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KingTotsalot

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More than 25 years ago KT had a 3 wheeler accident and severely wrenched His Royal Right Knee. Then around 20 years ago KT tore the inner and outer meniscus of His Royal Left Knee. With all that KT took up and greatly enjoyed His MDing on Totlots all over the city of Little Rock. Did that for a year....over 500 hunts in one year! Anyway, then He was diagnosed with Cancer and not allowed to do repetitive motion with his arms, due to the implantation of a Super Port. A year later and the Port was removed. KT hit the dirt again, but discovered it was easy going down to dig a signal, but after having to crawl around to get hold of some totlot equipment to get back up several times that day, KT reluctantly gave up MDing. Now the knees have slowly gotten worse over time, but at age 76 presently, KT is not interested in letting any bone cuttin' surgeon work on those knees. Now during the last 3 months, KT has noticed a general weakening of both the Royal Knees and the strength of His Legs. KT has not fallen in the past 18 months, but twice fell in the 6 months before that. Not a good sign.

Anyway, KT was discussing with the Queen a few days ago that He was thinking of buying a Rollator Walker with a seat, but was waiting to do that until after His next Royal Fall. The Queen stated, Do not be stupid! Buy it now, and hopefully, by using it you will not only not fall, but will get out of the Royal Castle and walk more, thus strengthening your legs. So being a dutiful husband and King, I went ahead and bought one off of Amazon. It arrived 2 days ago, required essentially no assembly (some do), and is now ready for KT to get out and use it. KT purchased this one for several features it has. First, it folds both from to back and side to side, and thus folded, it stands on its own and is compact enough to fit behind the driver's seat of the Royal Coach. Two, it has larger wheels which roll better over grass and uneven pavement, even gravel, better than those with small wheels, And finally, it came with its own carrying bag when folded so it could go on an airplane. Pictures are attached. Wondering what you think about it?

The nice thing is that if KT gets tired while walking, He can set the brakes, turn around and sit down in it to take a break! LOL
 

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It’s good that you listened to the Queen. I also believe it will help strengthen your legs.

As the years go by, we should heed the words of Harry Callahan “a man has got to know his limitations “.

Sometimes I am brutally reminded of some of my limitations and there are getting to be more and more.

That’s a pretty spiffy little buggy you got there. You invested wisely.
 
Sounds like a wise choice KT, I like the sound of getting out safely and strengthening your legs!
It’s good that you listened to the Queen. I also believe it will help strengthen your legs.

As the years go by, we should heed the words of Harry Callahan “a man has got to know his limitations “.

Sometimes I am brutally reminded of some of my limitations and there are getting to be more and more.

That’s a pretty spiffy little buggy you got there. You invested wisely.
GroundSweeper and Dr. Dirt, KT values His Royal Friends opinions in the Friendly Metal Detecting Forum and His Majesty thanks you both for the encouraging words! And yes, Dr. Dirt, it is a wise man who listens to his spouse and heeds Her comments! HA HA Happy Queen, Happy KIng!
 
Nice rig your highness...
If you had one motorized, with a detector saddle bag, you could still get out and go. Just sit, set cruise control, detect and point. Gotta let her highness do something.
 
Nice rig your highness...
If you had one motorized, with a detector saddle bag, you could still get out and go. Just sit, set cruise control, detect and point. Gotta let her highness do something.
Maybe attach one of those ice auger’s center over the target hit the button twist twist twist and it comes right up to him.🤓
 
Yesterday, KT decided to email the company that makes the Rollator, because a look through the Owner's Manual gave no schematic diagram, nor any notes on lubrication points on this 2 way compact collapsible walker. KT got a quick reply stating that they did not provide a schematic nor lubrication info, but suggested His Majesty use a WD-40 silicon spray sparingly on the moving parts. KT then headed to his local Ace Hardware store and looked over the WD-40 aisle, did not find that brand product naming silicon as the lubricant, but His Majesty did purchase a spray bottle with a tube of a different brand. Arrived back at the Royal Castle, and carefully sprayed all the moving sections, except for the wheels which move fine anyway. Wiped off the excess, and decided after 1 hour to give it a test by trying to collapse it by lifting the seat. WOW! KT was able to do it with one hand....amazing what a few drops of lubrication will do! HA HA KT will provide a picture of the unit collapsed in the next post!
 
Have not yet needed the Rollator, however, the new Buc-ees is about to open a few miles south of the Royal Castle, and KT wants to go spend a day exploring it! So…this will be a good first test! Normally, KT and a friend visit some 4 to 5 mineral and rock shows annually, and KT frequently is looking for a chair to sit in when visiting those events…now KT will be walking with his own personal chair! Ha ha a good first test!
 
In mid August, we will have the Grand Opening of the 1st Buc-ees in Arkansas, being located some 15 miles south of the Royal Castle. Once it has been open for a couple of weeks, KT plans a Royal Visit, and since it could last several hours of exploration, the Royal Rollator will get its first real workout. KT expects this journey to be a lot of fun! Ha ha
 
KT has a friend from church, who has major health problems and cannot face reality. Yesterday he walked outside at our church into the heat (+90 degrees), got disoriented and fell down. We do not know how long he lay there before being discovered. It took 2 of us to lift him up and a third person to put a chair behind him so he could sit down. He could not get up by himself. His wife uses a 3 wheeled rollator and was no help other than getting us to come help him up. This is an example of not facing reality. After coming back to the Royal Castle and telling the Queen about this situation, she informed KT that he also had fallen at the front of the church earlier last month. The church has wheel chair ramps that are available, with strong railings, but some old people just done think to use them, but instead insist on using steps that have NO railings.

This man sure needs a 4 wheeled rollator similar to KT’s, but either he does not see it, or just refuses to use any aid, even a cane would help him, thus not facing reality. There is a literal saying in the Bible that describes this situation: Pride goes before a fall. Used to describe earthly problems, but literally in this situation.

KT is thinking about talking to his wife concerning this situation. Hopefully she can give him wise counsel.
 
After sleeping on yesterday's experience at the Church, KT got up this morning, went and had lunch with a good friend, returned home, thought more about that experience and realized that could have been His Majesty, just as easy as it was my friend. So now, the Royal Rollator is proudly sitting in the back of KT's Royal Coach and awaits its first real use at the Church tomorrow when His Majesty shows up for Mexican Train Dominos!
 
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