The Chit Chat Chit Chat Thread

donaldtoo

donaldtoo

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MinnieM123 said:
For some odd reason, I found this amusing. ;)

Here's one of those item description tidbits, that couldn't seem to be agreed upon -- by various new outlets yesterday. As the 4 astronauts departed the capsule, I watched each one of them receive help to transfer to a wheelchair.

Glancing at a sampling of news reports, the New York Post referred to it as a wheelchair; both the BBC and CNN referred to it as a stretcher; and, NASA referred to it as a mobility aid . . . 🤔

So, which one was it? :p
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I’m gonna’ go with it’s a “Hey I’ve been in space for 9 months more than I was supposed to be so could I get a little help here” wheelchair/stretcher/mobility aid, etc.…???!!!!! 😁 :hilarious:;)
 
Goofyernmost

Goofyernmost

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MinnieM123 said:
For some odd reason, I found this amusing. ;)

Here's one of those item description tidbits, that couldn't seem to be agreed upon -- by various new outlets yesterday. As the 4 astronauts departed the capsule, I watched each one of them receive help to transfer to a wheelchair.

Glancing at a sampling of news reports, the New York Post referred to it as a wheelchair; both the BBC and CNN referred to it as a stretcher; and, NASA referred to it as a mobility aid . . . 🤔

So, which one was it? :p
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If one is laying flat on a wheeled table usually due to illness or accident they are on a stretcher. If they are needed, a wheeled chair because of a permanent or temporary need, it is a mobility aid. Been there done that! Well, all except spending way to much time in space.
 
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Figgy1

Figgy1

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Just one more day until
Happy Spring GIF
 
MinnieM123

MinnieM123

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Goofyernmost said:
If one is laying flat on a wheeled table usually due to illness or accident they are on a stretcher. If they are needed a wheeled chair because of a permanent of temporary need, it is a mobility aid. Been there done that! Well, all except spending way to much time in space.
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Thanks for the clarification. I was unfamiliar with mobility aid. I half thought that NASA may have come up with that term instead of a more commonly used word, wheelchair, so that the public wouldn't think that the astronauts were injured, after their long time up in the ISS.
 
Figgy1

Figgy1

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Agent H said:
So basically thanksgiving dinner but with Irish food?
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Irish-American. Corned beef was the closest food to the ham/bacon people ate in Ireland before the exodus during and after the famine that most new arrivals could afford and the Jewish butchers can't sell pork, so a combination of affordability and availability. It's a feast holiday during Lent so it's a food holiday because back when there were major restrictions on what you could eat, and that tradition has carried on. Super Cliff Notes version
 
Goofyernmost

Goofyernmost

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MinnieM123 said:
Thanks for the clarification. I was unfamiliar with mobility aid. I half thought that NASA may have come up with that term instead of a more commonly used word, wheelchair, so that the public wouldn't think that the astronauts were injured, after their long time up in the ISS.
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They might have come up with the mobility aid thing. I don't know when that started. During my back issue I was required to use four things, the first one was a walker, then a wheelchair. Later in the recovery there were things that vaguely looked like a fancy wheelchair that was known as a mobility aid and even a scooter falls into that category. However, it wouldn't surprise me that NASA may have coined the Mobility Aid identity.
 

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