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So I recently upgraded from a futon to a real bed. Only problem is that I just have a chintzy metal bedframe on wheels and it can tend to roll and and slide about a bit when performing, uh, certain activities. Does anyone have any good ideas for how to secure it firmly? I'm thinking maybe buying like eight doorstops (two for each wheel) but it seems like there should be a better way.

― Sterling Clover (s_clover), Monday, 31 March 2003 17:13 (twenty-three years ago)

do it on the floor.

― Chris V. (Chris V), Monday, 31 March 2003 17:14 (twenty-three years ago)

Is there some way that the wheels can be taken off? On some bedframes they can be taken off and then put back on again if the bed needs to be moved.

― Nicole (Nicole), Monday, 31 March 2003 17:16 (twenty-three years ago)

I think the mattress/boxspring on the floor is better than on wheels.

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Monday, 31 March 2003 17:17 (twenty-three years ago)

I was quite happy with the futon as it was but my gf likes having an elevated bed so that's what we're doing.

― Sterling Clover (s_clover), Monday, 31 March 2003 17:19 (twenty-three years ago)

With a futon, mice are more likely to creep up and kill you in your sleep. Otherwise I think they're pretty cozy.

― Nicole (Nicole), Monday, 31 March 2003 17:20 (twenty-three years ago)

haha sterl yr getting laid and yr COMPLAINING?

― Jody Beth Rosen (Jody Beth Rosen), Monday, 31 March 2003 17:21 (twenty-three years ago)

you cd cut grooves in the floor like a tramway, and plan yr travels

― mark s (mark s), Monday, 31 March 2003 17:21 (twenty-three years ago)

ask the nurses to hold it.

― g--ff c-nn-n (gcannon), Monday, 31 March 2003 17:23 (twenty-three years ago)

I can't stand these ppl being happy.

I want go into their house and play them my borbeto records.

― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Monday, 31 March 2003 17:23 (twenty-three years ago)

Jody: The other night we ended up like a yard from the wall. It was a bit absurd.

― Sterling Clover (s_clover), Monday, 31 March 2003 17:24 (twenty-three years ago)

bungee cords

― Horace Mann (Horace Mann), Monday, 31 March 2003 17:25 (twenty-three years ago)

Do it doggy style.

― Chris V. (Chris V), Monday, 31 March 2003 17:26 (twenty-three years ago)

Why don't we do it in the road?

― Skottie, Monday, 31 March 2003 17:40 (twenty-three years ago)

put it up on cinderblocks

― tracer hick (tracerhand), Monday, 31 March 2003 17:45 (twenty-three years ago)

either that or turn it into a sport where end distance from the wall is desirable

― mark p (Mark P), Monday, 31 March 2003 17:51 (twenty-three years ago)

Don't take the wheels off. We did this and eventually one of the legs went right through a rug and the hardwood floor. While explaining this to the landlord I made sure to mention that I was in a whole other room at the time the bed went through the floor when my boyfriend sat on it.

― Carey (Carey), Monday, 31 March 2003 17:54 (twenty-three years ago)

Get out your jig saw and cut little pieces of wood into wedges. This won't make a difference if you have hardwood floors, so buying a thick rug or carpet helps reduce distance travelled. If none of these options are available buy a foot locker/cheast/steamer trunk from Ikea or something and it at the base of the bed and throw heavey crap in it.

― Mr Noodles (Mr Noodles), Monday, 31 March 2003 18:09 (twenty-three years ago)

haha Carey, "well in that case..."

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Monday, 31 March 2003 18:10 (twenty-three years ago)

yeah. hardwood floors :-(

[Tho they are for all other purposes grebt]

― Sterling Clover (s_clover), Monday, 31 March 2003 18:13 (twenty-three years ago)

they get cold in the morning, but I don't mind mopping as much as I hate vacumming.
Get a nice wooden footlocker then. Use it as a hamper or text book storage.

― Mr Noodles (Mr Noodles), Monday, 31 March 2003 18:15 (twenty-three years ago)

Put a rug underneath your bed. That's what I did.

― Mandee, Monday, 31 March 2003 18:18 (twenty-three years ago)

in nz you can buy these little donut-shaped rubber thingies that go under castors to protect the floor.

― isadora (isadora), Monday, 31 March 2003 18:33 (twenty-three years ago)

Put a puppy under each wheel (beagles work best). It will reduce movement but may temporarily increase noise during sex.

― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Monday, 31 March 2003 18:44 (twenty-three years ago)

yeah. take the wheels off and get the little rubber things that you put under chair legs. or you could just enjoy your sex-surfing

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Monday, 31 March 2003 18:46 (twenty-three years ago)

Can someone explain 'doggy style' to Dan please?

― mark p (Mark P), Monday, 31 March 2003 18:46 (twenty-three years ago)

"doggy style" = "licking own genitalia and anus"

― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Monday, 31 March 2003 18:48 (twenty-three years ago)

Can someone explain Dan to me please?

― mark p (Mark P), Monday, 31 March 2003 18:49 (twenty-three years ago)

You rang?

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 31 March 2003 19:10 (twenty-three years ago)

Isadora's suggestion is OTM. I've seen them as not doughnut shaped, but like a disc with a circular depression in them that the foot of your furniture goes in.

― Sean (Sean), Monday, 31 March 2003 23:16 (twenty-three years ago)

this thread makes me smile. ILXors do it till the bed starts rollin'.

― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Monday, 31 March 2003 23:39 (twenty-three years ago)

I couldn't think how to describe them better (?white blood cell shaped?). But anyway, those are the things I mean.

― isadora (isadora), Monday, 31 March 2003 23:59 (twenty-three years ago)

Check if the wheels have any levers or keys to lock them in place. Still, my bed doesn't have wheels, yet a past beau and I managed to...propel the bed across the room while we were going at it.

― j.lu (j.lu), Tuesday, 1 April 2003 00:14 (twenty-three years ago)

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