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Subject: BS: New Recliner for the P-Vine... From: Bobert Date: 27 Dec 12 - 06:10 PM Well, for months she has been complaining that her 20 year old recliner just ain't workin' like it did 20 years ago??? So she has been watching for "The Sale" and sho nuff, wait long enough and "The Sale" will come around so... ...seems that Brook Shields talked Lazy-Boy into holding "The Sale" and so in 6 weeks we will be getting a call to come pick it up... She got the one with the electric motor so it doesn't have that tricky side handle... Me??? I'm a handle kinda guy if I'm in a declining mood but, hey... My brother used to say that sooner or later you'd end up owning a station wagon and I guess the recliner fall into that category, as well... B~ |
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Subject: RE: BS: New Recliner for the P-Vine... From: Joybell Date: 27 Dec 12 - 07:15 PM I rather like my recliner with the tricky handle. Means I can recline even when the power goes off. True-love's recliner came from the thrift shop for $25. He just leans back and it reclines. No electricity, no tricky handle. Built before modern technology, I guess. I wonder if we'll be able to get ones that ask your mood and tip you back to a suitable degree. Maybe cook your dinner, wash the dishes, put out the rubbish .... Joy |
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Subject: RE: BS: New Recliner for the P-Vine... From: JennieG Date: 27 Dec 12 - 07:15 PM Yay! P-Vine is right you know, if you wait long enough it will come. Cheers JennieG |
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Subject: RE: BS: New Recliner for the P-Vine... From: Bobert Date: 27 Dec 12 - 07:25 PM They got battery back-up, joy, in case the power goes off you ain't stuck in it until they fix the power... But, I'm a still a stick kinda guy... 4 on the floor works just fine... B;~) |
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Subject: RE: BS: New Recliner for the P-Vine... From: Stilly River Sage Date: 28 Dec 12 - 12:21 AM Joybell, I also have the kind that reclines when you lean back and doesn't have a handle. It also used to occasionally act as a cat trap. When the empty chair meowed you know someone climbed underneath to take a nap when you were taking your cat nap. :) SRS |
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Subject: RE: BS: New Recliner for the P-Vine... From: JohnInKansas Date: 28 Dec 12 - 12:45 AM We've been looking for a new recliner, or maybe two, but haven't been able to find one that will fit into our rather small (9ft x 10 ft) living-computing-recreation-tv-entertainment-office room. Ones we had previously were comfortably sized, and would fit nicely; but everything available now seems built for a "later generation." I DO NOT HAVE A 52 INCH WIDE BUTT, but that seems to be the minimum current design standard, and "reclined" the smallest we've found take 4.8 ft x 7 ft (1/3 of our room) for one chair. I can't accomodate the need to "unrecline" to let the cats get past the chair to go to the litter box. I have found a couple of quite comfortable recliners, in hospital waiting rooms, that would be of manageable size for our space; but with list prices of $1,700+ (US) for a "minimalist" model we've delayed procurement. I've been watching the salvage yard for old airline seats that might fit (they're certainly smaller, although I've never seen a really comfortable one), but haven't had much luck even there. John |
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Subject: RE: BS: New Recliner for the P-Vine... From: Jack the Sailor Date: 28 Dec 12 - 12:59 AM http://www.stickley.com/OurProducts_Details.cfm?id=8445&Collection=StickleyFineUpholstery&cat1=98&view=single&finish= |
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Subject: RE: BS: New Recliner for the P-Vine... From: JohnInKansas Date: 28 Dec 12 - 03:04 AM The Stickley model is a lot closer than what anyone in my area has stocked. I'll have to look for a nearby dealer and see if they'll tell me when they're having a sale. (Everyone knows, of course, how difficult it is to get on a mailing list.) We're getting by with a couple of platform rockers, but still tripping over the foot stools enough to get some "static" from the crowd. John |
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Subject: RE: BS: New Recliner for the P-Vine... From: Pete Jennings Date: 28 Dec 12 - 07:42 AM I gave up on 4 (or rather 5) on the floor in 2006. Now I have 6 that look after themselves and I don't regret it...got manual recliners though, electric ones a very expensive option. |
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Subject: RE: BS: New Recliner for the P-Vine... From: John MacKenzie Date: 28 Dec 12 - 08:55 AM Here was I thinking that the P -Vine was already a laid back lady. If there's gonna be a slump, let it be in a recliner. |
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Subject: RE: BS: New Recliner for the P-Vine... From: Bobert Date: 28 Dec 12 - 09:12 AM One thing I did notice yesterday is that there must be a lot of folks here in NC carryin' wide loads 'cause over half them things is wide, wide, wide... I mean, Good Golly, Miss Molly wide... I doubt if I could get one of them into the P-Vine's office/study without havin' to take out a window or door or somethin'... B~ |
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Subject: RE: BS: New Recliner for the P-Vine... From: Stilly River Sage Date: 28 Dec 12 - 11:06 AM Check with the free-cycle folks. I bet you could get one and reupholster it for less than the cost of new if the mechanics of it are in good shape. SRS |
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Subject: RE: BS: New Recliner for the P-Vine... From: Bobert Date: 28 Dec 12 - 12:47 PM The old one is structurally challenged, Magz... B~ |
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Subject: RE: BS: New Recliner for the P-Vine... From: Amos Date: 28 Dec 12 - 12:57 PM We got a couple of Danish ones--no handles or locks, but perfectly balaced to let you sleep or read, and you can shift the angle just by twitching your toes. Not too wide, either, just right-sized. I dunno what they are called. I'll go look...Geeze, they have so much class they don't even put maker labels on 'em. But they are Stressless chairs by Ekornes. Maybe they are Swedish, not sure, but they are awful nice to noodle in. A |
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Subject: RE: BS: New Recliner for the P-Vine... From: gnu Date: 28 Dec 12 - 04:46 PM I have never been curious about falling asleep on a lazy boy. Not that there is anything wrong with that. |
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Subject: RE: BS: New Recliner for the P-Vine... From: JennieG Date: 28 Dec 12 - 04:51 PM Bobertz, if you bought one of the extry-wide chairs you and P-Vine could get in it together. Cheers JennieG |
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Subject: RE: BS: New Recliner for the P-Vine... From: Bobert Date: 28 Dec 12 - 06:27 PM Thanks, Jennie, but I'd have to take a pass on that idea... Ya' see, the recliner is where the P-Vine watches "her shows", like cooking shows and more cooking shows... You'd think with the number of cooking shows that we'd need a wide-loader but that ain't the case... B~ |
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Subject: RE: BS: New Recliner for the P-Vine... From: Charmion Date: 28 Dec 12 - 06:58 PM A recliner is The Answer to surviving a bad bout of bronchitis, the kind where you can't lie down without half drowning in -- you should pardon the expression -- yer own snot. And there are few things finer than to flake out in the recliner with a pizza and a bottle of plonk, something decent on Netflix, and the company of The One And Only ... Am I right, or am I right? |
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Subject: RE: BS: New Recliner for the P-Vine... From: GUEST,concerned. Date: 29 Dec 12 - 09:53 AM ....only in america |
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Subject: RE: BS: New Recliner for the P-Vine... From: Charmion Date: 29 Dec 12 - 10:05 AM Well, no, not only in America. In the dead of a Canadian winter, we find comfort where we can. Right now, in Ottawa, it's snowing again, the sky is leaden grey, and the kitchen sofa -- a recliner -- provides an oasis of cosy in an otherwise chilly and wet world. With the cat, the Globe and Mail and the 'Cat, I am minding the stove while the pudding steams for tonight's Christmas Dinner Mark II. Your mileage may vary. |
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Subject: RE: BS: New Recliner for the P-Vine... From: Stilly River Sage Date: 29 Dec 12 - 01:56 PM I have an old leather recliner that came from my Dad's house. I brought it home because I knew we could use it for those colds and bronchitis episodes that Charmion mentions. When you have a kiddo who can't sleep, making a point of tucking them in on the recliner makes everyone happy overnight. It's also an inviting venue for cats - I had one cat who kept her ears perked for my afternoon power nap. As soon as I was seated in the chair there would be an inquiring chirp from the cat as she hopped up on the arm and curled into my lap. :) Bobert, you missed part of my remark. Free-cycle is that method of announcing (via email lists) that you have something that you want to give away. I join the local list every so often and I've seen numerous couches, tables, recliners, etc. up for the taking. Find one that is sound and reupholster it if needed. SRS |
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Subject: RE: BS: New Recliner for the P-Vine... From: Charmion Date: 29 Dec 12 - 05:27 PM Indeed, cats just love a recliner. Rosie, our adhesive Siamese (she thinks she's a lapel pin) spends much of her time on the top of the back cushion of the kitchen sofa, waiting for some poor fool to sit down. Of course, the minute you extend the footrest, your fate is sealed. |
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Subject: RE: BS: New Recliner for the P-Vine... From: JohnInKansas Date: 29 Dec 12 - 06:26 PM Mention was made of the impossibility of getting the popular huge recliners through the door. Most recliners ship in two separate boxes, one for the base and the other for the back. If you get one from a decent dealer, they may deliver it assembled; but from a "big box" store you may have to slip the two pieces together. The instructions (if any) say that the flap on the back is so you can get to the couple of bolts that hold it together, and then smooth the flap down on the (usually) velcro so it looks neat. It should be noted that some cats ignore the instructions, and may consider the velcro flap sort of a "private entrance" for them to crawl inside and make a hidden nest. A degree of caution may be needed, if your recliner has one of these flap doors, to avoid "squashed kitties" until they've learned where it's safe to nest. (Better quality recliners may have more secure flap doors than some of the cheap ones we've had - or other people may have smarter cats.) John |
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Subject: RE: BS: New Recliner for the P-Vine... From: olddude Date: 29 Dec 12 - 06:49 PM I got one of those love seats that hold me and three wiener dogs all at the same time without sittin on one of them critters. Got the foot thing setup perfect for the legs .. problem is, I tend to fall asleep too much then up all night long yah |
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Subject: RE: BS: New Recliner for the P-Vine... From: gnu Date: 29 Dec 12 - 08:01 PM Whenever I flaked out fer a nap... recliner, bed, living room floor, I just said, "mEEer" and Maggie vaulted to my chest and had a nap with me. Odd how pets can soothe, help you nap, help you be "human", so to speak. >;-) I miss Maggie. |
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Subject: RE: BS: New Recliner for the P-Vine... From: Bobert Date: 29 Dec 12 - 08:19 PM Not to worry, Magz... We will try to find a good home for the old one short of the landfill... B~ |
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Subject: RE: BS: New Recliner for the P-Vine... From: Stilly River Sage Date: 30 Dec 12 - 10:43 AM But will you find someone else's discard that you can put to your use? Our cat used to get into that space under the chair and was never squashed, just trapped when the chair moved to the upright position. SRS |
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Subject: RE: BS: New Recliner for the P-Vine... From: Bobert Date: 30 Dec 12 - 10:58 AM No... Our house is in the cup-runith-over stage so if one thing goes out one - and only one- thing of equal cubic feet can come it... That means, one recliner out = one recliner in... Wes Ginny Algebra... Wes Ginny Slide Rule not required... B;~) |
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Subject: RE: BS: New Recliner for the P-Vine... From: JennieG Date: 30 Dec 12 - 04:29 PM I've also heard that referred to as the lifeboat, Bobert......if someone want to get in, someone else has to leave first. Cheers JennieG |
