Again - as I and other posters have stated already - what if she has a medical condition that prevents her from walking any distance. Some of you are sooooooo quick to judge.
HAHAHA what medical condition could she have that allows her to stand full weight on her legs and not be able to walk??? If she has a condition like you say she would be in a wheel chair with a motor.
I guess you have never heard of people with breathing conditions, or myotonic dystrophy, or a myriad of other illness that are not readily discernable but debilitating just the same. How do I know of these you ask... well my spouse suffers some from them, and I can assure you that at the to look at her you would never guess.
The sad truth is that you are quite eager to pass judgement on something you truly know nothing about... you are acting on speculation alone, and that my friend can lead to catastrophic results.
Ponder the possibilities before casting aspersions on the actions of others
Ray
Ray you are correct, I know nothing about any of these, Thanks to everyone and again to all that assumed she had a medical condition you're probably right. Have a wonderful day.
I was there...visiting my father in Seattle.
Here's what happened.
The mother of the child slipped and fell as she was pushing the stroller down the accessible ramp to the crosswalk. She inadvertantly let go of the stroller as she fell, and the momentum (of coming down the slight decline of the ramp) sent the stroller into the middle of the street. Luckily, this women on the Segway swooped in to rescue the stranded infant who was in the middle of the street while the light was changing.
Potential medical conditions notwithstanding, anyone who's ever ridden a Segway (or read their manual even) knows that riding one-handed while pushing OR pulling a wheeled contrivance with the other hand is just insane. A Segway is controlled by shifting the center of the rider's balance. Think about it....
R.
Hah! If last post is true (and I assume it is) then that explains everything!
Awesome!! You have to love the truth! Thanks for the real info...
Originally posted by mattmac:
I was there...visiting my father in Seattle.
Here's what happened.
The mother of the child slipped and fell as she was pushing the stroller down the accessible ramp to the crosswalk. She inadvertantly let go of the stroller as she fell, and the momentum (of coming down the slight decline of the ramp) sent the stroller into the middle of the street. Luckily, this women on the Segway swooped in to rescue the stranded infant who was in the middle of the street while the light was changing.
Joe
I am sorry that I spoke out of turn - telling you to get a life - but I get tired of people judging without information - I would rather consider the best case rather than the worst...
Peace
P
Originally posted by Lowcivicman99:
Oh now I get some reasonable people here to help me out.
Joe
I am sorry that I spoke out of turn - telling you to get a life - but I get tired of people judging without information - I would rather consider the best case rather than the worst...
Peace
P
Originally posted by Lowcivicman99:
Oh now I get some reasonable people here to help me out.
I completely understand where you are coming from. And this is the reason we have an election,
HAHAHA what medical condition could she have that allows her to stand full weight on her legs and not be able to walk??? If she has a condition like you say she would be in a wheel chair with a motor.
Lowcivicman, I've seen you post some narrowminded, know-it-all stuff, but this takes the cake.
My wife is in EXACTLY the condition you describe. She has MS. She has full strength in both legs. The issue she's dealt with for the past year is that her left leg doesn't go where it should when she walks. It's a control issue, not a strength issue. She CAN walk, and she climb stairs, but anything more than a block is difficult or one set of stairs gets progressively more difficult.
A segway would be a perfect solution for her, not a wheelchair.
I'm not defending the woman in that picture; I don't know her situation.
But I do know that none of us knows everything about everyone else, and you really need to reduce your opinion of the breadth of your knowledge.
Jeff- Read the whole thread - we worked it out. Come and have a burger with us...
Originally posted by levyj413:
Originally posted by Lowcivicman99:
HAHAHA what medical condition could she have that allows her to stand full weight on her legs and not be able to walk??? If she has a condition like you say she would be in a wheel chair with a motor.
Lowcivicman, I've seen you post some narrowminded, know-it-all stuff, but this takes the cake.
My wife is in EXACTLY the condition you describe. She has MS. She has full strength in both legs. The issue she's dealt with for the past year is that her left leg doesn't go where it should when she walks. It's a control issue, not a strength issue. She CAN walk, and she climb stairs, but anything more than a block is difficult or one set of stairs gets progressively more difficult.
A segway would be a perfect solution for her, not a wheelchair.
I'm not defending the woman in that picture; I don't know her situation.
But I do know that none of us knows everything about everyone else, and you really need to reduce your opinion of the breadth of your knowledge.
HAHAHA what medical condition could she have that allows her to stand full weight on her legs and not be able to walk??? If she has a condition like you say she would be in a wheel chair with a motor.
Lowcivicman, I've seen you post some narrowminded, know-it-all stuff, but this takes the cake.
My wife is in EXACTLY the condition you describe. She has MS. She has full strength in both legs. The issue she's dealt with for the past year is that her left leg doesn't go where it should when she walks. It's a control issue, not a strength issue. She CAN walk, and she climb stairs, but anything more than a block is difficult or one set of stairs gets progressively more difficult.
A segway would be a perfect solution for her, not a wheelchair.
I'm not defending the woman in that picture; I don't know her situation.
But I do know that none of us knows everything about everyone else, and you really need to reduce your opinion of the breadth of your knowledge.
OUCH!!! Well let me be the first one to say that I DO NOT KNOW IT ALL. I am not a doctor in anyway but being a father of 2. I'm sorry your wife is in the situation she is in and if she can get a Segway by all means...
And You're right I am narrowminded about some things and if you have been watching me post you should know that 99% of the stuff I post is out of context and said with a joking state. For example. My previous post where I said...
And we wonder why the USA is #1 in obesity. Because we don't walk anymore. We drive to the mailbox at the end of the driveway to get the mail. UGH man you people make me sick...
And the doctor said that you should ride around on an electric scooter because walking would make your MS worse. Sorry but I just don't believe that.
You sir are mearly showing your ignorance of not only diseases but what they medical industry has advanced too. For several conditions that limit mobility keeping weight on your bones and muscles is very good therapy. It helps promote bone strength and keeps muscles and tendons from forming contractures that even further disable a person. Thats the reason why they know have standing wheelchairs and standers that help keep weight on the lower extremitites. I'd suggest that before you open your mouth about something that you dont know about that you do a bit of research before throwing out such nonsense.
MattO
Edit to add that yes I have a personal situation that brings this to a personal level for me, hence my response.
And we wonder why the USA is #1 in obesity. Because we don't walk anymore. We drive to the mailbox at the end of the driveway to get the mail.
Apology accepted. :)
Anyway, the bit I quote above is dead on target. Anyone remember the film "LA Story"? Steve Martin walks across his front lawn, gets in his car, drives next door, and gets out. If I'm remembering correctly. He literally walks further to and from the car than if he'd just gone directly from his front door to his neighbor's.
And the doctor said that you should ride around on an electric scooter because walking would make your MS worse. Sorry but I just don't believe that.
You sir are mearly showing your ignorance of not only diseases but what they medical industry has advanced too. For several conditions that limit mobility keeping weight on your bones and muscles is very good therapy. It helps promote bone strength and keeps muscles and tendons from forming contractures that even further disable a person. Thats the reason why they know have standing wheelchairs and standers that help keep weight on the lower extremitites. I'd suggest that before you open your mouth about something that you dont know about that you do a bit of research before throwing out such nonsense.
MattO
Edit to add that yes I have a personal situation that brings this to a personal level for me, hence my response.
Matt we are beyond that. But thanks for your responce.
I was there...visiting my father in Seattle.
Here's what happened.
The mother of the child slipped and fell as she was pushing the stroller down the accessible ramp to the crosswalk. She inadvertantly let go of the stroller as she fell, and the momentum (of coming down the slight decline of the ramp) sent the stroller into the middle of the street. Luckily, this women on the Segway swooped in to rescue the stranded infant who was in the middle of the street while the light was changing.
The woman on the Segway was a hero.
By the by...I wasn't there. My post was fabricated - just like all the other generalizations and assumptions that transpired previous to my shenanigans.
But I will be visiting my father in Seattle in 4 weeks...and I have visited him before, so at least that part was true :-)
I'm hungry. Time to scoot my office chair across the way to the 'fridge.
Another thought is perhaps she wasn't expecting to have the kid. Let's imagine for a moment...
Hubby drops baby off at sitter with stroller. Wife goes to work as usual on her segway. Sitter calls and has an emergency, has to leave immediately. Mom is closest and the only one who can get the baby. She has her stupid Segway though. She can't really drag the thing and she has to get back to work ASAP. So she makes due the best she can. Some guy takes a picture out his window, makes a bunch of assumptions and suddenly she's all over the internet and up for the "worst mom of the decade" award.
We all do stupid stuff sometimes. Use a saw without goggles. Drive without a seatbelt. Whatever. Fortunately we don't have every dumb thing we do posted on the internet like a virus so everyone can point, laugh and talk about what a moron we must be...or do we?
Without wishing to cast personal aspersions (and my comment is directed to the several people who adopt this tone in this thread), I do find this attitude a little annoying.
When people comment on an image like this, they are not commenting on the individual pictured, nor are they making a personal attack. The person pictured is almost certainly never going to read these comments, and so it is madness to accuse commentators as insensitive.
The whole point is that the image conveys a person's actions. The comments are about the nature of the course of action, not about the specific person.
It may be the case that the image does not convey the whole story, or that it is misleading. But that does not make comments relating to the image and the action it conveys (whether accurately or not) wrong, or inappropriate.
I am quite happy to say that it is sheer craziness for people to use a segway to push a baby stroller. It is irrelevant whether there is a story behind this particular image that might justify it in this one instance.
Could not resist searching for the real story since I saw a fabricated one was posted here. Not much of a story but this is the best one I found so far:
