BIG - if this is okay, I want to submit this Aug 96 post about recliners:
 
>Date:    Thu, 1 Aug 1996 15:43:42 -0500
>From:    Nancy William <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: RECLINERS
 
>That word strikes terror in my heart and brings back memories of a midnight
>call from my daughter.  She was in tears because her beloved Boogie was
>killed in a recliner accident while they were visiting friends.  All evening
>everyone had been very careful about paying attention to where Boogie and
>Ricki were but all it took was one second of not paying attention and he was
>dead of a broken neck.  It appears that he was killed instantly and didn't
>suffer which is more than I can say for the people involved and Ricki, they
>had to deal with him being gone.  It has been a year and a half but the word
>recliner still conjures up these memories.
 
>I would beg you all to reconsider having a recliner in your homes.  Even if
>you are convinced you have your recliner ferret proofed, or that you always
>know where your fuzzy is, or that he never plays around the recliner, ALL IT
>TAKES IS ONE MOMENT.  Then you have to live with that.
 
>In memory of Boogie (October 1994 - December 31, 1995).
 
>*Hugs*
 
>Nancy, Friskie, Sweetie, Charlie, Buster, Scamp, Randa, Drac E. La, Wannabe,
>and Mugsy
 
++++
Shari Gunter
[Posted in FML issue 2027]