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walls83:
First of all Sean welcome to the boards.

Second Saint can we get Amras message deleted. The more times I go through this Post the madder I get.
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Thank you mods.

Amra I don't know how old you are or what your thinking making that post.  But all respect is lost.  The guy said he would pay for it. I don't know what kind of hand outs your thinking of but I see this community building things for its members all the time(for money and mostly not for money) the ideas that people have and share on this board is amazing not counting all the time it takes them to work on them and then just give them away.  I feel sad for you man really sad, it hurts.
<venting done>

To the real issue on hand

Saint I'm with you Ill give money if needed.

Arcadiac:
The Dreamcast Alloy Arcade stick is essentially the same as this version for PS/PS2:

walls83:
I kind of figured the stick wouldnt work in one of the reviews I was reading it said it was an analog digital 8-way(which doesnt make since to me). What about AUTO FIRE?  Would that be useful?  Also about the track ball for the second joystick since most games that use the second joystick are for looking around.  I didnt even think about durablity its not really a major issue as long as you know it has to be dealt with.  You could just make sure that when you cut the holes for the joystick that they are exactly the radius of the limits of the joystick and the base is very firmly attached.  So if such an occurance does take place the joystick has the wood to help stop and take some of the pressure off of the base of the joystick.

seanwheels:
hello everyone THANK YOU for the many varied responses while I did not expect to be taken at face value I did not expect to be accused of being a liar since I did not have he opportunity to read that particular post but as I have read every one else's posts I get the gist of the accusation. Here is my response

I am the 35 year-old man currently residing in a nursing home. I have broken my neck Not once but 3 times in the last 4 years. My 1st accident was December 2nd of 1999 on my way home from work I rolled my vehicle I fell asleep at the wheel 27 days later I awoke and hospital with 3 of My x girls friends were standing around I' tried to get out of bed to go work on my motorcycle funny, on waking all I wanted to do was to go work, motorcycle I didn't realize I was paralyzed the doctor came in and I was told I would never walk again.

While being transferred in the hospital I was dropped while I still had my halo on and my neck rebroken at that point I lost the fine motor skills in my left hand I was then transferred to  good Samaritan Hospital here in Phoenix Arizona for the remainder of my physical therapy. June 6 2002 my caregiver spent most of the the day packing my belongings and loading them into my van I had acquired a old 1 ton Chevy  Pathfinder van and 1 of my buddies got me a lift to put on it.It was late in the evening but my caregiver said she was a good to drive so we sat out for Glendale Arizona so I could start going to college. 

Well we made it as far as Happy Valley Road she fell asleep I realized this as we hit another vehicle.  The driver was ejected on the 1st roll through the windshield she hit the side of the road in brokeher pinky and hit her head I rolled another 600 ft. with everything that I own was in the van .because I had been mechanic/fabricator the things  I owned were heavy and steel my floor safe and 16  HP Briggs Stratton were laying next to me on the floor then I had a Wankle( rotary) motor laying by my legs on the floor. 

After the accident 4 truckdrivers stop and they said they heard me screaming get me out from inside the burning vehicle I don't remember none of this but I do have the police report and they dug their way into my wreck and pulled out my body thus saving my life.  as the vehicle burned to the ground I awoke in John C. Lincoln Hospital approximately 30 days later from the coma my neck wasbroken at C 123 and 4

the doctor went in operated on it but didn't believe I was going to live so he didn't bother putting a halo on me my skull was broken in the front and back  both eyesockets broke and had to reattach my nose to my face along with 1 of my Ears along with the ribs on the left side my body and my left ankle the doctor did go ahead and pull pins in my left ankle at least he was an optimist.

you would think this would be the end it but 6 months ago I was living in apartments by myself with a caregiver that would come and visit me every day to give me what I needed.  I unfortunately developed a bed sore and needed to be transported to the wound clinic for treatment.  The ambulance driver came to pick me up 1 day and on the way to the ambulance pushed my stretcher over and-bashed my head in causing the nerves and my neck to swell and causing my upper body to be completely paralyzed for about a week I spent the next 4 months in Mesa in banner desert TCU getting physical therapy. 

Now I am in a nursing home working on getting myself out of here at age 35 I feel I'm too young to spend my life in a nursing home unfortunately the state of Arizona feels otherwise as far as income is concerned my Social Security is taking away from me and they give me al lowance of $30.00 a month to live on.  So I will not turn away anyone who feels out to sending a few dollars to a trust fund for this project but asking for a handout was not my objective . 

The name of the nursing home .i live-in is called Desert sky it is located at **** ******* ******* **** I know you can get a copy of the above mentioned accident reports from the Arizona Department of Public Safety as well as 8x10 color glossies I have not been able to afford the pictures of the accidents so after u check them  out  I would appreciate it if you could send me a few copies. 

Thank you for your support everyone and l will try to answer the responses as I go down the list.  as to the allegations if if you feel my response is a all loan or hard to believe I believe all the facts are on public record.  Thank you Sean


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Pacific Ripper:
Sorry to hear about your accident and the situation that you are in. I don't know if you believe in God, but you will have a prayer from me. I'm sure I am not the only one who'll do that around here. I'll send something your way - I don't know if it'll help because I know it may not be enough as consolation for your predicament.

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