Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/12/14

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Subject: [Leica] handicapped
From: eperea at walkereng.com (Emilio Perea)
Date: Tue Dec 14 08:11:38 2004
References: <6d.3a9014fc.2ef05e2f@aol.com>

On Tue, Dec 14, 2004 at 10:18:07AM -0500, SonC@aol.com wrote:
> http://www.sonc.com/handicapped.htm

Having to park a Hummer seems like a handicap to me, although judging
from the way he parked, he might be blind!

Last weekend I saw a lovely new open Ferrari on a handicapped space at
Fry's, and wondered how he worked the six-speed manual transmission.  I
thought it would make a good picture.

However, I used to drive a friend with polio around in a Mustang, and
often wished for a handicapped parking permit.  Since I did not have
one, I only used those spaces for loading and unloading.  Getting the
wheelchair in and out of the back seat made me wish for a bigger car,
though possibly not THAT big.  OTOH, I know a salesman whose son broke a
leg playing football a few years ago, and he (the father) still uses
the handicapped parking permit on his Pimpmobile.

In Texas, I've seen two types of handicapped parking permits (other than
the special plates): one is blue plastic with white printing, hung from
the rear-view mirror; the older one is a pink card with black printing
in a clear plastic envelope.  The latter are usually laid on the
dashboard, since they have no provisions for hanging.  So it's possible
that the Hummer was legally parked.

I work for a contractor, and a few years ago, when the replacement for
Arlington Stadium was almost finished, we got a last-minute demand to
add six handicapped spaces to the _players_ parking lot.  The Feds must
have known about the Rangers' pitchers, but at the time we thought it
was pretty funny.

Replies: Reply from abridge at gmail.com (Adam Bridge) ([Leica] handicapped)
In reply to: Message from SonC at aol.com (SonC@aol.com) ([Leica] handicapped)