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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---- -- 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