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To: Las Vegas Ron
Absolutely. It was hot there, though. We left the pool by 11:00, usually walked the strip but a couple of times I had to high-tail it into Caesar's or another casino rather than stay in the sun.

Saw something really neat at the Bellagio pool: an older woman with a young friend/daughter who was handicapped came out to the pool. The girl was somewhat normal from the waist up but her legs were obviously paralyzed and she was severely atrophied. They were from Belgium. A big guy from Alabama sat next to them and in a jovial way struck up a conversation with their limited English. Previously the girl had maneuvered her wheelchair to the pool and managed to get in herself with some difficulty. When she indicated she was going to the pool, he said, "Well, lemme help ya" and picked her up and gently carried her to the swimming pool where his wife, who had gotten in, took her as he lifted her down.

Can you imagine a Euro doing that?

149 posted on 07/13/2012 5:59:59 PM PDT by LS ("Castles Made of Sand, Fall in the Sea . . . Eventually (Hendrix))
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To: LS
Wow, touching story. Truly an American one too.

I sure hope we can buy some time to save it, we have no chance if obama is reelected....well a peaceful one anyway.

155 posted on 07/13/2012 6:06:19 PM PDT by Las Vegas Ron (Medicine is the keystone in the arch of socialism)
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