Posted on 08/20/2007 7:41:24 AM PDT by Between the Lines
I am walking in your shoes. And I have the same strategy - if there’s a space, leave the HC’s alone, if not, then it’s OK.
My main issue today is Stenosis where the holes in the backbone for the nerves are too small, causing the nerve to grate on the bone. not comfortable. I also have a bad ankle from a MC accident awhile back, but the stenosis thing is major at this time.
It always hurts, but some days are worse than others. sometimes I walk like a ‘normal’ person, but it still hurts with each step.
I’ve had flareups commence in mid stride, and no warning until I’m writhing on the floor in agony. Takes a week or so to be able to stand again, and it never gets completely better...
That reminds me: “handicapped” ramps at intersections cost roughtly $12,000-$15,000 each.
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What, you mean those curb cuts, or something fancier? Because there’s no way a twenty sq. ft. slab of concrete with a little ramp cut out of it costs 12K. Even with the government. If it does people ought to be jailed.
I’ve never seen a wheelchair use them in the suburbs, but I have in the city. And they are handy for people with shopping carts and baby strollers.
Mrs VS
I just realized something. According to the ADA act a person who has been convicted of a felony is considered handicalled because his Felony conviction hinders his employment opportunities.
Does that mean we give all ex convicts a handicapped tag.
“Of which the automobile has become a major contributor. How very perceptive. Thanks for pointing out that irony.”
Ah, another FR “doctor.” Do you hang you shingle outside the front door?
Not for motorcycles-riding primadonnas.
The opportunists, as always, rushed in to fill the void.
Just saying.
I don't like idiots who bang their doors on my 350Z.
Two comments.
I have a friend who uses a fake leg. He has a permit but rarely uses it. This guy doesn’t let teh handicap slow him at all. I’ve snow skied, water skied and ridden bikes with him. He drove a five speed for many years.
The last illicit handicap parking malefactor I saw had no permit but about 10 wildly offensive liberal and democrat party bumper stickers on the car. It was so tempting to soap his windows while he was in the store.
“Me, my sister, my uncle and my aunt all take my Mom who has MS out shopping, Does she need 4 cards? How about if she goes out on vacation?”
One card per person and most states have a reciprocal agreement with handicap stickers.
It isn't only for wheelchairs... When I am stove up I need those ramps too.
In most cases, I don't agree with tearing up sidewalk just to install handicap access ramps, but I do believe the allowance should be made during replacement and new construction. It costs nothing to do so in these cases.
And frankly, EVERYONE QUIT WHINING. Who cares who parks closest to the front door of Wal-Mart. Geez people, get off your fat **** and walk a little.
“Only people on crutches should be able to park in handicapped spots.”
Another FR “doctor.”
Exactly.....
your ignorance is showing. I was on a PGR run abotu two months ago when I noticed a guy walking with crutches. then I noticed that he had only one leg. THEN I saw him swing his stump astride the saddle, mount up, and pull away on his harley. was HE a primadonna? He is a mamber of the Disabled Riders of America, BTW. There are more of us than you might think. of course if you did think, you wouldn't be calling people you don't know names that belie your ignorance.
I walk with a cane and use a disabled placard. Sometimes I wonder about people who don’t have any visible problems then I think about things such as heart disease and don’t get bothered.
It does crack me up to see people sizing me up when I get out of my car to ensure I’m worthy, they need a beating from my cane these young whipper snappers!
those “favor” signatures are a real problem. Even Doctors who sign a permanent form rather than a six month form for people with things like broken legs or a healing injury.
As long as someone is displaying their tag or plate, I don’t give them grief. Anyone with minimal intelligence should know that not all disabilities can be detected with a single look.
I drive a Mercedes and get the same looks and my car is 10 years old.
I think you are onto something. When I see the entire front of the post office in empty blue parking spots, I park in one for the 20 second run in, and frankly I’d have to be on my last legs to even want a sticker. Half of being handicapped is your attitude, and with that sticker in the window you can put a fork in it. You are done.
She quoted this as though she heard someone actually say it. If that's the case, then she is hardly paranoid.
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