Re: [Paddlewise] Hip Replacement and Kayaking

From: Craig Jungers <crjungers_at_gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2010 16:09:12 -0700
Well... I have already thought about a holder for a (small) laptop. The GPS
would be a cinch. Lots of room for creativity here. :)


Craig Jungers
Moses Lake, WA
www.nwkayaking.net

On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 1:24 PM, Bradford R. Crain <crainb_at_pdx.edu> wrote:

>  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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