Ebay!!

Do you order stuff on line?   I do sometimes, or now more of the time as local folks seem to not keep things in stock like they used to.

Some of my brothers in the ROMEOs have seat pads that they sit on to add comfort to their cycle seats when they go long distances...  Even my friend and fellow scooter rider Al has one of these seats.....

And I had seat envy, and teased Al that I was going to swipe his....  Of course I was praying that no one would really take his because he would immediately think I did it.....

The seat looks like this and has an air bladder inside.  Its tied down to your seat with a little elastic strap that hooks into those tabs that stick out.....   Wouldn't take much to swipe it off of your seat...

Now these things are not cheap because when I first looked them up they were listed for $199...   For a whoopie cushion???   Well they are supposed to be better than that, but back in the day........

Well now days they are made differently and have chambers and void spaces placed strategically where pressure shouldn't be on your back side....  And all the little pillows are connected together so the air moves as you do..

With the cloth cover off, you can see  the  pillows of air that you blow up with a little mouth piece and screw down valve.  There are several shapes of these cushions as they can be used on office chairs and in your car seat and any other thing you can think of ...   Google Air Hawk....

You blow the cushion up and sit on it and then let the air out until its only about a half inch thick under your rump....  Then its soft and squishy.

But I put off actually purchasing the thing as I only found a $169 price as a low point, and it still seemed high... But then I got the idea to look on ebay...

And sure enough, I found it for $138.. Shipped and using paypal too....  

I trust Paypal as I had a transaction go bad on a watch one year at Christmas time and they went right after the vendor and made them give me a credit...  

But still I worry that a purchase on ebay isn't as solid as say Amazon or a big box vendor like Wal Mart or one of those....

But this morning after we got done mowing the lawn, Loyce came in with a black box that contained the new Air Hawk Cushion and began to sing Happy Birthday to me.... her way of chiding me over ordering yet something else online...  Hey, she gets her share of packages from late night tv vendors.....

And it was all there and the right one and everything... I lucked out... And my worries about ebay vendors aren't warranted... Well at least this time !

So now its my turn to worry about my motorcycle brothers swiping my seat cushion...  LOL and I'll bet when Al gets back he'll threaten to do just that.....  But it did sit rather nicely as I went over to the burger place tonight and got some gas....  No wonder they all get this one.

Anyway we have a short lunch ride tomorrow just to the South of us here in Overland Park...  Louisburg is about 23 miles away, which means that the early bird guys will be there at 8 AM  or before, and then there will be folks coming all morning up until about 11....

It is my luck that I have a Doctor's appointment at 8 AM and that is fasting, so I will have to wait until I get back from there..  Its 20 miles in the wrong direction to the appointment and all thru town.. So I do not know if I will be in time to go for lunch or not.....

And no I won't ride the bike up to the hospital.......  Too early, too cold and this is a new Doctor, so we don't want him to form unnecessary opinions right off the bat.....!   Better to lay low....

Retired Rod

Oh, and Biscuit thanks all of those who liked her Ducky post.......!