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The amazing robot chair!
I feel like that all the time.
podrock
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4/22/2006 2:07:46 AM
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(reminded me of a joke from Steven Wright)
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The amazing robot chair!
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Tom Brosz
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4/21/2006 1:31:29 AM
I feel like that all the time.
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podrock
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4/22/2006 2:07:46 AM
Steven Wright
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Mary Anne
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4/22/2006 3:07:58 AM
Reminds me of that race in the third or 4th Oz book
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alcaray
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4/21/2006 4:00:40 PM
I've got almost the whole set of those...
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Tom Brosz
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4/27/2006 4:34:39 PM
When my daughter was about 5, I had the idea...
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alcaray
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4/28/2006 4:30:19 PM
Wow! But is it comfortable?
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Mary Anne
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4/21/2006 2:16:07 PM
might be easier to just design a chair that doesn't fall apart.
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SDG
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4/21/2006 5:08:43 AM
I bet they said something similar to Thomas Edison when they expelled him from school. ;)
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Mary Anne
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4/21/2006 2:16:59 PM
You're no fun.
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Tom Brosz
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4/21/2006 7:44:56 AM
A walking wheelchair
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ljk
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4/21/2006 12:00:20 PM
re: A walking wheelchair
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SDG
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4/22/2006 12:02:25 AM
re: A walking wheelchair
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SDG
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4/22/2006 12:06:06 AM
I don't know if I'd feel safe in one of those.
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Mary Anne
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4/21/2006 5:50:56 PM
re: I don't know if I'd feel safe in one of those.
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ljk
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4/21/2006 5:56:02 PM
Point taken. I still wonder if stilts are the answer.
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Mary Anne
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4/21/2006 6:02:53 PM
Easy solution
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Tom Brosz
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4/21/2006 11:47:37 PM
re: Point taken. I still wonder if stilts are the answer.
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ljk
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4/21/2006 6:11:13 PM
Japanese researcher shows robot legs that could replace wheelchairs
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LJK
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4/27/2006 2:28:23 PM
re: robot legs
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Tom Brosz
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4/27/2006 4:36:36 PM
HabitableZone — be civil, or at least entertaining.