New Honda Walker
- Thread starter Terry_Lasater
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Some guy from the Midwest devised one of those probably 30 years ago -- of course, at the time, there had to be a big power backpack to go with it.
Matt Grunau
Adobe Demigod
That's pretty darn nifty. I sure hope the morbidly obese dont use it as an excuse to not get in better shape, though I imagine fat people are looking at that thing and drooling.
Capt Quirk
Veteran
Of course they won't. That would mean they would have to stand, and there is always the Lark, where they can sit on their huge butts.
That looks quite uncomfortable.
Put pretty cool nonetheless. Hopefully it can help people with leg issues, probably including those who are still recovering their walking ability in physical therapy. That could alleviate a lot of the frustrations.
I'm sure it's too expensive for overweight people to use when they can get mobile chairs, especially since there must be an upper weight limit at some point.
Put pretty cool nonetheless. Hopefully it can help people with leg issues, probably including those who are still recovering their walking ability in physical therapy. That could alleviate a lot of the frustrations.
I'm sure it's too expensive for overweight people to use when they can get mobile chairs, especially since there must be an upper weight limit at some point.
my friend has Muscular Dystrophy..... this would be WONDERFUL for him!
I wonder if its avialable? the thing is this device seems to enable the users to get some additional excersice. for a person who has issues with strength, whether it be degenerative, or injury based, taking 20% off your joints can help them heal so much faster!
I wonder if its avialable? the thing is this device seems to enable the users to get some additional excersice. for a person who has issues with strength, whether it be degenerative, or injury based, taking 20% off your joints can help them heal so much faster!
Rick Meyer
Veteran
This is a good point. My cousin has cerebral palsy which takes its toll and fatigues the muscles quite easily. But knowing her, (and I imagine many others with cerebral palsy), she might want to steer clear of something like this. She has spent her entire life trying to not draw a lot of attention to herself, by living normally, not allowing others to treat her like she is "special", finishing college, correcting people when they assume she is retarded etc. And the look of this thing is pretty conspicuous. So, I'm wondering how far it will go before they streamline it even further.
I actually thought this was a joke at first. Because I wan't even thinking of the medicinal benefits. I suppose that once they become commonplace, they would draw a lot less attention. Overall, this has some incredible upside.
Terry_Lasater
All about the Caption
Don't you mean, because Terry posted it? :grin:
btw, Aren't you supposed to be on the road about now?
dougspice
Veteran
Or people like me, who have temporarily lost the ability to walk through no fault of their own... and people in much worse cases than me. Hell, if they made one of these for my cat (who has underdeveloped leg muscles from birth) I'm sure he'd live a much happier life.
But I'm sure you're right, Honda's main market is clearly for people who are lazy.
People amaze me with their inability to think outside of themselves.
Steve Laramie
Veteran
that statement was obviously a joke so lets not get so hostile. But now I am pretty much convinced robots are taking over.
Rick Meyer
Veteran
Yes. and Yes.
I am currently in the process of being jerked around by my moving company. They were supposed to be here between 8-10am. They called at 10:45 saying they were detained at the "weigh" station. And so, the plot thickens. The last I knew, they were going to be here at 6pm Pacific Coast time. So much for getting an early jump on it. Well, actually, I will be getting an early jump on it by getting on the road tomorrow by 4am. Not quite what I had in mind though.
Gord.T
Still "Senior Member"
Here I go again. Just skip over it if your not into it. Just having fun blowing steam
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Responding to this company quote:
We'll at first glance, I would assume your main focus is to make a profit. Granted many of your products are more sensitive to consumer need than others and the service afterwards has been said to have been excellent in comparison to other manufacturers. That I'll give you and well done.
But as for 'human mobilty'. What the hell does that mean? When you were building cheap motorbikes back in the day, was that your main focus? Or when you built those cheap unroadworthy cars? Was it your focus then? Maybe, I guess, if you call that mobility. Sounds more like trying to grab a market share and make a profit. "human mobilty" sounds cool but it doesn't mean shi*.
Let me remind you that 'Harley' is still 'Harley', and always will be 'HARLEY'. THAT's MOBILITY, dumb ass.
Good luck with those robots too. Cool, you've made a robot that can't even go the the fridge and get me a beer. He can't work at all, he can't do anything. Hell, welfare would cut him off and put him on diasabilty. Walmart has walking toys for $20 that can do the same thing as your 20 million dollar peice of shi*. Whooohooo.
Honda, your not doing me any big favours but thanks. Keeping making that shi*, if I like it I'll buy it, but cut the crap bs.
Oh, btw, speaking of quality, my TV stopped working after a year, my VCR after 3 months and my nephews xbox after 7 months. Yeah, I got the idea. All you companys are making quality stuff these days, better than 40 yrs ago, ya know, because you care about 'us' .
That is ofcourse unlike the companies before that actually had real pride in thier products, that lasted 25 or more years. But they never cared, you do though right? fffffffffffffffffffffffffffffk off with that shi*. Maybe you can fool some grade school kids. But the rest of us still remember, ya know, you dumbass company.
This has been a public Rant by Raptor365. Please do not adjust your set. Regularly scheduled programming will resume in a moment. If this were a real emergency, you would have heard a beeping tone, a.k.a, us cursing and running like hell. Please Contact Honda for further emergencies, cause, ya know, they really give a shi*. :violin:
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Rant Time:
I like the quote:
Responding to this company quote:
We'll at first glance, I would assume your main focus is to make a profit. Granted many of your products are more sensitive to consumer need than others and the service afterwards has been said to have been excellent in comparison to other manufacturers. That I'll give you and well done.
But as for 'human mobilty'. What the hell does that mean? When you were building cheap motorbikes back in the day, was that your main focus? Or when you built those cheap unroadworthy cars? Was it your focus then? Maybe, I guess, if you call that mobility. Sounds more like trying to grab a market share and make a profit. "human mobilty" sounds cool but it doesn't mean shi*.
Let me remind you that 'Harley' is still 'Harley', and always will be 'HARLEY'. THAT's MOBILITY, dumb ass.
Good luck with those robots too. Cool, you've made a robot that can't even go the the fridge and get me a beer. He can't work at all, he can't do anything. Hell, welfare would cut him off and put him on diasabilty. Walmart has walking toys for $20 that can do the same thing as your 20 million dollar peice of shi*. Whooohooo.
Honda, your not doing me any big favours but thanks. Keeping making that shi*, if I like it I'll buy it, but cut the crap bs.
Oh, btw, speaking of quality, my TV stopped working after a year, my VCR after 3 months and my nephews xbox after 7 months. Yeah, I got the idea. All you companys are making quality stuff these days, better than 40 yrs ago, ya know, because you care about 'us' .
That is ofcourse unlike the companies before that actually had real pride in thier products, that lasted 25 or more years. But they never cared, you do though right? fffffffffffffffffffffffffffffk off with that shi*. Maybe you can fool some grade school kids. But the rest of us still remember, ya know, you dumbass company.
This has been a public Rant by Raptor365. Please do not adjust your set. Regularly scheduled programming will resume in a moment. If this were a real emergency, you would have heard a beeping tone, a.k.a, us cursing and running like hell. Please Contact Honda for further emergencies, cause, ya know, they really give a shi*. :violin:
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