(This is meant for the Rep. of Ireland,but any suggestions
from UK appreciated)
I am elderly and not very mobile. I go to local supermarkets
get the shopping trolley,and lean on it as I shop. Now,
when I get home, I would like to have a shopping trolley there
to bring stuff to fridge, etc.

Yes, I know, nick a trolley. I don't want to.
Is it possible to buy a trolley?.

--
maus

greymausg wrote:

Yes, I know, nick a trolley. I don't want to.
Is it possible to buy a trolley?.

Wouldn't a supermarket trolley be quite large and cumbersome within a
house? Some form of wheeled zimmer frame with a basket, perhaps?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/330830572599

On 01/03/2014 16:55, greymausg wrote:
(This is meant for the Rep. of Ireland,but any suggestions
from UK appreciated)
I am elderly and not very mobile. I go to local supermarkets
get the shopping trolley,and lean on it as I shop. Now,
when I get home, I would like to have a shopping trolley there
to bring stuff to fridge, etc.

Yes, I know, nick a trolley. I don't want to.
Is it possible to buy a trolley?.

Around £110 + VAT last time I looked.

You may find a mail room post distribution trolley rather handier
around the house.

This one is compact and similar in price to a supermarket
trolley:

http://www.key.co.uk/mini-trolleys_J...&viewSize=3 0

This one is slightly more expensive, but includes baskets:

http://www.postofficeshop.co.uk/trol...rolley-433225/

This one can be folded up for storage:

http://www.postofficeshop.co.uk/trol...ng-box-gc051y/

All of these need assembly.

Colin Bignell

Is it possible to buy a trolley?.

Much as others have said, I'd have thought you might well do better with
a trolley which you could move around more easily in tight space and
also use if needed i.d.c. to move plates of food etc around the house.
Several (even older than me) relatives etc have things like:

http://www.completecareshop.co.uk/mo...elper-trolley/
http://www.nrs-uk.co.uk/rambler-trolley.html

If you feel something of the sort would help I'd suggest you ask if
there is a local supplier as I suspect they can all too easily get bent
by couriers.
--
Robin
reply to address is (meant to be) valid

On 2014-03-01, Nightjar wrote:
On 01/03/2014 16:55, greymausg wrote:
(This is meant for the Rep. of Ireland,but any suggestions
from UK appreciated)
I am elderly and not very mobile. I go to local supermarkets
get the shopping trolley,and lean on it as I shop. Now,
when I get home, I would like to have a shopping trolley there
to bring stuff to fridge, etc.

Yes, I know, nick a trolley. I don't want to.
Is it possible to buy a trolley?.

Around £110 + VAT last time I looked.

You may find a mail room post distribution trolley rather handier
around the house.

This one is compact and similar in price to a supermarket
trolley:

http://www.key.co.uk/mini-trolleys_J...&viewSize=3 0

This one is slightly more expensive, but includes baskets:

http://www.postofficeshop.co.uk/trol...rolley-433225/

This one can be folded up for storage:

http://www.postofficeshop.co.uk/trol...ng-box-gc051y/

All of these need assembly.

Colin Bignell

Again, thaks for the sugestion. Not quite there.


--
maus

On 2014-03-01, Andy Burns wrote:
greymausg wrote:

Yes, I know, nick a trolley. I don't want to.
Is it possible to buy a trolley?.

Wouldn't a supermarket trolley be quite large and cumbersome within a
house? Some form of wheeled zimmer frame with a basket, perhaps?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/330830572599



thanks for the suggestion. heading for where I want.

--
maus

On 2014-03-01, Robin wrote:
Is it possible to buy a trolley?.

Much as others have said, I'd have thought you might well do better with
a trolley which you could move around more easily in tight space and
also use if needed i.d.c. to move plates of food etc around the house.
Several (even older than me) relatives etc have things like:

http://www.completecareshop.co.uk/mo...elper-trolley/
http://www.nrs-uk.co.uk/rambler-trolley.html

If you feel something of the sort would help I'd suggest you ask if
there is a local supplier as I suspect they can all too easily get bent
by couriers.

again, thanks for the suggestion. I can get these things from the local
health service, but they shreik, "Old Person". A shopping trolley says
"Someone who thinks up other uses for common gadgets"

--
maus

When I did my Achilles, the local social services would have loaned me one
of these, but since I could not see where I was going it was considered too
dangerous.
Brian

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"Andy Burns" wrote in message
o.uk...
greymausg wrote:

Yes, I know, nick a trolley. I don't want to.
Is it possible to buy a trolley?.

Wouldn't a supermarket trolley be quite large and cumbersome within a
house? Some form of wheeled zimmer frame with a basket, perhaps?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/330830572599

On 2014-03-01, Sam Plusnet wrote:
In article , says...



again, thanks for the suggestion. I can get these things from the local
health service, but they shreik, "Old Person". A shopping trolley says
"Someone who thinks up other uses for common gadgets"

More likely
"Someone who nicks things from Supermarkets."


People can be so... suspicious


May be the easiest way to get what I want, now to find an idiot
to do the actual nicking


--
maus

In message , greymausg
writes


May be the easiest way to get what I want, now to find an idiot
to do the actual nicking

Go to your local river/canal and hook one out :-)
--
Graeme

"greymausg" wrote in message
...
(This is meant for the Rep. of Ireland,but any suggestions
from UK appreciated)
I am elderly and not very mobile. I go to local supermarkets
get the shopping trolley,and lean on it as I shop. Now,
when I get home, I would like to have a shopping trolley there
to bring stuff to fridge, etc.

Yes, I know, nick a trolley. I don't want to.
Is it possible to buy a trolley?.


They are a quid at Aldi...

--
Adam

In article ,
says...

"greymausg" wrote in message
...
(This is meant for the Rep. of Ireland,but any suggestions
from UK appreciated)
I am elderly and not very mobile. I go to local supermarkets
get the shopping trolley,and lean on it as I shop. Now,
when I get home, I would like to have a shopping trolley there
to bring stuff to fridge, etc.

Yes, I know, nick a trolley. I don't want to.
Is it possible to buy a trolley?.


They are a quid at Aldi...

Best go to a 99p shop then.

--
Sam

On 02/03/2014 19:58, Sam Plusnet wrote:
In article ,
says...

"greymausg" wrote in message
...
(This is meant for the Rep. of Ireland,but any suggestions
from UK appreciated)
I am elderly and not very mobile. I go to local supermarkets
get the shopping trolley,and lean on it as I shop. Now,
when I get home, I would like to have a shopping trolley there
to bring stuff to fridge, etc.

Yes, I know, nick a trolley. I don't want to.
Is it possible to buy a trolley?.


They are a quid at Aldi...

Best go to a 99p shop then.

But where do you find a 99 pence coin for the trolley?

SteveW

On Saturday, 1 March 2014 17:07:06 UTC, Andy Burns wrote:
greymausg wrote:



Yes, I know, nick a trolley. I don't want to.

Is it possible to buy a trolley?.



Wouldn't a supermarket trolley be quite large and cumbersome within a

house? Some form of wheeled zimmer frame with a basket, perhaps?



http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/330830572599

That is what I was thinking. The Post trolley is just a shopping trolley cross. That thing has a triangular frame that wraps around you. It looks a bit flimsy though even so at the price it seems cheap until you realise that the actual material makes very little difference to the price. So a sturdy one shouldn't be a silly price should it?

If I were seriously considering such a thing I might enquire at a small bike shop to see if they could knock together something suitable for a similar price.
One that you could trust not to crumple if you tripped.

At least it will suit you and not be a compromised OSFA.

Brain:
Now that you are fit, you might want to consider getting one and preparing for the inevitable day:
http://www.biblestudytools.com/john/21-18-compare.html

God luck.

On Sunday, 2 March 2014 14:19:38 UTC, wrote:

They are a quid at Aldi...

LOL.
Funniest thing you have come up with in a while.

It is time the wiki had a stab at inventing one of these things though. Should be simple enough to make a test piece with 2 by 2 and a pair of 9 inch wheels. I would not bother with a front wheel but just have a leg to park it on/ stop it running away with me if I was feeling doddery.

The only tricky bit is the connections for the wheels. I bet you could make one very cheaply. I mean VERY cheaply.

How high would the handles need to be, greymausg?