It's okay. The scooter doesn't belong to us.

@JudyEv (342110)
Rockingham, Australia
July 16, 2024 11:40pm CST
We have stayed in touch for quite a few years with a couch-surfer friend. She stayed in Donnybrook at a hostel so she’d have transport to the various orchards where she was working but she came to stay with us at weekends. She loves the heat and has a house in Darwin. At the moment, she has rented a room in Perth and is a FIFO worker (fly in, fly out) on an isolated mine site. She has bought an EScooter to use in Perth and had it delivered to us because she is only in Perth six days out of fourteen. The scooter arrived yesterday and Vince put it together this morning and tested it. He only rode it up and down the street once so please don’t pick on him for not having a helmet. The first photo shows how it can fold down, able to be taken on a bus or train. The second shows Vince test-driving it.
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Judy Story
@jstory07 (139971)
• Roseburg, Oregon
17 Jul
I want to have that scooter. That is nice that Vince put it together for her.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (342110)
• Rockingham, Australia
17 Jul
She is on sick leave at the moment as she got something in her eye. She might pick it up in a day or two.
Always smiling
@allknowing (137764)
• India
18 Jul
Everything is prefixed with an E these days (lol)
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (342110)
• Rockingham, Australia
18 Jul
That's for sure. EBikes, EScooters. The list goes on and on.
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Always smiling
@allknowing (137764)
• India
18 Jul
@JudyEv It started with Email (lol)
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (342110)
• Rockingham, Australia
18 Jul
@allknowing Yes. I'm sure you're right.
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Heather Echola
@GardenGerty (160949)
• United States
17 Jul
It is great she has you guys to be a semi permanent address for things.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (342110)
• Rockingham, Australia
18 Jul
It doesn't really hurt us to help and she doesn't seem to have anyone else to call on. She is very 'Germanic' - forceful and a bit hard to understand although she has been in Australia for years. She doesn't seem to have many friends.
Sanna_S
@psanasangma (7280)
• India
17 Jul
I want to try one day ... but roads are bad here
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Sanna_S
@psanasangma (7280)
• India
18 Jul
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (342110)
• Rockingham, Australia
17 Jul
Within the village the roads are very quiet so it was a good place to try out the scooter.
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Valerie J. Routhieaux
@just4him (317238)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
17 Jul
It looks easy to operate. I like that it folds up for easy storage.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (342110)
• Rockingham, Australia
17 Jul
She wanted it to fold up so she can take it on the bus or train but it's very heavy. I think it would weigh more than she does.
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Valerie J. Routhieaux
@just4him (317238)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
17 Jul
@JudyEv That's heavy.
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Ron Rybs
@Ronrybs (19565)
• London, England
17 Jul
E-scooters are quite the thing over here. Not sure I'd use one myself
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (342110)
• Rockingham, Australia
17 Jul
There's no protecton if you come off. They buzz up and down the footpath on the side street. If we happened to step out of our gates as they went past we'd be flattened - and they wouldn't come off too lightly either.
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Ron Rybs
@Ronrybs (19565)
• London, England
17 Jul
@JudyEv Yes, the people using them seem particularly indifferent to everyone else out there!
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snowy
@snowy22315 (182183)
• United States
17 Jul
I hope it works out for her. I once had one of those fell off it, and skinned my knee pretty well. I prefer the sit down kind.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (342110)
• Rockingham, Australia
17 Jul
I won't be even trying it. My balance isn't good enough. Vince only went a short distance and was happy to get off it.
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rebelann1949
@rebelann (112977)
• El Paso, Texas
17 Jul
So Vince wasn't racing up and down any streets? If I were leaning forward like he is I'd fall flat on my nose.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (342110)
• Rockingham, Australia
17 Jul
He just went up and down the road outside the house. It was within the village area so virtually no cars around.
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Eva James
@wolfgirl569 (108161)
• Marion, Ohio
17 Jul
That is a nice one
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (342110)
• Rockingham, Australia
17 Jul
It does look nice but she is very fussy so I hope she is happy with it. We had to keep the packaging in case she wants to return it.
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LindaOH
@LindaOHio (181717)
• United States
17 Jul
That was nice of Vince to put it together. Great pix. Have a good day.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (342110)
• Rockingham, Australia
17 Jul
In the end, it didn't need any tools to assemble. It went together very easily.
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M Cheung
@Beestring (14694)
• Hong Kong
17 Jul
It's nice that it can be fold down. More flexible.
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (342110)
• Rockingham, Australia
17 Jul
She is hoping to take it on the bus or train if she needs to but it's very heavy.
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