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Also, some but not all collapsibles have joints prone to disconnecting while you hoop.
Hooping.org | Blog 2003
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The only solution I can think of is to either make a smaller hoop or collapsibles.
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I am not really motivated to make collapsibles, but I see little other alternative.
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Also, some but not all collapsibles have joints prone to disconnecting while you hoop.
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So -- and they also make collapsibles, have lightweight wheelchairs, that -- they're kind of expensive, but they're kind of, you know, just lightweight versions, and you can buy those, you know, in certain catalogs.
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Returning to the journey of the Carpathia -- the last boatload of passengers was taken aboard at 8.30 A.M., the lifeboats were hauled on deck while the collapsibles were abandoned, and the Carpathia proceeded to steam round the scene of the wreck in the hope of picking up anyone floating on wreckage.
The Loss of the S. S. Titanic Its Story and Its Lessons Lawrence Beesley 1922
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Most members of the crew say there were sixteen life-boats and two collapsibles; none say there were more than twenty boats in all.
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The launching and the dispatch of the collapsibles was now proceeding with frantic haste, for it was no longer possible to conceal the fact that the ship's minutes were numbered, while there were still over a thousand people aboard.
In Search of El Dorado Harry Collingwood 1886
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I’m holding out for BPA-free collapsibles at a reasonable price.
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