I read an article in Newsweek last night titled "The New Walking" about people who are not disabled buying motorized scooters so they don't have to walk so much. These are AB's buying scooters for enjoyment! I resent that. I would love to be able to walk anywhere I want, for as long as I want, but I started to lose the ability to spend long amounts of time walking when I was in my 30's! I got my first scooter at age 32. They have greatly improved my life and I wouldn't know what to do without them, but I would give them up in a second to be able to walk on my own. AB's don't appreciate what they have. It mentions the aging population and the rise of obesity in this country. Some people are getting them because they are too heavy to walk. People need to get off theire butts!
Having my scooter has benefitted me socially too as people in public no longer avert their eyes at my approach--they make jokes, tease me about my driving or ask where I got it because their elderly disabled relative could use one. It is a conversation piece. But when people at work would remark on how they wanted one I would say: "Yeah they are fun, but the qualifications to get one suck!" I think I am going to write a letter to Newsweek on my opinions about this. This is my rant for today!!!
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I hear ya, Poet. There was a time my health was going down the toilet and I almost resigned myself to eventual degeneration. Didn't happen though.
People do need to get off their butts!! One thing I find *almost* funny is the long line @ lifts in the malls. Especially whole families.
Another reason not to have kids.
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