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0 pointsdr_dshiv4y ago0 comments

>electric wheelchairs are only practicable in sunny weather.

In the Netherlands, at least, electric wheelchairs are out in all weather.

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Yes, some people enjoy arriving all wet to the workplace.

This comment is clearly silly, since in the Netherlands - a rather rainy country - approximately 25% of people commute to work by bicycle.

You can wear a coat and rain trousers if you feel like it.

pjmlp4y ago

I know they do, doesn't mean I want to, and have cycled during Swiss and Scandinavian winters during a couple of years about 20 years ago.

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0 pointsdr_dshiv4y ago0 comments

>electric wheelchairs are only practicable in sunny weather.

In the Netherlands, at least, electric wheelchairs are out in all weather.

pjmlp4y ago

Yes, some people enjoy arriving all wet to the workplace.

This comment is clearly silly, since in the Netherlands - a rather rainy country - approximately 25% of people commute to work by bicycle.

You can wear a coat and rain trousers if you feel like it.

pjmlp4y ago

I know they do, doesn't mean I want to, and have cycled during Swiss and Scandinavian winters during a couple of years about 20 years ago.

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