Jim Wilkins wrote:
On Apr 7, 1:55 pm, RobertH wrote:

The only potential advantage over in-line two wheelers is that,
supposedly, it won't fall over. ...


Ever try one? Bicycles and crowds of people don't mix well at all
because of the difficulty of starting and stopping and the need to
maintain some speed to balance. Segways stop and stand still easily,
like pedestrians. Could you push a grocery store shopping cart with a
standard bicycle? You can easily on a Segway, or spin around in place
to pull it.

I'm having trouble visualizing that grocery cart thing. Where are each
of your hands when you're pushing or pulling it? Is any other apparatus
involved which hooks onto the cart?

Maybe I could do it easily with an empty cart, but a full week's load of
groceries takes me more than one hand to comfortably push (and steer).

Jeff (Who's probably missing something here.....)

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Jeffry Wisnia
(W1BSV + Brass Rat '57 EE)
The speed of light is 1.8*10^12 furlongs per fortnight.

On Apr 7, 6:56*pm, Jeff Wisnia wrote:
Jim Wilkins wrote:
[push a cart on a Segway]

I'm having trouble visualizing that grocery cart thing. Where are each
of your hands when you're pushing or pulling it? Is any other apparatus
involved which hooks onto the cart?

Maybe I could do it easily with an empty cart, but a full week's load of
groceries takes me more than one hand to comfortably push (and steer).

Jeff (Who's probably missing something here.....)
Jeffry Wisnia

I had to see it done first, too, with the overloaded trash hopper from
the lab:
http://www.yankeesupply.com/catalog/...ction/view.htm

The Segway they loaned me was the older model with twist-grip
steering. One hand on the steering grip, the other pushing the hopper.
It took some practice but not as much as opening and maneuvering
through the heavy, self-closing fire doors.

It helps that in the Army I learned how to control the heavy floor
buffers with one hand.

Jim Wilkins

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On Apr 7, 6:56 pm, Jeff Wisnia wrote:
Jim Wilkins wrote:
[push a cart on a Segway]

I'm having trouble visualizing that grocery cart thing. Where are each
of your hands when you're pushing or pulling it? Is any other apparatus
involved which hooks onto the cart?

Maybe I could do it easily with an empty cart, but a full week's load of
groceries takes me more than one hand to comfortably push (and steer).

Jeff (Who's probably missing something here.....)
Jeffry Wisnia

I had to see it done first, too, with the overloaded trash hopper from
the lab:
http://www.yankeesupply.com/catalog/...ction/view.htm

The Segway they loaned me was the older model with twist-grip
steering. One hand on the steering grip, the other pushing the hopper.
It took some practice but not as much as opening and maneuvering
through the heavy, self-closing fire doors.

It helps that in the Army I learned how to control the heavy floor
buffers with one hand.

Jim Wilkins
_____________________
Theres actually a store that supplies Yankees? Bermuda shorts, blue wigs,
black socks and white shoes?
MMC (in Florida)

On Wed, 8 Apr 2009 04:00:50 -0700 (PDT), Jim Wilkins
wrote:

It helps that in the Army I learned how to control the heavy floor
buffers with one hand.

I generally had a beer in the other hand.

Casady

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On Wed, 8 Apr 2009 04:00:50 -0700 (PDT), Jim Wilkins
wrote:

It helps that in the Army I learned how to control the heavy floor
buffers with one hand.

I generally had a beer in the other hand.

Casady



Crap. I thought that talent was exclusive to us Navy types.

Those things were intimidating at first until you got the hang of it.
After that, it was a two finger operation.

Eisboch

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On Fri, 10 Apr 2009 16:25:23 -0400, "Eisboch"
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On Wed, 8 Apr 2009 04:00:50 -0700 (PDT), Jim Wilkins
wrote:

It helps that in the Army I learned how to control the heavy floor
buffers with one hand.

I generally had a beer in the other hand.

Casady



Crap. I thought that talent was exclusive to us Navy types.

Those things were intimidating at first until you got the hang of it.
After that, it was a two finger operation.

Eisboch

Once you get the hang of that big buffer you can also use it's little
brother, the DA and that gets us back to boats. ;-)
You need the same touch when you are prepping for your paint job. The
difference is if you let the DA dig an edge in you will have a gouge
that takes an hour to fill and buff out.
If the floor buffer catches an edge it will yank you half way across
the room.

Not the airforce buffers. They just took a leg off a nearby table. :) Or
at least bent the leg.

Calif Bill wrote:
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On Fri, 10 Apr 2009 16:25:23 -0400, "Eisboch"
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"Richard Casady" wrote in message
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On Wed, 8 Apr 2009 04:00:50 -0700 (PDT), Jim Wilkins
wrote:

It helps that in the Army I learned how to control the heavy floor
buffers with one hand.
I generally had a beer in the other hand.

Casady


Crap. I thought that talent was exclusive to us Navy types.

Those things were intimidating at first until you got the hang of it.
After that, it was a two finger operation.

Eisboch
Once you get the hang of that big buffer you can also use it's little
brother, the DA and that gets us back to boats. ;-)
You need the same touch when you are prepping for your paint job. The
difference is if you let the DA dig an edge in you will have a gouge
that takes an hour to fill and buff out.
If the floor buffer catches an edge it will yank you half way across
the room.

Not the airforce buffers. They just took a leg off a nearby table. :) Or
at least bent the leg.


The navy sent their defective buffers to the Air Force.

"Jim22208" wrote in message
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Calif Bill wrote:
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On Fri, 10 Apr 2009 16:25:23 -0400, "Eisboch"
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"Richard Casady" wrote in message
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On Wed, 8 Apr 2009 04:00:50 -0700 (PDT), Jim Wilkins
wrote:

It helps that in the Army I learned how to control the heavy floor
buffers with one hand.
I generally had a beer in the other hand.

Casady


Crap. I thought that talent was exclusive to us Navy types.

Those things were intimidating at first until you got the hang of it.
After that, it was a two finger operation.

Eisboch
Once you get the hang of that big buffer you can also use it's little
brother, the DA and that gets us back to boats. ;-)
You need the same touch when you are prepping for your paint job. The
difference is if you let the DA dig an edge in you will have a gouge
that takes an hour to fill and buff out.
If the floor buffer catches an edge it will yank you half way across
the room.

Not the airforce buffers. They just took a leg off a nearby table. :)
Or at least bent the leg.
The navy sent their defective buffers to the Air Force.

They were not defective, the airmen were.

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On Fri, 10 Apr 2009 21:22:06 -0700, "Calif Bill"
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If the floor buffer catches an edge it will yank you half way across
the room.

Not the airforce buffers. They just took a leg off a nearby table. :)
Or
at least bent the leg.

We all used the same buffer, I was just assuming you didn't hit
anything.
My wife just bought one for her guys to play with at the country club.
Same thing, a 1.5 HP motor spinning a 20" disk at 175 RPM.

Always seemed to be something in the way. Or we went out of the way to get
something in the way.