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skygazer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-26-07 11:02 AM Original message |
Do you talk to people in wheelchairs? |
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Left Is Write (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-26-07 11:10 AM Response to Original message |
1. Yes, I do. |
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slj0101 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-26-07 11:11 AM Response to Original message |
2. No, I use semaphore. |
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skygazer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-26-07 11:23 AM Response to Reply #2 |
7. What if they're blind? |
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slj0101 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-26-07 11:48 AM Response to Reply #7 |
16. Airhorns. |
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Guava Jelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-26-07 11:12 AM Response to Original message |
3. No geeze it's not like they are still human. |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-26-07 11:15 AM Response to Original message |
4. I've posted this before, |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-26-07 11:17 AM Response to Reply #4 |
5. well they only ask me and not you, because i am WAY more butch than you mister |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-26-07 11:59 AM Response to Reply #5 |
19. LOL! |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-26-07 12:01 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. the difference between you and me |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-26-07 12:03 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. A red x? |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-26-07 12:04 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. look again |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-26-07 12:04 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. LOL! |
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skygazer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-26-07 11:22 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. That just drives me crazy |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-26-07 12:57 PM Response to Reply #6 |
27. If being disabled was contagious |
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skygazer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-26-07 01:36 PM Response to Reply #27 |
33. My hometown once sponsored a disability awareness day |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-26-07 01:41 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. In college I ran "Blind for a Day" workshops. |
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Starbucks Anarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-26-07 11:23 AM Response to Reply #4 |
8. Holy shit. |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-26-07 12:58 PM Response to Reply #8 |
28. It is amazing and sad |
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Starbucks Anarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-26-07 01:09 PM Response to Reply #28 |
29. True. |
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KitchenWitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-26-07 11:53 AM Response to Reply #4 |
17. I have a theory about that. |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-26-07 12:02 PM Response to Reply #17 |
22. I think |
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Arkansas Granny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-26-07 03:17 PM Response to Reply #22 |
42. I think a lot of it stems from childhood when you were told by your |
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lildreamer316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-26-07 05:57 PM Response to Reply #4 |
55. Oooo that would piss me off so bad. |
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Aristus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-26-07 11:24 AM Response to Original message |
9. Heck no. I hate the way those guys get all the good parking spaces. |
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Burma Jones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-26-07 11:29 AM Response to Original message |
10. Chalk up another reason to be a misanthrope |
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skygazer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-26-07 11:33 AM Response to Reply #10 |
12. I guess |
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Burma Jones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-26-07 11:36 AM Response to Reply #12 |
14. In this world - strange is Good....... |
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meegbear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-26-07 11:32 AM Response to Original message |
11. Or worse ... |
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skygazer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-26-07 11:34 AM Response to Reply #11 |
13. I've seen this done with the elderly too |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-26-07 11:43 AM Response to Original message |
15. I have an alternative theory. |
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skygazer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-26-07 11:59 AM Response to Reply #15 |
20. Well, I can sort of understand that |
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lildreamer316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-26-07 05:59 PM Response to Reply #15 |
57. Mmm..I've been that way too. |
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asthmaticeog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-26-07 11:53 AM Response to Original message |
18. Yeah, I don't get that either. |
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AlCzervik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-26-07 12:26 PM Response to Original message |
26. my uncle is a quadriplegic so yes i talk to the person directly and not the aid or |
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Courtesy Flush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-26-07 01:20 PM Response to Original message |
30. I'll admit to some discomfort. |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-26-07 01:27 PM Response to Original message |
31. Only when I'm not ticked off at her. |
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Samurai_Writer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-26-07 01:31 PM Response to Original message |
32. Considering I have a son in a wheel chair |
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nini (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-26-07 01:45 PM Response to Original message |
35. I spent most of 1985 in a wheelchair after a car accident |
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Evoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-26-07 02:16 PM Response to Reply #35 |
39. See, I don't think its a matter of being rude. |
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Lil Missy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-26-07 02:04 PM Response to Original message |
36. Yes. And as teenagers we used to steal beer and hide it in her wheelchair. |
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Evoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-26-07 02:12 PM Response to Original message |
37. I don't know anybody in a wheelchair. |
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Kajsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-26-07 02:15 PM Response to Original message |
38. You bet I do. |
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hippywife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-26-07 03:06 PM Response to Original message |
40. Yep. |
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mark414 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-26-07 03:14 PM Response to Original message |
41. i have seen that a lot too |
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LeftPeopleFinishFirst (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-26-07 03:18 PM Response to Original message |
43. No way. |
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lildreamer316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-26-07 06:01 PM Response to Reply #43 |
58. .... |
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otherlander (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-26-07 04:01 PM Response to Original message |
44. I don't talk much to people in general. |
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lildreamer316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-26-07 06:02 PM Response to Reply #44 |
59. .. |
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wildhorses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-26-07 04:11 PM Response to Original message |
45. all the time--- |
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ismnotwasm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-26-07 04:11 PM Response to Original message |
46. Fuck yeah |
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querelle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-26-07 04:19 PM Response to Original message |
47. Well Of Course! |
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bicentennial_baby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-26-07 04:20 PM Response to Original message |
48. Yeah, my Dad would be pissed if I ignored him... |
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LeftyFingerPop (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-26-07 04:26 PM Response to Original message |
49. I don't talk to anyone. n/t |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-26-07 05:03 PM Response to Original message |
50. Yes. I've had 2 co-workers who were in wheelchairs. nt |
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SteppingRazor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-26-07 05:08 PM Response to Original message |
51. Absolutely not! |
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Debi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-26-07 05:16 PM Response to Original message |
52. My kid was be pissed if I didn't ! |
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bigwillq (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-26-07 05:45 PM Response to Original message |
53. I talk to them |
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lildreamer316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-26-07 05:56 PM Response to Original message |
54. Hell, I've given several a dance. |
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SPKrazy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-26-07 05:58 PM Response to Original message |
56. Yes I do |
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