Originally Posted by
stepwilk
"Not 'struggling with the controls', as the journos love to say, though."
Careful, now. I don't style myself a "journo," but I am a writer. Which is why posed my original question on this forum.
We do our best, as do many of the journalists.
I'm sorry if you read that in my remark.... it was just an aside, and
not aimed at you at all.
I was serious when I made my remark about using a bathroom scale to try it out, and no doubt so was Mr Optimistic about his sacks of coal.
Pushing or pulling 50 lbs from a sitting position (not lifting it, which is why the sacks of coal or potting soil sack analogy doesn't qute hold) is still quite significant, and not something you want to do for any extended period of time.
CJ