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After three years, I finally did it!

Yes, unbelievably, I bought a new chair for my home office. I have had three chairs in 20 years in my home office. I sit here, in front of the computer, for approximately 3 hours on a daily average. All three previous home office chairs were brought home from my business office because they had needed to be replaced for some reason or another. The last one I actually had for only three years. That little screw thingy with the large plastic handle that held the back onto the seat was missing. I brought it home to replace my prior chair which was regularly causing me fall straight over backwards when I leaned back. Some thing-a-ma-jig in the seat swivel had finally broken. It had been my plan to find a replacement for the missing screw thingy on the new chair, but despite a fairly diligent search, I never found anything that quite matched that thread pattern. I eventually rigged a method to prop the back up to where it supported my lower back ... until everything slipped out of place or the back fell off. Thankfully I never fell onto the seat back because that metal piece that slid into the slot in the bottom of the chair had sharp edges and would likely have severely ripped into my skin. I would often be so attentive to my computer activities, I would never notice the chair back had slipped until I had a very severe ache in the small of my back.

This chair is brand new. I sat in several different chairs at Staples until I found one I liked. It has a mesh back, so it breathes. I especially liked that. The seat is also very confortable but I am not sure I like the placement of the armrests. It seems like they were placed differently when I tested the chair in the store. At least I can lean back without fear of tipping over or having the back of the chair fall off.