Ding Dong, the Witch is Dead!

Akuma · Oct 6, 2006

Today my writing chair broke!

The chair that has long shattered my spine has shattered itself!
I will finally be able to get a new, comfortable chair.

I'll have to make do with a stool tonight, however. :tongue

san_remo_ave · Oct 6, 2006

Awesomeness!

:hooray:

maddythemad · Oct 6, 2006

There's nothing like the furniture falling apart to making you get around to buying that new, comfy chair.

Shadow_Ferret · Oct 6, 2006

Well, I envy you. My old comfy desk chair died over a year ago and I've been sitting in a hard wooden dining table chair since.

Higgins · Oct 7, 2006

The Chair that was Broken is Restored

Akuma said:
Today my writing chair broke!

The chair that has long shattered my spine has shattered itself!
I will finally be able to get a new, comfortable chair.

I'll have to make do with a stool tonight, however.

My very nice chair broke last week, but I was able somehow to put it back together. It's very aerodynamic so just rigging a new spar with a grapple was enough.

Carrie in PA · Oct 7, 2006

YAY on a new chair! My chairs are old office hand-me-downs. They're ok, but they're ugly. Someday I'll have one of those awesome huge black leather chairs that vibrates. :ROFL:

LightShadow · Oct 7, 2006

You know, I bought my chair at a garage sale for $5 about 5 or six years ago, and it is the most comfortable chair in the house, and the most office style chair I've ever sat in. It has a reclining back that is not stiff at all, a wide seat with soft cushioning. . .couldn't have asked for more. But, my wife hates it because it is the ugliest chair you could ever set your eyes upon.

Azure Skye · Oct 7, 2006

Great, now I have Munchkins singing in my head.

Good news about the chair though.

KTC · Oct 7, 2006

lol. I had no idea what this thread was going to be about. LONG LIVE THE CRAPPY DIRTBAG WRITING CHAIRS OUT THERE. I bet there are a lot of miserable sitters here in the Cooler. Millions of stories of chair woes too!

AnneMarble · Oct 7, 2006

Akuma said:
Today my writing chair broke!

The chair that has long shattered my spine has shattered itself!
I will finally be able to get a new, comfortable chair.

I'll have to make do with a stool tonight, however.

The same thing happened to me last year. Of course, I had to deal with weight jokes from my family. :tongue

Never mind that it was a desk chair that was probably 30 years old by then. (One of the joints de-jointed.)

I tried to use an old canvas chair I'd been keeping in the storage closet. That worked until the stitching gave out. It was the end of summer, so next, I tried using a cheap folding patio chair. Don't try this at home! I nearly fell on my @ss.
:scared:

Finally, I tried to make do with a cheap folding chair I bought at Tar-Jay until I got a Real Desk Chair for Christmas. Boy was getting a Real Desk Chair a relief.

I hope you don't have to wait as long as I did to get a Real Desk Chair.

BradyH1861 · Oct 7, 2006

Based on the title of this post, I thought someone was trying to tell me that my Mother in Law had died.

Brady

Siddow · Oct 7, 2006

hahaha...sounds like you have the same problem as me.

Here's the solution, your new mantra: "I am worth spending money on."

(although I was soooo happy when my keyboard shelf broke off of my desk last year during NaNo...POS desk...like this one much better!)

PeeDee · Oct 7, 2006

I had this wonderful comfy office chair a couple years ago. The only problem with it was if you leaned back in it, it went SCREEEEEEECCCCCHHHHHH loud enough to wake up the dead, or the deeply sleeping.

My current office chair is as comfortable as two wooden slats, held together with another screeching bar of metal.

So when you sit in your comfy new chair...think of me fondly. Kay?

tiny · Oct 7, 2006

I sit on the couch and write on my laptop. Feet up, feet down, leaning on a big pillow, staring out the french doors, eyes drooping shut, drooling on the keyboard........ maybe I should start to write at the desk. But it just looks so not comfy.

Soccer Mom · Oct 7, 2006

Yeah, hubby's been promising that soon we will get me a new writing chair. Mine's an old captain's chair and while I can spin all the way around in it (which isn't as much fun as it sounds and in fact makes me feel dizzy after I've done it twenty or thirty times) it makes my back and shoulders ache.

Enjoy the new chair!

Lady Cat · Oct 8, 2006

The chair in my office shrieks like I'm rolling it over all five cats at once when I sit in it so it doesn't get used as often as it should. Normally I sit in my brand new, oversized recliner in the living room with the lap top on my lap. Talk about comfortable! Of course, that's why I bought it in the first place!

Now if I was looking to replace my office chair I'd want the same kind of chair as we have at work -nice and high adjustable back, adjustable arms, and squeak free. Of course it probably cost almost as much as my recliner, but it's the best thing about my job!

allion · Oct 8, 2006

I am one of the sofa sitters as well. The laptop is actually comfortable to type on, probably because my wrists aren't being forced up at a bad angle.

I do miss the Herman Miller chair I had a few jobs ago. The best chairs ever. Mesh, so the seat and back don't get hot. Easily adjustable. Retail - $800.

I'll stick with the sofa (it cost about the same amount)

Karen

Carrie in PA · Oct 8, 2006

I'd love to use the sofa... unfortunately, all my Beloved Distractions also use the sofa.

Azure Skye · Oct 8, 2006

I love the sofa/laptop relationship too. Oh, and the bed/laptop thingie can be nice as well. Down the uncomfortable office chairs!

Maryn · Oct 8, 2006

Remember, it doesn't take a huge metropolis to support a used office furniture store. We've bought from them numerous times. High-end offices refurbish for looks rather than function, so their used stuff often has lots of life left (and isn't godawful ugly, either, just the wrong color).

Plus you can get filing cabinets stronger than anything you can buy new. The rule is to buy only what you can lift.

Maryn, whose chair is showing signs of age, in a Dorian Gray way she hopes

Forbidden Snowflake · Oct 8, 2006

Yay for a new chair, I need such a thing too.

samgail · Oct 8, 2006

Ernest Hemingway would be proud

I sit criss cross applesauce in an ancient lounge chair, the kind with the matching footstool. Beautiful burled wood on the bottom, creaky cracked leather on the top and broken. We have pieces of wood supporting it so you can actually sit up in it but I usually turn it sideways and prop a pillow under my butt. Oh, and the footstool is in the living room so if I want to put my feet up I use the Ranier cooler stored under the desk.
Good luck with the new chair!
Sam

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