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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 > > > 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 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---- -- 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