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Emma Chen's WC-Club
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00:00Good morning, Grace. Good morning. Where are we? We are in downtown Fernie after it snowed and
00:12this is what I have to deal with to try and get outside. This is why I pretty much become a hermit
00:22in the winter. My ramp won't even drop onto this.
00:30Hmm.
01:00All right, step number two.
01:08Let's see if this is a go.
01:11We can try that.
01:21And duck.
01:24That didn't take very long.
01:28Here we go.
01:31All right.
01:32The slow crawl.
01:37This is the joys of dealing with snow in a power chair.
01:46All right.
01:49This is fun.
01:53Here, we're recording.
02:02Oh, right now?
02:03Yep.
02:04Well, I'm going to get myself sorted.
02:15So, this is what the handicap parking spot looks like in Fernie at the library.
02:28If I could focus in on the library, can I?
02:32Will it?
02:33No.
02:34It doesn't do that thing.
02:36Anyways, we're at the library.
02:39And I just parked a little close, but there's a handicap sign, like, out there.
02:49But wheelchair, it's going to be entertaining.
02:56And then I got to go all the way over there to get to the road.
03:02Yeah.
03:03Do you want to be behind that?
03:04Do you want to be behind that?
03:05Do you want to be behind that?
03:08Well, like, we're not at the ski hill.
03:13This is the thing.
03:14We're downtown.
03:15We're downtown.
03:19But they don't give a crap.
03:22At the museum, public library.
03:26Shouldn't really matter if it's closed.
03:28If people want to get around, these should be the spots that are shoveled so you can park.
03:33Well, and this is about the only straight-up handicap parking in town.
03:39This snow is thick, eh?
03:42It's wet.
03:46It's sticky.
03:47And I don't have my continental winter tires anymore.
03:53Hmm.
03:54Dang.
03:57Well, we can build a snowman.
03:59That's right.
04:06Well, like, usually I drive around myself, right?
04:12Yeah.
04:17How does that go on?
04:19Easy.
04:23Flies.
04:27Come on.
04:28Use those award-winning muscles.
04:30It's not the muscles.
04:31It's the tires that are the problem.
04:38Oh.
04:39Yay.
04:40Woo!
04:42When I get my new chair, then I'll modify this one because this just has a really, like,
04:48with me, like...
04:49What are we doing?
04:50Welcome to the jump.
04:55All right.
04:56Where are we going?
04:57I don't know.
04:58Do we want to go to...
04:59Not very far?
05:00I was going to say, we'll see where Danelle gets.
05:08This is the...
05:09This is the sidewalk.
05:13At the museum.
05:15On New Year's Day at 12 o'clock lunchtime.
05:21Were you filming?
05:22Yep.
05:23Are you still?
05:24Yep.
05:25Plenty of time to get the sidewalk shoveled.
05:27Like, for real?
05:28I left an accessible parking spot.
05:38I think the closest sidewalk...
05:40Yeah.
05:41Like...
05:42What did you do?
05:43I left the closest parking spot because this was Grace's.
05:48And hit the sidewalk because there's no intersection until there.
05:53Not sure.
05:54No.
05:55We just go right down the middle of the road.
06:00Stop traffic.
06:01That's what I said.
06:02I was...
06:03Yep.
06:04And there we are.
06:05She's stuck.
06:06We're like...
06:07Yeah.
06:08She's very much stuck.
06:09Mm-hmm.
06:10That's okay.
06:11Just...
06:12Nope.
06:13She is stuck.
06:14There we go.
06:15Okay, you ready?
06:16Yeah.
06:17Go forward.
06:18Yeah.
06:19You're going to have to hammer it, Grace.
06:20Pin it.
06:21I'm going as fast as I can go.
06:22There should be another accessible parking spot.
06:24Yeah.
06:25Yeah.
06:26I'm going to have to hammer it, Grace.
06:27Pin it.
06:28I'm going as fast as I can go.
06:29There should be another accessible parking stall.
06:46Some of them do, yeah.
06:48Well, like a lot of them.
06:49This is kind of a big cornered knot.
06:51I think actually that stretch has heated sidewalks.
06:54No way.
06:55Yeah.
06:56What they opted out at the museum, they didn't want to pay.
06:58Extra.
06:59Sorry.
07:00Yeah.
07:01The museum was...
07:02This used to be a BC Hydro building.
07:05And BC Hydro donated it to the museum.
07:08The museum used to be over where the source is, if I remember correctly.
07:14Gotcha.
07:15Yeah.
07:16So, yeah.
07:17This used to be...
07:18This was the original BC Hydro building.
07:20It just burped up.
07:21It burped up.
07:22Excellent.
07:23Should we go see if the loaf is open?
07:26If it's open?
07:27Well, there's a loaf.
07:28Yeah.
07:29Marvin might be open.
07:30No, it won't be.
07:31No?
07:32You like the tracks behind me?
07:33Yeah.
07:34The loaf is open.
07:39There's really nothing down here besides...
07:41That's what I do.
07:42Alright.
07:43That's what I do.
07:44Alright.
07:45That's what I do.
07:46Alright.
07:47Cool.
07:48I don't know.
07:49I don't know.
07:50I don't know if I would be able to do that without the freewheel on.
08:03Probably not.
08:04You're going to hit that really.
08:05It's just there.
08:06Endo.
08:07Endo.
08:08Yeah, and that little piece is $800 for.
08:13Yeah.
08:14It makes sense to me.
08:16How that works.
08:17This stuff is money.
08:18In the back end of the tree?
08:19Where it pipes onto the back.
08:20Yeah.
08:21We'll still take it on the ground.
08:22Why are there going there?
08:23Oh yeah.
08:24I went here for $1.
08:25decided they were going to take all the regular handicap spaces and make them into the priority
08:43parking so now um you know not just disabled people can park there but um you know families
08:52or people with young kids but so now every time that i drive down main street most of the spots are not available
09:05okay i'm gonna go over here
09:06not hit the wall here's the other thing it's a holiday you struggle your neighbors
09:24yeah but that would detain your employee to work the same day out
09:27you can go on that far side so you can see what's going on
09:47oh yeah
09:53like without the freewheel this wouldn't be happening
10:01nice work
10:01i've never been happier with what the cat can go than right now
10:20it never functions like this
10:22yeah
10:26it only took me five years to love it
10:29yeah so there there's another accessible family parking over there
10:34and then
10:37i think you're better off
10:39oh no
10:41bottoming out
10:42i didn't hit it with enough speed
10:50i don't know what you're going to do
10:55happy to hear
10:56yeah
10:56i'll get that um
11:04now help
11:07i'm going on
11:07so why are we going down the road
11:15we're going down the road because the sidewalks aren't clouded properly
11:23all right
11:26oh there ramps here
11:27oh there ramps here
11:28oh there ramps here
11:29check it
11:30i still have to get rid of all of them
11:32yeah
11:39now we've got to stay here from the park
11:43the only thing i do here is after being sick
11:51and right now with the new year reposting and reposting and sharing the bodybuilding photos
11:56just like stop it
11:59i don't look like that right now
12:01yeah i just like don't feel that great right now stop
12:06what is that
12:12all right so we're getting our portable ramp here
12:18what
12:20where is it
12:20oh
12:25strike two fernie strike two
12:27do you want to explain this real quick the ramp
12:29why there should be a ramp
12:30um so we have portable ramps that we made for businesses in town and um
12:38fernie should have one but uh they do not it's not inside the door so i don't know where it is
12:45scott's gone to find it that's super awesome
12:54give them a ramp and they don't know where it is
12:57and just because they haven't got a purple one yet
13:00yeah it doesn't mean they can get rid of the other one
13:04they requested that we um one of our purple ones because theirs was just like straight up plywood
13:11brown why don't you just come with a bucket of paint you paint well it was also kind of not made well
13:16we wanted to make them a better one but still that doesn't mean they can trash their other ramp
13:21while they're waiting for any intern yeah so how often does this happen where you can't go somewhere
13:27for lunch um pretty much like every week i'm not facing an access barrier of some kind
13:34especially in the winter
13:43this is why i don't go out very much in the winter because it's frustrating
13:49that everybody else can get where they want to go really easy and i can't
14:03it's purple man yeah this store is awesome they've had theirs out ever since you gave it to them
14:18this is the confinement store oh really i actually would like to go over there yeah
14:25oh right now
14:25it's so simple
14:44these guys are never is usually one of the better groups but they got the ramp
14:51where should i go jesse pick one uh i'd play it safe here it looks pretty rough
14:59all right can you get through at the end though i don't know i don't think so
15:04can i get three down there yeah you should be able to
15:07all right go sideways here we go all right it's your fault
15:13i'm gonna have to push there's no question
15:15go go go
15:32i went across the street
15:34that's my serious
15:39all right my turn
15:42like walking across the street
15:43yeah other side
15:53sometimes you just gotta pick up
15:54it's normal it's normal for the winter to not be able to get anywhere
16:13but it's not acceptable
16:15you have to get in your vehicle and drive if it's two blocks and you know then something like this is in
16:19your way
16:34okay the only thing is one spot doesn't have an acceptable washer for me but
16:38well they don't
16:41else because i have to go pee
16:42no like me and my inability to hold it
17:02so we've been wandering around for what an hour trying to find a place to have lunch yep
17:22welcome to my life
17:32so
17:46so
17:52so
17:56so
18:00You