You must keep in mind that most states no longer provide asylums and
orphanages for such people. Homeless people aren't new, we just officially
ignore them instead of taking care of them. I don't think that we should
underestimate what the government is willing to cut in the name of lower taxes
for the wealthy.
john
In a message dated 8/7/2005 4:28:02 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
luke
try this
I went to 125th st. in Harlem/NYC to
videotape the exterior of the Apollo Theater and some guy who looked to be
living "al fresco" felt he could vent his anger at "the man" by putting 3
pennies by the joystick on my chair. I resisted the natural reaction to brush
them away (after all I was not in the position to return his insult) when I
moved my chair back for a wider angle, the pennies fell to the ground. About a
minute later, a well kept, Sunday-best / hat wearing little 'ol lady stopped
to pick up the money with her clean white gloves. You could almost hear her
thinking;"find a penny, pick it up........" When my eyes met the idiot who
left me the money. There was no need for words. This sent him ranting down the
street and screaming about racial persecution, with no concern that his
foul language might be offending the other "little 'ol ladies" in
ear-shot.
My point is- yeah, the woman at Target was
a dweeb, but her heart was in the right place. It's the false concern that is
the real insult. Use the incident as a chance to share your perspective so she
won't be dweeb again
-Cameron
one day i was sitting outside of Target, minding my own
business, waiting for my mom and some old lady walked up and tried to
give me ten dollars. she looked like she needed it more than me,
though. so i declined.
luke
In a message dated 8/6/2005 12:33:05 PM Central Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I was in Sams and a kid
about 4 years old told his mother he wanted a
'remote control car like
that one!' His mother was horrified and it was
still pretty soon
after my leaving rehab so I did not say anything, but did
think it was
funny!
Dana and Rocco
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "QuadPirate"
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To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>;
<[email protected]>; "~LittleQuad~"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, August 02, 2005 3:14
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Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Questions People ask us Quads.
Kids
crack me up, when my nephew seen me for the first time after
my
accident he told me "OK get up it's my turn" I was lmao because it
was so
innocent because they just don't know but when kids ask
questions they
usually ask more intelligent questions than adults and
they have a million
of them on your
chair.
Mark
-------Original Message-------
From:
~LittleQuad~
Date: 08/02/05 13:41:03
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED];
[email protected]
Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Questions People ask us
Quads.
uniformed for sure, even new docs ask crazy questions...
airline lady once
asked if i was going to walk onto plane so they could
load my chair...my mom
put her hand over my mouth HAHA
I would
rather someone asked about why i'm in chair than think i'm just
dumb
and assume the worst.. i like the suprise look on their faces when
they find
out i wasn't born like this and i can feel things etc.....is
priceless ;)
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
At Least Once A Month , people in my neighborhood and at church or
etc.
will ask about my injury-------I tell them i'm paralyzed from
upper chest
down and a c-6 Quadriplegic from a car wreck on Aug. 3rd
1997.Then they ask
how far can I walk on my own without my
powerchair....................Are
most people really this dumb or just
uninformed ?
Dan
http://fly.to/littlequad
Yahoo ID -
littlequad
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