rk52
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Post by rk52 on Mar 8, 2019 9:54:09 GMT
There are always bots looking for ways of hacking forums like this. There's obviously a hole somewhere in the Proboards software that lets non-members post their spam. I doubt that there's any connection with a genuine member.
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Post by maralila on Mar 9, 2019 16:45:36 GMT
Roughly once a fortnight (or a bit less often ) I go in my bilateral KAFOs (from Vintage Braces) to a local Kurdish barber shop. Most of my fellow customers are young hipsters (some of them gorgeous) who have creative things done to their hair and beards. As a bald old geezer I opt for a hot-towel face shave AND head shave, and am always seen by the dishy and charismatic proprietor Ibrahim. He's charmingly attentive around my "disability", opening the front door of the shop for me, swivelling the barber's chair for easy sitting down/rising, taking my crutches before and returning them after the shaves. I alternate between axillary (underarm) crutches and forearm crutches on my visits, and use a swing-through gate (as far as possible) within the spacious shop. As you can imagine, I relish taking my time unlocking/locking KAFOs. One time Ibrahim breathed rather sexily "Yes, lock it!" as I operated the manual lock on my left KAFO. The sensuousness of Ibrahim's deft work with razor and unguents around my face and head is wonderful, and my cock usually stiffens discreetly as I sit crippled in his chair. I've actually developed a crush on Ibrahim, who is no fool; on my first visit he was careful to check that I could walk safely with KAFOs on his premises. Now and again he springs a surprise in conversation - last time as I was crutching to the checkout, he asked "Do they make those shoes for you specially?" I responded no, the shoes (Chelsea boots from Samuel Windsor with outside T-straps added) are off-the-peg rather than handmade, and explained how tubular sockets are fitted for the traditional caliper spurs. Next time I'll wear my Undercover work boots (also with T-straps) as a conversation starter.
A few random comments: I think it's excellent how this thread has sprung to life after the forum being dormant for so long. Harry has long since departed from Vintage Braces over issues politely described as "limited efficiency"; as far as I can tell, the forum is now unmoderated. As to my own status, I'm very firmly a pretender rather than a wannabe; I value my own normal mobility far too much to want it permanently compromised. I'm also of course a KAFO admirer, but there seems all too little to admire these days!
I note that we've had a baleful contribution from a latent (and hopefully inadvertent) homophobe on here; I can't be bothered to find his screen name and in any case he's off topic for this forum with his spurious theorising.
Go well, brothers - and possibly sisters if there are any reading!
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Post by castmenow on Mar 9, 2019 19:56:21 GMT
maralila,
Thanks for contributing, that sounds like something that you look forward to coming around very few weeks, I think a lot more of us have sporadic opportune outings when circumstances allow or stay in and wear them at home only. I had surmised that admin had lapsed, but you confirm that Harry is no longer around, I had some correspondence with him a few years back about some braces. I started posting some months ago because I was not aware of anywhere else and the Yahoo Group Leg Braces Devotees appears to have dried up completely where I used to post from time to time.
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Post by jaylad on Mar 9, 2019 21:59:32 GMT
Whilst it was very good to read Marilila's post, well in fact any posts about people getting out and about in their braces I would make a small correction to the post. The homophobic comments, although they appeared in a thread created by biene, were not actually made by her. They were made by another member of this forum and I did respond at the time to the effect they were not appropriate to either this forum (or any other for that matter) and were definitely off topic from biene's original posts. Sorry if I appear a little pedantic but I feel it is important to set the record straight (sorry no pun intended) under the circumstances.
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Post by maralila on Mar 9, 2019 22:19:28 GMT
Thanks jaylad and my apologies to biene. I've edited my post accordingly. Not pedantic at all, jaylad, and I'm grateful.
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Post by Carriemof on Mar 10, 2019 0:02:36 GMT
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Post by castmenow on Mar 14, 2019 15:00:39 GMT
Spammed again, oh well, still an open forum.
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Post by castmenow on Mar 14, 2019 15:24:10 GMT
I went out for an outing this afternoon and decided to go out in both KAFOs with forearm crutches. I had to swap from my ortho boots with backstops to my high top trainers so that I could drive OK, a benefit of having an automatic. I took a leaf out of JayBee's recent outings and drove to the next town about 16 miles (25 km for our metric brethren) away as I judged that that was safe enough, although there was still some risk of being seen, which from my view just adds to the frisson. I had the outing planned from when I put my braces on before lunchtime, which I had at home. Because I knew what I had planned I was somewhat flustered from the anticipation and took the ortho boots off the KAFOs and then put the trainers on. I then slipped my foot into the first trainer and raised the KAFO to the back of my leg to start strapping in to find that it was not fitting very well. For the first few moments I could not understand what was wrong or how they could go from fitting perfectly to not fitting when sat in the wardrobe for a few days untouched. It then finally clicked, in my distraction I had put the left hand trainer onto the right hand KAFO, no wonder it did not fit on my left leg. I have never had so much trouble getting them on before. I managed to get one of my normal pairs of cheap jeans on over the KAFOs, these are a bit baggy and do show off the wider knee hinge area and the leather strapping if you look closely enough, but I did not want to go out in my hugely oversized jeans with a waist 6 inches larger that I have to accommodate wearing the HKAFO set up. Photos show the dicreete nature of just the ends of the uprights showing below my trouser bottoms for those who notice there things. The braces shape is clear for those who know what they are looking at. I parked in one of the quieter car parks and chose one of the the end of row bays that was empty so I could fully open my door, can not use disabled bays as I obviously do not have the proper badge. I walked into town, did some incidental shopping and had a coffee and cake in one of the coffee shops. In total I was out in the town for about 90 minutes and walked / crutched a total of about a mile (1½ km). I started off using a swing through, but after a while that started to hurt my wrists and swapped to a 2+2 walking gait, but I kept loosing track of which crutch goes with which leg and especially when starting off, not sure how it looked, perhaps like I was quite unsure of my balance or footing at times. I got a few stares but nothing overt, I kept seeing someone in the department store I visited, but that could of just been random happenstance as we both browsed the aisles. The lady in the coffee shop told me to go and sit down and she would bring my stuff over without any request from me. I went and sat down and ended up falling into my chair as I had not fully unlocked the braces so I ended up sat down with my legs stuck out, then I had to release the hinges from that position, all in view and making myself much more obvious than I had intended. One thing I noticed on this trip was how sloping pavements are not very good when you try and walk across them, i.e. with one leg lower than the other, OK up and down the slope. Then there is the hazard of walking along a high street and people looking into shop windows not where they are going. Anyway, one of the best outings I have had recently.
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Post by tobebraced50 on Apr 16, 2019 18:31:59 GMT
Interesting topic and the replies which followed. I had a long interest in leg braces from very early childhood and had actually wanted some as I misunderstood my parent's frequent comment of "LUCKY" when we encountered a child using crutches and braces. I felt they were disappointed that I was not wearing the shiny metal and using crutches to walk. It was a childish misunderstanding for sure but did have deeper roots than I knew. As an elementary school student, I simulated the way an older girl who had a single KAFO used hers every day. She was very graceful in movement and surrounded by many friends as I was alone on the sidelines as I tended to stumble and fall over my own feet when trying to run with the other students. I so admired her and was a bit jealous of her situation. I did pretend using yardsticks and belts to simulate her abilities. As far as I know, I somehow avoided detection by my parents over the years as I was getting older. Or if my parents did find out, they chose to never confront me about it.
Fast forward 45 years later, I obtained a left KAFO and made my first excursion into public as I simulated with it strapped over my pants. I did feel great intimidation as it took the third attempt to present myself to another person as disabled at a private home garage sale. My objective was to be on the other end of the stares I had long given to others. I wanted to see what it was like to have other's eyes giving me more than the once over. I was trying to alleviate the feeling of guilt I had for being one to stare.
Maybe I became somewhat of an exhibitionist as I continued to simulate. I have to admit I felt special when out and about shopping in stores. I enjoyed my experience simulating in public but did not feel comfortable in the presence of another using crutches or a chair. The guilt was kind of overwhelming but the positive feeling was so much stronger and I never stopped my adventures in public.
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Post by castmenow on Apr 18, 2019 7:39:29 GMT
Your mention of unease when you are out in your braces if you come across another person in a wheelchair / crutching is exactly the same as I feel. On the trip out that I described in the post above, I went into the coffee shop for a drink and just after entering noticed a lady in a wheelchair at one of the tables near the counter, by then I was committed to going in and whilst standing near her in the queue to order I was certainly uncomfortable. However, that soon passed as I worked my way deeper into the seating area and had to go through the sequence of sitting down and then turning around to the table, moving my legs around by hand. Rationally, noone should suspect you of not having major leg problems, I doubt we are very much in the public consciousness, but the feelings of duplicity remain.
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Post by JohnnydwemS on Apr 30, 2019 13:22:50 GMT
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Post by JohnnydwemS on May 1, 2019 8:59:57 GMT
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Post by Carriemof on May 7, 2019 2:55:14 GMT
Carrie Underwood is my favourite country singer. She is young, beautiful and charming female in her 30s. Her strong voice takes me away from all problems of this planet so I start enjoy my life and listen songs created by her voice. Now the singer is on a Cry Pretty 360 Tour started in May of 2019. The concerts scheduled for this year, up to the last day of October. Ticket prices are moderate and available for all men and women with different income. If you love contry music, then you must visit at least one of her concert. All tour dates are available at the Carrie Underwood tour. Visit the website and make yourself familiar with all powerful Carrie Underwood concerts in 2019!
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Post by castmenow on May 17, 2019 8:45:04 GMT
I spent some time out in my braces yesterday, both KAFOs, not sure I will ever go out in the complete HKAFO. This time I did not go with my crutches but a single walking stick, that made life much easier to get around. What I also tried was to put a 23mm (just under 1") heel raise into my right hand shoe and with the lower adjustable bars I could lengthen the calf section and raise the knee hinge to match. This gave a distinct asymmetry to my legs and made walking a more difficult forcing an uneven gait from side to side having to swing my right leg out and forward whilst lifting on my left foot. I felt that it gave me more of an appearance of having something wrong with my legs. It also slowed me down as I can now walk around quite well with both KAFOs on without needing the walking stick or crutches.
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