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begin_within (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-19-06 07:22 PM Original message |
A Hummer parked in a Disabled-only parking space - WTF? |
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sbj405 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-19-06 07:27 PM Response to Original message |
1. Our parking at work allows free parking with a disabled tag. |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-19-06 07:35 PM Response to Original message |
2. I saw the same thing at my bank a while back |
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fudge stripe cookays (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-19-06 07:55 PM Response to Original message |
3. Don't ASSUME someone is able-bodied just because you see them walk in. |
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Beaverhausen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-19-06 07:57 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. thanks for posting that |
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fudge stripe cookays (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-19-06 08:00 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. Hi B! |
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Beaverhausen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 11:56 AM Response to Reply #8 |
46. Yes, until I met someone with MS, I too didn't know much about it |
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begin_within (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-19-06 07:57 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Fine, but it still begs the question, what are they doing with a Hummer? |
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fudge stripe cookays (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-19-06 07:59 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. Who says MS sufferers have to drive wrecks? |
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begin_within (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-19-06 08:21 PM Response to Reply #6 |
11. If their problem is stamina, so that they are tired when they come out of |
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fudge stripe cookays (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-19-06 08:40 PM Response to Reply #11 |
18. You don't get it. |
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MiniMandaRuth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-19-06 08:44 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. Hear, hear. |
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begin_within (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-19-06 08:47 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. You're wrong - it does require stamina for you to make a "little" hop up |
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fudge stripe cookays (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-19-06 08:55 PM Response to Reply #21 |
24. You have no idea... |
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jane_pippin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-19-06 09:04 PM Response to Reply #21 |
27. The point is you don't know for sure what it's like for someone else |
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Susang (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-19-06 11:14 PM Response to Reply #21 |
30. I can't believe this |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 12:58 AM Response to Reply #18 |
36. My sister-in-law has MS and drives a van . |
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fudge stripe cookays (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 05:25 AM Response to Reply #36 |
45. Thanks. |
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AlienGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 01:26 AM Response to Reply #5 |
38. Being disabled doesn't preclude someone from being a JERK. |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-19-06 07:59 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. That's happened to my mother |
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fudge stripe cookays (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-19-06 08:01 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. It's amazing how insensitive... |
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begin_within (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-19-06 08:22 PM Response to Reply #7 |
12. But does she drive a Hummer, and if so, how does she get into it? |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-19-06 08:35 PM Response to Reply #12 |
17. No, but she could get into one just fine most days. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-19-06 08:44 PM Response to Reply #12 |
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asthmaticeog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-19-06 08:15 PM Response to Reply #3 |
10. THANK YOU. |
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begin_within (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-19-06 08:24 PM Response to Reply #10 |
15. If someone gets winded so fast that they need the placard, why would they |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-19-06 11:38 PM Response to Reply #15 |
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jane_pippin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-19-06 08:23 PM Response to Reply #3 |
13. Exactly |
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YellowRubberDuckie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-19-06 08:24 PM Response to Reply #3 |
14. I know people who look able bodied... |
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mr blur (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 02:31 AM Response to Reply #3 |
40. Absolutely right. |
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REP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 03:22 AM Response to Reply #3 |
43. I Just Ask, "So, Where Did You Go To Medical School?" |
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txwhitedove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-19-06 08:33 PM Response to Original message |
16. People with emphysema look ok until they start dragging the oxygen around. |
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begin_within (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-19-06 08:48 PM Response to Original message |
22. Sorry folks - no matter what the disability is, a Hummer is only going to |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-19-06 08:57 PM Response to Reply #22 |
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nini (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-19-06 09:11 PM Response to Reply #22 |
28. While you may have been wrong on the assumption of no disablity.. |
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Susang (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-19-06 11:26 PM Response to Reply #28 |
32. Is judging his right too? |
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nini (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 12:43 PM Response to Reply #32 |
48. Did I say 'judge'? |
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chrisau214 (205 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-19-06 08:49 PM Response to Original message |
23. What Does the Size of the Vehicle Have to Do with the Disablity? |
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benburch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-19-06 08:57 PM Response to Original message |
25. People with Emphysema might be able to get in and out... |
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1monster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-19-06 09:28 PM Response to Original message |
29. Some disabilities are not visable, i.e. heart condition where walking |
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KitchenWitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jul-19-06 11:18 PM Response to Original message |
31. Many disabilities are invisible |
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NMMNG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 12:20 AM Response to Original message |
34. I work with individuals who are developmentally disabled |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 12:46 AM Response to Original message |
35. Sometimes people who look able aren't |
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Nicole (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 01:23 AM Response to Original message |
37. I hate hummers too but WTF? |
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chrisau214 (205 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 02:36 AM Response to Reply #37 |
41. The note he writes to himself should also include the line, |
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Nicole (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 01:04 PM Response to Reply #41 |
52. That works for me |
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CanuckAmok (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 02:24 AM Response to Original message |
39. My late father-in-law, who was 80 and semi-paralysed from an anyeurism... |
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REP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 03:12 AM Response to Original message |
42. You'd Probably Bitch About Me and My FX |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 03:33 AM Response to Original message |
44. I have had a Disabled Placard for about three years now... |
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LynneSin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 12:32 PM Response to Original message |
47. In some states, having a really small penis is considered a disability |
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Courtesy Flush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 12:54 PM Response to Original message |
49. I park in handicapped spaces, AND I can climb into a Hummer (I think) |
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Sequoia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 12:56 PM Response to Original message |
50. Just get the license plate and call the police. |
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Nicole (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 01:25 PM Response to Reply #50 |
53. He bought a handicap placard? |
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Midlodemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 01:02 PM Response to Original message |
51. Could be that the Hummer belongs to the driver and that the |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 02:17 PM Response to Original message |
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Book Lover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 02:59 PM Response to Reply #54 |
55. Either you did not know this information when you first posted |
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Nicole (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 03:09 PM Response to Reply #55 |
56. His story changed from his original post |
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supernova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 03:15 PM Response to Reply #54 |
57. Look, I'll agree with you that handicapped spaces are too rare |
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Nicole (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 03:29 PM Response to Reply #54 |
58. Thank you for the laugh |
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progmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 03:30 PM Response to Reply #58 |
59. nicely done! |
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Nicole (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 03:45 PM Response to Reply #59 |
60. Thanks |
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Call Me Wesley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jul-20-06 04:02 PM Response to Original message |
61. Locking. |
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