HI Mark,

On Sat 2038-May-29 20:37, mark lewis (1:3634/12) wrote to TIM RICHARDSON:

 TR> I'm having a hard time squaring your `crippled for LIFE' claim with
 TR> you kicking in someone's door to illegally enter their dwelling.
 TR> How did you manage to `kick in the door' in your crippled for LIFE
 TR> condition? 

ml> apparently you don't know any ambulatory cripples, tim... one of my
ml> best friends is a cripple thanks to someone else's stupidity... yet,
ml> my friend doesn't have to take any medications for his problem nor
ml> is he bedridden or wheelchair bound... in fact, he can walk and run
ml> and climb pretty much just like anyone else who isn't crippled...
ml> his prosthetic leg isn't even noticible unless he in shorts...

Have known people like that.  Work with some in the world of ham radio
every day.  One of them's a very welcome addition
when I"ve got an antenna work party going on out here.  HE
may not be able to climb, but he can sure hold a rope, and
he's damned handy with a soldering iron or other tools down
on the ground.

ml> there are many folk who are crippled and deal with pain on a daily
ml> basis who can and do still get up and do what they can... sure, it
ml> may hurt while doing it but they can and do do it anyway...
ml> afterwards, then they deal with the pain how they have to... 

My lady is one.  She can walk short distances out of the
wheelchair, often uses a walker, because the diabetic
neuropathy means she can't feel her feet.  WE also carry
oxygen tanks for her when she must be away from her oxy
concentrator any length of time.

SHe'll do a lot of things that surprise people at the time,
and deal with the pain later.  OFtentimes when she's
starting to overdo it in the interest of getting some task
done I'll endeavor to take the load on myself, because even
with the pills she'll be waking me up with the cries in the
night from the pain.

I'm passing no judgments on the veracity of claims made
recently in this echo folks, btw.  Just helping to point out that
oftentimes until one has walked a mile in the shoes one doesn't know
everything there is to know.

Regards,
           Richard
--- timEd 1.10.y2k+