Rigged chair

I read that and almost fell of my chair I was laughing so hard.... [2008-09-28]
but that was my first impression too, eeeeeeeewwwwwwwwwwwww, that's gross and disgusting. LOL.

does your chair [2008-08-12]
put too much pressure under the knee using the foot pedal? if so, you might try doing like i do, and have foot pedal raised up on a little platform (build from wood/use books/boxes, anything for the height). Sometimes i feel too much pressure on the heel as well, and have used a beaded wrist rest under my heel.

Excellent Work Chair [2008-03-22]
http://ellen.warnerbros.com/2008/01/hawaii_chair.php

Poll. The Nebraska high court decided that the electric chair is inhumane. What do you think? nm [2008-02-08]
I think it should be legal and used in certain circumstances. I mean, if DNA proves that the person committed the crime, confesses to it, is caught on tape - why canconvict used on his victims?

Romey, did you ever find a fix for your chair? [2008-02-07]
This is how much of a freak I am....it has been driving nuts that 1.) a chair of that caliber would break like that, and 2.) Wondering what, if anything, you found to fix it. I would be having a you-know-what fit. Those suckers aren Did you ever try that super puddy stuff folks were talking about?

Rigged chair [2008-02-07]
Thanks for asking, meant to give an update, but forgot. Nice older man made the repair for me, owe him my life, or at least the life of my back. Love love this chair, out of it for 5 days, and oh the love I have for this chair, forgot how much I love this chair. Called Herman Miller and they sent me to a chair repair place on the phone who said they would replace the seat of my chair for $250, which I was willing to pay, but thought I would try this fix first, still may get it in the future, but hey, may not be pretty, but it sure as he@ll works. Man friend said about the putty, you mean that Super BullS@it putty, so no I didn't try it.

Romey, what kind of chair do you have? I need a new one. nm [2008-02-07]
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Herman Miller Aeron Chair [2008-02-07]
Thanks Annie M, maybe I will never need a new seat. My brother was a welder, if he were alive, he would have fixed it for me. Great load has been lifted, please chair, never die on me again.

Romey's Chair Glue [2008-01-18]
I found the name of the glue I saw at the car show. It glue everything. It is called Rescue Industrial Bond Adhesive and they have a website at: www.RescueGlue.com The site is having some problems. I tried to email you the phone #, but it wouldn't go through. Email me if you want it. Hope your chair is already fixed though.

Repairing chair [2008-01-10]
I saw this stuff at a car show that does the same thing as Mighty Putty, but it is a thinner liquidy type stuff and it worked really well. I saw it at Hot August Nights this past year in Reno. It worked really fast and is sandable - I watched the man work with it and it dries almost instantly and I wish I remembered the name. Maybe if you go to some car restoration websites you will see it. I think I remember that it was acrylic based and that you can add fibers to it if you wish. If my chair died I would cry, so I hope you are able to fix it. It does look fixable to me. Good luck.

chair [2008-01-09]
Ace Hardware and Walmart sells this stuff called Shoe Goo that works great on everything like this. It's a silicone in a tube, but is very sticky and lasts forever. I have used it on stuff in my house and even my car.

Nope, that's her chair only. [2007-12-11]
Wonder where the snowmen came from? Must have been a chain store that sold them. This one was in central Indiana...

Looks like you guys need a bigger chair! [2007-12-02]
Boy, have they settled right in or what?! That is absolutely wonderful! You guys must be so happy!

How about beach-chair position? [2007-11-17]
Doncha know the patient wishes they were really in a chair on the beach instead of in the operating room.

Need advice on a good, adjustable chair for typing. Any advice? nm [2007-10-31]
nm

Well, maybe they are terrified of the potty chair because we [2007-09-25]
missed the window of opportunity to teach them when they are younger. Here's just one of many articles on the topic: http://www.pottytrainingconcepts.com/Potty-Training/Article-Cleveland-Plain-Dealer.htm And a Google search with words like disposable diapers American late potty training will turn up lots more information along this vein. People seem to think that training children early is cruel. But there are gentle techniques for teaching continence, and we need only be in tune with the signals children give. The later age of toilet training indisputably correlates to the introduction and widespread use of disposables in this country. Did you know that Dr. T. Berry Brazelton signed on as a spokesman with Proctor and Gamble back in the 1960's? He was paid a lot of money to promote disposables. Disposables are a big business in this country. Advertising and time have erased the memory of a time when most American children were trained by age 2. It can be done. It takes a little patience, knowledge of gentle techniques, and lots of praise. Children do tell you when they are ready to train, but these days people donI The tide is slowly turning again, however. Perhaps your grandchildren will be toilet trained at 18 months as more and more people discover that it's far easier to train a younger child than it is an older one. The older child has basically unlearned an unconscious thing. Most people will accept that it's easier to learn a new language when we're younger rather than older. It's exactly the same for toileting.

My little one is laying on the arm of the chair [2007-09-18]
with his head hanging over the side. Every now and then he jerks his head back up when he starts to fall off! He's mad because I wouldn't let him lay on the nice warm laptop.

Might want to change the angle or height of your chair to [2007-07-07]
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So if I get a smaller chair...LOL [2007-06-19]
nm

GEEZ, I nearly fell out of my chair laughing! [2007-05-01]
I really do appreciate this laugh! LOL

I remember sliding out of a chair and sleeping on the floor (sm) [2007-01-07]
at my MIL's house during first trimester. Just seemed to drop off so easily and they were soooooo boring. Good luck to you. Hope you have a healthy and happy pregnancy.

Good idea! [2008-10-31]
Next time I will take photos. The kindergarten teacher tried to get this kid the appropriate help but the school administration stood in the way. It's horrible. All the kindergarten parents were upset -- we even went to the papers. Nothing worked. This bully hit a girl on the head last year with a chair. He didn't get punished. I'm wondering what happened to the Zero Tolerance policy?

Thanks [2008-10-28]
I know everyone has differences of opinions. My mom and I sure had ours but we were never disrespectful. And all over what, politics???? Your going to insult your own family and tell them they are stup!d right to their faces because they don't share the same viewpoints you do? It's sickening beyond words. This brother has caused so many upsets in the past. Always was a little sh!!-disturber. One mothers day we all went out to eat a a mexican restaurant and there were two guys having lunch there (could have been brother, friends, or whatever), but my BIL actually turned his chair around and kept stairing at them and then commenting to everyone at the table that there were f@gs. I was utterly and truly disgusted and repulsed beyond all belief (and he was 18 years old so he knew better. He kept saying it loud enough because he wanted them to hear. Finally they got up and came over and asked if there was a problem. This was about the same time I was leaving to call a cab (my husband said heGee, my supervisor and I go out to lunch, are you going to call us derogatory names! I was fuming fumning fuming beyond words (that was the start of a difficult relationship with his family). Oh yes, when those two guys came over to our table to ask what the problem was, he went and hid behind his mother. We do feel good about the decision not to talk to them for a long time. Never would be fine by me.

This might gross some out sm [2008-10-27]
but I saw this at a baby shower years ago and it was certainly an ice breaker! Gift was a potty chair - with a tiny Tootsie roll in the potwith some yellow jello. It was hysterical. I guess it would dependon the mom and the guests - this was a pretty funny light-hearted crowd and it went over well:)

How true. It is such a shame for some of these breeds to all [2008-10-13]
be put in a category of being dangerous, etc. Like I stated in my post above in reply to the Pitbull in the Halloween costume some breeders play on some of the traits of the ones they feel will be more aggressive, larger, more muscle, etc. Then they breed them with another dog they feel has that potential, and so on. A responsible breeder who is concerned only for the well being of the dog and loves the breed will breed only the ones who do not display aggression or the potential for it. I once went to the house of a friend whose dad had a Doberman for years. The dog was there that night, and to be honest I was afraid. I entered the house cautiously to find that the dog was afraid of ME. She had a squeaky toy and lay under the chair all night playing with the toy. She was a thing of beauty. I will never forget her and I learned new respect and to do some reading and research before coming reaching conclusions.

How true. It is such a shame for some of these breeds to all [2008-10-13]
be put in a category of being dangerous, etc. Like I stated in my post above in reply to the Pitbull in the Halloween costume some breeders play on some of the traits of the ones they feel will be more aggressive, larger, more muscle, etc. Then they breed them with another dog they feel has that potential, and so on. A responsible breeder who is concerned only for the well being of the dog and loves the breed will breed only the ones who do not display aggression or the potential for it. I once went to the house of a friend whose dad had a Doberman for years. The dog was there that night, and to be honest I was afraid. I entered the house cautiously to find that the dog was afraid of ME. She had a squeaky toy and lay under the chair all night playing with the toy. She was a thing of beauty. I will never forget her and I learned new respect and to do some reading and research before coming reaching conclusions.

Okay you asked for it [2008-10-10]
This is my very messy desk (ah - room). I am so busy with running a business and also transcribing that I hardly ever have time to clean my desk. What a mess! If you look closely on the floor just to the right of my chair, you can probably see two pink Good and Plenty candies that I forgot to pick up. Hee hee.

It doesn't change [2008-10-09]
I married a man with 2 grown daughters, a grown son, and a stepdaughter from his deceased wife. We have been married for 7 years and they were 31,33,43 and 35 when we married. They are now 38,40,50 and 42, and things have not changed a bit. They told their father they did not want him to get married, and the next to the oldest told me that I should come to her for advice, as she ran the family and everyone came to her for advice, and the youngest one sat on her stepfatherthey were daddy The son lives in another state thank goodness, and he is what I call a freeloader when he visits. Expects me to wait on him. He takes his father's chair in the living room because his excuse is that he cannot see well and needs that chair closer to the TV, when I actually caught him not wearing his glasses, which is why he could not see!! He doesn't ask his father if he needs any help (my husband is 8 years older than me and he is 70), nor has he ever offered to take his father to dinner when he is at home, until I talked to him kindly and thought it would be a nice gesture. He takes over the TV when he visits, and will not pick up after himself, and this guy is 50 years old!! I have never, ever seen such spoiled adults in my life. Whew, just needed to get that off my chest. What I mean is that this type of behavior does not stop as they get older, unless the father has a good talk with the children. At 9 though you have to have patience, but she knows how to manipulate her father and girls are good at that. She might just feel insecure and maybe your attention will change that, but I do feel for you. Good luck.

ok sk8girl, the window is wonderful and a really good thing [2008-10-08]
for your eyes. If you focus near and then you can focus out a window, you will save your eyes and type for about 20 more years than you would without a window. I lost my window and my eyes followed close behind. I love that you all have the same stacks of books I do, same bowl of almost food, required coffee mug and the fact that it looks like we all spend our lives right in that chair. ha ha.

Yes, I spend 'way too much of my life in this - sm [2008-10-08]
chair! Good thing it's super-comfy! This is a really old house on a steep hill, and the whole house tilts a bit, so when I'm at my computer, everything leans leftwards! This is my view from my computer desk, and why I have trouble concentrating on my monitor all day!

I agree with you sm [2008-10-06]
We used to have a boxer, and while I think they can looking menacing, I have never heard anything negative bout them. Anyway, Jake absolutely loved everyone and was a pure joy. Once I had a friend over and she was standing behind my hubby while he was sitting in a chair with Jake at his feet. She was just talking to Jake in a sing-song voice and maybe for some reason he found her threatening to my hubby, but he attacked her. Luckily there was just a cut on her forehead, but we were in complete shock.

Unemployed husband driving me crazy sm [2008-09-29]
If my chair so much as squeaks, he has to open the bedroom door and see if I am really working. If the phone rings, he picks up the phone in the bedroom to listen in. This is getting way out of hand. I asked him to stop doing this but he got really mad and said I should have nothing to hide. I don't have anything to hide but he is really really working my last nerve! I am about ready to flip out.

ever hear of Jessie Tafero - electrocuted for a crime he didn't commit [2008-09-16]
and the chair malfunctioned while he was being electrocuted, 6-inch flames shot out of his head

Mine isn't this extreme but... [2008-08-31]
that is because he knows I would go out and buy new and spend more on it and then do the same with his stuff the next day he left the house! Like, oh, I don't know, maybe the remote to the TV or the TV itself...his favorite chair. lol Now, if we are cleaning out the basement or something and looking to get rid of stuff generally speaking, I will say that it seems every husband thinks their trash is gold and our family heirlooms/memories, and extra kitchen stuff like that only used at holidays is disposable. I don't know what it is. I'm still working on my hubs but I think I have trained him, to think of the consequences, pretty well. Maybe its just me, but I wouldn't take something like that lightly - wondering what he would do next!

Hormonal H@ll! [2008-08-28]
My hormones are giving me a rough time too, although I've had a lot of extra stressors in the last couple years also, so I'm not sure what is what. I have been having restless leg syndrome on and off, except it is my whole body (not just legs) and I often have that feeling during the day too. It drives me totally nuts when I am working. I can hardly stay in my chair! I think the fact that our job forces us to work as fast as we can (for the whole shift) doesn't help. What an oxymoron anyway ... work as fast as you can while remaining seated. Anyone else with RLS? Any good suggestions for relief?

I know the timeout rules all too [2008-08-27]
well, but truthfully, I needed the timeout. It took me a good 20 minutes to compose myself to the point where I was ready to address what he did. I figured he was safer sitting on that chair. By the time it was done, he sat for about 30 minutes. According to the timeout rules, it should have been 8 minutes, but sometimes we adjust the punishment to fit the crime. Then he sat for another 10 minutes while I lectured him calmly about the what-ifs.

That's an interesting form of punishment [2008-08-26]
Something I might try the next time. I agree that 4 hours was a little a harsh, which is why I gave in after about 30 minutes. I will say that he was pretty good the rest of the day. He had 1 time when he started to rough-house with his brother and it ended pretty quickly when I reminded him that he could sit on the chair again, this time until his dad comes home. He quit pretty abruptly. Thanks for your input.

I know exactly what you mean [2008-08-26]
I realize I The reason I said he would sit on the chair until his dad got home wasn It was to help him understand how long he would be sitting there. He But I agree with you that I need to say what I mean and do what I say. I think from now on I won Thanks.

He's fighting again today. [2008-08-26]
This time with his younger brother because he doesn His younger brother isalmost 6 and he gets bored easily with video games. Once again, when he got mad, he resorted to violence by kicking his younger brother in his side. It left a red mark. He I didn I told him what the consequences were when he did something like this, ie serious injury to his brother, possible juvy hall for him, and how it can lead to worse things as he gets older. He just doesn I really wanted to fan his @ss, but what would that teach him? Just that violence begets violence. Why does he have to react so intensely? Why can My other 2 children don That That if I were a bad parent, which I definitely think at times, then all 3 of my children would act out, but they don Just him. He He goes to the youth church camps and has no problems whatsoever. He knows right from wrong, he just doesn It I think it Maybe family counseling or something. I know there I spend a lot of time with my kids. All summer long, I We do a lot together as a family and the 2 older ones get to go a lot of places with other people. My children are not neglected in any way. My husband spends a lot of time in the evenings with them, especially the 8-year-old. We know that he demands more attention and we try to give that to him, but this is getting exhausting. I know everyone here has been trying to help and I appreciate that. More than anything, I just need a place to vent. I think it I Maybe there is something to that. It seems to be true in animals. Again, thanks for letting me vent and offering up suggestions or insight. I do appreciate it.

What would you do? [2008-08-25]
I just broke up an argument between my 2 sons, ages 8 and almost 11. What started out as name-calling between the 2, escalated into my 8-year-old pushing my 11-year-old hard enough to knock him into the wall and onto the floor. My 8-year-old has a terrible temper. Anytime he feels threatened or teased, he resorts to violence. After breaking up this incident, I punished my 8-year-old by sitting him on the dining room chair. I told him to sit there until his dad comes home, which is 4 hours. I know that seems harsh, but this has been going on for some time now. I I I I What else can I do?

update [2008-08-25]
Well, 4 hours was probably too harsh to expect an 8-year-old to sit on a chair. He sat for about 1/2 hour. Then I went out and talked to him. My husband is not physical in any way. He has never laid a finger on me and he rarely even argues back with me. If anything, I However, I don I We have spanked our kids when younger, nothing more than a tap or 2 on the bottom. It probably hurt their pride more anything. However, we My other 2 kids don't have this problem with controlling their tempers. I seriously think he just is impulsive. He I basically told him that we all have to be in control of our own bodies and that sometimes it I also told him that I know that he knows how because he does it in school. He I also told him that I loved him but that his behavior upsets the whole house. He has to learn to get in control of it and to get used to people telling him what to do. He resists authority; he likes to think he In the end, I left him off the chair after about 40 minutes total and gave him a hug. I told him I loved him and asked him to apologize to his brother, which he did. He I know it's never over, but at least this one is. Thanks for the support.

When I came out to the room they [2008-08-25]
were in, the 8-year-old was mouthing off the 11-year-old. I said That He continued to mouth and my 11-year-old stopped. He then called his 11-year-old brother A big fat wussy. I told him again to stop or he would be on timeout. My 11-year-old was walking away. My 8-year-old then started after him and pushed him as hard as he could. He I don But when I said to stop, it should have stopped. My 8-year-old refused to stop. He then escalated it to something physical, which is why he ended up on the chair. I They know that I will stop it and the one doing the picking will be punished. I try very hard to dole out my punishments evenly, but in this case, he should have stopped when I told him to. I gave him 2 chances to stop and he still didn The pain he inflicted on my 11-year-old was enough punishment. He left a large red area on his thigh and up the side of his back from being pushed into the wall/table and landing on the floor.

Oh and DON'T back down. Make sure he follows through sm [2008-08-25]
If you decide it is too harsh and slack off he will learn that you are not going to stick to your word and that he can get away with things. I wouldn't make it anything that takes 4 hours, like sitting a chair. But make it something that will bug him enough that he will remember it next time he raises his hand to hit.

can you put something under the foot pedal to (sm) [2008-08-12]
raise it up? Is the back fo your leg touching your chair too much? Maybeif you raise up your foot you will get better circulation.

You might try [2008-08-12]
redistrubuting the pressure of your seating position to relieve pressure points if the seat of your chair is flat. Try rolling up towels and putting behind your sacrum and along the outer sides of your hips and thighs. Hope you get relief.

Thanks guys [2008-08-12]
for all the helpful hints. I think you are right. The bottom of my thigh touches right at the chair edge. This is where I feel discomfort at times, and then my foot will fall asleep. I think I am going to try some of your ideas and see if it helps. It is just so darn uncomfortable and it totally drains me. I am exhausted at the end of my shift, more so than just transcribing. Thanks Again!