Sunday, February 22, 2009

Tennis Balls


Oh my - now I've been in America so long that I can't even tell if this is something that they only do here, or whether they do the same thing in Finland. I feel like every single walker I see around here has tennis balls stuck under the back legs. I suppose they are there to make the legs glide easier (for those not familiar with these devices: the front legs have wheels). It is mind boggling that this issue has not been solved in the design of the walkers. Do these people decide every morning whether they put them on depending on the weather or something?

4 comments:

Lilith said...

Suomessa ei varmaankaan noita käytetä. En ole koskaan nähnyt tuollaista jossa olisi pyörät vain etujaloissa. Paitsi ameriikkalaiselokuvissa.

Täällä rollaattorit näyttävät tältä:

http://www.inva-apuvaline.fi/tuoteluettelo/liikkuminen/Rollaattorit/fi_FI/rollaattorit/

Vauhdinhinkuisille on tietysti potkupyörä:
http://www.esla.fi/fin/potkupyora.html
Tai vielä siitä sähäkämpi, potkukelkan ja rattikelkan risteytys:
http://www.esla.fi/fin/kickspark.html

Errol Bay said...

Niinpä-niin - eipä Suomessa tietenkään ole aikaa moiseen köpöttelyyn. Sveitsissä toimitaan näin:

http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/02/zem-the-zero-emissions-machine-that-goes-zoom.php

Anonymous said...

I find this baffling, too. Do you think at night time the tennis balls are stored with the extra bed pillows? :)

Errol Bay said...

Yes, yes! You've gotta be right! The next time I visit someone with thousands of pillows I'll sneek into their bedroom during the night and I bet I can find the tennis balls under the bed along with the pillows.