I can not remember the exact year, but it was sometime in the early 2000's. We had been visiting down in the cities at my ex sister-in-laws house, and happened to mention that we were looking for computer chairs. Her boyfriend Ric was a postal carrier at the time, and his route took him through downtown Minneappolis. Apparently the large office buildings have huge walk in dumpsters. Ric had quite a collection of things that had come from these, including some beautiful plants, and several computer chairs. I know that day we brought an orange computer chair home, and the Dan Phannes chair.
I call it the Dan Phannes chair, because on the back it says Dan Phannes in permanent marker. This is my brother (Bumpie) David, sitting in said chair, fixing my computer, on Christmas day 2011. If you look close you can see where the name is.
There's something very special about the Dan Phannes chair. It doesn't grab when you sit on it, (probably why it was in the dumpster) so you can't set it to any height. It just automatically goes to the basement. That is perfect for me, because I have lil legs. I could always have both feet firmly planted on the floor in the Dan Phannes chair! The added bonus was watching unsuspecting tall people go to sit in it. BAM, to the basement! The Brown Eyed Man took a few trips, and every time my sister in law Elise sat in it, away she would go!
The Dan Phannes chair made the move out to the country with me, but for whatever reason never made it through the front door. I sit in my rocking chair at the computer these days. We probably just didn't have the need for any more chairs, so it spent the entire winter outside behind the garage, waiting for Spring clean up in town.
Today I took the Dan Phannes chair to town and set it by my sister's curb for the city clean up. When Kate and CeCe went out to play this evening, it was gone. Yep, someone took the Dan Phannes chair. Saved from the garbage dump once again!
I call it the Dan Phannes chair, because on the back it says Dan Phannes in permanent marker. This is my brother (Bumpie) David, sitting in said chair, fixing my computer, on Christmas day 2011. If you look close you can see where the name is.
There's something very special about the Dan Phannes chair. It doesn't grab when you sit on it, (probably why it was in the dumpster) so you can't set it to any height. It just automatically goes to the basement. That is perfect for me, because I have lil legs. I could always have both feet firmly planted on the floor in the Dan Phannes chair! The added bonus was watching unsuspecting tall people go to sit in it. BAM, to the basement! The Brown Eyed Man took a few trips, and every time my sister in law Elise sat in it, away she would go!
The Dan Phannes chair made the move out to the country with me, but for whatever reason never made it through the front door. I sit in my rocking chair at the computer these days. We probably just didn't have the need for any more chairs, so it spent the entire winter outside behind the garage, waiting for Spring clean up in town.
Today I took the Dan Phannes chair to town and set it by my sister's curb for the city clean up. When Kate and CeCe went out to play this evening, it was gone. Yep, someone took the Dan Phannes chair. Saved from the garbage dump once again!
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