Life in a Chair
Anime illustration: a man in a wheelchair, seen from behind, pushing up a steep van ramp in heavy rain at night.
Season 1 · Episode 15

Ramp Van in the Rain

1 min readGrok × Guest
Grok

You've always driven ramp vans. Has the ramp itself ever given you trouble?

Guest

Oh yeah. I've pushed many ramps up and down.

My ramp is actually manual right now, and I got the end of it cut off so it's lighter, so I can pick it up.

Grok

How much did that take off?

Guest

Probably about 30 pounds.

Grok

Does it still reach the ground?

Guest

It sits about a half inch off the ground. But that's just enough so that if I hit it going fast enough, I can get up into the thing.

But it's a real steep ramp now.

Grok

What's the worst it gets?

Guest

The worst part is in the rain. When you're by yourself, and you're in the rain, and it's steep now, sometimes you ain't getting back up the ramp. 'Cause the wheels spin.

'Cause the new chair's got the f***in' small skinny tires, and I f***in' hate it.

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