Wheelchairs and coffeeshops

General discussion about cannabis and coffeeshops.
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Post by Marco »

PorgaLily wrote:Good thread, DavidW. I also joined to find answers to this very question :)

Your chair sounds wicked. I'm stuck with a boring manual one, which i'm not allowed to drive myself!! Was supposed to be a transit (four titchy wheels and no control) but I became 'overly anxious' about being stolen, just wheeled away :shock: and we had to switch to a manual (two big, two small wheels) - no different really but the appearence of independence is the closest i can get! And the ride is smoother, which leads me to add an appendix to this Q......

Which coffeeshops (of the wh/ch accessable variety) can be reached over smooth ground (not cobbled!!!! For me bumps = damage - not the good kind) and are within 10 mins slowish wheel/walk of Herengracht (halfway betwixt Siberie and Amnesia)? (And allow
tobacco mixing - cannot afford to choke; ribs break or dislocate or the discs can get forced from my spine etc etc)
Phew! Sorry that is so complicated - might end up reiterating in a separate thread.

Thanks in advance for those faithful tokers who might be informed well enough to come up with an answer to this ridiculous quandry :D
Don't worry about the tobacco, I have never come across a shop that cares. Your need to smoke tobacco is very interesting. Care to through a lawsuit at the government to repeal the tobacco ban? :D

I thought of this post as I was riding to work out of town. All smooth, flat sidewalks and bike paths. Not the answer you want to hear...

Good luck.


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Post by PorgaLily »

Thanks Marco :) , do need the luck.

Would thoroughly apprciate if you could let me know if there are any particular roads around the center you think I should avoid. My memories of the Dam are several years old and 'hazy' lol. Also, I wasn't looking at the streets with an eye to wheeling over them. I do kind of remember some very narrow and rutted ones alongside canals, and I think I saw a Bulldog but really really not sure. :)
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Here's a trip report by someone in a wheelchair that was posted over at Channels.nl - http://forum.channels.nl/phpbb/viewtopi ... heelchairs
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Boner delivers!
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As always :)
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Boner wrote:Here's a trip report by someone in a wheelchair that was posted over at Channels.nl - http://forum.channels.nl/phpbb/viewtopi ... heelchairs
Just bumping this thread, and Boners link in particular (cheers :wink: ) for anyone else that might find it useful.

It's difficult to find good info about wheelchair use in the Dam, especially for people interested in the non-touristy aspects ;)
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just thinking that rookies is flat floored and if my memory serves me correctly the door is pretty wide too so dont rule that one out....
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I wish I had a wheelchair whle in Amsterdam..

it must be the total stoner acessory, I always have hard times finding somewhere to sit, with a wheelchair man u can just sit anywhere, or you already are ... mm...wheelchairs..
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ATWA wrote:I wish I had a wheelchair whle in Amsterdam..

it must be the total stoner acessory, I always have hard times finding somewhere to sit, with a wheelchair man u can just sit anywhere, or you already are ... mm...wheelchairs..
What a stupid fucking statement , do you have any idea how hard it is to be stuck in a wheelchair whenever you go out no matter what ?
Try watching the person you love more than anyone else cry her eyes out because she can't run around with her kids anymore .
Fucking prat , I hope you do find a wheelchair in Dam , that way I can dump you head first in the nearest fucking canal .
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Post by Colina »

If i remember right the rokerij near muntplein and the one at the single near central station have flat entrance. but the dealer is on the basement!

Amnesia has a flat entrance I think. and there is space for a wheelchair. can s.o. confirm that?
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ATWA wrote:I wish I had a wheelchair whle in Amsterdam..

it must be the total stoner acessory, I always have hard times finding somewhere to sit, with a wheelchair man u can just sit anywhere, or you already are ... mm...wheelchairs..
Really?? What a stupid thing to say!!
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ftcarer wrote:
ATWA wrote:I wish I had a wheelchair whle in Amsterdam..

it must be the total stoner acessory, I always have hard times finding somewhere to sit, with a wheelchair man u can just sit anywhere, or you already are ... mm...wheelchairs..
What a stupid fucking statement , do you have any idea how hard it is to be stuck in a wheelchair whenever you go out no matter what ?
Fucking prat , I hope you do find a wheelchair in Dam , that way I can dump you head first in the nearest fucking canal .
+1 I'll assume you're just ignorant ATWA :roll:
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oh my it was a joke you dont have to get all mad and there is certainly no need in making threats.
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thing being ATWA is that this aint your ordinary 'piss taking site' this is a peace loving place with a lot of disabled/people in need of medicinal help and you have got peoples backs up,fair enough that is a joke but please be sensitive to the other forum users,after all we are all supporters of the same goal, peace bra!!!!
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I'm okay with you guys, but you have to agree with the fact that being on a weelchair multiply by 100 your chance to get a seat at Grey Area :D
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