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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 > > > Hooray Tom , About time some one took a stand on these issues -- 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