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A Killer App For Segway
cameronk writes "The NYT reports that Segway is developing a growing popularity with people who are mobility-impaired. My 94 year-old grandfather is too proud to use a wheelchair, yet too fragile to walk. The Segway seems like an ideal way for him to maneuver about."
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"My 94 year-old grandfather is too proud to use a wheelchair, yet too fragile to walk. The Segway seems like an ideal way for him to maneuver about."
But not too proud to use that ridiculous piece of shit?
you're 7old. It's POSTS. DUE TO THE consider that right by simple fucking series of internal
because my batteries are like, dead. hahaha
Fuck you for not laughing.
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Hey, that looks like a guys ass.
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On your bare red ass?
Enough with the fucking Segway!
Come on, give it up, that's
where's that faggot motherfucker phillip torrone, shouldn't he be telling us about how great his 6 segways are and how sweet it was when dean kamen and steve jobs double-teamed him? FUCK YOU PTORRONE
Was it? To me, you used your example from some little hicksville, and used it as a counter-example to most people's views on Slashdot. Forgetting that most people on Slashdot don't live in small towns, and the experience of one old guy in a small town is almost irrelevant to their opinions or experience.