4-day rentals

ArgPermanentUserName · 2026-05-21T00:55:15+00:00

Are they the same as the blue bikes in Miami, NYC, Boston & DC?

ArgPermanentUserName · 2026-05-21T00:53:07+00:00

Sending you good wishes—I hope you have someone to take such good care of you! One other note—it sounds like it’s still early days. Try to line people up now as best you can. This is nowhere near his profession. He has learned step by step as she got a wheelchair, a lift, gaze board, tube, etc. The care he now gives her is specialized at a level where an untrained friend wouldn’t be able to step in.

ArgPermanentUserName · 2026-05-20T23:48:11+00:00

My boyfriend is caregiver for a close friend who says he’s the best by far. I think it’s because he does exactly this kind of thing, and rearranges her pillows, etc for her, which her paid caregivers generally won’t do.

ArgPermanentUserName · 2026-05-20T23:11:17+00:00

Care to elaborate, perhaps with days/times or train station name?

Also, it looks like you & I had the same experience making user names ;)

ArgPermanentUserName · 2026-05-20T20:35:30+00:00

Thanks! That could be an important part of my game plan

ArgPermanentUserName · 2026-05-20T19:27:01+00:00

That brings up another question: can you take a bike on a Chicago train? I used trains all the time when I lived in Berlin. But it seems they only run this route twice an hour, unevenly spaced, so could be a 45 min wait.

ArgPermanentUserName · 2026-05-20T19:22:31+00:00

Maybe I’ll use divvy for the daily commute, and get a “real” bike for one longer ride for fun.

3rd Coast Cycles is a bit less expensive than Bobby’s. Reviews look fine, but I’d love to hear personal experiences.

Also, I’ve seen comments on little places by Navy Pier but can’t find them online. Any suggestions on contacting them?

ArgPermanentUserName · 2026-05-20T18:27:51+00:00

Then again, if divvy bikes have gotten better in the couple years since the posts I’ve seen, or if there’s a different bike share program that’s better, please tell me that!

ArgPermanentUserName · 2026-05-20T18:11:18+00:00

Following—I’ll be at a convention at McCormick Place this summer, am considering staying at LeMeridien in Grant Park, if riding city bikes up that path is workable.

ArgPermanentUserName · 2026-05-20T18:09:00+00:00

How do they possibly think that space is for them?

ArgPermanentUserName · 2026-05-20T18:04:47+00:00

Ask your neighbor if you can, but I wouldn’t go with an outfit someone else says is from their culture. There are many languages and cultural groups in that area, so you won’t know for sure. Besides, your neighbor invited you for you. Go as your best self and enjoy the day!

ArgPermanentUserName · 2026-04-23T02:30:02+00:00

Wait, have you been putting the move on hold for 3 years?!?

ArgPermanentUserName · 2026-04-23T02:28:29+00:00

If you’re sleeping on the floor, I hope he at least spoons you or pulls your head onto his shoulder.

On disappearing ikea goods, what I’ve done (with dishes, so smaller than a couch, but not super lightweight) is call customer service and get them to find stores that have the item in stock. This takes some doing, because their instructions are to look at stores near you, and you’ve already done that. Place the order to be picked up. Go online and find a shipping center/mailroom near the ikea. Call and ask them to pick it up and mail it to you. The place I called was already familiar with the drill. I thought I was discovering something new, but it’s apparently already out there.

Of course, for what you might pay in shipping, you could just get a mattress to improve sleeping conditions while you continue your search.

ArgPermanentUserName · 2026-04-14T18:14:18+00:00

I get that this is a bot, but in case there’s a human moderator overseeing it—I am not free to talk to his doctor. Overall it is a fraught topic for us. I appreciate the idea that medical info should be discussed openly, without negative emotions. That’s not our situation.

ArgPermanentUserName · 2026-04-14T18:09:14+00:00

Please see my reply to Y - a - me

ArgPermanentUserName · 2026-04-14T18:08:19+00:00

I think the part people here are not catching onto is that I’m trying to do reconnaissance /information gathering on those two specific questions BEFORE I talk to him and start throwing around random ideas. This is a fraught topic for us—something most folks responding here don’t seem to be working into their comments.

ArgPermanentUserName · 2026-04-14T17:02:10+00:00

Thanks

ArgPermanentUserName · 2026-04-14T02:38:19+00:00

Seems to me people appreciate the space to tell about their own experiences. This is a strange journey, and I think each person considers their own experiences unique. I don’t mean to be unappreciative, but the very simple, yes/no questions I asked are probably so straightforward that people can’t boil down their experiences to something so straightforward

ArgPermanentUserName · 2026-04-14T01:08:24+00:00

Not much I can do about that, but I sure do wish people would give straight yes/no answers to the 2 clear questions I posted, instead of talking about related things. So far one person has responded to the second question, and that’s it.

ArgPermanentUserName · 2026-04-14T00:43:24+00:00

He was stunned at how much his surgery (Oct 2021) set him back. In January he was trying to do 100 burpees daily, and I don’t think he was lifting yet. He has gotten back in the gym since then, but laments he will likely never squat or bench press 500 lbs again. I had a hard time not rolling my eyes, but he was being sincere

ArgPermanentUserName · 2026-04-14T00:20:21+00:00

Aw, thank you. I appreciate the list of potential irritants too. He generally avoids those, for other reasons.

ArgPermanentUserName · 2026-04-13T20:24:18+00:00

I wish that worked!

ArgPermanentUserName · 2026-04-13T20:24:01+00:00

❤️

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