schlecht.
Es muss ja nicht immer ein Grüner sein.
Quadriplegic Workshop II
January 21st, 2010Frontpage
It was used already in the mid of the 1980’s:
The 512 kB USB Stick Version Tetra 1.0 with tie wrap
Each quadriplegic manages to pull out this USB stick.
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Quadriplegic Workshop I
January 20th, 2010Frontpage
I received this photo a couple of days ago.
Look closely,
the plumber didn’t have 2,5 per mill blood alcohol level and mounted the clamp incorrectly.
With this hose clamp you can easily regulate the thermostat.
Great idea!!!
Security advice:
If possible you should upgrade it with a child safety feature in form of a cork.
A wrong grasp could end painfully.
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