Comments on: Police chase Valencian gipsy with 95% handicap steering motorised hospital bed with his mouth down Galician dual carriageway http://oreneta.com/kalebeul/2007/05/09/police-chase-valencian-gipsy-with-95-handicap-steering-motorised-hospital-bed-with-his-mouth-down-galician-dual-carriageway/ anythingarian bubbles and troubles from the land of the fretting nun Tue, 14 Oct 2008 08:48:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: kalebeul » Korean in wheelchair blocks Catalan C-17 http://oreneta.com/kalebeul/2007/05/09/police-chase-valencian-gipsy-with-95-handicap-steering-motorised-hospital-bed-with-his-mouth-down-galician-dual-carriageway/#comment-120377 kalebeul » Korean in wheelchair blocks Catalan C-17 Fri, 11 May 2007 13:54:26 +0000 http://oreneta.com/kalebeul/2007/05/09/police-chase-valencian-gipsy-with-95-handicap-steering-motorised-hospital-bed-with-his-mouth-down-galician-dual-carriageway/#comment-120377 [...] Like Antonio Navarro he was steering with his mouth when detained. Apparently Chang-hyun Choi is going round the world, so presumably his brothel and beer budget is bigger than Antonio’s. (A kind correspondent points out the practice of bed racing in Germany. However, and surprisingly, given the sophistication of the German car industry, these are unpowered and do not count. It is unfortunate that Spanish downhill bed racing events (eg the baixada de llits in Sant Feliu de Codines) nowadays rarely involve beds on wheels.) Related entries: [...] [...] Like Antonio Navarro he was steering with his mouth when detained. Apparently Chang-hyun Choi is going round the world, so presumably his brothel and beer budget is bigger than Antonio’s. (A kind correspondent points out the practice of bed racing in Germany. However, and surprisingly, given the sophistication of the German car industry, these are unpowered and do not count. It is unfortunate that Spanish downhill bed racing events (eg the baixada de llits in Sant Feliu de Codines) nowadays rarely involve beds on wheels.) Related entries: [...]

]]> By: Trevor ap Simon http://oreneta.com/kalebeul/2007/05/09/police-chase-valencian-gipsy-with-95-handicap-steering-motorised-hospital-bed-with-his-mouth-down-galician-dual-carriageway/#comment-120354 Trevor ap Simon Fri, 11 May 2007 09:18:59 +0000 http://oreneta.com/kalebeul/2007/05/09/police-chase-valencian-gipsy-with-95-handicap-steering-motorised-hospital-bed-with-his-mouth-down-galician-dual-carriageway/#comment-120354 Mein Gott, I thought only Americans had chair-beds! Mein Gott, I thought only Americans had chair-beds!

]]> By: Colin Davies http://oreneta.com/kalebeul/2007/05/09/police-chase-valencian-gipsy-with-95-handicap-steering-motorised-hospital-bed-with-his-mouth-down-galician-dual-carriageway/#comment-120353 Colin Davies Fri, 11 May 2007 09:16:04 +0000 http://oreneta.com/kalebeul/2007/05/09/police-chase-valencian-gipsy-with-95-handicap-steering-motorised-hospital-bed-with-his-mouth-down-galician-dual-carriageway/#comment-120353 Trevor, Seems it was a bed AND a chair! We were both of us right and wrong. Cheers Trevor, Seems it was a bed AND a chair! We were both of us right and wrong. Cheers

]]> By: Trevor ap Simon http://oreneta.com/kalebeul/2007/05/09/police-chase-valencian-gipsy-with-95-handicap-steering-motorised-hospital-bed-with-his-mouth-down-galician-dual-carriageway/#comment-120352 Trevor ap Simon Fri, 11 May 2007 09:14:47 +0000 http://oreneta.com/kalebeul/2007/05/09/police-chase-valencian-gipsy-with-95-handicap-steering-motorised-hospital-bed-with-his-mouth-down-galician-dual-carriageway/#comment-120352 Phew, <a href="http://colindavies.blogspot.com/2007/05/couple-of-amendmentsadditions-to_11.html" rel="nofollow">it was a bed</a> after all. <a href="http://uk.geocities.com/johnwardinventor/latest.html" rel="nofollow">This site says</a> that the motorised hospital bed was invented by a Brit, Mr John Ward, who also created the Bra Warmer and the Backpack Snow Machine: <blockquote>The bed’s four wheels are steered by a concealed hand control, and the double 12-volt electric motors mean that, downhill and with favourable winds, one can reach speeds of up to 7mph. Because of its electric engine, the police have no legal objection to the Motorised Hospital Bed taking to our roads. Nonetheless, these beds remain curiously rare.</blockquote> If the standard model only does 11kph, then either Antonio Navarro has had active aerodynamics and other extras fitted or the Galician police chase criminals on donkeyback. Phew, it was a bed after all. This site says that the motorised hospital bed was invented by a Brit, Mr John Ward, who also created the Bra Warmer and the Backpack Snow Machine:

The bed’s four wheels are steered by a concealed hand control, and the double 12-volt electric motors mean that, downhill and with favourable winds, one can reach speeds of up to 7mph. Because of its electric engine, the police have no legal objection to the Motorised Hospital Bed taking to our roads. Nonetheless, these beds remain curiously rare.

If the standard model only does 11kph, then either Antonio Navarro has had active aerodynamics and other extras fitted or the Galician police chase criminals on donkeyback.

]]> By: Trevor ap Simon http://oreneta.com/kalebeul/2007/05/09/police-chase-valencian-gipsy-with-95-handicap-steering-motorised-hospital-bed-with-his-mouth-down-galician-dual-carriageway/#comment-120292 Trevor ap Simon Thu, 10 May 2007 16:41:10 +0000 http://oreneta.com/kalebeul/2007/05/09/police-chase-valencian-gipsy-with-95-handicap-steering-motorised-hospital-bed-with-his-mouth-down-galician-dual-carriageway/#comment-120292 Colin Davies <a href="http://colindavies.blogspot.com/2007/05/up-in-north-galicia-on-monday-traffic_10.html" rel="nofollow">says</a> it was a wheelchair--time to revise my <em>camillas motorizadas</em>. Apparently he was lusting after "dark girls with Indian features", so he may have actually been trying to escape from Galicia. Colin Davies says it was a wheelchair–time to revise my camillas motorizadas. Apparently he was lusting after “dark girls with Indian features”, so he may have actually been trying to escape from Galicia.

]]> By: Aidan Kehoe http://oreneta.com/kalebeul/2007/05/09/police-chase-valencian-gipsy-with-95-handicap-steering-motorised-hospital-bed-with-his-mouth-down-galician-dual-carriageway/#comment-120211 Aidan Kehoe Wed, 09 May 2007 16:21:50 +0000 http://oreneta.com/kalebeul/2007/05/09/police-chase-valencian-gipsy-with-95-handicap-steering-motorised-hospital-bed-with-his-mouth-down-galician-dual-carriageway/#comment-120211 Respect! Respect!

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