WOW everybody you are all TRUELY AMAZING and we are both TRUELY GRATEFUL!!!
This will be me and Mikey on friday night
(not with fund money though!!LOL Better make that clear!!)
Mikey is doing brilliantly....and I am hoping to get his wheels ordered in the next two days...
I was hoping to have done it by now but I have been manic at work with steep deadlines to meet and everything that could go wrong has gone wrong so I've not had a moment spare. I'm hoping the next 2 days will be better :-) . I think it normally takes about 2 weeks for the cart to be built. I guess it depends on how many orders they have at the time but thats the indicator they give on the website.
He's definately not getting an electric wheelchair though! lol....you are right I have enough on my plate with him...he's quick as lightening on those musclely (sp?) front legs as it is without him being turbo charged!lol
I keep telling him he's got more money than I have now....he just looks at me and gives me a big Mikey smile!lol
I'll also try and post a new video of him in the next few days. He has a new playcube which he is rather enjoying until his wheels arrive :-) .
Don't worry...there will be plenty of new pics and videos posted when they arrive
One thing I have done over the last few days is speak to a lady from the gun control network. I saw an article in the Catchat newsletter about this and they are interested in gathering data about all low pressure weapon related incidents so I contacted them to add Mikey to their statistics. If anyone else has been affected by these weapons they are keen to hear from you....especially if the incident was reported in the press. This is an extract from the email they sent me and summarises what they are all about:
"There are so many dead and injured cats and sadly rarely is there a prosecution for these acts of animal cruelty. Prosecutions however aren't the answer, we want to prevent the cruelty happening in the first place and the way to do this is to stop criminals and irresponsible people having airguns by changing the law so that all airguns have to be registered. The so called 'low powered' guns are actually high powered enough to kill and injure adults and children as well as pets and wild animals. They can be bought without any background checks at all and are regularly used to enable crime such as armed domestic violence, armed robbery, etc, and of course animal cruelty. Because airguns don't need any form of license those who have been banned from having firearms by courts, those who have been in prison, and those who have had airguns and other weapons taken off them and destroyed on the orders of a judge, can still go out and by airguns, either from a dealer or from a private seller.
Shotgun owners have to go through a registration process, airgun owners do not, shotgun owners have to ensure that their shotguns are safely stored at all times, their premises are inspected to make sure this is happening. Airgun owners can and do leave guns loaded and accessible to others. This lack of legislation about safe storage is why children are able to access airguns and use them in 'shooting games' with fatal consequences.
We are not calling for a ban on airgun, merely registration in the same way as shotguns have to be registered, but despite support from many Members of Parliament it has still not happened, and the deaths and injuries continue."
It seems appropriate that I should mention this on Mikeys thread and here's a link to their website:
http://www.gun-control-network.org/GCN02.htm I thought Mikeys was an isolated incident but I was horrified just how many people have been affected in some way by these weapons. They may feature Mikeys story on the website at a future date...
Thanks again though everyone.....from Me and Mikey!!! (or Mikey and I for those of you that like correct grammar!lol)
Nite nite x
