Re: [Paddlewise] Hip Replacement and Kayaking

From: Bradford R. Crain <crainb_at_pdx.edu>
Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2010 13:24:01 -0700
  Craig:

      When you rebuild your workshop, perhaps you can attach flotation to a
chair, plus cup and rod holders, bait bucket and live well, flat screen
TV and GPS, microwave, and even navigation lights and flare launchers that
will be visible from outer space. A man or woman has to dream big.

BRC



Quoting Craig Jungers <crjungers_at_gmail.com>:

> On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 12:33 PM, MATT MARINER BROZE
> <marinerkayaks_at_msn.com>wrote:
>
>>
>> Craig, I'm pretty sure you could have had th taxpayers pay for at least the
>> $3400 unit through Medicare. Maybe even a car lift system could be added.
>> They
>> should at leastr reimburse you for saving them about ten times as much as
>> you
>> actually spent.
>>
>> I'm pretty sure I could have gotten Medicare to pay for most of a new
> one... but I would have probably been out some money and possibly even more
> than I spent buying the used stuff. Somehow, to me at least, the tv ad guys
> look like crooks making a ton of money off the system.
>
> Then there are the families who have the chairs left behind by their parents
> who got them with Medicare help who are trying to sell them on craigslist
> for almost the same price new.
>
> I like your mobility kayak business idea; can't wait to see you on tv. And
> I'm always ready to soup up the chair!!!
>
> Craig
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