[QUAD-L] TV Show

2016-06-26 Thread greg
Ever watch the show Outrageous Acts of Science? Youtube type clips of people making things, or doing things, stupid and or cool. Then they describe the science behind it. Great show.   Showed a clip of a lady in a manual wheelchair, she could drive / fly the chair through the water. She had a few p

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2014-07-08 Thread RONALD L PRACHT
t@eskimo.com Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] tv show   These challenges, experiments, etc. may provide a brief glimpse into what it's like to have a disability, i.e. mobility, blindness, etc., but several days or even more can never simulate what it's like for people with disabilities who know the

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2014-07-08 Thread Gmail
t; Have a great day tomorrow everyone, today was beautiful and tonight is > gorgeous, I hope it is your way. Joan > From: Quad Dude [mailto:thequadd...@gmail.com] > Sent: Monday, July 07, 2014 4:13 PM > To: greg > Cc: Quad-list@eskimo.com > Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] tv show > >

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2014-07-08 Thread diannal767
Cc: quad-list Sent: Tue, Jul 8, 2014 8:51 am Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] tv show Amen Joan Amen Best Wishes In a message dated 7/7/2014 10:28:29 P.M. Central Daylight Time, poaj...@sbcglobal.net writes: One of my doctors at Santa Clara hospital said that he had to spend two days in a

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2014-07-08 Thread wheelchair
: greg Cc: Quad-list@eskimo.com Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] tv show These challenges, experiments, etc. may provide a brief glimpse into what it's like to have a disability, i.e. mobility, blindness, etc., but several days or even more can never simulate what it's like for people with disabi

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2014-07-07 Thread DAANOO
That would be great wheelchair! Dana In a message dated 7/7/2014 7:22:53 P.M. Central Daylight Time, wheelch...@aol.com writes: Would love to see a season of world travels, crossing the globe in wheelchairs for the ultimate prize. Anyone else? Best Wishes In a message dated 7

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2014-07-07 Thread Joan Anglin
and tonight is gorgeous, I hope it is your way. Joan From: Quad Dude [mailto:thequadd...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, July 07, 2014 4:13 PM To: greg Cc: Quad-list@eskimo.com Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] tv show These challenges, experiments, etc. may provide a brief glimpse into what it's like to

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2014-07-07 Thread wheelchair
bject: Re: [QUAD-L] tv show Would love to see a season of world travels, crossing the globe in wheelchairs for the ultimate prize. Anyone else? Best Wishes In a message dated 7/7/2014 7:01:31 P.M. Central Daylight Time, _greg@eskimo.com_ (mailto:g...@eskimo.com) writes:

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2014-07-07 Thread Joan Anglin
23 PM To: g...@eskimo.com; quad-list@eskimo.com Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] tv show Would love to see a season of world travels, crossing the globe in wheelchairs for the ultimate prize. Anyone else? Best Wishes In a message dated 7/7/2014 7:01:31 P.M. Central Daylight Time, g...@eskimo.com w

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2014-07-07 Thread wheelchair
Amen Bob. As you said, its more than a day in the life of.. Its weeks, months, years and decades. Best Wishes In a message dated 7/7/2014 9:15:04 P.M. Central Daylight Time, rhvsh...@mac.com writes: I like the "2 days in a chair" from an "understanding access and the need for bett

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2014-07-07 Thread Bob Vogel
I like the "2 days in a chair" from an "understanding access and the need for better access" point of view. What I don't like is they reinforce the media-driven concept that paralysis is all about walking. Have them simulate trying to manage bowel, bladder and skin issues, throw in a bit of neu

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2014-07-07 Thread wheelchair
Would love to see a season of world travels, crossing the globe in wheelchairs for the ultimate prize. Anyone else? Best Wishes In a message dated 7/7/2014 7:01:31 P.M. Central Daylight Time, g...@eskimo.com writes: I never gave a point of view on good or bad, just mentioned I watche

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2014-07-07 Thread greg
I never gave a point of view on good or bad, just mentioned I watched a bit of it. Obviously 2 days would never give someone a real idea of life in a chair. Way to many things they never will know about. Plus I'm sure off camera they cheated. I'm sure at home they didn't stay in it. So many  types

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2014-07-07 Thread greg
British show... Greg > English ?? meaning British English or North American English.  > Thanks for the info. Best Wishes   > > In a message dated 7/7/2014 4:31:24 P.M. Central Daylight Time, > g...@eskimo.com writes: > >> >> I just watched a >> English TV show (Celebrity Wheelchair Challenge) about

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2014-07-07 Thread Quad Dude
These challenges, experiments, etc. may provide a brief glimpse into what it's like to have a disability, i.e. mobility, blindness, etc., but several days or even more can never simulate what it's like for people with disabilities who know they will never recover from them. The experimenters know t

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2014-07-07 Thread wheelchair
English ?? meaning British English or North American English. Thanks for the info. Best Wishes In a message dated 7/7/2014 4:31:24 P.M. Central Daylight Time, g...@eskimo.com writes: I just watched a English TV show (Celebrity Wheelchair Challenge) about 3 celebrities who have to live

[QUAD-L] tv show

2014-07-07 Thread greg
I just watched a English TV show (Celebrity Wheelchair Challenge) about 3 celebrities who have to live 2 days in a manual wheelchair and take a trip across country, taking buss, plane, taxi. It was pretty interesting.There was a little "pity party" going on, but not a lot. It was on Youtube. Looks

[QUAD-L] Tv show

2012-11-09 Thread Larry Willis
This is really not a quad topic, but have any of you watched the show "Monsters Inside Me" on Animal Planet? Whew, talk about making a fellow paranoid! It's about human parasites. Unsettling, to say the least. Sent from my iPad

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2009-09-12 Thread wheelchair
The padding is so overwhelming on that program, but I did hear of a fatality in Japan earlier this year on their version of Reality TV. Best Wishes In a message dated 9/12/2009 12:45:27 P.M. Central Daylight Time, r...@sockets.com writes: Does anyone else find this show as unnerving as

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2009-09-12 Thread Mike Murach
I agree... but I still strangely like the show. Mike~ Please check out my paintings at: www.MurGallery.com -Original Message- From: bob quinn [mailto:r...@sockets.com] Sent: Saturday, September 12, 2009 12:45 PM To: quad-list@eskimo.com Subject: [QUAD-L] TV Show: WipeOut Does

[QUAD-L] TV Show: WipeOut

2009-09-12 Thread bob quinn
Does anyone else find this show as unnerving as i do? So many times i've seen falls that made me cringe, looking like they could have caused a SCI.