Tag: demonstration
Segged Out
3:50 this afternoon — give or take a few minutes… I finally saw it in person… I finally got to marvel at the technological wonder known as the Segway Human Transporter.
I went to a guys house here in Palm Harbor and got to see and try the Segway. Not as long as I would have liked to have tried it, but I tried it ever still and I took to it pretty well for someone who has been reading about it for 2 years and hasn’t ever interacted with one.
I won’t call the Segway the vehicle of dreams, nor will I say that the Segway is as bad as certain governments have made it out to be for pedestrians on the sidewalk. The i167 version of the Segway – the one I tried – is a little bulky but at the same time, it isn’t a menace for pedestrians. It isn’t a toy either, though some may make it out to be. For JR – the one who gave me the demo – and myself, it’s an assistant device that’s a damn site better than a wheelchair or motorized-shopping cart that we would be otherwise forced to use.
To dream about something for years and finally have it happen, well it’s a good feeling deep down but it leaves you slightly disappointed for no apparent reason. At least that is the case with me. Maybe that would happen when I met people who I have talked to online for a while, or exactly how I felt after the Bucs won the Super Bowl.
Now I just need an extended glide on one of these things and I’ll make the call if I should get one or not.
Demo-nation
Anyone who’s read this Blog for a while or has gone through some of my previous posts will know full well that I am interested in the Segway HT. I have yet to see one up close, I am yet to ride one…
Well, that changes tomorrow.
With me gimping around I am really more interested than I had been in the Segway and I started looking into getting a demonstration from somewhere — be it Brookstone in International Plaza mall in Tampa, or talking someone into taking a trip to Orlando and going to Celebration and NEVRLand where the sell these things…
Of course, no one was biting…
So I pouted and just started talking on Segwaychat.com and asking a few questions that I had asked before when I was really talkative on that site…
This morning, to my surprise I got emailed by a Segway owner not more than 4 miles from my house. I was freaked and thrilled when I found out someone has one of those things in Palm Harbor (it seems there are a few with them in North Pinellas) and was more than willing to give a demonstration on how to use a Segway to me. So, tomorrow afternoon I’m taking my first glide ever. I’m stoked, I’m thrilled and I am hoping my body doesn’t screw up the works and make gliding a challenge.
