My goodness! My new WASHER weighs 165 pounds. These chairs are not made for true mobility, are they? (This link is for the photo. Though the story is old, these guys are always very popular on campus).

A friend of mine down here gradually gained weight as his arthritis got bad, and he needed a hip replacement. As his income went down from his inability to work (he was a great hairdresser, but they are on their feet all day) getting a chair seemed impossible through any agencies but mobility was difficult. He and his partner lucked out and got one of the three-wheeled scooters via a friend's deceased parent and he was set. But when the batteries began to give out, they had difficulty again. At the shop that sells the scooters the price was prohibitive, so they left. The clerk who had been serving them walked out after them, and in the parking lot told them about a battery place where they could get the same ones for less than half price. I wonder how many times a day he went out for a "smoke," just to pass along that information away from management ears?

SRS