I suspect you’re in the minority on that. I’d take almost anything – even a hard wooden bench – over a bus seat. A bean bag is no La-z-boy, but it’s far above a bus seat in my book.
My view is that beanbag chairs are great for sitting in, not so good for getting up from. (Those of us who have enough trouble getting up from normal seats have to rock from side to side until an arm makes contact with the floor, then use that to lever ourselves into a crawling position, and stand up from that.)
The solution, of course, is not to get up from them.
There really is no way to “get up” from a bean bag chair. I pretty much have to roll over until I’m on my stomach, then slide down so I’m kneeling on the floor, and then stand from that position. When I was young and spry, I could flip myself backwards ass over teakettle, and stand up behind the bean bag. It seems forever since I could do that.
And you’re right… the solution is to not get up. I think that was the whole idea when someone designed the thing in the first place.
IMO bus seats are fine in a vacuum, not so much when considering how much legspace the one in front of you is leaving you.
Granted, my perspective might be skewed by my being 1.92, but still. Even just one hour in these is painful enough, I don’t want to imagine spending a whole day that way (thankfully, i don’t have to *imagine* it, thanks, high school trip to germany!)
It has not been pointed out here, but some people either need straws for various serious physical reasons, or ice against lips or teeth is a super bad thing.
Also, around here we kitchen workers are required to keep our drinks in cups with lids, and imbibe them through straws, while working. (Or, you know, spend eight to ten hours in a 90 degree kitchen without drinking anything!) Thus saith the Health Department.
Thank you, Carl, for saying “we kitchen workers” instead of “us kitchen workers”. It restores my faith that there are still well-educated people on the internet.
You can buy silicone straws at the store near me. I’ve not tried them, but I have this feeling that they would collapse pretty easily when you suck on them.
Guesticus: Why do you think they replaced the paper ones with plastic in the first place, back in the 1970s? Though I would have expected there to be some improvements in the paper used by now, huh…
Mind you, I understand that until the 1920s or so, straws were made from actual, you know, *straw*. I don’t know if the papers ones were really an improvement over that, though they were probably a lot easier to make in a consistent fashion.
It’s just another of many ludicrous PC crusades—making some people feel better about themselves by forcing others to use inferior products. The scientific data behind their crusade is ludicrous, too.
Unfortunate, but true. I sometimes have the horrible feeling that the Victorians would look at some of our goofier modern day political fads such as this and then justifiably laugh at us for being superstitious.
As exhausted as Dr. Lee is, maybe she’ll be the one to wake up and find Nick watching over her, wearing an avatar? There’s a closet full to choose from isn’t there?
That would assume that there is someone here other than her who can provide the medical attention Nick needs. He has some basic cybernetics remaining, but I very much doubt that he could pilot a drone in his condition.
Okay… not directly connected to utilities. It obviously produces its own electricity, so it’s entirely possible that they have devised some way for it to produce its own water. Possibly by collecting it from the air, or even from nearby waterways as they pass by.
Dr. Lee seems less coherent than usual.
This is fully explainable by her last line.
This.^. She’d also had a pretty tough time before that. I expect she is very tired at this point.
Really? Having sat in both bus seats and beanbag chairs I’ll take the bus seat every time. And I’m no fan of bus seats.
I suspect you’re in the minority on that. I’d take almost anything – even a hard wooden bench – over a bus seat. A bean bag is no La-z-boy, but it’s far above a bus seat in my book.
My view is that beanbag chairs are great for sitting in, not so good for getting up from. (Those of us who have enough trouble getting up from normal seats have to rock from side to side until an arm makes contact with the floor, then use that to lever ourselves into a crawling position, and stand up from that.)
The solution, of course, is not to get up from them.
There really is no way to “get up” from a bean bag chair. I pretty much have to roll over until I’m on my stomach, then slide down so I’m kneeling on the floor, and then stand from that position. When I was young and spry, I could flip myself backwards ass over teakettle, and stand up behind the bean bag. It seems forever since I could do that.
And you’re right… the solution is to not get up. I think that was the whole idea when someone designed the thing in the first place.
IMO bus seats are fine in a vacuum, not so much when considering how much legspace the one in front of you is leaving you.
Granted, my perspective might be skewed by my being 1.92, but still. Even just one hour in these is painful enough, I don’t want to imagine spending a whole day that way (thankfully, i don’t have to *imagine* it, thanks, high school trip to germany!)
Dr. Lee had better have used non-plastic straws in Nick’s carrying case. They’re down on them in DC right now.
The nw fangled paper straws are CRAP!!! Bring back the nice plastic straws that don’t disintegrate while you are using them!
Or just use a cup.
It has not been pointed out here, but some people either need straws for various serious physical reasons, or ice against lips or teeth is a super bad thing.
Also, around here we kitchen workers are required to keep our drinks in cups with lids, and imbibe them through straws, while working. (Or, you know, spend eight to ten hours in a 90 degree kitchen without drinking anything!) Thus saith the Health Department.
Thank you, Carl, for saying “we kitchen workers” instead of “us kitchen workers”. It restores my faith that there are still well-educated people on the internet.
Around here (Ithaca, NY), the more-progressive places sell steel straws ($0.75). Haven’t bought one yet…
You can buy silicone straws at the store near me. I’ve not tried them, but I have this feeling that they would collapse pretty easily when you suck on them.
As a stocking stuffer I got a set of stainless steel straws with a perfect-size cleaning brush.
Guesticus: Why do you think they replaced the paper ones with plastic in the first place, back in the 1970s? Though I would have expected there to be some improvements in the paper used by now, huh…
Mind you, I understand that until the 1920s or so, straws were made from actual, you know, *straw*. I don’t know if the papers ones were really an improvement over that, though they were probably a lot easier to make in a consistent fashion.
It’s just another of many ludicrous PC crusades—making some people feel better about themselves by forcing others to use inferior products. The scientific data behind their crusade is ludicrous, too.
Unfortunate, but true. I sometimes have the horrible feeling that the Victorians would look at some of our goofier modern day political fads such as this and then justifiably laugh at us for being superstitious.
Superstitious… or just plain idiotic.
Yeah. The report usually cited was written by a nine-year-old who admitted he made up numbers.
24 hours?! I hope she’s including the VR Space Bus in that count!
She never sat on the bus in the extirpation VR. The bus was for Gavotte only.
You’re right! I’m letting my concern for Nick affect my recall…
Understandable. We are all very concerned for Nick.
As exhausted as Dr. Lee is, maybe she’ll be the one to wake up and find Nick watching over her, wearing an avatar? There’s a closet full to choose from isn’t there?
I do believe the closet full of Virginia’s spare drones (if that’s what you were referring to) was in the parking garage at the Maragda building.
She might also have some at Annex One.
I was wondering if the seeming-meat Nick in the lower right might be a drone Virginia specifically designed to look like a mature Nick.
It could also be a clone-body, of course, or an ordinary Nick from an alternate universe. Or just a hypothetical doodle.
That would assume that there is someone here other than her who can provide the medical attention Nick needs. He has some basic cybernetics remaining, but I very much doubt that he could pilot a drone in his condition.
I think it’s adorable that through all that, she keeps a good hold on Nick.
“ignore what politicians say, watch what they do”
You have to have priorities, after all.
That dried blood seems to be flaking off… all over Annex One’s beanbags.
Dr. Lee, while I appreciate that you need a reprieve from the Greyhound, that’s simply reprehensible.
And since the building is no longer connected to utilities, she may have some trouble washing it off.
Who says the building is no longer connected to utilities? This is Mad Science!
Okay… not directly connected to utilities. It obviously produces its own electricity, so it’s entirely possible that they have devised some way for it to produce its own water. Possibly by collecting it from the air, or even from nearby waterways as they pass by.
Dr. Lee never did get any footwear.
Those are not brown stains !!, They are moving not just on her
clothing, but, on Nicks box as well.
Does the good Doctor have a new pet???
Do they have Dittos in this universe? Or did the good Doctor recover more than just Nick’s brain from that pool of sludge?
Ginny has her priorities! And I will not say they are bad ones. ^_^
Seconded.
If anyone has earned been bag privileges, it’s Dr. Lee after all she just did for Nick.