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(Vanity) BABIES THAT RODE BACKWARD IN THE CAR
SELF | NOVEMBER 28, 2015 | KNARF

Posted on 11/27/2015 11:08:07 PM PST by knarf

I have NEVER been able to ride in a car reading a book

The head down position makes me motion sick


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KEYWORDS: parenting; rearfacingcarseat
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To: knarf

N I t sure what it is. None of what makes you queasy bothers me in the least. I can read in a car. In fact, I’m better off reading while my wife drives. She’s a horrible driver.

I can only fall asleep on a plane if the flight is rough. If it’s a smooth flight I’m stuck awake.


41 posted on 11/28/2015 4:16:30 AM PST by raybbr (Obamacare needs a deatha panel)
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To: chris37

I have suffered from vertigo for the past 25 years, associated with Meniere’s disease. As a kid, could not read while riding in the car and carnival rides made me sick. Really takes you down for a few days.

http://www.webmd.com/brain/vertigo-symptoms-causes-treatment


42 posted on 11/28/2015 4:36:10 AM PST by fivecatsandadog ( What strategy? Tell me what your strategy is and I'll tell you if its working". Quinn, "Homeland")
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To: knarf

Most of the newer trains in the Northeast and Pacific Coast have people who sit facing backwards, and those states have been turning deeper and deeper blue.

...perhaps you’re on to something.


43 posted on 11/28/2015 4:59:21 AM PST by BobL (Who cares? He's going to build a wall and stop this invasion.)
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To: dp0622

Same here.

Used to be a compulsive car reader, 33 years ago.

Not now.


44 posted on 11/28/2015 5:23:08 AM PST by Salamander (Can't sleep. The clowns will eat me...)
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To: dp0622

Does sitting at a stop light, with traffic going by in front of you, make you sick?

Or ceiling fans?

Or those accursed “tickers” scrolling at the bottom of damn near every TV show?

Or just about any moving object?


45 posted on 11/28/2015 5:25:45 AM PST by Salamander (Can't sleep. The clowns will eat me...)
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To: knarf

Sitting behind the driver is the safest seat in the car in an accident


46 posted on 11/28/2015 5:41:01 AM PST by Figment
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To: Salamander

you know, none of those really make me sick.

Or should I say sicker, as I feel sick all the time.

Spine up through head to forehead and eyes always feels swollen.

Used to vomit alot from just watching TV first three years after head injury. That stopped.

But yes, reading gets me SICKER than I usually feel.

I’m ok in the car for some reason, though I WAS NOT at first.

strange, right?

Since the body doesn’t seem to know how to fully heal a brain injury, I guess we’re stuck.

Unless modern science rocks and rolls.


47 posted on 11/28/2015 5:41:26 AM PST by dp0622 (..)
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To: Salamander

I wont even TRY :)


48 posted on 11/28/2015 5:41:48 AM PST by dp0622 (..)
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To: Salamander

I wont even TRY :)


49 posted on 11/28/2015 5:42:12 AM PST by dp0622 (..)
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To: Kickass Conservative

My Dad had a 1960 Chevy station wagon with the rear facing third seat. Active in Scouting, he learned to leave the rear window down. With the car full & three Scouts in the rear seat, at least one was guaranteed during the ride to toss his cookies. Better on the car following us than inside.

I always rode shotgun.

;^)


50 posted on 11/28/2015 5:44:44 AM PST by elcid1970 ("The Second Amendment is more important than Islam.")
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To: Rodamala

This is how we rolled back in the day. The only seat my sister could ride in to keep her from puking all over.

51 posted on 11/28/2015 5:45:50 AM PST by Autonomous User (During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.)
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To: knarf

I never rode backwards in a car, that I can remember. My two boys did sometimes in our old Toyota wagon. In the mid-’70’s we moved from the West to the East coast. A three day trip with 2 1/2 and 4 1/2 yo kids. Most of the time they sat, or rather rolled around in the “way back”, happy as clams. I’d go to prison for that today. They lived to happy family men with no untoward after effects.


52 posted on 11/28/2015 6:00:11 AM PST by Afterguard (Liberals will let you do anything you want, as long as it's mandatory.)
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To: Kickass Conservative
Remember the big GM Station Wagons with the third row rear facing seat?
My parents has a 1959 Desoto wagon with the rear seat facing backwards.
It was as big as an aircraft carrier and I loved riding in the back seat.
53 posted on 11/28/2015 6:05:49 AM PST by oh8eleven (RVN '67-'68)
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To: Hetty_Fauxvert

My son has twins. The oldest twin & the mother cannot read in car without severe nausea. Second twin & Dad are voracious car readers!


54 posted on 11/28/2015 6:20:02 AM PST by grame (May you know more of the love of God Almighty this day!)
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To: sparklite2

I remember riding in the back facing seat (late 60’s early 70’s) with the window down with some of my friends tearing tissues into about 4 pieces and trying to get it to stick on the person behinds front grill. With pretty good luck I might add.

If that was you, I am truly sorry. (^;


55 posted on 11/28/2015 6:23:38 AM PST by Clay Moore (Keep JRandomFreeper in you prayers)
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To: knarf

Once when my husband was a small child his father spit. The wind blew it right back into my husband’s face. He too decided that he did not want to sit behind the old man anymore.


56 posted on 11/28/2015 6:51:04 AM PST by stellaluna
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To: Kickass Conservative
Remember the big GM Station Wagons with the third row rear facing seat?

C'mon kids! We're off to Wally World in the Vista Cruiser!


57 posted on 11/28/2015 7:34:34 AM PST by Old Yeller (Obama's Iran nuclear deal - The Devil is in the details.)
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To: Kickass Conservative
Remember the big GM Station Wagons with the third row rear facing seat?

My Childhood Buddies Parents had one and riding in that seat was an interesting experience.

My experience was gained in an American Motors nine passenger wagon with a third row rear facing seat. I lived in northern Wisconsin as a teenager and our neighbor's were planing a trip to Canada and invited me along. They were planning to drive from Pembine to Remember the big GM Station Wagons with the third row rear facing seat?

My Childhood Buddies Parents had one and riding in that seat was an interesting experience.

My experience was gained in an American Motors nine passenger wagon with a third row rear facing seat. I lived in northern Wisconsin as a teenager and our neighbor's were planing a trip to Canada and invited me along. They were planning to drive from Pembine to Sou St Marie and I got the short straw. The drive took about 6 hours and we stopped several times to stretch our legs. I did not get car sick, but every time we stopped I had a discomforting visual effect of everything I looked at was rushing toward me at 60 miles per hour. The visual effect return to normal after a few minutes which was good as the vertigo made walking difficult.

Regards,
GtG

58 posted on 11/28/2015 7:44:26 AM PST by Gandalf_The_Gray (I live in my own little world, but it's OK. They all know me here.)
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To: Gandalf_The_Gray
I don't know how that post got scrambled but I'll try it again:

My experience was gained in an American Motors nine passenger wagon with a third row rear facing seat. I lived in northern Wisconsin as a teenager and our neighbor's were planing a trip to Canada and invited me along. They were planning to drive from Pembine to Sou St Marie and I got the short straw. The drive took about 6 hours and we stopped several times to stretch our legs. I did not get car sick, but every time we stopped I had a discomforting visual effect of everything I looked at was rushing toward me at 60 miles per hour. The visual effect return to normal after a few minutes which was good as the vertigo made walking difficult.

Regards,
GtG

PS I used to get nauseated if I tried to read in a moving car. It doesn't happen now as usually I drive.

59 posted on 11/28/2015 7:55:17 AM PST by Gandalf_The_Gray (I live in my own little world, but it's OK. They all know me here.)
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To: knarf


In my day the car seats could face backwards. They were better because they came with their own steering wheel. Mine had a little squeaky horn!

Trolleys, trains, amusement park rides and stage coaches have had rear facing seats for a LONG time.
60 posted on 11/28/2015 1:59:56 PM PST by Dr. Sivana (There is no salvation in politics)
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