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From: jdb@qubix.UUCP (Jeff Bulf)
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Subject: Re: Does anyone use "posture chairs"?
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Date: Wed, 22-Aug-84 20:29:27 EDT
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Posted: Wed Aug 22 20:29:27 1984
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> From: ken@turtlevax.UUCP (Ken Turkowski)
> Undoubtedly everyone has seen the chairs without a backrest, but with a
> knee pad and a buttocks pad, widely touted as being good for the
> posture.  I'd like to get a feel for how suitable it would be for
> programming.

    One of my colleagues here at Qubix brought one in for our lab a couple of
months ago. He is younger than I (~24). He used the device a lot, and seemed to
like it. If he weren't in Montana this week, I'd ask him for his present
feelings about it.

    I found the device quite uncomfortable to my back. Lower back generally
started aching after only an hour or so. Nobody else among the 4-5 people
on that system used it more than once or twice.

    Anybody else have experience? Is this gadget less orthopedic than
advertised, or do different people have different backs?

	"...gonna be a dennil floss tycoon"
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