Kyle,

Love that "sex accident" story line.  I wish I was more of a jokester  
and could get away with a comment like that!

Linda
On Oct 9, 2007, at 1:40 PM, Cleveland, Kyle E. wrote:

> Aw, dangit!  I already used the "sex accident story".  LOL!  I really
> did say it to the Colonel at our annual training, but what the  
> heck--it
> was so good it deserved repeating.
>
> Yeah, I did whack on the AFO, which I always do when someone is stupid
> about my gait or whatever.  Nothing tastes like humble pie, eh?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Cerebral Palsy List [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On  
> Behalf
> Of Cleveland, Kyle E.
> Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2007 1:33 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Ohio Woman Fights Illegal Use of Handicapped Parking
>
> Oh, Kat, it's not the car that gets me--it's the people who have
> half-a-dozen standard-width places to chase from and then they park in
> one of the wide spots.  I realize there are folks with chairs and cars
> that need the space, and unless I actually see them drive up and  
> get out
> of the car I don't know if they need the space or not.
>
> I spoke to one lady who parked her Ford Explorer in a "van accessible"
> slot.  She was using her husband's placard and she said, I kid you  
> not,
> that she used the "handicapped" placard to park in the wide spaces
> because it was too hard for her to park the big pig SUV in a regular
> slot.
>
> Then she had the gall to ask me what business it was of mine where she
> parked.  Well, I had just come from Guard drill so I had my cammies  
> on,
> which covered my AFO.  I bent over, picked up a stone and rapped on  
> the
> brace, which she obviously thought was a prosthetic leg.  She put her
> hand to her mouth and said, "I am so sorry, did you lose it in the  
> war?"
> Not wanting to lie, but not wanting to lose the moment either, I
> replied, "No ma'am, it was a tragic sex accident."   (No lie -- really
> happened!)
>
> Kyle
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> Of [log in to unmask]
> Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2007 1:11 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Ohio Woman Fights Illegal Use of Handicapped Parking
>
> So, how would you classify my car?  I have a regular Honda Civic  
> with a
> Braun "Chair Toppper" that requires enough space on the driver's  
> side to
> get the chair in and out of the lift.
>
> Kat
>
> Original Message:
> -----------------
> From: Cleveland, Kyle E. [log in to unmask]
> Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2007 12:34:10 -0400
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Ohio Woman Fights Illegal Use of Handicapped Parking
>
>
> Roger that, Ken.  What's amazing is the epidemic of obesity is also  
> part
> of what's driving the handicapped parking placard fire-sale.  The  
> number
> of back and joint issues directly related to weight is staggering, yet
> mild daily walking would take care of these issues on so many levels.
> To be honest, I think if you're fairly ambulatory (like me) it's  
> really
> crass to use a designated spot if there's plenty of parking  
> available 50
> feet further down the row.  Heck, if you can walk up and down the rows
> at Wal Mart for an hour, what difference is another 25 steps going to
> make.
>
> I get really steamed too when I see folks park cars in spots that are
> meant specifically for vans with lifts.  It got so bad in our parking
> garage here that they started to "reserve" spots for specific
> individuals that had lift-equipped vans.
>
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