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Tom Potts wrote: > On Tuesday 13 November 2007 10:39, Paul Sutton wrote: > >> Tom Potts wrote: >> >>> On Monday 12 November 2007 22:45, Julian Hall wrote: >>> >>>> james kilty wrote: >>>> >>>>> However, as an ex-nurse, she >>>>> knows there are many with invisible disabilities - dicky hearts and so >>>>> on, which means they can't walk very far. >>>>> >>>> True, and I think I discounted those in my comments :) I'm talking >>>> about the type who jump out of the car and walk briskly off, or worse >>>> carry a heavy bag off with them. It's generally fairly obvious if >>>> someone is unable to walk too far, as they conserve their energy; they >>>> don't leap out of the car and hurry off but take their time to make the >>>> most of the energy that they do have. The ones who annoy me are those >>>> who roar up in a car which you just *know* a disabled or infirm person >>>> is highly unlikely to have, leap out with their bag and rush off to the >>>> shops, not those that your wife mentioned with no visible disability, >>>> but can only manage a hundred yards or so without running out of breath >>>> (for example). >>>> >>> I have to confess (with some glee) to the only time I've ever been >>> applauded in public: >>> I had spent 20 minutes driving around the sainsbury car park in Ipswich >>> on a blisteringly hot day and finally found a parking space. As I was >>> about to enter a blonde in a porche 911 shot into a disabled parking bay >>> and ran into the shop. I lost it and let two of her tyres down and stood >>> up to a round of applause from about a dozen other sweaty shoppers. >>> Not to be encouraged but the best fun I'd had for a long while. >>> Of course my motives were completely wrong and I should be ashamed of >>> myself but..... >>> Tom te tom te tom >>> >> On the contrary, this country needs people to be unafriaid to make a >> stand, after all what she going to do report the incident to the police. >> >> possibe senario >> >> blonde, I was parked in the space for a few minutes while I went to the >> shop officer : are you disabled, as its a disabled space >> bloned: no, but >> officer:: well in that case I have to give you 3 points, you know full >> well it was a disabled space, its well marked, so its 3 points for >> you madam >> bloned : i didn't see the sign >> > I think Sainsburys might count as private property? > Alas! > Tom te tom te tom > >> Paul >> >> -- >> >> Support open file formats use ISO 26300 Open Document format >> as used by openoffice.org, http:///www.openoffice.org >> >> Events >> 11th November. Penzance Computers meet >> Lostwithel meeting part 2, - watch this space. >> details on lug site, www.dcglug.org.uk under meetings. >> visit us on IRC - irc.flashtek-uk.com / 6667 #dclug >> -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- >> Version 3.1 >> GIT d S: a C+++ UL++++ P+ L++ W++ N+ W--- >> O! V! PS+ Y! t+++ 5 X+++ R tv- b- >> DI! D++ G e H! r! z? >> >> -----END GEEK CODE BLOCK---- >> > > > Private car parks such as Sainsbury's are indeed excluded from the usual legal provisions of disabled car parking I asked my MP to raise this issue with the Dept of Transport and it is down to the individual land owner's eg Sainsbury's to enforce or not their own rules -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html