lol, my parents up until my dad passed had been using one from 1975.
the absolutely best seat in our camper was the cabover part. the kid that got in first, got to pretend they were flying over the truck. great seat!
Static electricity sounds to me like you have some high voltage leaking in the air. Things in the home that generate that much voltage are microwaves, TVs, computer monitors, radio transmitters and etc. Another possibility is cats and wool sweaters. ;) In that case a home humidifier might help.