[Ashley Weed]

Originally Posted by Alex Pelan

All right,as you might expect, theres a story to go along with this. My mom works at a venture capital firm, and the partners there are essentially rich obscure old men. Monday was the annual beach party at one of the partners beach house,which is a dull time, to say the least. Somewhere along the line,the subject turned to robotics, and then one of the partners' wives said something about Dean Kamen,after which the conversation got a whole lot more interesting. Afterwards, she mentioned that her husband had put in a $1200 deposit on a Segway, but had never gotten it because he did not want to take the class on operating it. (My reaction : )Then, he said that I could use his deposit towards one. Unfortunately, I have no money, and no job, so I won't be getting a Segway except if a small miracle happens (ie find buried treasure/the holy grail and sell it on ebay)

This is amazing. I have sent you a PM. Please respond when you get a chance.