Betty, I'm so glad to hear Bundy's back home, safe and sound.   Life is
better for you now, I'm sure.

Kat
----- Original Message -----
From: "Betty B" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Saturday, March 09, 2002 1:15 PM
Subject: DR task de jour


> In a message dated 3/8/2002 6:50:21 PM Eastern Standard Time,
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> writes:
>
>
> > Oh Betty! I'm so happy to hear this! BTW; how tall is Bundy?
> >
> > I'm guessing Mag, but I'd say about 30" from head to tail.  There are
> > larger macaws, but Bundy is still fairly impressive.  There are a couple
of
> > people who won't even come in my house because of him.  Perhaps he may
one
> > day be a deterrent to a would-be robber.  Perhaps he already has been.
>
> He's asleep now, in his home where he belongs.  He didn't express the
anger I
> thought he might have, but the people at this place took such care about
the
> way they handled the situation, that he never gave much of an indication
of
> being traumatized.
>
> We'll be fine.  Everything is going to be fine.  There have been tragedies
> and problems discussed on this list this year that makes me feel a shamed
to
> get upset over some of the things I get upset about.  The things that are
> wrong here, these are things that I can fix.  I feel like I have every
reason
> to think positively.  I haven't been taking care of myself properly, and I
> need to start doing that.  That's my disability rights task of this day.
>
> Speaking of the reason for this thread's title, I did have a good
> conversation with the grocery store manager the other day.  We're going to
be
> working a little bit together to help his employees understand more about
> their customers with disabilities.  I feel very good about this, because
they
> do seem to be decent people.  The language and cultural barriers make it
hard
> to discuss concepts and ideas, but they gave me the impression that they
> wanted to do the right things, and that's more than half the battle.  If I
> could have had that kind of compliance attitude from people when I was
> working in safety, I could have phoned in half my job.
>
> The handicapped parking spaces will be a different ball game.  It's owned
by
> a separate corporation.  They need to make these spaces wider, there is no
> additional access space.  If your chair comes out of the side of your van
or
> car, there is no space for you.  If you need to have your vehicle door
opened
> all the way to get in or out, there are no promises.
>
> Today Bundy; Monday, Bundy and the grocery store; Tuesday, Bundy and the
> world.
>
> Betty
>
> >
> >