On (21 May 05) Barbara McNay wrote to All...

 BM> I am happy that some of the larger stores, especially the grocery
 BM> store I patronize, have electric shopping carts available for their
 BM> customers' use.  I do have to park by a (regular) cart corral, and
 BM> push one of those to get in the store, but after that, I can sit down
 BM> and drive in a fair degree of comfort around the store to collect
 BM> items I want to buy.  If I go to a store without electric carts, I
 BM> either use one of the store's push carts or my walker, and only buy an
 BM> item or two, since I haven't the endurance to do leisurely shopping.

Where are you?  I was pleasantly surprised to find that many of the
bigger grocery/etc. stores just across the border on the USA side had
free scooters(with LARGE baskets) available to anyone who needed them.

Here in Vancouver, Canada, nothing! :P

I'm lucky, I have a Lap Shopper ( http://www.lapshopper.com ); I know
the inventor, who's loaned me one to use and demonstrate to the stores
around town, hoping I can encourage some of them to purchase one or two
for use by wheelchair-using customers.

Yes, scooters can have baskets added easily, but wheelchairs, especially
manual ones, are a whole other matter! :)

Because I care,
<+]::-{)}  (Cyberpope(the Bishop of ROM!))


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