Riverbankannie
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You deserved that KFC!
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If you'd remembered to take your wheelchair up, you wouldn't have had to come back down again.
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You need a fireman's pole ... or maybe a slide, something like this positioned correctly would plonk you right back in your chair!There is a faster short cut to get down but I prefer the long route….![]()
Some people on here have met me and know how I get around, some ask how do I do things and this shows you how compromise and a little determination gets you there in the end, today I put two 200w panels on the roof, and I don’t mind telling you I am knackerd up and down several times and once up there forget something and had to come down again, it’s a palaver but I got there in the end and got done what I needed. Tomorrow I’ll wire it up…
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view from the backI suspect your arms and shoulder mussels are much stronger than most of us old farts on here
Fantastic achievement!
I vote that we get that video playing on a continuous loop in all Benefits Offices in UK.!!!
Well you are fitter that a lot of able body people.Don’t tell them…. They’ll takeaway me disability allowance…![]()
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I know… I just like to make sure…What's the baco foil for, MC4 connectors are waterproof.![]()
Don’t tell them…. They’ll takeaway me disability allowance…![]()
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No, they should take away the benefits of those who say they will not take a manual job 'because they have a degree in media studies'
BTW did Blair ('education, education and education') ever have a manual job?
Pretty good for the UK.
Hmm… I’ll keep an eye on it, the most work it’ll do is replenish the batteries from charging my bike batteries and the remoska occasionally…. I think most of the time with my consumption it’ll be on float…Just noticed your Victron controller should be mounted vertically so air can pass through the heat sinks.
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I know, My brother was born paraplegic with spina bifida and was often being asked by benefits agency whether he still had it.I’ve done more then my 35yrs work for my full pension that I’ll get in 3 years time and once even had an argument with an advisor in a job centre as he kept telling me you don’t want a job as you’ll get more on disability benefits…
Believe it or not I have to be assessed every 5 years for my DLA to make sure I’m still disable…and I know people that are running around that have got it for life with no assessments…
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I recall years ago the government of the day brought out a so called benefit integrity program. This was supposedly a random check on all the people getting DLA on an indefinite award. They sent a doctor to our house and before he left he told us that it was an absolute waste of his and our time other than the fact that it had highlighted that I should have been awarded more, and I was not the first he had interviewed that it had happened to. I got a fair few grand in back payments. He said he read my medical notes before the appointment to familiarise himself with my specific issues. The decision maker on the initial award had ignored several parts that took my score well into the top category and it was suspected that this was on orders from up the chain of command. I was considered too young to pension off basically. But three fractures in my spine were never going to resolve and spontaneously repair the spinal chord damage.I’ve done more then my 35yrs work for my full pension that I’ll get in 3 years time and once even had an argument with an advisor in a job centre as he kept telling me you don’t want a job as you’ll get more on disability benefits…
Believe it or not I have to be assessed every 5 years for my DLA to make sure I’m still disable…and I know people that are running around that have got it for life with no assessments…
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I recall years ago the government of the day brought out a so called benefit integrity program. This was supposedly a random check on all the people getting DLA on an indefinite award. They sent a doctor to our house and before he left he told us that it was an absolute waste of his and our time other than the fact that it had highlighted that I should have been awarded more, and I was not the first he had interviewed that it had happened to. I got a fair few grand in back payments. He said he read my medical notes before the appointment to familiarise himself with my specific issues. The decision maker on the initial award had ignored several parts that took my score well into the top category and it was suspected that this was on orders from up the chain of command. I was considered too young to pension off basically. But three fractures in my spine were never going to resolve and spontaneously repair the spinal chord damage.
Even then I got bored and tried going back to work, which the doctors told me was stupid. And they were right of course. But that decision years ago is still giving me issues now. Then each new government try and change things up, migrating the old disability payments to a new improved version. Each time it screws things up for the genuinely disabled. The reason for this boils down to the miners strikes years ago and the closure of the mines. The government of the day put thousands of ex miners onto disability benefits to hide the terrible unemployment figures. Since then they have tried their hardest to weed the non genuine ones out, but very badly
Yes, you got advised that you will be better off on disability benefits than returning to work. Very few companies were flexible enough to allow for an employee that might need months off each year or two for operations and recovery. So many of us struggled along as self employed and yo-yoed on and off benefits. Then you retire and won't qualify for the full state pension. So the whole idea of people "living it up on disability benefits" is pretty much a conspiracy theory. So then people like Gary get reassessed every 5 years, just in case his legs miraculously grow back. It would be laughable to most people, but those are the facts of being disabled.
Life can be a real bitch sometimes, but the way the media would like people to see disabled people is as greedy parasites that won't work. When in truth, you would do anything to have your health back and be truly productive
Wired it all up today….
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I know it doesn’t look pretty Lenny but I’ve got a little tidying to do but it’s all working a treat…
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