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Deri James <[log in to unmask]>
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St. John's University Cerebral Palsy List
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Thu, 10 Aug 2000 01:13:22 +0100
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                  "Barber, Kenneth L." <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> of all the places i have been, this is cetainly one of them.
>
> this is about all i can say. i certainly was not impressed with
> salt lake city.
>
> every year about this time judy and i go somewhere together, no
> mater whjat the family vacation is or was. we drive or fly,
> whatever. our anversary is sept 1. since she works for the
> county school system, she can't get off the first part of sept.
> so we slid our anversary trip to aug. we look for a bargain
> fare, if one comes up we fly there. if not, we pick a place
> closer and drive.
>
> this year we caught a fare war of some kind and a 67 dollar
> round trip for atlanta salt lake came up. we both looked at
> each other and said, thats it for this year.  so now you know
> where i was friday until last night.
>
> i had something absolutly screwy happen in huston, where we
> made connections. we were at the end of a concorse. my legs
> were stiff and i guess an airline employee noticed i was having
> a little bit of trouble and asked if i wanted a shuttle to the
> other end. i decided to say yes becaudse if was quite a walk
> and i was in slow motion. so, we are on one of those little
> airport buggys and about midway thru  the terminal the drivers
> supervisor flags her down from his station there. he tells her
> that he has this couple to send to the end of the
> terminal(where we had come from). she tells him she is triving
> us. he makes her turn around, we get off and two perfectly
> healthy looking people get on and away they go. judy and i just
> walked the other half of the trip. now, i know that sometimes
> people look healthy and still have problems, i am not going to
> question their disability or lack of disability, but, pull one
> off to put another on, a litte bit screwy. i still do not know
> what to make of this.   any thoughts as to this?
>
You may find the other couple were late for their departure. It
costs airlines big bucks if they miss their takeoff slot.

They should have explained the reason to you though, and provided
other assistance.

Cheers

--
Deri James
Slam a revolving door today!

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