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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 -- 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